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We all know that Android phones are great because of the variety they bring to the smartphone market. Well, that variety isn’t exclusive to the hardware itself, but also applies to the fast growing number of quality apps in the market.
Among those apps are some pretty cool Bible study apps. With such a great variety of tools available at your fingertips, you’ll enjoy having the Word with you where ever you go.
Check out these 6 that you definitely don’t want to miss:
[Read more…] about 6 Free Android Bible Study Apps That You Can’t Miss
With it being the end of the year, we see a lot of “best of’s,” including within the technology industry. The world of gadgets has seen a huge rise in stuff this year: drones, tablets to replace notebooks, phones that are replacing tablets, Windows making a HUGE comeback, and stuff that can kill us (besides the previously stated drones).
This video by Mashable covers them all. Honestly though, I would love to see their 30 second version, cutting out a lot of the fat.
I’ve been in search of a calendar app that I like, but also will do what I would like it to do. There are many apps that do the calendar service app thing. Nearly every phone has a calendar on it including most “dumb phones.” So why is it that we have multiple calendar apps if there is a stock one on our phone itself? For me, it’s because I have a basic need for a calendar, but also have very particular things I want in my calendar app. [Read more…] about Sunrise: My Search for a Calendar App
If there is one social media which rules above all others, I think email would be a good contender. Despite being one of the first forms of social media on the web, it just keeps going. Other sites and services have risen and fallen but email is still one of those services which everyone uses (even people who don’t use Facebook. Yes, there are still people who don’t use Facebook), has one of the highest read rates, and often results in more information being absorbed by the readers.
With that in mind, it’s no surprise that churches, ministries and missionaries have been using email for a long time to reach supporters, get prayer requests out, raise funds, and co-ordinate.
With that in mind, I found this new app from Mailchimp to be really interesting, especially for missionaries. It’s called Mailchimp Snap and basically it’s an app that let’s you email pictures with text from your smart phone (iOS or Android) to a Mailchimp email list.
[Read more…] about Mailchimp Snap: A Picture Perfect Email Newsletter Solution
When people think about apps for Bible studies, they are almost always limited to just Bible apps. It’s understandable that when it comes to Bible studies, our minds instantly go to Bible apps, but this usually neglects other applications which can cover different aspects that are important for Bible studies.
Well today we’re going to look at apps which can enhance your Bible study that are not Bible apps.
Let’s take a look:
[Read more…] about Tech Tools to Supercharge Your Bible Study
