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SPONSORED: DailyLDS.com launches world's first daily deal Web site for Mormons
Mormon Life says: This website features deals on products and services of interest to LDS Church members.
DailyLDS.com launches this month offering exclusive deals to LDS members. Each day, DailyLDS will feature a new deal on LDS-related products or services at up to a 90 percent discount. The idea...
{Poll} Technology Boundaries for Kids?
Mormon Life says: It seems we can't function in life without our various technological devices, but they carry a lot of dangers and responsibility as well. When and how much can kids handle?
Growing up, the most advanced technology I had was a Super Nintendo that my mother begrudgingly allowed us to have, only after realizing we were using our friends for their video games and...
The Delights and Dangers of Media
Mormon Life says: Oh, multimedia. We love you. We loathe you. We can’t imagine our thumbs without you. While this reality of modern life can leave us at a loss for controlling exposure, we can start by looking at the truth and consequences.
The average youth devotes nearly eight hours to media every day. (Why yes, that is more than a full-time job.) Forty-three percent of children ages 4 to 6 have a TV in their bedroom. Seventy percent...
{LDS How} Youth Can Share the Gospel
Mormon Life says: Teens are already self-conscious without adding the intimidation of trying to share the gospel. Want to learn a few simple steps for being a member missionary at your tender age? We're here to help.
I gave away a Book of Mormon for the first time in between science and history when I was in eighth grade. I’d like to say I did this just because I wanted to, but it was actually a requirement for...
RootsTech Conference brings genealogy to digital age
Mormon Life says: Email, MP3s, cell phones, personal GPS devices - technology touches every part of our lives, and genealogy is no exception. This week at the RootsTech Conference, innovators and genealogists are uniting to forecast some of the exciting developments for family history.
The parents and grandparents of this generation know better than anyone how quickly technology can evolve. They watched as the music record morphed into the cassette tape. After what seemed a...
{Single Saints} E-mail Dating: An Impossible Proposition?
Mormon Life says: E-mail dating is a mixed bag. In my experience, it generally doesn't work, but there are a few things that can contribute to success.
There have been several times in my life where I’ve been set up over email. Always it is because the guy lived in another state (or country). I call this email dating. Email dating (in my...
{LDS How-to} Share the Gospel Online
Mormon Life says: Practical (and easy) instructions for something we all know we should be doing.
Everyone and their dog seems to have some sort of online profile today, if not five or six. (Really though, my friend actually made a Facebook page for her dog.) Because it’s now so much easier to...
LDS General Conference PDFs and EPUBs Online
If you are a regular reader of LDS Media Talk, you’ve learned when the talks, video, and audio from the October 2011 LDS General Conference have been posted online. You also know there is a video of highlights from the conference, as well as conference highlights selected especially for youth.
Available Formats of LDS Scriptures
Mormon Life says: A useful list in the digital era.
Did you know that scriptures.lds.org not only has the scriptures text, but also audio recordings to listen to online or download MP3 files to use on other devices? This includes the Holy Bible (both...
Why Do I Need an LDS Account?
Mormon Life says: The Church is only going more and more digital, and having an LDS account is both helpful and increasingly necessary. If you don't have an account, this article will tell you how to register.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offers a lot of online information and services, much of which is personalized to your identity and Church calling. For example, on LDS.org you can...
Online Dating that Clicks
Mormon Life says: Are you flirting with online dating? Consider this the LDS singles' ultimate guide to navigating the digital world of relationships.
Boy meets girl? If only it were always that simple.Between demanding schedules of work, school, family, and church, it can be difficult to stop and smell the potential roses. So in this 2011 world...
LDS men launch youth anti-pornography campaign
Mormon Life says: Fight the New Drug aims to educate people--especially high school students--on the truth about the addictiveness of pornography.
You don’t drink it. You don’t inhale it. And you can’t inject it. But scientific evidence is beginning to show what general authorities have been saying for years: pornography can be as addicting as...
President Eyring on Technology
Mormon Life says: A good reminder about where technology stands in relation to our priorities.
“The Lord’s plan is to advance ever more rapidly His word and His works and the effects of His gospel throughout the world,” President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency,...
Mormons are Taking Over the Internet!
Mormon Life says: Great commentary on a recent article from the Washington Post (which we featured a couple days ago).
The Washington Post has an interesting article about the church’s success with search-engine optimization, PR, and “controlling its image” online. There’s plenty of hyperbole in the article (have we...
Mormons using the Web to control their own image
Mormon Life says: Highlights the Church as a web- and marketing-savvy religion -- and what a big difference that makes to our message. It's pretty impressive.
Try this. Type “church,” “Old Testament” or even “friend” into Google, and the Web site of the LDS church, the Mormons, pops up near the top of the list. In the age of the Internet, the Church of...
