Choate Technology (Student Academic Technology Council)

12/06/2012

If you use Google Chrome, you might want to check this out.

The most popular Chrome extension, with over 10 million users! Blocks ads all over the web.

11/05/2012

Birthday cakes are made for people to be together. They give friends a place to gather and celebrate. But too much cake probably isn’t healthy. So birthday cake is a lot like Facebook.

10/20/2012

Did you LOSE YOUR CALCULATOR?
Someone left his or her calculator in the Humanities Building. It's a black TI-84 with a white sticker (sunset and a reflection of a city) on the back, "07028R" etched on the back, and is right next to a red Wesleyan water bottle.

10/11/2012

"Bing is the most heavily poisoned search engine"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/08/bing_worst_search_poisoning/

Bing search results are more affected by poisoning than those of other search engines, according to a study by SophosLabs.

10/10/2012

Watch out: "Worm spreading on Skype IM installs ransomware"
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57528353-83/worm-spreading-on-skype-im-installs-ransomware/

Malware is downloaded onto users' machines after they click on the message 'lol is this your new profile pic?' Read this article by Steven Musil on CNET News.

10/05/2012

This one's fun to play around with
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autorap/id524299475?mt=8

Get AutoRap on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.

09/25/2012

if you have iOS 6


http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/google-says-no-plans-for-ios-6-mapping-app-yet/

Eric Schmidt says it would have been better if Apple stayed with Google.

09/21/2012

If you happen to need/want an iPad 3
:)

http://gizmodo.com/5945120/wow-you-can-get-the-new-ipad-with-retina-display-for-only-400?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Dealzmodo alert! You can score a refurbished new iPad 16GB with Retina Display for only 400 bucks at Wal-Mart right now. That's $100 off retail and $50 off the refurbished model in the Apple Store.

09/21/2012

For developers

http://panic.com/dietcoda/

Diet Coda takes everything we've ever learned about world-class web code editing, and wraps it up to-go. It's packed with features, bathed in fun, ready to work.

09/20/2012

If you need help with your calculator
http://www.prenhall.com/esm/app/calc_v2/

09/19/2012

http://gigaom.com/apple/10-things-you-never-knew-you-could-do-on-your-ipad/

What is usually the first thing everyone that gets a new iPad wants to know? Which apps to get. But there are still some cool things that you can do with your iPad, even without buying a single app. Here are 10 good examples.

09/19/2012

http://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/np00h/ios_5_ipad_tipstricks/

List all helpful/useful tricks found in iOS 5 here! From the typical double tap home button to the exotic two finger spread on the keyboard. **Anywhe...