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3 funny tech jokes   These are just 3 short one liner jokes that I cam across on Twitter.   A programmers wife says “run to the Store to buy a loaf of bread.  If the have eggs, get a dozen”.   He comes home with 12 loafs of bread. A Farmer had 97 sheep, but when he rounded them up he found that he had a hundred. What did the CPU say to the managed memory pool? free you later allocator.   A Tech Fact: Interestingly The Definition Of A Computer in 1946   In 1946 the Merriam Webster Dictionary defined computer as “a person who tabulates numbers; accountant; Actuary; bookkeeper.”   QANTAS and Virgin Get Green Light for Inflight Gadgets   As of today you will be able to use your tablets and phones for the whole flight.  However, they will still to be in flight mode, but you can still do your work.   http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviation/qantas-virgin-get-green-light-for-inflight-gadgets-20140825-108aev.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Atwi...

Vision Australia Further Education Bursary Awards Announced for 2015   Yesterday Vision Australia announced that the Further Education Bursary Awards were now open.  The closing date is October 31 2015.  These Bursaries are to assist students in completing their course work by using adaptive and main stream technology.   For further information or to obtain an application form/guidelines, visit:   http://www.visionaustralia.org/bursary   In Apple News   OS X Yosemite developer 6 has just been released.  Interestingly, no sign of iOS 8 beta 6 or a possible GM (Gold Master) release.   My Next Purchase: a New Pair of Nifty Head Phones   Beats Wireless head phones which are both Bluetooth and can connect via a 3.5mm cable to any other device.  .  In addition, the connecter cable for the head phones also has an inbuilt mic and the clicker that you would find on iPhone ear pods to control an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.   http://store.apple.com/au/product/HE505X/A/beats-studio-wireless-over-e...

AFB AccessWorrld for August 2014   Two of the articles that caught my attention in this issue were: the FitBit exercise band, and an evaluation of an accessible Samsung television.   http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp   How to Reboot an iOS device without touching the Home/Power buttons   Just in case your hardware buttons on your iOS device are not working, you can either simply choose Settings, General, Accessibility. Bold text (on) or choose Settings, General, Reset, Reset Network settings to reboot the iOS device. .   http://osxdaily.com/2014/08/07/restart-ios-without-hardware-buttons/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29   How to Share your Macs Internet Connection   This is a handy tip particularly if your in a hotel room and you only have one connection and you have a number of devices.   http://www.zdnet.com/os-x-tip-sharing-your-internet-connection-7000032151/   Beats Gets its Own Section on the Apple Online Store   Recent...

Assistive Technology Puts Creativity Within reach   To me this is what Assistive Technology is all about: from the Age and other sources   “Christopher Hills, 18, is quadriplegic, born with athetoid cerebral palsy, which severely limits his ability to control muscle function and speech”, writes Katie Cincotta for The Age. “His brain works fine but to use a computer he relies on his neck muscles to operate a switch control… Apple recently built Switch Control directly into OS X, which Hills says is a huge benefit. To his parents’ surprise, Hills has become so masterful on his Mac that he’s qualified as an Apple Certified Pro in Final Cut Pro X, software recently used to edit the award-winning Australian feature film Mystery Road. He has similar ambitions to be a visual storyteller and is studying video production online at RMIT”.   http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/assistive-technology-puts-creativity-within-reach-20140730-zw926.html                   “Assistive Te...

OwnFone Now has Braille labelled buttons   Last week OwnFone in Australia (similar to overseas) made their 3d printable custom phone available with Braille buttons.  You can have 2 to 4 Braille labelled buttons for pre-dialing.   http://www.ownfone.com.au   Some Info on Android   Last week, the Adaptive Technology Consultants at Vision Australia received their Nexus 7 tablets.   This means that staff will not only be able to demonstrate iPads, but Android tablets as well.   In relation to this, here is a good site to start off using Android.  The website is still being level;per, but has enough food info hopefully to get the beginner Android user up and going.   Inclusive Android can be found at:   http://inclusiveandroid.tk   Indoor Outdoor Weather Station   The Netatmo Urban Weather Station consisting of a metal cylindrical  indoor and outdoor module wirelessly links to your iPhone giving you the following information via the Netatmo app:   current temperature, Min temperature,, Max ...

Voice Dream Reader demo   Last week on the program I mentioned the ability now to download from Vision Australia I-Access within side the Voice Dream Reader app and the possibility of me doing a demo of this process: this has now been done. You can download the demo from my podcast website:   http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com   Just a note about the Closing Date for the ACCAN Apps For All Competition   Just a quick reminder that the Apps For All competition from ACCAN closes tomorrow the 23rd of July.   More News on the Inquisitor Audio Heart Beat Adventure https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/inquisitors- The other week I mentioned that the Inquisitor Audio Heart Beat adventure game had been released      https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/inquisitors-heartbeat/id896629808?mt=8   Apple releases new seed/beta updates   Yosemite developer build 4 was released.   iOS 8 beta 4 was released with the bug feedback app being taken out.  Amongst other updates and improvements, a Tips app is now included ...