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New iOS5 release brings new features

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The new iOS 5, a free software update from Apple, is now available for any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Apple released the update on Oct. 12. The new update removes the requirement of plugging the device into a computer. Apple has installed a new feature called iCloud. "iCloud stores a bunch of information, so it is always available to your ... [Read More…]

“Siri” may usher in a new age of voice recognition

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Earlier this week, Apple introduced the new iPhone 4S. It was new CEO Tim Cook's first time at bat for the software giant. The announcement was held in a much smaller venue than usual, and the reaction wasn't as big as the response to previous iPhone unveilings. But, one new feature really stole the show: "Siri," a personal digitized assistant ... [Read More…]

Mediated chats don’t build bonds

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Here at ACU, we are among the leaders of a mobile initiative. Students walk around campus with their head down, eyes glued to their phones, with no awareness of where they are going as they narrowly miss getting hit by an oncoming bike or as they trip on one of the many uneven sidewalk ledges. If it's not a phone that has captured their ... [Read More…]

Local school integrates iPads

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Taylor Elementary School of Abilene will receive iPads for five kindergarten classes this week thanks in part to the ACU Department of Education. Jenn Rogers, instructor of education, said the concept of the "21st century learner" is the inspiration for putting iPads in the hands of 5-year-olds. ACU students studying early childhood development ... [Read More…]

iDevices gain ground against physical Bibles

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Think back to the last Summit session you went to. When the lecturer said, "look in your Bibles to John chapter three," did you notice what the room was using to follow along with the passage? Were they using actual, hard-bound Bibles, or was it a mobile device? I normally just listen along since I can never seem to get to the passage in time no ... [Read More…]

ACU sustains Mobile Learning Initative, offers iPad upgrade

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The university began distributing new iPhones and iPod touches to freshmen and transfer students last week in the Brown Library, with a new option that allows those students to pay extra for an Apple iPad. New students could pick up their new iPhone 4 or iPod touch Aug. 20-23. Team 55 and employees from AT&T were involved in the distribution ... [Read More…]

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