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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...LDS Christmas Videos
Mormon Message: Look to the Light At Christmastime and always, Jesus Christ is the Light of the World for all who seek Him. Watch and share a new Mormon Message, “Look to the Light.” Mormon Message for Youth: The Greatest Gift On Christmas morning, amid...Strengthening Families & Building Faith by Using Church Resources
I delivered the following today as part of a panel discussion titled “Mormon Media Studies: Across Web Time, Cyberspace, and Blogging Disciplines” in the symposium “Mormon Media Studies: Across Time, Space, and Disciplines,” at the BYU Conference Center in Provo,...
Mormon Media Studies Symposium
“Mormon Media Studies: Across Time, Space, and Disciplines,” is a symposium that will be held November 11 & 12 at the Brigham Young University Conference Center in Provo, Utah. It is sponsored by the BYU Department of Communications, BYU Broadcasting, and BYU...
Parenting the Internet Generation
As a parent, you face unprecedented hurdles today and a big one is the Internet. Did you know that 93% of boys and 62% of girls have been exposed to Internet pornography before the age of 18? You may be thinking, “That’s not my child!” Unfortunately, many of the...Follow on social media