Hi everyone, I’m not sure where today has gone but it is almost gone at least as far as the work day goes!
So here is a relatively short tech blog posting for today!
Here’s a link to a New York Times article, titled Rearranging the Furniture, Minus the Aching Back, on apps you can use that allow you to see how your room and/or house would look if you moved the furniture and paint the walls – without you actually having to move the furniture and paint the walls!
A second link to a Culture of Mac article, titled Kindle For iOS Will Now Turn Your Favorite Books Into Audiobooks, that discusses the recent (yesterday) upgrade of the Amazon Kindle app for iOS (Apple devices) that makes the app more user friendly for the blind or visually impaired:
http://www.cultofmac.com/225836/kindle-for-ios-will-now-turn-your-favorite-books-into-audiobooks/
A third link to a neat arstechnica article titled Finger-Free Phones, Full Body Gesturing, and our “touchscreen” future” that discusses how the rapidly advancing technology will become even more integrated into our lives in the near future:
And a fourth and final link that has nothing to do with technology really – except for the fact that if you appreciate all the tech/digital holdings and assistance you can obtain for free from your local library be aware May 7-8 is National Library Legislative Day – I’m not sure why it is two days – but that is okay! We should all proclaim loudly to our local, regional and national legislators that we value libraries and they should support funding for public libraries!
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld
Have a great day!
Linda
References
Bell, Killian. (2013, May 1). Kindle For iOS Will Now Turn Your Favorite Books Into Audiobooks. Cult of Mac. Online.
Eaton, Kit. (2013, May 1). Rearranging the Furniture, Minus the Aching Back. New York Times. Online.
Ion, Florence. (2013, May 1). Finger-free phones, full body gesturing, and our “touchscreen” future. arstechnica. Online.
National Library Legislative Day (NLLD). The American Library Association. Online. Accessed May 2, 2013.
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