To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, The History Channel has released The Civil War Today – an app exclusively for the iPad. The app presents a newspaper-like layout with tons of interactivity hiding just beneath the surface, including thousands of original document scans, photographs, maps, diary entries, quotes, and full newspapers for each day of the 4 year war.
The amount of information presented in the app is enormous, but what makes the app most interesting is the ability to experience the war as it unfolded, one day at a time, in real-time. Actual newspaper articles, diary entries from various figures, a running total of casualties for both North and South, and much more make this the most compelling Civil War application I’ve seen.
Check out the gallery below for some additional screenshots from the app:
07 Apr, 2011
Google Chrome is a web browser from Google, designed for speed, simplicity, and security. Chrome is quickly becoming a popular web browser to rival Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer. Read on to find out why you should try Google Chrome, and how to install and customize it once installed.
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07 Feb, 2011
If you’ve switched from a Windows computer to the Mac, you may be confused or frustrated by the little green (+) button in the upper right corner of every application window. It’s called the zoom button, and it is not the same as the maximize button in MS Windows. Once you understand what the zoom button does and how it works, your confusion and frustration should come to an end.
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Google has taken their Street View technology and applied it to some of the world’s most famous paintings, resulting in the Google Art Project. You can zoom in so far as to see the individual brush strokes. You can explore various art museums and view over a thousand works of art. You can even create your own collections, including specific views and comments, then share the collection with others.
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In this first Roundup of the new year, you’ll find links to articles about fixing the algebra problem, biliteracy for long-term English learners, and some fun History resources using popular music.
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