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    A new smartphone or tablet offers hundreds of thousands of apps that can be used on the device. Apps are purchased in the App Store on iPhones and iPads and in the Google Play Store on Android phones and tablets. Although many apps must be purchased, there are tons of great free apps available. Here are five of my favorite free apps available for iOS and Android devices.
    • Overdrive Media Console (iOS, Android) — Did you know that your library card can connect you to tens of thousands of free eBooks and audiobooks on your tablet or smartphone? Just like you can use your card to check out materials at the library, you can borrow digital materials in the Overdrive Media Console app without even leaving your home. Once you have downloaded the app and connected it to York Public Library, you can borrow up to three eBooks or audiobooks in a variety of formats for up to two weeks. The collection includes tens of thousands of choices from new releases to classics. Ask a librarian if you would like more information on this great resource.
    • Flipboard (iOS, Android) — Apps that create a personal experience for the user are extremely popular. Pandora is a popular app that creates a personalized radio station. Flipboard creates a magazine tailored to the user's interests. Once the app is downloaded, you can choose your favorite news sources, what subjects interest you, and connect your Facebook and Twitter. The app then generates a magazine with the subjects you like from the sources you trust and includes stories from your Facebook and Twitter feeds. The magazine is constantly updated to the minute and includes a visually stunning design that works great with a touch screen.
    • Google Maps (iOS, Android) — Google Maps is a website you are probably familiar with, but they also have an app that offers far more features. The Google Maps app comes standard on Android phones and tablets, but is a free download from the App Store on iDevices. Besides offering maps and directions to and from virtually anywhere in the world by car, bicycle, or walking, the app also uses the GPS in your device to give you spoken turn-by-turn directions. Google Maps will even show you a photo of the last turn you need to take so you know what to look for.
    • iWork and iLife (iOS) — Apple's excellent suite of six apps for iPhone and iPad used to cost at least $30 for the complete set, but is now free with any newer device (iOS 7). iWork includes Pages, a full featured word processing application; Numbers, an app for creating spreadsheets; and Keynote, a great tool for creating Powerpoint-style presentations and slideshows. iLife includes iMovie, Apple's incredibly popular app for filming and editing high-definition video; iPhoto, an excellent photo editing and storage app; and Garage Band, a music creation tool. These are some of the best apps available on iDevices and should be some of your first downloads on a new iPhone or iPad.
    • Quickoffice (iOS, Android) — If you have an Android phone or tablet then you won't be able to use Apple's productivity tools, but Quickoffice is a great alternative to iWork from Google. Quickoffice offers word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations on your touch screen device. The app even allows you to create and edit documents in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint formats to be opened and edited on a computer later on.
    These are only a few of the many free apps available on the App Store and Google Play Store. Take a moment to explore some of the great apps that are available so you can take advantage of your tablet or smartphone. A WiFi connection is required to download these apps, so come to the library and use our free WiFi!
    Coming
    • "Her" Summer Film Series: 7 p.m. Sunday, June 29. A lonely writer (Joaquin Phoenix) develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need. Academy Award winner — best original screenplay by director Spike Jones. Rated R for language, sexual content and brief graphic nudity. 126 minutes.
    • Book Sale Donations: Now through July 7. Donations for York Public Library's Annual Book Sale, held this year July 17-19, are NOW being accepted through July 7. We welcome books in GOOD condition, especially current fiction, quality children's books, DVDs, and audio books on CD. Books may go into the library's permanent collection; the rest become part of the sale. The library cannot accept damaged books, textbooks, manuals and reference books. Soft cover books can now be placed in your recycling bin in York. If you would recycle it or toss it, so would we. Please drop off your donations in the library's lower lobby, there is an elevator.
    • ANNUAL MEETING: The York Public Library Association will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 3. All Association members are encouraged to attend for an update on how York Public Library is serving the community.
    • "A Hard Day's Night" / "Help": The Summer Film Series will continue at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 6. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania, and to commemorate it we're showing the recent restorations of their two mid-1960s feature films with the musical soundtracks in newly remixed 5.1 surround sound. In "A Hard Day's Night," The Beatles travel from their home town of Liverpool to London to perform in a television broadcast. In "Help," Ringo finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult and the band must try to protect him. Rated G.
    • Magician Norman Ng: The Summer Family Fun Series kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, at Village Elementary School. Nationally acclaimed magician Norman Ng has amazed audiences in 48 states with his combination of close-up magic and special effects — a magic show that is "far from the Norm!" Funded in part by Kennebunk Savings Bank and co-sponsored with York schools.
    • Author Talk with Kevin Mills: At 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, award-winning journalist and author Kevin C. Mills will speak at the library. His new book, "Sea of Liberty" completes a three-book series loosely based on the storied maritime history of his ancestors. With revolution about to break out, merchant mariner Eli Miller must choose between serving the cause of liberty or serving his family. "Sea of Liberty" is a story of good and evil, war and peace, love and loss, faith and freedom. His books will be available for signing.
    • "The Lego Movie": The Family Fun series continues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12. A tyrant plans to glue the Lego universe together forever. Rated PG. 100 minutes.
    • "Gabrielle": The Summer Film Series continues at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 13. Gabrielle (Gabrielle Marion-Rivard) is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin (Alexandre Landry), at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are "different," their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. Gabrielle must confront other people's prejudices as well as her own limitations in the hope of experiencing a love far from the "ordinary". Directed by Louise Archambault, this film won the Canadian Genie Award for best picture and actress. Rated R for some sexuality. 104 minutes. In French with English subtitles.
    • Poetry Evening: At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, the public is invited to bring poems to share, either your own or favorite poems by someone else. The prompt for July is "animal behavior," and the topic is open for interpretation. Readings from poetry books are welcome. Readings occur in round table format and are facilitated by Priscilla Cookson.
    FOR CHILDREN
    • INFANT LAPSITS: 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, for infants to 2-year-olds. A program of stories, songs, fingerplays and rhymes.
    • PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: 10:30 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays. Stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. Ages 3-5.
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