Do you feel the pressure rising with all the ongoing assignments and midterms yet? Here are a few apps that can help you organize some of your work and help you study faster. Grades Want or need an ‘A’ (or at least a passing grade) in class but don’t know what you need to do? This app helps you calculate what scores you need for upcoming tests and assignments to get the grade. This app is compatible with the iPhone,… Read more

World University Rankings is a new iPhone application which allows users to compare and contrast the top 400 universities in the world and access the full ranking of top 200 in the world. What make this app legitimate is how users can manipulate the data to suit their needs and priorities. For example, if you want to attend a research university in Asia, you can put those factors in the app and see what the top Asian research universities are…. Read more

If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you’ve no doubt downloaded the “lite” or free versions of several different games available in Apple’s app store. But what about spending a few bucks for a couple full-version apps? Here are five that are guaranteed to give you your money’s worth: 1. Plants vs. Zombies ($2.99): players must set up a series of plants to protect their house from the undead as the walk, run, and pole-vault across the lawn…. Read more

Today, Apple announced its much-anticipated Apple tablet, the iPad. The device will be available in 60-days and will have its own bookstore, making it easy for book addicts and English majors to get their fix without carrying around a stack of dead trees. Still, the iPad presents a few problems, the least of which is smashing your new $500-plus device on the concrete outside the Oviatt Library. Instead, go with what’s already in your pocket: the iPhone or iPod Touch…. Read more

Two Northwest Airline pilots were recently suspended for missing their final destination by 150 miles. Their claim was that they were looking at their laptops and had the communications turned off. There were 144 passengers on the flight. The pilots distractions were risking the lives of those 144 people plus their own. They said they were checking their schedules on their laptops. They were probably thinking about their activities on their days off. “It’s hard to stay interested in the… Read more

The advent of wireless Internet connection has been both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it’s allowed people the ability to work more efficiently and remain consistently accessible. On the other, it’s allowed people the ability to work too efficiently and remain consistently too accessible. The time when a person could shut off their technology and be left with their thoughts is slowly disappearing. Currently, airlines are moving quickly to make their flights Wi-Fi friendly. During a six-hour… Read more

Cocaine, marijuana, heroine, crystal meth…iPhone? A mobile phone doesn’t exactly top anyone’s list of addictive controlled substances. But with school, extracurricular activities, work, a social life and relationships, you, an average college student, have so much going on in your life that it can actually become quite dizzying and you just need that fix. With constant e-mail checks, Facebook wall posts, Twitter updates, text messages and countless other forms of communicating through a mobile phone, who needs a street corner… Read more