Tag: App

Looking For Factual news? Try Ground News from Libby!

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, just a quick FYI email. A new library service is available today through Libby/The Digital Catalog to help you make sense of what news, found online, is factual and what stories are likely to be made-up, instead of credible news stories.

This new service is called Ground News and it offers you the tools to:

Compare 50,000 news sources in one convenient place
Get media bias and factuality ratings for news outlets
See how news stories are covered across the political spectrum
Balance your news diet with the My News Bias dashboard
And it is available in: English, Spanish, French

If you use the Libby app to check out library eBooks, eAudiobooks and magazines, you’ll see Ground News listed as a new offering when you open the app, if you’re using a smartphone, it should look like this:

And you just tap on the Ground News icon to access it.

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And if you use The Digital Catalog (that’s the web browser accessed version of Libby); just click on the following link*:

https://stls.overdrive.com/extras/ground-news

The Ground News services looks like this via a web browser:

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Have a great day everyone & as always, if you have questions about library materials or services, please ask the staff – we love questions in Library Land!

Linda

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* The Digital Catalog is found online at https://stls.overdrive.com/ and it should shortly have the new Ground News services prominently displayed on the home page; which it does not at the moment – thus my sharing the direct link to Ground News.

CNET & Amazon Report On Great Black Friday Tech Deals & The Rolling Stones Put Out An App

Linda Reimer

CNET & Amazon Report On Great Black Friday Tech Deals: Since Black Friday is well – Friday! I thought it might be helpful to relay an article or two that offer tips on where to get some solid Black Friday Tech deals.

CNET offers an article on their site titled Top 16 Black Friday Tech Deals and those deals, all of which require one to actual visit a brick and mortar store, include great ones on TVs, a wireless speakerphone, several cool smart phones that are either free or very cheap with a contract, the entry level Roku player for $39.99, a touch screen Windows 8 laptop for less than $600 and even a $39.99 Barnes & Noble Nook (being sold by Sears!). So if you’re planning on bravely venturing forth to shop for tech in the real world on Friday you might want to check out the interactive article.

Here’s the link:

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-34231_7-10014586.html

And you’ll notice that I referred to that last article as one that might be helpful if you’re shopping in the real world on Friday…

In contrast, here’s a link to the Upcoming Black Friday deals being offered by Amazon online – for those persons who like to do their Christmas shopping from the comfort of their favorite easy chair!

The Amazon page is titled Black Friday Deals Week and can be accessed via the following link:

http://goo.gl/eYZgM

The Rolling Stones Put Out An App: The Stones have just put out an official app. And according to the New York Times the app was “developed with the involvement of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood” so it ought to be quite good as the boys know a thing or two about rock n’ roll! As you would expect the app relays information and news about the band and also allows fans to see where the band is playing on its current tour – and to purchase tickets accordingly.

The brief article regarding the app is from the New York Times Media Decoder blog – here’s the link:

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/digital-notes-the-rolling-stones-app-and-sonys-streaming-music-discount/

Have a great Thanksgiving!

And remember the library will be open on Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM so if you are all turkeyed and shopped out – visit us to retrieve some great reading, viewing and listening material – we promise we’ll even have our Christmas collection of CDs out and ready to be checked out!

Linda R.