As more and more people are turning to Internet to supplement their courses and independently further their education, more apps are becoming available for free or low cost to help in a variety of academic subjects. There’s even tools available to help with everything from writing your papers and planning for projects, to giving you access to instant information in any subject you might be interested in. He ...

Codeacademy is an interesting website where you can learn JavaScript programming online. Advantage over here is you can measure your learning, share with your friends and even check their progress. This project aims to teach you JavaScript, which is essential to build any interesting website or an app or games. You need to sign up but Facebook log in is allowed.  There is some thing called scratch pad, wher ...

Love using Google Books but worried about unreliable internet connections? Use the free GooReader desktop app to read Google Books online or offline. In addition to letting you read Google Books online and offline, GooReader allows you to add Bookmarks and create a local library. Here are a few additional details on the app’s features: Read books offline – Rather than dealing with awkward internet browser p ...

Apple, the company known for pushing technological boundaries, has announced plans to dive into the education market with a new education initiative. The company’s initiative is three-fold: provide a free iBooks 2 app for the downloading of textbooks, offer the iBooks Author app designed for textbook creation and expand the iTunes U platform. While the apps are free, you’ll need an iPad to fully utilize the ...

Evernote is a great tool for organizing notes, photos, recordings, and everything else school related.  Though not designed specifically for college students, Evernote is an amazing tool to use during your college years.  With Evernote on your smart phone, computer, and their site your notes and material will always be in reach and easily accessible. There are many ways to use Evernote, here are the most po ...

Khan Academy video lectures are available through Torrents officially, BitTorrent has an app through which all the lecture videos can be downloaded in one go. How to Download: 1. Get BitTorrent application here http://www.bittorrent.com/ . 2. Go to App button on the left side of the BitTorrent 3. Find the Khan Academy app on the right side panel Click on the install button and follow the steps. Successful A ...