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Evernote: An Infographic

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Evernote: An Infographic

Evernote is a company that provides a software and services for archiving data, taking notes and syncing all your computers and devices together so that all your data is easily accessible. In the past we would keep all or the majority of data on our computers or laptops with some kind of external backup on a hard drive or disc. In these days of smartphones and tablets where we have multiple devices that can function in almost every single way that a computer can- we want to be able to access all our data from any location and not have to worry about which device we have on us at Read more »

Learning on the Cheap

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Learning on the Cheap

This post brought to you by Flat World Knowledge. All opinions are 100% mine.   Why do college textbooks cost so much? Seriously. Even if you buy them used, you still pay an exorbitant amount of money.   New company Flat World Knowledge figures we have open source computer software, so why not open source textbooks? Check this out: Flat World uses a custom system called MIYO where professors and students can access their catalog of e-textbooks and then modify the books for their own use. Using Flat World’s system, you can take any book there and “Make It Your Own,” inserting or removing any text they want right down Read more »

LeapFish Launches Click-Free Search Engine Interface

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LeapFish Launches Click-Free Search Engine Interface

LeapFish, a multi-dimensional search engine that combines the best of the web in a single search, recently announced the release of its new click-free search interface that delivers search results as you type. The brand new search engine that captures not just relevancy but also the variety of the web, now offers one of the world’s fastest search services with instantaneous results as each character of a search term is entered. LeapFish is an all-in-one time saver that eliminates clicks and keystrokes coupled with a nimble search application that allows you to modify search characters and get instantaneous results on-the-fly. LeapFish pushes search to 2.0 and states “out with the Read more »

Will Gadgets Make Knowledge Obsolete?

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I’ve spent the last few weeks away from the internet dealing with life issues. In a short time away it seems like things have changed so rapidly. In a recent ComputerWorld article they make some interesting points about how not to long ago the internet was unknown, rapid access to knowledge was limited to libraries, and government archives, GPS was unheard of. Now things are changing at lightning speed and access to data and knowledge could become obsolete with new and fancier gadgets. In the 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, author William Gibson describes a future in which people can acquire knowledge by buying special chips called “microsofts” that plug into Read more »