Today it seems like everyone has a smart phone, but what makes them so great? Especially something that seems like it could be a big expense. Easy Event Organisation. Every smart phone has a calendar built in, yes regular phones do too, but smart phones can sync that calendar with something else wirelessly – it [...]
by on February 25, 2013
Fantastical for iPhone Review
Fantastical for iPhone is a new app which wants to change the way we use our iOS calendar, but is it any good? Fantastical has 2 ways to view your calendar, the day ticker (left) which is a scrollable horizontal list of dates – click on anyone to see a list view of events for [...]
by on March 14, 2012
Backing Up Your Computer (Mac)
Your computer is probably one of the most important things in your life. It has your photos, your documents, your emails, your videos – your entire life seems to be on it! So the last thing you want is to lose all of that information therefore backing up must be one of the things you [...]
by on March 7, 2012
Top 6 Firefox Addons for Students
Download them all If you’ve ever encountered a situation where you need to download more than 1 or 2 files on a page – such as PDFs to read you’ll know what a pain it can be to click, save, go back, and repeat. Download them all will download pretty much any file you can [...]
by on February 28, 2012
Does Technology Make Your Life Easier
In the modern world it seems almost impossible to exist without internet, a phone, your own computer, and so on, but does it really make life any easier? Essays and papers Let’s start with a great example of something almost everyone has to do on a regular basis in college – essays and papers. With [...]
by on January 31, 2012
Dropbox is Awesome! (And extra free space)
If you’re not already using it, then you should download and install /Dropbox/ right now. Essentially it’s a file syncing application, but in practice it’s so much more. Dropbox advertises itself as a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. It comes with 2GB of free space, [...]
by on January 24, 2012
Review: Evernote for iPad
A while back Bill recommended 6 productivity apps for the iPad. Today I’m looking at Evernote in more detail. I’m using an iPad 1 here, so it doesn’t matter what generation you’ve got – if you’re lucky enough to own an iPad in any shape then Evernote will run! So, what is Evernote? It’s a [...]
by on January 18, 2012
What does SOPA mean for Students?
Can you imagine a world without Facebook? That’s what our world will be like if the SOPA and PIPA bills go through. SOPA is Stop Online Piracy Act. it is aimed at tackling online piracy, specifically of films and other forms of media – on foreign servers, this is being considered by the House of [...]
by on January 3, 2012
Download Top 6 Productivity Apps for iPad 2
This is a guest post by Bill of Working Host Gator Coupons. Anything you want to do is made easier by a dedicated app on iPad. So now, you can sketch out photos, manage your finances, and write notes enjoying everything you do from anywhere. 1. Mint.com Personal Finance – Manage your budgets, money, expenses [...]
by on December 13, 2011
Do You Need a Printer?
We’re in the modern world, everything is paperless now! Er, except for that paper that’s due tomorrow, and the fact that trying to fit a laptop on those tiny desks in lecture halls is all but impossible so you have to take notes on paper – and if you want to take notes on the [...]
