Monday, October 27, 2014

20 great productivity apps for Android, iOS, and the Web

In pictures: Google exec secretly shatters Felix Baumgartner's skydiving altitude record

Your next fridge could charge all your mobile devices

ITworld Tonight
October 27, 2014

20 great productivity apps for Android, iOS, and the Web

These 20 essential apps work on all three platforms, helping you stay productive no matter what device you or your co-workers use.

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Issue highlights

1. In pictures: Google exec secretly shatters Felix Baumgartner's skydiving altitude record

2. Your next fridge could charge all your mobile devices

3. Be warned: Windows 10 registry hack doesn't deliver

4. WIN THIS BOOK: Introduction to Agile Methods

5. Surprise! Flashlight apps might be spying on you

6. Gamification helps utility companies change customer behavior

7. Microsoft's Surface turns first profit in 2 years

8. Researcher works to make 3D-printed metals stronger, customizable

9. Best Tech-o-Lanterns 2014

In pictures: Google exec secretly shatters Felix Baumgartner's skydiving altitude record

Move over, Felix Baumgartner. Alan Eustace, a senior vice president at Google, rode a balloon more than 25 miles up, then cut the cord. READ MORE

Your next fridge could charge all your mobile devices

Your next refrigerator or television may also double as a wireless charger for your mobile devices and wearables. READ MORE

Be warned: Windows 10 registry hack doesn't deliver

A registry hack promising rapid Windows 10 Tech Preview updates is circling the web. Problem is -- it doesn't work. READ MORE

WIN THIS BOOK: Introduction to Agile Methods

We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. But hurry! The drawing ends October 31. READ MORE

Surprise! Flashlight apps might be spying on you

Mobile apps have too much access to our data. READ MORE

Gamification helps utility companies change customer behavior

ComEd, National Grid and other utilities use analytics to get consumers to compete with neighbors and encourage whole towns to conserve -- and earn rewards. READ MORE

Microsoft's Surface turns first profit in 2 years

After two years and nearly $2 billion in losses, Microsoft's Surface turned a profit in the September quarter. READ MORE

Researcher works to make 3D-printed metals stronger, customizable

A scientist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is working on a way to change metal 3D printing that could revolutionize the way products are customized. READ MORE

Best Tech-o-Lanterns 2014

We've updated our collection of cool, scary and fun pumpkin carvings from around the web, with social media and other topics trending hot. READ MORE

ITWORLD GIVEAWAYS:

We've got 5 copies of each of this books to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win!

Help Your Kids with Computer Coding
Take your kids from browsing to building the web. Fun projects throughout let kids start putting their computer skills into practice and build their own code using Scratch programming and Python. Enter now!

Introduction to Agile Methods
If you want to understand Agile and become conversant with Agile values, principles, framework, and processes, this book is the place to start. Enter now!

Programming in C, 4th Edition
Learn C by example, with complete C programs used to illustrate each new concept along the way. Enter now!

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