Waze : App of the Week

App of the Week : June 29th – July 5th

Waze

Traveling for the fourth? Looking for a great GPS App for your iPhone, Android Phone, or Windows phone?

Get the best route, every day, with real–time help from other drivers. Waze is one of the world's largest community-based traffic and navigation apps. Join other drivers in your area who share real-time traffic and road info, saving everyone time and gas money on their daily commute.

https://www.waze.com/

OneDrive: (formally SkyDrive) : App of the Week

App of the Week: June 15 – 21

OneDrive (formally skydrive)

OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is the one place for everything in your life. Easily store and share photos, videos, documents, and more. When you upload photos or videos from your iPhone or iPad to OneDrive, you can get to them when you’re on your PC, Mac, tablet, or phone. With OneDrive for iOS, you can easily get to, manage, and share files on the go:

• Automatically upload photos and videos to OneDrive using Camera Backup.
• Browse all your OneDrive files and files shared with you.
• Share files by sending a link in email or getting a link to copy and paste.
• Move, delete, and rename files, and create new folders.
• Open your OneDrive files in other apps, including Office Mobile for iPhone.
• Quickly get to documents you've recently opened.

Interested? Check out the OneDrive class on Monday, June 16^th from 10am – 12pm in Jackies Room

~JH

App of the week... Google Maps

Week of December 15 - Google Maps

Google Maps
Apple Store App	Google Play Store

Google Maps provides a great way to get around with a built in navigation feature as well as some added bonuses. Users can create a multi-stop route, check out upcoming events, save mobile maps for offline mode, as well as see Google recommendations of local attractions.



Make sure to check out the Google Maps Class at the Wellesley Free Library on Tuesday 12/17/13 from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM in Jackie's Room. Make sure to register to reserve your seat!

-jh

75 years ago Aliens Invaded Earth...

... or at least that is what 1 million listeners of Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" broadcast believed.

Believing a reading of the H.G. Well's story would be too boring, the 23 year-old Orson Welles found a creative way to engage the radio listeners. The show began like an ordinary newscast, then was interrupted with a panicked "breaking news" report of invading tripods. Fake interviewees and updates of military actions filled the hour-long broadcast, the end of which had Welles break character to announce that the broadcast was a Halloween prank. However, many listeners of the broadcast stopped listening before the end, and were sent into a panic. Newspapers from across the country contained conflicted reports over the event, resulting in "the most famous media event in history" (PBS American Experience - "War of the Worlds") 

You can listen to the entire radio broadcast here:



Interested in seeing some of the newspapers from the day after like this one?

Check out our Historical Newspapers Online Resource

~jh

Have Your Say: Fill Out the WFL Survey Today!

The Wellesley Free Library is in the process of creating a new Strategic Plan to help us focus our resources in a way that best serves our patrons. The plan will be completed in June 2013. It will be posted on our website at that time. Creating a practical strategic plan requires that we gain a greater understanding of what we do well and what needs improvement. Gathering input from our patrons is a very important part of this process.

This survey will take about 20 minutes to complete. All responses will be thoughtfully considered and will factor into our Strategic Plan. Your input will impact the future of the Wellesley Free Library. Please help us by filling out the survey and encouraging your neighbors to do the same. Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Survey closes on January 31, 2013.