Welcome to the 85th issue of Mobile Apps News!
It’s been quite a while since my last issue! That’s because I’ve been busy looking for and then buying a house here in Tucson. We closed on January 31st, moved in on Feb. 16. Now I’m finally coming up for air and we’re very happy living in our new house.
This issue includes news of:
DuckDuckGo’s work on a privacy-focused desktop browser
The new Universal Control - a way to control multiple iPads and Macs simultaneously with one keyboard/mouse.
Some interesting and useful calculator apps
Tips, accessibility, voice-computing, thought-provoking articles, interesting stats, and articles about the future.
️ ❤️ Enjoy! (And if you like this issue, please “heart” it - thanks!)
📧 I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter and spread the word to your friends and colleagues.
📱 Apps
DuckDuckGo is working on a privacy-focused desktop browser - The Verge
Downie: Easily Download Videos From YouTube and Thousands of Different Sites - MacStories
Noted – perfect note-taker for lectures or meetings - Tapsmart
BiCam - Record With Your Front and Rear Camera At the Same Time - AppAdvice
These apps make calculating a breeze - AppAdvice
Grammarly rolls out full set of features to iPhone and iPad users - 9to5Mac
📚 My offerings
Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals - Nicole Hennig
Published in 2017 and still useful! It’s about the best methods for keeping up, not about specific technologies.
"An incredibly useful, compact, and well thought-out aid for any librarian or information specialist."— Candy Schwartz, Professor, Simmons School of Library and Information Science
"A bounty of resources and strategies for advancing user-centered innovation"
— Joyce Kasman Valenza, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Communication & Information
What kind of researcher are you? - Univ. of Arizona Libraries
Buzzfeed-style personality quiz we made for undergrads at Univ. of Arizona. Feel free to try it!
🤪 Just for fun
From “Generation A” To “Zeitgeisty”: Over 200 New Words And Definitions Added - Dictionary.com
Memeify, hamburger menu, kebab menu, metaverse, ranked-choice-voting, and more.
RT @KiaSpeaks: BABY!!! I found work from home robes that look like shirts on the top!!! (See the work from home robe).
☑︎ Tips
How to Bookmark All Open Safari Tabs at Once - iPhone Life
How to Set Up Universal Control & Use It to Control Devices - iPhone Life
How to Create Long Screenshots on iPhone - Beautiful Pixels
When to Take Real-time Meetings Async - Ambition & Balance by Doist
Four causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their solutions - Stanford News
Anti-racist language guide - University of Arizona Libraries
Collections - Artvee (A great collection of public domain art from museums).
♿ Accessibility
How Many Hyperlinks Are Too Many for Accessibility? - Bureau of Internet Accessibility
Making Text Audible - OrCam Read - Time
“Using computer vision and artificial intelligence, the OrCam Read ($1,990) can read any piece of text aloud.” - Good for institutional purchase.8 Common Image Alt Text Mistakes to Stop Making - Bureau of Internet Accessibility
Becoming More Accessible on Twitter: Avoid These Accessibility Barriers - Bureau of Internet Accessibility
🤔 Thought- provoking
America Needs a New Scientific Revolution - The Atlantic
Crypto in the classroom: Lucy Kellaway on the kids’ new craze - Financial Times
Systems scientists find clues to why false news snowballs on social media - MIT News
The Future of Work Is a 60-Year Career - The Atlantic
Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies - Scientific American.
Google Search Is Dying - DKB
How teens are experiencing their version of the ‘Great Resignation’ - MindShift
Hope for the Future - Hack Education
On TikTok, Philosophy Is Getting Edgy … or at Least Concise - Slate
A big bet to kill the password for good – Ars Technica
This Ontario company will pay you for a job interview and here’s how much - CTV News, Toronto
‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late - New York Times
What You’re Feeling Isn’t A Vibe Shift. It’s Permanent Change. - BuzzFeed News
Why We Use “lol” So Much - Vice Motherboard
Lessons From 19 Years in the Metaverse: Second Life’s Mistakes Should Inform Today’s Metaverse - The Atlantic
Russia is risking the creation of a “splinternet”—and it could be irreversible - MIT Technology Review
“…fears of a “splinternet” (or Balkanized internet), in which instead of the single global internet we have today, we have a number of national or regional networks that don’t speak to one another and perhaps even operate using incompatible technologies. “
😷 Pandemic
The Risk of Vaccinated COVID Transmission Is Not Low - Scientific American
Nasal vaccine may aid fight against new viral variants - YaleNews
Could this needle-free vaccine better protect us against new COVID variants? - Euronews
Vaccination by inhalation - MIT News
Inhaled COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Against Variants of Concern - Contagion Live
“… may also be more effective at protecting against current and future variants.”
💻 Remote work
Remote Work Can Be Better for Innovation Than In-Person Meetings - Scientific American
Includes virtual brainstorming methods.Remote Work Should Be (Mostly) Asynchronous - Harvard Business Review
Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future - The Atlantic
Full return to office is ‘dead,’ experts say — and remote is only growing - NBC News
Your Company Needs a Digital Nomad Policy - Harvard Business Review
2022 State Of Remote Work - Buffer
“Employees overwhelmingly recommend remote work.”This Popular Remote Work Advice Is Wrong (And You’re Probably Following It) — Remote Work Prep
Silly title, but good advice about changing where you work, sit, or recline for different types of work.
🤖 The future
The work of the future: Building better jobs in an age of intelligent machines - MIT Technology Review
50 Emerging (Technology) Themes to watch out for in 2022 - Rahim Hirji, LinkedIn
Will the metaverse send education into a new dimension? - Education Technology
Why the future of the metaverse can only be decentralized - Venture Beat