“What’s up with these ‘Suspend Holds’?” That was a question/complaint on many lips in the third week of September, when the popular Libby app changed its “Deliver Later” feature to “Suspend.” The purpose was to improve the library app’s efficiency…
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BringingApps Teams Up with Compudopt
It’s been years in the making. Under a grant from AT&T, BridgingApps has teamed with Compudopt, a device refurbisher and fellow nonprofit that shares our goal of closing the digital divide. For eighteen years, Compudopt has supplied digital devices and…
Technology for Mental Health: The Latest from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Remember our Partner Resource article on MindApps, the mental-health-app recommendations tool from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)? Earlier this August, our BridgingApps team joined Dr. John Torous and his Digital Psychiatry team, the brains behind MindApps, for a virtual…
Yoto Players: Fun, Versatile, High-Tech, and Screenless
Not that long ago, radio was the standard family entertainment. U.S. households of the 1930s and 1940s turned on their radios for everything from soap operas to game shows—all presented in spoken words and sound effects, leaving visuals to the…
High-Tech Business Meeting Etiquette
Last month, we posted on “the world of meeting formats”—pros and cons of virtual/hybrid meetings compared with in-person meetings. Today, we dive deeper into the “how-tos” of digital participation. Be Prepared There are two questions to answer before every virtual…
Expansion Pilot Update: From Easterseals PORT Health
Welcome to the final post in our first “Expansion Pilot Update” series, which shares stories from five Easterseals affiliates who are taking monthly classes on using our App Search Tool. Today’s material was contributed by Valerie Coles, Director of Program…
How Apps Can Help Ease Hurricane Season Anxiety
The annual hurricane season runs from June through November, and is at its worst in late August – mid September. Along the Gulf of Mexico and the southern Atlantic coast, few people watch summer weather forecasts without some trepidation. Will…
Expansion Pilot Update: From Easterseals Rio Grande Valley
This is the third post in our “Expansion Pilot Update” series, which shares stories from five Easterseals affiliates who are taking monthly virtual classes on using our App Search Tool. Today’s story is from Angela C. Hernandez and Stephanie Lozano…
Digital Literacy for Young Adults: AI, Gamified Learning, and a World of Possibilities
Tara Rocha, our BridgingApps Digital Learning Specialist, teaches digital-literacy classes for young adults with IDD. This is Tara’s latest news from the program. The World of Everyday AI Lately, our classes have talked quite a bit about AI: voice assistants,…
Expansion Pilot Update: From Easterseals Crossroads
Last April, BridgingApps shared the basics on our two-year “expansion pilot project.” Through 2025 and 2026, we are hosting webinars for Easterseals affiliates in other cities, familiarizing them with our Search Tool database and favorite apps. Each program is shared…