We know that this may not apply to all of you, but for some of us, checking and updating social media is a daily ritual. Sometimes, you may feel like it’s taking over your life. Instagram for breakfast, Twitter for lunch and Vine for dinner, you may find yourself thinking. Read More…
With Facebook fully incorporating hashtags in the latest iteration of the dominant social network, hashtags have become an unparalleled form of communication over the interwebs. Whether they’re being used in place of sentences, in addition to phrases or simply for comic effect, it’s hard to scroll down the news feed Read More…
Name: momenTOGO Platform: iOS Price: Free Description: Capture the moment and share your memory Today our spotlight turns to Fred Scarf, one of our very own Berkeley students in Interdisciplinary Studies, who has spent eight months creating momenTOGO for the iPhone. Upon seeing a close friend succumb to cancer at Read More…
#TBT, or #ThrowbackThursday, is a common hashtag you will come across on any given Thursday if you’re scrolling through your Instagram feed. And if you’re a Cal student who follows other Cal students on any form of social media, you will come across a number of similar-looking photos of small, Read More…
Besides the heavy load of coursework that UC Berkeley provides, being at Cal can often feel like a hip summer indie music festival. Half the students (and nonstudents) you see walking and lounging around look like flower children, and you might often have to ask yourself, “If I were alive Read More…
Oh, summer. So beautiful. So picturesque. So going on Instagram. Most of us savvy Instagram users can agree that summer life has never looked more golden — literally — through a Kelvin filter. Fortunately for us lucky Berkeley students, we’re free to roam around and make wonderful summer memories in the most Read More…
Name: Jolidrive Platform(s): The Internet, iOS Price: Free Mission: Access all of your cloud storage and social media from one dashboard During last week’s App of the Week we mentioned that using the 25GB UC Berkeley won for each student on Dropbox or the 50 free GB students here get on Read More…
Ever want to have a spot in an international photo exhibition but don’t have the money to buy real photographic equipment? Here’s your chance. A project sponsored by Mercedes Benz, #Untamed is an Instagram-based installation in Paris, in which you can submit three of your most unusual snapshots. All you Read More…
Name: about.me Platform(s): The Internet, iPhone Price: Free Mission: Make a one-stop personal (and professional) homepage In this new online age, paper resumes are slowly being replaced by the “personal website.” The personal website is usually a one-page site that contains a short biography, contact information, links to other sites Read More…
When winter break rolls around, all you want to do after a series of mind-numbing finals and long days at work is to cut yourself off from your normal world. It’s healthy to toss out the router and disconnect from the Internet, kick back with a good book and eat Read More…
