For high school students across America applying to college this fall,Acceptlyshould be on your radar. Earning good grades, scoring high on the SATs and finishing up your last year of high school can make for one of the most stressful (and most fun) times of your life. Acceptly is like a private college consultant, but free and at your fingertips. The new online platform launched publicly today to guide high school students through the entire college prep and application process....

Unless you’re blind or know someone who is, you might not know that blind people use the same smartphones as sighted people. In fact, many blind people use touch-screen smartphones every day. The secret is that smartphones have a screen reader, a tool that allows blind people to use a mix of gestures and taps, along with vibrations or audio feedback, to use their apps. Screen readers work on desktop computers as well as mobile devices....

According to areport by Reuters, Yahoo! is receiving multiple inquiries from parties interested in purchasing the company. A letter which was given to Reuters reads: Our advisers are working with us to develop ideas that we will pursue proactively. They are fielding inquiries from multiple parties that have already expressed interest in a number of potential options While we will move with a sense of urgency, this process will take time, Months, not weeks....

The news broke in February that Acer hadjoined the WP7 fold, and would release a handset for the nascent phone line. At the time, what we didn’t know was when the phone was set to come out, and what the phone would eventually be made of. Now we know. The phone, dubbed the W4, will launch with the rest of the ‘great second wave’ of WP7 hardware, along with the consumer release of the Mango update to the platform’s software....

Acer is looking to ready Windows Phone 7 handsets for launch in either September or October this year, according toPocket-lint. Back in November, Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci remarked that although the company was working on Android, it was also developing Windows Phone 7 devices, delivering the “same opportunity you can see on Android in terms of customisation”. Today’s confirmation suggests that Acer was looking to see how well Microsoft’s operating system performed when it launched, then deciding to release handsets once Microsoft has shipped its “Mango” Windows Phone 7 update which brings with it a raft of new features....