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Teens Use iPads To Transform Their Neighborhood [Sponsored Post]

(9:00 am PDT, Jul 23rd 2012)

Teens Use iPads To Transform Their Neighborhood [Sponsored Post]

Teacher Enrique Legaspi at work for College Track.


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While some kids are at goofing off at camp or watching re-runs this summer, a group of teens in Los Angeles are reinventing their neighborhood with the help of iPads.

They’re taking part in a new Digital Storytelling class and the first assignment – run as a contest – is to see who comes up with the best ideas for transforming Boyle Heights. This East Los Angeles neighborhood, described by singer will.i.am who grew up there as a “wasteland” is also home to one of the youngest populations in the city.

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Songify Turns Spoken Words Into Songs [Review]

(8:20 am PDT, Jul 14th 2011)

Songify icon

Songify is storming up the App Store charts. Why? Because it’s a dead-simple instant songifier, that’s why.

All you do is speak into your iPhone, and Songify turns your words into a song in about four seconds flat. You can email your song, share it on Facebook and Twitter, and generally have a laugh. The app is free, and comes with three simple backing tracks – if you want more tracks, you pay for them in bundles for a dollar a time.

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