I wouldn't limit this app to kids. I think the app is just the thing that will finally help my father in law (who is in his 60s and wants to learn Punjabi) easily learn the language at his own pace but in an interactive and engaging way.
From scrolling through sacred texts on hand-held tablets during services to heading online for spiritually centered classes, members of religious communities across Metro Detroit are taking advantage of the latest technology to enhance worship, learn about their faith and conveniently observe centuries-old traditions.
When the Gurbani Media Center went live on SikhNet, it soon became iconic. In short order, it grew to become the largest repository for Gurbani online, with over 20,000 tracks and over 700 artists.
Many technologists agree that these services will probably become mainstream, eventually incorporated in alarm clocks, refrigerators and bathroom mirrors.
The digital divide continues to shrink throughout the world, but women in low-income countries do not have equal participation in this technological revolution. Although more than one billion women have access to a mobile phone in developing countries, a woman living there is still 21% less likely to own a cell phone than a man.
When you share a smile or laugh with someone face to face, a discernible synchrony emerges between you, as your gestures and biochemistries, even your respective neural firings, come to mirror each other.
The mobile app is called FlyRights. Travelers who suspect they have been profiled take out their smartphone, tap a finger on the app and answer about a dozen questions. Then they hit "submit" and an official complaint is filed immediately with the Transportation Security Administration.
The new app plays SikhNet live Gurbani audio streams from Gurdwaras around the world that includes live kirtan from Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab, India and also plays SikhNet radio channels (1-6) featuring different types of Gurbani music
iGurbani is a valuable tool to search the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji and Vaaran written by Gursikhs such as Bhai Gurdaas Ji and Bhai Nand Lal Ji. It is designed to be an aid for your personal life to connect to the Guru.
One of the primary reasons people buy a smartphone is for the ability to download all kinds of different mobile applications, otherwise known as apps...
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Under a new plan backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the mobile industry will be given a kickstart to give those in the developing regions their first bank account - on their mobiles.
