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1 Mobile Apps News from Nicole Hennig Nicole Hennig Reply-To: Nicole Hennig To: Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 5:30 AM Twice monthly free newsletter on mobile apps, tips for using them in creative ways, and discounts on courses and ebooks - from Nicole Hennig. Mobile Apps News by Nicole Hennig April 27, 2015 Hi everyone, Welcome to all the new members of this list! In this issue I discuss three new apps for content creation, tell you how to get a free copy of my report: Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Services, and talk a bit about the Apple Watch (which I haven't received yet). This issue also includes: Information about updates to YouTube, Goodreads, WhatsApp Messenger, and PocketCasts. Recommendations for two fun apps for creating tag clouds. Tips on preserving your digital data when you die, how to find out who owns a lost iphone, using Evernote for writing projects, and how to get my App Review Checklist. Results of my Goodreads Giveaway. Links to 7 thought-provoking articles about mobile apps and education, and more... Enjoy!

2 New apps Apple Watch: I haven't got mine yet. You may remember that I've been looking forward to trying the Apple Watch. I ordered mine a few minutes after midnight (Pacific time) during the first possible few hours you could order. And I went to my local Apple Store to try them on in the morning after that. (The band on the sport watch feels great). I got the shipping notice, but I wasn't home on Friday to sign in person, so UPS will try again Monday (today). Hopefully I'll have it soon and can report on it in the next newsletter. In the meantime, here's one of the best articles I've seen: The Apple Watch by John Gruber. It's a long read, but worth it, as it explores ideas about why the watch is an important step forward (even if it's too much of an early-adopter item for most people right now). If you don't have time for a long read, I suggest skipping to the last section: Digital Touch. I am especially interested in the accessibility features of the watch. Adobe Slate for ipad, free https://standout.adobe.com/slate/ Adobe Slate is an ipad app for easily creating parallax websites. David Pogue writes, "Slate is great for making slideshows, invitations, diaries, book reports, proposals, brochures, college applications, and anything else you might want to display visually online." I'm eager to give this app a try. I'd love to hear from you if you've tried it. Learn more: Adobe Slate: New App for Creating Beautiful Sites Is Almost Too Simple. NodeBeat - ios and Android, free This is a super-fun music creation app with beautiful ambient sounds built-in. You can create music or

3 just listen. I've been enjoying the sleep timer the gentle bell-like sounds are good for lulling you to sleep. Enlight - ios, $3.99 Enright is a very full-featured photo editing app. I am just beginning to learn its features. I heard about it on one of my favorite sites, iphone Photography School. See: New Enlight App Offers Powerful iphone Photo Editing. Comparing Meerkat and Periscope: An Infographic In the last two newsletter I discussed these new apps for creating live video streams. I'm still enjoying them and I found this infographic helpful in understanding the differences. App updates YouTube app no longer supports older TVs, outdated ios devices Audiobook Lovers Listen Up! Audio Samples Now on Goodreads WhatsApp Messenger update finally brings the longawaited voice calling feature (Watch out for spam saying you have voic on WhatsApp - I'm getting these in my spam filter). PocketCasts 5 for Android - One of my favorite podcasting clients (for both ios & Android) has some nice features in the update to version 5 for Android. Just for fun Remember the web app Wordle for making tag clouds? Someone asked me recently about a similar app for mobile devices. Here are two of my favorites: TagCloud - ios, $.99 Tweetroot: Word Clouds for Twitter - ios, $.99

4 They are both fun, with many different styles. TagCloud lets you enter any chunk of text, and Tweetroot focuses on Twitter users, mentions, and hashtags. I like them both. Here's a sample of words from my own tweets using TagCloud, and a the same from Tweetroot. There are many styles and colors available for both apps. If you're on Android, try Tag Cloud Live Wallpaper. Discounts Get a free copy of my report: Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Services. I'm happy to report that ALA has recently migrated to an open source platform for their Library Technology Reports, and to celebrate, all titles are available for free until sometime in June. After that, each title in the series will become free one year after publication. That means that (before June) you can download a free copy of my report, Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Services (normally $43). See this blog post about it from School Library Journal for more info about all the reports you can get for free. Results of my Goodreads Giveaway: Apps for Librarians My Goodreads Giveaway of 10 copies of Apps for Librarians has now ended and I just mailed the 10 copies to the lucky winners. If you've read the book, I welcome more reviews on Goodreads, thanks! If you'd like to purchase a copy, see this page for reviews from journals, and links to ordering the book. Get Organize Your Life with Mobile Apps mini-course for $69 before the price goes up. As I mentioned in the last newsletter, sometime this year I'll be updating and expanding my course,

5 Organize Your Life with Mobile Apps. At that time I'll add new content and raise the price to $129. If you buy it now, you'll get all future updates for free. It's self-study, so you can work on it bit by bit, as you have time. Learn the best ways to keep all your info in sync between desktop and mobile. Also learn security tips & best practices for using cloud apps and password managers. You can also purchase this as a gift for someone else. When you land on the course page, look under the "Take This Course" button, for "More options"... then "Gift this course." Tips A Blueprint for Your Digital Afterlife - Learn what Apple, Google, Facebook, and Twitter offer for designating someone to handle your digital data when you die. Find an iphone or ipad? Siri Will Tell You Who Owns It - You can ask Siri, "who owns this iphone?," even if the passcode feature is enabled. Writing on the ipad: 6 reasons why Evernote is brilliant - Some good tips for using Evernote to organize writing projects. Writing App Reviews and my App Review Checklist - I've been encouraging librarians to become app experts for their communities use my app review checklist as a guide when you review apps. Thought-provoking How the ipad is changing the way we learn - A great example of active learning read about this adult education program in Denmark where teachers are creating books in ibooks Author and guiding students in creation of their own multi-media books.

6 When Google is your librarian and Starbucks your WiFi, do we still need public libraries? - A Washington Post review of "BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google" by John Palfrey. What Can Technology Do for Tomorrow s Children? - Ideas for bridging the digital divide and empowering teachers and students as creators and not just consumers. Why the next Uber could be launched by a 10-yearold - Children are developing innovative, useful apps and bringing them to market, because they understand the needs of their peers. ipads, E-Readers, and Early Literacy: Emerging Research From AERA - Studies show that the most promising practices with apps and ebooks involve lots of human-to-human interaction. I read books by only minority authors for a year. It showed me just how white our reading world is. - A human rights lawyer from Perth, Australia spent a year reading books by non-white authors. She describes some of the difficulties of discovering books, for example, nearly 90 percent of New York Times reviews were of books by white authors, and she was not able to access many ebooks published in other countries. Her reading list is included. The future of the Internet is on your phone - All about Google's change to include "mobile friendliness" in its ranking algorithm. Sites with pages optimized for mobile will rank higher in search results. The Future MIT develops wireless trackpad for your thumbnail - Called "NailO," this prototype is similar to stick-on nails. It attaches to your thumb and can be controlled by running a

7 finger over it. It's easier to use than a trackpad or mouse in some situations. No interface - A look at what's coming with natural user interfaces, such as speech recognition and other easy ways to interactive with devices Please share this newsletter with your friends who might be interested, thanks!! They can sign up here: I tweet about libraries, mobile web, apps, ebooks, and emerging technologies. Copyright 2015 Nicole Hennig, All rights reserved. You're receiving this because you asked to be notified of future courses, workshops, or books by Nicole Hennig, or because you purchased one of her ebooks or courses. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

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