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Saturday, April 23, 2011

A PROPOS

I am a technological idiot so if this link does not work forgive me. Galley Cat published the top 20 apps for books and here's the link.

Honestly I have no idea why people use apps. For starters, how do they see the screen? I suppose that's the point--I'm a dinosaur, quickly eating up all the vegetation because I am huge and unsustainable.

Happy Holiday

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the link, Sandi. It wasn't "live" but it worked. Although I wouldn't want to read a whole book on my phone, you can actually see info pretty clearly--and you can make it bigger if you want.

    That said, I'm a bit confused. Assumedly these are phone apps, but do you have to go to Facebook to get them? Since I have a Kindle, I tried to get Lendle (never one of my favorite tennis players) on my Droid, but I couldn't. Since I'm not on Facebook, I couldn't check it out that way. Does anyone know how this works?

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  2. A Facebook app is just a mini-program with an activity you can go to via Facebook. I haven't used any of the book-related Facebook apps, but I play Scrabble with friends and family daily, and that is done through a Facebook app. Click on it and it basically fills your computer screen.

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