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Host of apps out there for those living a faithful life

Last updated Friday, May 17, 2013 - 4:10pm

Do you know the name of Abraham’s son? Do you need a scripture that will help you fight depression? Do you need a quick source of information on Pope Francis? Do you want to create your own universe?

These are just examples of what you can find answers to in religious applications available for Apple and/or Android products.

Here is an example of 15 available apps:

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Rachel Denning, Dan Lynch and Brian Speckart browse the recently released 1940s census data at the Find My Past booth during the RootsTech conference at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City this week. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Pay-as-you-go U.K. company entering U.S. genealogy market

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 8:15am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Evidence of an explosion of interest and technology is the best way to describe the RootsTech genealogy conference, which runs through today at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

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Lost on campus? Need a textbook? WSU apps can help

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 10:32pm

OGDEN -- Just a few years back, a new student unfamiliar with Weber State University could get lost on campus and be forced to rely on tiny maps and the kindness of strangers.

But with the advent of phones and tablet computers with wireless Internet access, as well as WSU's development of a mobile website and school-related applications, students with a smartphone, iPhone, Android or tablet can walk around with a guide to the university universe tucked snug in their pocket.

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The newly released Standard-Examiner mobile application is displayed on an iPhone 4 on Friday.

Standard-Examiner launches new mobile website, apps

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 14, 2011 - 12:06pm

OGDEN -- The Standard-Examiner has launched a new mobile-optimized website and two apps designed for smartphones.

This provides readers a customized digital experience based on the device being used. When a reader goes to the main website at www.standard.net, the site detects the type of handset in use and shows the appropriate mobile-optimized website display and content.

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Pizza Hut launches ordering apps

The Dallas Morning News

Last updated Friday, May 20, 2011 - 2:24pm

DALLAS -- Plano, Texas-based Pizza Hut this week became the first national pizza chain to launch an ordering application for the iPad. The nation's largest pizza chain also launched an app for smartphones running the Android system.

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