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One of Gear Diary ‘s excellent team of writers, Travis Ehrlich, is a football coach and teacher.  He ‘s got a great post up this week titled ‘iPhone in the Classroom ‘, that runs through some of the many uses he finds for the iPhone in his day-to-day teaching activities. I enjoyed reading the article, as I ‘m a firm believer in the power of the iPhone as an educational tool (and have watched my 6 year old daughter get great use out of it) and it was fascinating to me to see some of the ways a teacher can incorporate it within class activities. Travis talks about the types of apps he uses “ ranging from those that help with grading to web search and pure fun apps.  I thought it was great to see a simple app like Today In History mentioned.  I really hope some of my daughter ‘s teachers in years to come manage to make use of the iPhone platform, or similar mobile technology, to enhance her learning experience. For a good read, check out Travis ‘ full post here: Read More

Online retailers usually have some of the best prices around, but stressing out over whether or not your package will arrive on time is sometimes just not worth the hassle.  To combat this issue and effectively allow you to save loads of cash without worry, we created an Apps To Track Your Shipments Applist. Our Apps To Track Your Shipments Applist features a number of apps that will not only help you track your packages that are shipped via UPS, USPS, and Fedex, but also allow you to find the nearest shipping locations and even create shipping labels to print out later.  The apps featured in this Applist are: If any of you believe that we have somehow missed the perfect app for this list, feel free to leave a comment below indicating which app it is so we can take a look at it and possibly add it to the list. While you are checking out the Apps To Track Your Shipments Applist, don’t forget to check out our wide variety of other useful Applists. Read More

Si sois de los afortunados que han hecho pedidos a través de Internet para estas Navidades esta aplicación será indispensable para vosotros. Package Tracker Lite os permitirá hacer un seguimiento exaustivo de todos vuestros paquetes, indicandoos en todo momento donde se encuentran y para cuando tenemos la entrega estimada. Lo que hace esta App es conectar con los servidores de las principales empresas mensajeras y mostar los datos de los envíos. Tan sólo tenemos que introducir el numero de envío y en unos segundos tendremos toda la información. Yo lo he probado y funciona bastante bien, al menos con los pedidos de Apple. Así que si quereis tener controladas todas vuestras compras, no dudeis en instalarla. Precio: Gratis Read More

I admit I wasn't much of a history nut when I was very young, but as I got older I found the subject more and more fascinating. Heck, I even wound up writing a book about a producer of historical epic films. I think a good perspective on history helps you understand the present, so I welcome On this Day [App Store link] for the iPhone/ iPod touch. For $0.99US it's a pretty good way to find out what happened on the current day. It includes 14,000 historical events, so instead of seeing 2 or 3 items you often get 40 or so. There are some other similar apps for the iPhone, including World Book- The Day in History and Today's History, but neither of them have as many events, and one requires an internet connection to work. On this Day worked with no issues, but there are a few things that would make it better. Like most people, I wanted to check my birthday and see what notable events, other than my birth, took place. But the app only displays history from the current date. That's a real downer. I talked to the developer and he says he'll change that in a future version. I also found the info button with links to support and sources a bit picky about where I tap. The developer agrees, and says he'll fix it. On this Day adds a nice feature to the iPhone, and has some real depth. I think a really nice 'blue sky' feature would be links to Wikipedia so I could learn more about these events if the mood strikes me. Sample screens below: Read More