College has never been easy. There’s an incredibly large and varied course load, family and social life to juggle, and massive student loans to pay off. But technology continues to find ways to make our existence a bit easier, and apps designed to support education are helping to do just that. There’s over a million apps in Apple’s online...

The effectiveness of the U.S. education system has come under fire recently, with budget cuts and stories of unqualified or destructive teachers dominating the news. And as the country continues to rank in the middle of the pack amongst the rest of the world in terms of education, people are looking for any way to help improve the landscape. Technology is best...

You may recall redesigns of well-loved websites like Digg and Facebook in recent years, and in both cases the fallout was severe. Digg lost an estimated 26% of their traffic immediately following their overhaul while the addition of the “timeline” feature on Facebook was enough to prompt most users to speculate over why they had launched this...

If you dig through Apple’s App Store for a while, you’ll soon find there’s much more that’s now possible than just better versions of solitaire games. Savvy app designers are building programs that not only make life easier, but bring incredible new learning opportunities to the table. With a bit of creativity, Apple has made it possible...

People often talk to their cars, but very few talk back. In fact, it seems to be only movie cars that can converse with their owners, so unless you happen to be Shia LaBeouf you’re pretty much out of luck. Or are you? As it turns out, Mercedes-Benz, an automaker known for upscale luxury vehicles and innovation in the automotive field, is working to turn...

Independent developer, The Game Bakers , is bringing their popular tactical RPG, Squids , to Mac this week. These releases represent the first new platforms for a game that has already had great success on iPhone and iPad, where it ranked as the App Store’s #1 RPG in 34 countries and spent a week as the #1 paid app overall in France. Set in a colorful...

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