Craigslist.com- Business Technology

Craigslist is an advertisement website that is useful in business or everyday life. Anyone may post an ad to the site in order to advertise services, job openings, real-estate, or anything else imaginable. For every ad posted, Craigslist generates an ad specific email address that forwards inquires to the poster’s private email address without giving it away to the public. The website is divided into sections, in order to make it easier for viewers to find what they are looking for, such as: Personal’s, Housing, For Sale, Services, Jobs, Gigs, and Resumes.

Businesses could post job openings, office buildings for sale, or even advertise their services via this website. They could also browse for potential employees or new office space for sale, as individual people, in addition to companies, may post to this site. Craigslist’s easy to use and navigate layout has made it very popular and well known, which makes this an ideal free advertisement venue for businesses. It is even possible to post advertisements in multiple cities and states. Viewers simply choose which state they would like to see advertisements for and then choose a city within that state. The only problem with this website is that it allows anyone to post basically anything that they want. Users need to be aware of this and use good judgment in order to avoid becoming a victim of a scam.

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Resource: www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet
Resource: http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/

Cramster.com- Educational Technology

Cramster is a homework help website available to students 24 hours a day. It offers help in math, science, engineering, and business. The website contains a free question and answer board, as well as textbook specific help that requires a small annual fee that allows for a full year of usage. It allows for information sharing between students, which could be anything from lecture notes to specific step by step homework problems. The website also offers a reward program called "karma points" for members who offer help to others rather than just receive for themselves. "Karma points" allow users special privileges such as priority on the question and answer board.

This website is useful for students whenever they do not have time or are not able to directly visit their professors or tutoring centers for homework help. It offers a variety of help venues for those with different learning styles. Students may post their questions to a message board and wait for another member to answer their question or they may look up their textbook, find a similar problem, and view a step by step solution. Cramster may also be used when studying for an exam. The website also offers practice tests and quizzes that are specific to the student’s particular textbook.

Image used is an example from the question and answer board and a screen capture from: http://qaboard.cramster.com/calculus-topic-5-554421-cpi0.aspx
Resource: http://www.cramster.com/index.aspx

Google Mail Mobile- Cell Phone Technology

Google Mail Mobile Application is a free application that can be downloaded on to any Smartphone device. It allows users to have access to their Gmail account when they are not around a computer. Electronic messages go to a separate inbox than standard text messages and users may set a different alert, or none at all, for when they receive email. Many of Google Mail’s qualities are available via this application, such as: sending and receiving electronic mail, creating and saving drafts, memory of previously used addresses, separate folders, the ability to search for messages, and much more.

This application is convenient and easy to use. Many times, people need to be able to check their email when they do not have access to a computer. Google Mail Mobile eliminates this problem as long as the user has his or her cell phone on them. It can be used to communicate with friends, family, coworkers, bosses, or anyone with an email address. Users also have access to other types of email they may receive such as alerts from social networking websites or online stores. The application is even available to read messages offline, although the ability to send and receive messages does require internet access.

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Resource: http://www.google.com/mobile/default/mail.html