21-Jul-09 |
With the camera of the new
iPhone 3GS (but not, alas, of the previous
generations), and the app
Cyclops you can now to scan
barcodes (UPC or EAN) and retrieve information
on the item from Amazon – complete with a
link to the product's page.
(Source:
Macintouch.com) | Cost: Free | Requires: iPhone 3GS
only | For further info...
17-Jul-09 |
Following Stanford
University's lead, Yale University too has now
begun offering select courses as free downloads
from iTunes U, in areas such as Engineering and
Technology, Humanities, Science, Arts and
Architecture, Business & Management, etc.
(Source: iLounge) |
Cost: Free | For further info...
09-Apr-09 |
Lest you think that The
Library of Congress was just about books, it has
begun releasing videos from its archives through
its own YouTube channel, starting with 70
historical videos, inclulding the first ever
moving image (a man sneezing), films from the
Thomas Edison studio and industrial films from
Westinghouse factories.
(Source: Wired) |
Cost: Free | For further info...
31-Mar-09 |
Microsoft has announced it
is shutting down its online
Encarta encyclopedia
service in October this year and will also
discontinue its Student and Premium Encarta
software products.
(Source: Macworld
UK) | For further
info.../
