By Phil Ruddle |News Editor| Evernote is a note taking app that keeps all of your notes in a ‘cloud’ library which syncs to any device that Evernote is installed. This tool is for any college student, it keeps all of your important files and work all in one searchable place. Evernote lets you record audio, capture photo, video, and it keeps them all in your personal notebook library. If you aren’t heavily invested into an ecosystem such as Apple or Microsoft products, then Evernote can be installed on any device. It doesn’t matter whether you have Apple, Android, or Microsoft, Evernote is … [Read more...] about Take notes the smart way with Evernote
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The Absolute Cheapest Way to Get Your Books
By Phil Ruddle |News Editor| Buy all of your textbooks online this quarter and avoid the bookstore to save money. There are a lot of online sites you can go to purchase or rent a book whether it be digital or hard copy such as amazon and half.com, however websites with a universal search engine that are designed to find the cheapest prices for books is the way to go. Bigwords.com is the best search engine option because its sole purpose is to find the absolute cheapest way to get your book. All you do is type in the title of the textbook or the ISBN number, add all the books you want, go to your book-bag (shopping cart), and click start price comparison. BigWords then compares … [Read more...] about The Absolute Cheapest Way to Get Your Books
Find new job opportunities with the career development center
By Phil Ruddle | Staff Writer | Getting a summer internship is very important to many students. “Internships are the opportunities that help construct a future. They teach me very much about the professional world and myself,” explained Reece Cote, a National Exchange Student. Cote is double majoring in Management and Marketing and is graduating with both degrees at the end of 2013 at the age of 21. He wants to work as a talent agent one day and came out here from Iowa State University to study and get an internship in LA to help build up his resume. There are other students’ out there with no internship experience and do not know where to look or what to do it seems. Some … [Read more...] about Find new job opportunities with the career development center
Let the stalking begin; privacy issues arise with Google Glass
By Phil Ruddle | Staff Writer Last week the Chronicle published a feature about an upcoming new era to technology called Google Glass. If you missed it, you can find part one at coyotechronicle.net. In last week’s issue, we learned all about Glass and its features as they are computerized glasses that can take pictures, record video, give you directions and translate foreign languages. However, the issue of privacy arises when you snap a picture or record someone in public without their permission. There is no LED light in the front of the device that is blinking or making any indication of telling anybody that its recording. The product is in its early stage, so it will … [Read more...] about Let the stalking begin; privacy issues arise with Google Glass
Goo-goo Ga-ga for Google Glasses
By Phil Ruddle | Staff Writer | Attention nerds, techies and developers. Google has been under development for its own ground-breaking technology device called “Google Glass.” The much anticipated Google Glass are computerized glasses that can take pictures, video, give you directions while traveling and even translate foreign languages. “Google is trying to incorporate the convenience factor by using an everyday accessory such as glasses,” said student Andrew Reveles. With Glass, Google is trying to advance technology, push the limits and surpass smartphones and tablets. It syncs up with your smart phone and you do have to have your phone with you at all times for it to … [Read more...] about Goo-goo Ga-ga for Google Glasses
SLIP into a new world this summer
By Phil Ruddle | Staff Writer| Dany Doueiri talks quickly, he moves all over the place, he’s always in and out of his office, he is a man in constant movement, but he is always helping students. They line up outside his door patiently waiting for their turn to speak to him. Never had I met a man with such aptitude and energy to help students outside his office hours. It all made sense to me once I discovered he was one of the original founders of Summer Language Intensive Programs (SLIP) offered during the summer at CSUSB, which will be entering its seventh year. “We are the most affordable and one of the most rigorous summer language intensive residential programs in the nation,” … [Read more...] about SLIP into a new world this summer