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An academic librarian hands out a one page summary sheet at a library orientation program. Glancing down, an attendee notices a weird looking bar code placed at the bottom of the page. Taking out their mobile device, the attendee photographs the bar code and software converts the image into an Internet accessible address. The [...]
TechTips: Third Generation Mobile Phones (3G)
This TechTip comes from the mail bag. The reader’s question: What is a 3G phone? 3G refers to third generation mobile phones, and associated networks, which incorporate high-speed Internet access and multimedia. This particular phone/network architecture enables mobile service providers to offer a wide range of more advanced services through greater network throughput and capacity. [...]
TechTips: Short Code Texting Services in Libraries
Chances are if you are into texting on your mobile phone you have sent a message to a five or six digit ‘phone’ number (such as to 32665 to update your Facebook status). Long popular outside of the US, short codes are being used for a variety of value-added services such as television voting, ordering [...]