Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on August 17, 2011 by CyberNet.

Students these days have a lot of resources available at their disposal thanks to the Internet. In fact there is so much out there that most students will never even use a lot of the tools available, and a good example of that is Microsoft Mathematics. This free app covers everything from basic math to precalculus, and can even provide step-by-step explanations for solving math problems. The screenshot above demonstrates what the problem solver looks like including the explanations that are provided for every step. Pretty amazing.

Here’s a rundown on some of the things Microsoft Mathematics is capable of:

• The step-by-step equation solver
  Students can use this to learn how to solve difficult math problems.
• Graphing calculator
  Its full features and large two-dimensional and enhanced three-dimensional color graphs can better illustrate problems and concepts.
• Formulas and equations library
  Students will find more than 100 commonly used equations and formulae to help identify and apply equations.
• Triangle solver
  This graphing tool explains triangles and their parts.
• Unit conversion tool
  Students can use this handy tool to quickly and easily convert units of measure, including length, area, volume, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, power, velocity, and time.

Neat, huh? Imagine doing your homework with this at your side!

Microsoft Mathematics Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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Many students have trouble scrounging up money for loan payments, let alone cellular service. Thankfully, Sprint and Best Buy have teamed up on a promotional cellphone plan built for these non-existent budgets. The My Way promo adds a line with a year of free phone service to a parent’s existing account; customers just need to sign up at Best Buy and prove that Junior is going to school, whether it’s elementary or college. As you’d expect, though, there’s a big catch. While the plan includes unlimited calls and messaging, data is capped at 1GB per month unless you pay an extra $10 per month for unfettered internet access. Even so, it’s a potentially huge bargain for students who get in before the deal ends January 1st — they may finally have cash to spend on the finer things in life.

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LinkedIn has already branched out a bit with its own blogging and following features for select groups, and now the popular social networking site has introduced a tool geared towards students. Aptly dubbed University Pages, LinkedIn describes the new service as one that’s part of its strategy to help college-bound pupils “at every critical milestone from campus to fulfilling successful careers.”

Beginning September 12th, LinkedIn’s set to welcome high school students on its network and provide access to the new University Pages, allowing them to explore and rub elbows with about 200 participating universities, both in the US and abroad. Users will then be able to do things such as receive regular updates about campus news / activities and view notable members of each college’s alumni. If one of your favorite schools isn’t there just yet, fret not — LinkedIn says “thousands more” will be given access over the next few weeks.

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Source: LinkedIn

There’s little in life finer than pitting youths against each other in battle, which Google’s annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest clearly appreciates. The competition takes thousands of Google logo doodle entries and pits them down from thousands to 50, one per US State, and organizes those entries by grade level. The images are then put online for the world to enjoy, as well as to vote on — out of the five doodles with the highest votes, one national winner is selected, which Google plans on revealing on May 22nd in New York City. This year’s theme is “Best Day Ever,” which means outdoor activities to one Maine-based middle schooler (seen above), and hanging out with bees to a Michigan-based high school student. Of course, there are 48 other excellent pieces to peek at before casting your vote, though you’ve gotta get in there before May 10th at 11:59pm ET.

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Source: Google, 2013 Doodle 4 Google Voting Page

When you connect a bunch of young college kids together on the Internet, any meeting eventually devolves into a crying mess of memes, Internet hall of fame pictures and a whole lot of trolling. So when students in Stanford’s computer science program realized that e-mailing one address would contact EVERY student, well, you bet it got real fun real fast. People were dropping tubgirl, rickrolls, meatspin and because it’s Stanford and it’s computer science, offering jobs at startups. More »