LDS Scriptures Audiobook and MP3
The Church has released an audio version of the Book of Mormon, Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price for free download on iTunes in audiobook and MP3 formats. The audiobook format makes it easy to download an entire volume of scripture in one file....
Updates to LDS Gospel Library Apps
Updates to the Gospel Library app have been released for the Android, iOS, and Windows 7 operating systems in an effort to provide additional content to multiple mobile platforms. Android: the entire English library of Church publications is now available. While the...Church Has Strong Social Media Presence
The LDS Newsroom has just posted a blog “Church Has Strong Presence on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter,” which describes how the Church uses Facebook pages, YouTube channels, and Twitter accounts. Facebook The website AllFacebook.com lists nearly 3,000 pages...
Update for the Gospel Library App for Android
The latest update to the Gospel Library application for Android mobile devices lets you access the entire LDS.org Gospel Library repository of materials, rather than just the limited subset that has been available since the app’s initial release. You can also...Perpetual Education Fund on Facebook
Did you know that the Perpetual Education Fund has a page on Facebook in English, with corresponding pages in Spanish for Mexico and Peru, in addition to their website at pef.lds.org? March 31, 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of this great program designed to provide...
Facebook is Not Just a Face Book
Today, I attended the forum at BYU where Mark Zuckerberg (the unassuming CEO of Facebook) and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch talked about technology. Hatch fielded questions that were posed by BYU students earlier on the BYU Facebook page. Zuckerberg talked about founding...
LDS Scripture Mastery Mobile App Upgraded
In January, I talked about the LDS Scripture Mastery application released by the Church to help you memorize scripture mastery verses as well as the Articles of Faith. The LDS Scripture Mastery app version 2.0 has now been released, and it has triple the number of...
Facebook Reaches Over Half of US Web Users
eMarketer estimates that more than half of internet users in the USA used Facebook at least monthly as of December 2010. In 2011, over 130 million web users will use the site in the USA–that’s almost 90% of social network users, 57% of internet users, and...
LDS Mobile Apps Move Quickly with Volunteer Help
Did you know there is an army of about 100 volunteers who help a team of employees at the Church create mobile phone applications for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? The volunteer effort began in 2006 with the launch of LDS Tech (tech.lds.org)....
YouTube is 6 Years Old
YouTube was founded in February 2005–that makes it 6 years old this month. (I can’t even remember what the world was like before YouTube.) YouTube is the world’s most popular online video community, where people watch 2 billion videos a day and...
How We Use Mobile Phones
Infographic from: Online IT Degree
LDS Church on Facebook
Since the launch of the Facebook page for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (facebook.com/lds) in May 2008, the Church has created two dozen other Facebook pages in support of various programs and interests. LDS365 maintains a list of the Church pages on...
Using Technology
Back in the 19th century, President Brigham Young said, “Every discovery in science and art that is really true and useful to mankind, has been given by direct revelation from God. … We should take advantage of all these great discoveries … and give...
LDS Scripture Mastery Mobile App
I just downloaded the LDS Scripture Mastery application for my iPad (also works on iPhone). It’s a great little app released by the Church to help you memorize scripture mastery verses as well as the Articles of Faith. To download it, go to the App Store and...Follow on social media