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HOUR 1:
Tech News & Commentary
Susan in Porterville, California listening on KTIP 1450 AM asked: “At what age would it be good to get a child a tablet or e-reader? My granddaughter is 10 and she’s good with a cell phone, but I didn’t know if a tablet or e-reader would be good at this age.”
A full fledged tablet is a little trickier, since they have access to other content online, so we can understand wanting to wait for that. But, an e-book reader is basically a book that changes text. If she can read a book, she can probably handle an e-reader just fine, in fact it may even encourage her to read.
Even a tablet may not be a bad thing to buy her. They do come with parental controls, so you can set limits on the content she can have access to, and she could handle it just fine.
Just keep in mind that if you want to encourage her to read, a tablet will provide her with far more options, so she may choose games over books. If you just want to get her a device that she’ll love, well, a tablet will provide her with far more options than an e-reader, so she may like that better.
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Consumer Reports
with Donna Tapellini
There are more than 9 million Facebook Apps, according the social network’s regulatory findings. Some of them quite useful and entertaining. But some of them could also be compromising your privacy, says Consumer Reports. Senior Editor Donna Tapellini shares some tips on how you can have fun using apps and still keep your privacy intact.
The “Into Tomorrow” team discussed the latest apps that they
have been playing with recently.
For Android:
Listener Orlando shared: “I just started using Dolphin Browser Beta for Nexus 7 and it’s awesome. Fast, really fast.”
• Dave recommends: Speaking Clock – EQ STime, $0.99
” The Android software speaks the current time. It will speak by pressing the headset button,
it features automatic speaking of current time each hour, 30 min, 15 min (can be configured), even if device is in standby mode.
You can set night hours and night volume: selected hours will be announced with configured night volume. It comes with English and Russian voices They plan to add new languages and voice packs. It’s a free demo on Android. 99 cents if you like it and want to keep it.”
— DaveFor iOS:
Listener Brandon recommends: Echofon Pro for Twitter. “So user friendly, much easier to use than Twitter for iPhone (in my opinion), great for people who manage multiple accounts, great search features, totally worth buying!”
Listener Rebecca said: “Newest app on my phone are the ‘Build a Word’ from Word World and Team Umizoomi’s “Uminumbers”. My child (Andie) loves them! Great counting, number recognition and word recognition apps!! My fave app is Pandora radio! Love it!!”
• Rob recommends: Diptic, $0.99
“This week I’m showcasing a photography app. It’s been a while! I’ve raved about PicStitch on iOS before, which you can use to glue pictures together and make an interesting image with different collage layouts. I discovered another app that does something similar, but has more layouts to choose from. If you’re an IGer or like to post fun pics on your social networks, check out Diptic. It allows you to quickly and easily combine two, three or four photos together into a single image. Unlike PicStitch, you can customize the color of the the frame layout and adjust the thickness of it, too. And, when you have your masterpiece ready, you can share across multiple platforms from within the app, including: Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Tumblr or Posterous, Instagram or any app that supports JPEGs. It’s available for iOS and Android for 99 cents.”
— Rob
Diptic example
• Chris recommends: Finger Olympic, FREE
“This week I’m back to highlighting a complete time waster. But at least it’s a timely time waster. It’s called Finger Olympic. It’s a Track and Field sports game for IPhone & IPod touch where you can be an Olympic player in many skill levels. Basically, you tap the screen with two fingers to run. You have to outrun your opponents to win the gold medal. Once you win the gold medal in one event, you move on to the next. It’s hours and hours of wasted time, but it’s fun. Finger Olympic is free in the iTunes App Store.” — Chris
• Andrew recommends: Dice with Buddies, FREE
“Is the next big thing in the trend of popular mobile games such as: Words with friends, Hanging with friends… and so on. The game is simple and easy just roll the imaginary dice to make pairs or straights. The higher the combo, the bigger the score. This game is turn base like all the other games and is sure to hold my attention, or cause some distraction at work, for at least a few weeks. (we’ll see) Dice with Buddies is free on iOS and Android.” — Andrew
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Guests in this hour:
Nick Huzar, Founder and CEO – OfferUp
Whether it’s to get rid of a stroller, toys, sporting equipment, or clothing, sellers can use OfferUp’s iPhone mobile app to snap a picture and post a gently-used item for sale in under one minute.
John in Montgomery, Alabama listens on WLWI 1440 and asked: “I have a laptop that’s on a router but I can’t contact my printer from the laptop. I want to know if there’s a way I can contact my printer, which is on my desktop, from my laptop.”
The basic process is this: You’re going to have to go to “Devices and Printers” and right click on the printer you want to share and under properties find “Share this printer”.
After you’ve done that, the computer on the other side should be able to find it as a networked printer.
For this to work, “File and printer sharing” must be enabled on the computer sharing the printer, so there may be a few extra steps to go through to get everything working. Instead of listing every case, we’re going to link you to a page on Microsoft’s site that will guide you step by step through the whole process from turning on file sharing to finding and sharing printer and finding it on the other computer.
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Richard in California listens on KTIP 1450 and asked: “Thanks for all the great advice. I got an iPad for my birthday in May. Other than playing games, Facebook, checking email, and downloading movies and watching it on our TV, what else can it do?”
Well, what do you need to do, Richard? You can listen to music both from the device and from online sources, browse websites (other than Facebook), chat, video conference and make phone calls using software like Skype, send text messages using apps like Google Voice or Text+, record video or take pictures (though very awkwardly), upload clips to YouTube.
You can edit movies, spreadsheets, and text documents, mix music tracks, subscribe to and download magazines, read books, you can even use it check aviation weather and draft flight plans.
iPads are fairly versatile we couldn’t really list all that they can do. If there’s anything you’d like it to do, you might be better off searching for that particular function and seeing if it can fulfill it.
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This Week’s Prizes for Our Listeners
C.Crane: Senta Forty Premium Wooden Headphones
Microsoft: Copies of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 Software
NQ Mobile: Activation codes for NQ Mobile Vault (Premium Version) – An Android app that keeps your text messages, pictures, and videos safely hidden from prying eyes.
StrikeForce Technologies: Several Download Keys for GuardedID – anti-key logging software