Catholic Tech Talk

What if the laptops you use to send emails, read the news, peruse shopping deals and even read digital books was somehow responsible for mass deforestation and environmental havoc?

eReaders are definitely a hot item and their are plenty of options.  Barnes and Noble hit the eReader world with the Nook® in 2009.   Now called “Nook 1st Edition”, featured eInk paper0like display and a small LCD touch control screen at the bottom.  This past month, Barnes and Noble revamped the original Nook® and released [...]

Wireless routers are becoming more and more prevalent in homes as more things are connecting to the internet in our home.  It used to be easy selecting a router too.  You basically just matched up the signal type you needed (a/b/g/n).  In the past few years it may have simply been a laptop and now we [...]

First of all, I would like to introduce the newest convert To the Catholic Faith, my iPad! I have over the last week successfully transformed it into the “cathPad”. I will give an overview of the apps I have installed as well as tips and tricks that you can use when that Protestant is trying [...]

Smarty Ears is a software development company that has designed several iPhone and iPad apps for speech development practice. Their apps are appropriate for all ages, and they even have some programs designed for use with toddlers.

Suggestions on how Catholics should engage in online discussions.

Most people today have multiple ways to be contacted.  We have multiple email addresses (personal and work), Facebook accounts, multiple phones (home, work, cell); and it can get confusing how to manage it all.  In fact, it can become so difficult that messages can often go missed.  In essence, we have all these great tools [...]

Social networks like Facebook and Twitter can be a tricky business in a ‘workplace’ environment.

5 free Mac apps worthy of your workflow.

The Archdiocese of St. Louis is hosting a Eucharistic Congress, June 24 – June 26. To promote the event, they launched a website, and also produced an impressive video (see below) that demonstrates the potential of multimedia in the work of evangelization. The videographer, Lisa Johnston, has a background in photojournalism and has her own [...]

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Ubuntu Version 11.04, codenamed “Natty Narwhal”, has sent waves through the Linux community by introducing its new Unity interface.

Six months ago I loved the use of sunbursts in graphic design. Now I loathe them. They’re everywhere. Trust me, now that you know what to look for, you’ll see them everywhere to.

For a while now designers and developers have been experimenting with different types of web font solutions, with the idea of improving the look and feel of a website design, injecting personality and its own identity.

This 2011, there’s exciting news for early technology adopters in the United States because this Spring and Summer there will be major smartphone releases by HTC, Sony Ericsson and T-Mobile.

There is a lot of talk lately about security on Facebook.

One of the more popular advances in cell technology in the last few years is applications. From doing your taxes to fitness, there is, as the slogan goes, an app for that. But for something more interesting, how about being able to travel through Rome from your smartphone? Not only is that totally possible, but there is more than one way to do it.

If hiking an unexplored mountain trail sounds more exciting to you than sipping a latté in the urban jungle – the Casio G’zOne Commando from Verizon is the smartphone for you.