App: Funny Or Die Weather By: Funny Or Die, Inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on iPhone Before you head out for some fun in the sun this Labor Day weekend, check the weather to make sure you won’t be caught in a downpour on the beach. Add some humor with the Funny Or Die Weather app. Read More

Welcome to Appy Hour, a series in which we review apps related to learning, reading, or that may be of special interest to the CUA community. App: Catholic University of America   By: Guidebook Inc Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPhone The CUA orientation app is a must-have for new students and their families. You Read More

… and come to this Conference! Come all ye lovers of free things digital!  Teachers and archivists, archivists and teachers, we call you all.  The Catholic Archives in the Digital Age Conference takes place October 8-9, 2015 on the campus of The Catholic University of America.  And it’s FREE. Perdition:  I don’t know how to Read More

App: Spotcycle   By: 8D Technologies inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPhone Welcome to DC, young Cardinals! As you take your fledgling flights into our wonderful city, you might be wondering about all those red bikes you see your fellow Washingtonians riding! Here in DC, we have a bikeshare program that provides bikes for Read More

App: PadMapper Apartments and Homes for Rent   By: PadMapper, Inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPhone Headed back to campus and looking for an apartment? You may have heard of the popular website Padmapper, which puts available apartments right on a Google Map for you to search. The website’s free app, available for Read More

App: Coursera   By: Coursera Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad Coursera is another comprehensive app that allows users to access free and in-app purchase content from universities and experts from around the world. This app is very intuitive and sleek. There are only three functions on this app, which makes using it easy. There Read More

App: iTunes U   By: Apple Inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad iTunes U, by Apple Inc, is a very comprehensive app that allows users to access free education content from universities around the world. It is currently only available to iOS devices. There is a private courses option for schools that participate. The Read More

App: TED   By: TED Conferences Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad TED, by TED Conferences, allows users to view lectures from TED conferences held around the world. When I have 15-20 minutes to kill and nothing better to do, I like check out a TED talk lecture. I am certainly not picky as Read More

App: BrowZine™   By: Third Iron, LLC Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad BrowZine™, by Third Iron, LLC, allows users to easily access free and licensed content from scholarly journals available from CUA Libraries. BrowZine™ promises to deliver your academic journals to your tablet in a way that’s “fun, practical, and intuitive.” And it Read More

App: lynda.com   By: lynda.com Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad The lynda.com app, by lynda.com, allows users to access their lynda.com content from mobile devices. While lynda.com offers a wide variety of education videos, my experience with lynda.com has been learning about desktop softwares and applications. What makes this application great is that Read More