If you’re interested in YouVersion or in what you might need to consider when putting together a mobile app for ministy, watch this seven-minute interview, Jesus IS Bigger Than Angry Birds, by  TechCrunch with YouVersion’s founder, Bobby Gruenewald.

Takeways:

- YouVersion has positioned itself as a “Bible engagement” tool and “interactive” app

- YouVersion measures ‘everything’ including amount of time the app is open

- YouVersion has positioned itself as a cause (they are trying to get people to read the Bible)

- YouVersion thinks that if something is on a mobile device, it’s more a part of your life

- YouVersion thinks there are many more mobile apps in this ‘religious’ mobile space.

Interesting.  What take-aways do you have about how YouVersion is helping people connect with God?

NOTES:

• Since this interview YouVersion has been installed on 50,000,000 mobile devices.
• Meet e4e author Russ Martin and read Russ’s posts on e4e.

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The iPad’s split keyboard has hidden buttons. If you like to reach over to type t, y, h, g, b, or v on a QWERTY keyboard, then you might like to use this feature.  You can pull or push the keyboard to enable or disable the split or use the “toggle keyboard” button in the lower right to use a menu.

NOTE:  If you’ve read this blog for any time, you know I don’t use Apple products, but I DO try to find help for those of you who do.  Maybe this blog, Finer Things in iOS, will have some helpful tips for you.  Click on a topic in the black bar across the top of the blog to fine-tune your search for iPhones, Macs, or whatever.  I found the image and information about the split keyboard here.

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The iPad’s split keyboard has hidden buttons. If you like to reach over to type t, y, h, g, b, or v on a QWERTY keyboard, then you might like to use this feature.  You can pull or push the keyboard to enable or disable the split or use the “toggle keyboard” button in the lower right to use a menu.

NOTE:  If you’ve read this blog for any time, you know I don’t use Apple products, but I DO try to find help for those of you who do.  Maybe this blog, Finer Things in iOS, will have some helpful tips for you.  Click on a topic in the black bar across the top of the blog to fine-tune your search for iPhones, Macs, or whatever.  I found the image and information about the split keyboard here.

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I love shortcuts, systems and time-savers of all kinds. I enjoy finding ways to increase fruitfulness and efficiency – so that I can have more time for family, friends, and ministry.  I am not especially technologically savvy, but I enjoy learning new things and using tech tools that are basically user friendly.

One of my favorite finds has been DROPBOX.  DROPBOX allows you to share photos, documents, and large files between your tech devices. (DROPBOX works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.)  Your DROPBOX folders are automatically and securely updated with the information on your computers and phones, etc. without having to email between devices.  Your DROPBOX files are always available offline and also protected online so that they will be there even if something happens to your phone or computer.  A simple tutorial video tour makes DROPBOX super easy to use.

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I love shortcuts, systems and time-savers of all kinds. I enjoy finding ways to increase fruitfulness and efficiency – so that I can have more time for family, friends, and ministry.  I am not especially technologically savvy, but I enjoy learning new things and using tech tools that are basically user friendly.

One of my favorite finds has been DROPBOX.  DROPBOX allows you to share photos, documents, and large files between your tech devices. (DROPBOX works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.)  Your DROPBOX folders are automatically and securely updated with the information on your computers and phones, etc. without having to email between devices.  Your DROPBOX files are always available offline and also protected online so that they will be there even if something happens to your phone or computer.  A simple tutorial video tour makes DROPBOX super easy to use.

Not only can you share between devices, but you can share files with other people.  A simple invitati...

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