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Your prezis. Latest Technology News. Web Apps, Web Technology Trends, Social Networking and Social Media - ReadWrite. Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. DropTask. Squareknot. 50 fantastic freebies for web designers, December 2014. We’re back with yet another gargantuan collection of free resources to fill up your toolbox and keep you rolling out awesome work well into the new year.

50 fantastic freebies for web designers, December 2014

Beautiful web-based timeline software. Map creator online to make a map with multiple locations and regions. Mapfaire. Creer facilement une carte avec des reperes. Mapfaire est un outil Tice qui permet de créer très facilement une carte géographique en ligne en la personnalisant avec des points de repère.

Mapfaire. Creer facilement une carte avec des reperes

Il existe plusieurs outils de ce type, mais Mapfaire sort du lot par sa simplicité de mise en oeuvre et d’utilisation. Cet utilitaire en ligne utilise la cartographie de Google Maps. Vous pouvez ainsi choisir de créer soit une carte classique en 2D soit une vue satellite. L’utilisation on l’a dit est on en peut plus simple. Vous naviguez soit à la souris puis en utilisant la barre de zoom pour choisir la dimension soit en tapant en haut de l’écran un lieu ou une adresse précise. Une fois la zone localisée, il ne vous reste plus qu’a placer les points de repère que vous souhaitez en cliquant sur la commande « Add a point » en bas à droite de votre carte. La navigation d’un point à l’autre de votre carte peut se faire de manière assez pratique grâce à une liste des points crées qui s’affiche en haut à gauche de votre carte. Dans la classe. 6 free mobile device emulators for testing your site. The percentage of all web usage that comes from smartphones and other mobile devices is growing, and it won’t be long before mobile internet users overtake desktop and laptop users in terms of web traffic.

6 free mobile device emulators for testing your site

So it’s a cardinal sin to ignore mobile users when you’re developing a website. One of the most important things you can do to make a website mobile-friendly is to test it on multiple smartphone and tablet platforms. Luckily, mobile emulators make it easy to do this. A mobile phone emulator lets you check the responsiveness and functionality of the website across different mobile platforms, such as iPhone, iPad, Android and BlackBerry, without actually having the devices in hand. Mobile emulators can help you pinpoint problems and issues with the website and allow you to take corrective measures to make the website visually appealing and functional on mobile devices. iPad Peek iPhone Tester As the name suggests, iPhone Tester is one of the most popular mobile emulators for iPhones.

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Programming. Sound-editing. Photo-editing. Video-editing tools. Grand Format / Narration non linéaire. Temboo. Contiki: The Open Source Operating System for the Internet of Things. How the “internet of things” will replace the web. The second in a series.

How the “internet of things” will replace the web

We’ve already written about why 2014 is really, finally the year that the “internet of things”—that effort to remotely control every object on earth—becomes visible in our everyday lives. But most of us don’t recognize just how far the internet of things will go, from souped-up gadgets that track our every move to a world that predicts our actions and emotions. In this way, the internet of things will become more central to society than the internet as we know it today. The web will survive, just as email survived the arrival of the web. But its role will be reduced to that of a language for displaying content on screens, which are likely to be more ubiquitous but less necessary.

The internet of things will create a world of “invisible buttons” Rooms that know when you’re present and how you’re feeling can illuminate themselves appropriately Philips The pioneer species of the internet of things is the smartphone. Huawei launches its own OS for the Internet of Things. China's Huawei Technologies is targeting smart homes, cars, wearables and more with its own operating system, Liteos, intended for the international market.

Huawei launches its own OS for the Internet of Things

On Wednesday, Huawei launched the OS to help third-party vendors break into the emerging Internet of Things space. The whole industry is eyeing opportunities to turn household objects and industrial equipment into connect devices, but the development costs still remain high, according to the Chinese company. Huawei, however, claims its new "lightweight" OS can streamline the whole process. Internet of Things - ThingSpeak. Knewton - The World's Leading Adaptive Learning Technology Provider.

Conversions. Kojo Home. Kojo is an open source App that runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Kojo Home

It is a Learning Environment – with many different features that enable play, exploration, discovery, creation, and learning in the areas of: Computer Programming and Computational thinking. Math and Science. Inductive, Deductive, Systematic, and Analytical thinking. Art, Music, and Creative thinking. To play with Kojo, you can Download and Install it. Kojo has been developed to provide children an environment where they can do self-directed learning in an interactive fashion – through exploration and discovery.

Kojo is based on ideas derived from Logo, Processing, and The Geometer's Sketchpad. Kojo builds upon these ideas and provides the following: Kodu. QR Code Generator: QR Stuff Free Online QR Code Creator And Encoder For Brochures, Print Advertising, Business Cards & Stickers. QR Code Generator. Articles. Tools for Entrepreneurs: Making Something People Love. Content Creation.