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Category Archives: This Week on LLO
Spotify – Much more than radio
Much earlier in Learning for Life Online, we talked about Internet radio – the ability to listen to radio stations or services like radio stations over the internet. Click back and read that post for a quick review of what … Continue reading
Posted in This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged internet radio, music, spotify, streaming, surprisingly useful tools
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Scan It! – Mobile grocery shopping
Grocery shopping seems like the last place you’d be living life online, but new mobile apps are making it easier than ever to pick a few things up from the store. Mobile shopping inside the store Stop & Shop’s ScanIt! … Continue reading
Two Neat Google Tools – Street View and Art Project
For our last May post, let’s look at a pair of online tools that could be useful if you’re traveling over the summer: an online map that shows you not just the streets, but the view as you drive down … Continue reading
Social Games – Playing together, wherever you are
Going from practical to fun, let’s look this week at social games – those games you see everyone playing on their smartphones, tablets and laptops. What Are They? Social games are exactly that: online games that you can play on … Continue reading
Posted in This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged draw something, drawing, facebook, farmville, games, online gaming, social games, social networks, words with friends, zynga
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Where’s My Bus? How’s the Traffic? – Transit Information Apps & Websites
As the weather gets warmer and we spend more time outside, more people are out on the roads and on public transit. There are many tools to help keep tabs on when the next bus or train is due, and … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, This Week on LLO, Tips for Living Life Online
Tagged about.com, apps, bing, boston bus map, boston.com, catch the bus, finding stuff online, google maps, mbta, nextbus, pocket mbta, primospot, sigalert, surprisingly useful tools, tleave, traffic boston, traffic.com, where is the t?
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Five Search Engines You Haven’t Heard of…Yet
With all our coverage of privacy, security, and account settings, April was a pretty heavy month here at Learning for Life Online. Let’s celebrate spring by lightening things up a little bit in May. We’ll start by showcasing five search … Continue reading
Posted in This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged bookfinder, books, duck duck go, ecofreek, images, million short, search engines, searching, spezify, surprisingly useful tools, visual search
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Facebook – Account Settings
My apologies – we never went back and looked at the main Facebook Account settings after walking through the Privacy Settings. For our final April is About Accounts post, let’s quickly look at Account Settings in Facebook. Facebook Account Settings … Continue reading
Posted in This Week on LLO, Tips for Living Life Online, Tools
Tagged account.settings, facebook, privacy.settings, settings, third-party ads
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Finding and Using Online Help
Out in the wild world online, getting help using a particular tool is often up to you. However, using help centers, support pages, live chat, and discussion forums, there are many ways to figure out how to make things work … Continue reading
Finding and Changing Account Settings
When you’re using online tools, you almost always have to create an account by entering your email address, creating a username, and choosing a password. Sometimes it will ask for more information, but typically, you sign up and then you’re … Continue reading
Facebook – Privacy Settings
Facebook Timeline Note: We’ve moved the short look at Timeline that was here to a later post, with more details and suggestions. Check it out! Facebook Settings That said, with Timeline and other new features Facebook has developed, it’s more … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged facebook, facebook timeline, privacy, security, settings
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