Monday, December 26, 2011
If the holidays brought a new mobile device into your life, add the Patch App for the Android or the iPhone.
Patch for iPhone keeps customers connected to the latest news, weather, local business listings and current events happening in their neighborhood. Patch’s app will keep you engaged and mobile by delivering 24/7 local community coverage. Features include: Plus, you can save anything from favorite stories to business listings direct to the iPhone for easy offline access. Customer opinions are extremely valued, so please send app feedback to the Patch team! Patch Places for Android is the go-to directory of local businesses in 800+ Patch towns. Any Patch community can be selected to connect to a mobile directory of every place nearby with Patch Places for Android. From local businesses and organizations to government offices and public parks…
Friday, October 7, 2011
Upon hearing of Steve Jobs's death, Patch Regional Editor Holly Edgell recalls how her first Apple product changed her from a PC to a Mac.
I confess to feeling a bit like a member of an exclusive club when I enter the Apple Store at the St. Louis Galleria. But I was a late Apple adopter. I never really got the Mac "thing." In college (circa 1990), one of my journalism classes met in lab where we usedMacintosh Classics. Thinking of a Mac-loving friend, I asked myself, "What's so great about this computer?" I remained strictly PC as technology advanced and streamlined through the 1990s and early 2000s, both at home and in the newsrooms where I worked. First came the iPod The watershed moment came when I was teaching at Florida A&M Universityin 2005: Apple gave the faculty members iPod Classics. The cool factor was immediately apparent: the design struck me as light years …
Monday, April 18, 2011
Both public and private schools in the area are providing students with greater access to technology. Here's a look at what Parkway offers in comparison to other area public schools.
Upgrade by upgrade, both public and private schools in our area work hard to improve technology resources for their students. Different schools take different approaches toward the adoption of wireless networks, laptop rentals and smart boards in classrooms. But one thing became evident in looking at area public schools. A mere computer lab doesn't cut it anymore—quite unlike a decade ago. Remaining competitive in today's school-tech game requires a whole lot more. School districts such as Rockwood, Ladue and Lindbergh allow students to bring their own computers to school. There are no school computers for students to take home. Both Parkway and Kirkwood schools hope to enable access for students' personal computers at school in the near …
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Jean Whitney
12:38 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Hmmm, seems to be working from a Mac computer . . . more ›