Lafayette Online

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has updated its app for Apple iPhone and iPads to make it easier for students to view dining court menus or catch a bus. Martin Sickafoose, director of online marketing, said when developing the updated version, the team looked at how the app could be most useful. “We received […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A mobile application that allows Purdue University students to submit videos to fulfill classroom assignments is now available from the Apple iTunes App Store and as a website. DoubleTake is available to Purdue students and staff and will eventually be made available to other institutions. “Our goal is to make videos […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The Internal Revenue Service has unveiled IRS2Go, its first smartphone application that lets taxpayers check on the status of their tax refund and obtain helpful tax information. “This new smart phone app reflects our commitment to modernizing the agency and engaging taxpayers where they want when they want it,” said IRS Commissioner […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Individuals can learn more about applications for Apple Inc.’s mobile platforms, including the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad during a March 9 seminar on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. Purdue College of Technology and its student chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will host Introduction to Making an […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Information about safe fish consumption for pregnant and nursing women is available from a variety of Purdue University sources, including an iPhone application, Web site and a wallet card. “We’re motivated to assure that babies are healthy, so our goal is to make sure that women eat fish and that they […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The new iPhone 2.0 software that Apple released July 11 will enable Purdue faculty and staff iPhone devices to have connectivity to the Exchange servers. Purdue Exchange administrators and the Office of Information Technology at Purdue’s Desktop Computing Services have been beta testing calendaring, Exchange integration, and other capabilities of the […]