Bridges News — GAFE/ Chromebook

CoWriter.com and SnapandRead.com go live 0

SnapandRead.com and Cowriter.com, delivers new ways to access and manage your universal license for school districts, and easier and affordable options for individual users too.

 

Quick and Easy Worksheet accessibility on Chromebook/GAFE 0

DJI just posted 3 minute videos that show how you can read and write on worksheets with just a phone and their cloud based, Chromebook ready tool -- Snap&Read --  in seconds.

Cloud Privacy: When the Extension’s Servers are Breached 0

It’s not enough to say your server in the Cloud is secure. When a company or organization says their data is secure, assume that’s on a spectrum, rather than an absolute stating of fact.

Just look at this Top 10 list from Digital Guardian of websites that have been hacked in 2015... 

Cloud Privacy: How is your extension paying for its development? 0

You don’t get something for nothing….

There’s no such thing as a free lunch…

everybody’s got to eat…

Home truths, that could be extended (pun intended) to extensions. Developers of extensions are no different than the rest of us — they don’t generally work for free.

The ones that do (and again we’ve been down this road before with iPad apps), well, don’t expect a lot of longevity or support — you get what you pay for.

A lot of the extensions that you don’t pay for aren’t actually free, they just use a different currency – information. You’re trading the information that comes out of your web browser – where you go, what you read, how long you’re there, what sites you return to, what adds you click on, what you’re emailing/messaging about, what links your sharing etc. etc. etc. — for the functionality of the app.