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Every day, we are surrounded by stories in print, on social media, in blogs, on the radio, and in stories from our friends and family. The ways people make meaning and communicate are increasingly multimodal and digital; yet, the preschool classroom, for all its multimodal learning, is sometimes devoid of technology. In this action research project, the authors integrated an iPad into a play‐based preschool classroom to support emergent literacy and playful storytelling. The students used multimodal and multi‐actor storytelling to collaborate, navigate their places in the classroom, and connect their school experiences to their home lives.

The article discusses the trends in mobile applications. These include application programming interface, applications for recording customer details and documenting installation sites, and consumer-facing applications. Also discussed are tips on how to design security applications, benefits of mobile applications, and applications for mobile security purposes.