LEWISTON — The Maine Technology Users Group is hosting an IT Community Peers and Beers event with a featured presentation, “Technology Recycling for Good,” from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at DaVinci’s Eatery, 150 Mill St., Lewiston. MTUG’s Peers and Beers event is a chance for IT professionals and enthusiasts to network […]
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Library is hosting Technology Petting Zoo next week
LIVERMORE FALLS — Treat Memorial Library is announcing spring events. A Technology Petting Zoo will be held Tuesday through Saturday, May 6 to 10. E-books and tablets are growing in popularity and devices are widely available. To provide hands-on familiarization and training with e-readers and tablets, the Maine State Library created the Technology Petting Zoo […]
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Aviation startup markets recording device for small airports
When it comes to flying planes, the rules are pretty cut and dried. They clearly weren’t observed when, this summer, a pilot took off from a New Mexico taxiway, the narrow strip of pavement connecting airport runways. “There are quite a few different no-nos on that,” said Robert Uecker, the airport manager for the city […]
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$10K gift allows St. Dom’s to buy iPads
AUBURN — A surprise donation a few days before Christmas is allowing Saint Dominic Academy to buy iPad mini tablet computers for students in elementary classes, Principal Donald Fournier said Thursday. On Dec. 20, a husband and wife came to see Fournier, expressing their wish to give the school $10,000 to be used for a specific […]
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Holiday connections: Get linked for better living
LEWISTON — This year, it’s all about getting together and connecting. But if you think we’re talking about holiday togetherness, sorry. We’re referring to your gadgets, specifically your mobile gadgets, and connecting in ways that will get the most out of them, whether that’s adjusting the lights and heat at home from work or watching […]
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Report of Auburn students iPad use Wednesday
AUBURN — Reports on how iPads are being used in Auburn schools and how iPad tablet computers have impacted student learning will be given to the School Committee on Wednesday night. The committee will also hear how a more student-centered approach to teaching, called “mass customized learning,” is going in classrooms, Superintendent Katy Grondin said. […]