New LDS Edition of the Spanish Bible
After more than six years of research and labor, the LDS edition of the Spanish Bible will soon be in the hands of Spanish-speaking members throughout the world. This is the first non-English Bible published by the Church. Elements of the LDS edition in Spanish...
Scriptures Online in Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
The electronic texts of the Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish triple combinations of the scriptures are now available online on the Church’s scriptures Web site at the following addresses: Finnish: scriptures.lds.org/fi Norwegian: scriptures.lds.org/no Swedish:...
Text Messaging Services
I happened today across a Web site called Tagga.com which provides free text messaging services. Tagga (82442 on the phone keypad) allows you to create text messaging campaigns so that when people text in a keyword, they will be texted back with additional...How Men and Women Use the Internet
I was recently looking at some research that discussed how men and women use the Internet. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project report, How Women and Men Use the Internet, men and women use the Internet equally to do many activities, but there are...
Know Your Audience
I’ve been thinking about the audience of this blog. Whether you are a public speaker, author, or Web site developer, it’s a good idea to know your audience. I know our intended audience is LDS parents and youth, but without some research, I don’t...
New Blogger on LDS365
Hi. My name is Greg McMurdie and I just joined LDS365 as a new blogger (thanks for the invite Larry!). I am a search engine marketer and have worked in marketing and sales most of my career for companies such as Intel, Symantec, McAfee and a few small startups here...
New Meetinghouse Locator on LDS.org
LDS.org provides a simple program that let you enter an address anywhere in the world and find the nearest LDS meetinghouse (place of worship). We are pleased to announce an upgrade to this program, which can be accessed beginning today through many links on LDS.org...Scriptures Online in Danish, Dutch, and Hungarian
We are pleased to announce that the electronic texts of the Danish, Dutch, and Hungarian triple combination of the scriptures are now available online on the Church’s scriptures Web site at the following addresses: Danish: scriptures.lds.org/da Dutch:...New Meetinghouse Locator on LDS.org – Beta Release
LDS.org has a Meetinghouse Locator application that allows users to enter an address to find the nearest LDS meetinghouse. We are pleased to announce the beta release of an upgraded version of the meetinghouse locator application on LDS.org at maps.lds.org. This...Should you monitor what your kids do online?
“As parents, we have to figure out where to draw the line between encouraging and allowing our teens to have autonomy, to experience their separate culture, and when we need to monitor their use of media,” says Kathryn Montgomery, author of Generation...Religious Affiliations in America
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life just released an extensive new survey about religious affiliations of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. There are some cool interactive maps on that site. It was also...Portuguese Triple Available Online
About one million Portuguese-speaking members of the Church can now study the LDS triple combination on the Internet in their native tongue. The Portuguese version of the LDS Scriptures Internet Edition was just released. The Portuguese version has footnotes, study...Google Universal Search Includes More than Web Pages
Google’s May 16th press release explains that their new Universal Search will begin providing a “more integrated and comprehensive way to search for and view information online,” because the Google results will now include online news, books, video, maps, and...Pictures on Church Web Sites
We recognize that visual aids are important in teaching and enhancing the spirit in our homes. The following downloadable, printable graphics can be found on Church Web sites in the following areas: The Gospel Art Book is available in the Media Library, in the Gospel...Follow on social media