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10 Essential Skills and Traits for Teens to Succeed in the Future
Preparing for adulthood when you have no idea what the future holds has never been easy. But as a teen, you’ll soon be making decisions that will affect the rest of your life forever. It is thus imperative to start thinking about what success means to you.
Best Chromebooks for Students in Any Age Group: School, college or university
Chromebooks are, well, not exactly laptops. They function as one, but oftentimes, the hardware simply can’t keep up competitively. There’s also that tiny inconvenience of requiring an Internet connection when using online app. But for what it’s worth, Chromebooks can more than deliver on reports, assignments and homework task performed by students and at the […]
Apple iPad Pro 11 Alternatives – 5 great tablets for productivity & entertainment
10-inch tablets are too small for serious work, a slate around 11-inch or bigger would be ideal for productivity. The iPad Pro 11 strikes this balance, but are there alternatives to the pro-level tablet? A tablet that is ideal for entertainment and yet lets you carry on with work when you have to.
10 Amazing Educational Books to Teach Kids about Racial Diversity for Ages 1-8
Parents and other adults have a very narrow window of opportunity to teach kids in their formative years how to approach and celebrate diversity. While it’s true that no one is born prejudiced, kids can very easily pick it up once they see someone get treated differently for something they have no control over, such […]
An Essential Guide to Better Online Meetings & Video Calls: How to present yourself in the best possible light
For a while, online meetings were reserved for business and corporate use. All that changed just over a year ago with the pandemic. When applications like Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams gain much popularity and become integral to our everyday life.
What You Need To Ensure Effective Delivery of Your Online Lessons
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. The famous expression has probably never seen tougher times than the current situation where the world is staring at global mayhem. The pandemic ushered in by coronavirus has turned world economies on their heads. Millions have lost their jobs and are forced to stay indoors. Only a […]
Mac mini M1 for Education: Why choose the Mac mini M1 for School, College and University
Mac Mini M1 is Apple’s best value desktop ever. Powered by Apple’s M1 chip with 8-core processor and 8-core GPU, it is designed to run Apple’s MacOS, apps and Pro apps efficiently. There is also a growing number of native apps optimised to run on the M1 chip by third-party developers, but is it a […]
Best Webcam Solutions for Mac mini M1: Compatible webcams, apps and issues
Not something you need to worry about when you get the MacBook Air M1 or MacBook Pro M1 since both laptops come with integrated FaceTime webcam albeit 720p HD. The Mac Mini M1 however needs an external webcam solution. At the time of writing, there is only one webcam offered by Apple on their website, […]
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Best Webcam Solutions for Mac mini M1: Compatible webcams, apps and issues
Not something you need to worry about when you get the MacBook Air M1 or MacBook Pro M1 since both laptops come with integrated FaceTime webcam albeit 720p HD. The Mac Mini M1 however needs an external webcam solution. At the time of writing, there is only one webcam offered by Apple on their website, […]
ARM Powered Desktop: from smartphones, tablets, laptops and hybrids to a full fledge machine
Apple just announced that it will migrate their iMacs and Macbooks to use Apple’s own ARM based silicon chip. Laptops and hybrids (2-in-1) with ARM-based processors have been around for a while now. So how is this move any different? For start, Apple is focusing on desktop too. Until today, we have not seen a […]
Budget Mini PCs to Get Everyone Connected at Home: one for each child in the family
Are you children fighting over who gets to use the computer for their class work next? If you have spare monitors, keyboards and mouse lying around, here are some of the best budget mini PCs you can get to make sure that each child gets a computer of their own.
Best Height Adjustable Standing Desk Risers: convert your office desk to stand up workstation
My Apple watch reminds me to stand up after working at the desk for too long. Working from home means we are likely to just stay working at the desk instead of getting up for meetings with colleagues or working in different areas of the building. With one of these height adjustable standing desk riser, […]
Apple TV vs Mac Mini for the Classroom’s Big Screen TV: How to mirror your display
Thinking of getting a streamer or computer for the classroom’s big screen TV. Apple TV comes to mind as a way to AirPlay or mirror the screen of your mobile devices such as iPad, MacBook and even iMac. But what about a Mac Mini? If you are totally invested in Apple’s ecosystem, you will naturally […]