Our Faves From CES 2012

Posted by R04R on Jan 18, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place last week in Las Vegas.  CES is always an amazing event where tons of crazy gadgets and mind-blowing technologies are shown to the public, and this year was no different.  You can see some recaps of the best things that were shown at CES this year here on CNET  and here on Mashable and here on Yahoo.  So since that has already been done,...
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Making Your Message Personal

Posted by R04R on Jan 10, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments TechCrunch released a great article this weekend called “You Can’t Spell Media Without ‘Me.’”  It’s a lengthy read, but definitely worth thinking about.  Author Ben Elowitz makes the point that historically media has just blasted out the same message to a huge audience hoping that it will resonate with someone, while now the technologies of social media allow...
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Free Apps for Christmas!

Posted by R04R on Nov 17, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments There is no better time to celebrate the spirit of giving than during the Christmas season. We at ROAR thought we would celebrate by giving some good gifts ourselves! We believe in the message of hope, love, and forgiveness that churches and ministries spread, and we also recognize that many churches’ and ministries’ budgets don’t allow the purchase of an app, even though our...
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New Partnership: Warrior Poet Clothier

Posted by R04R on Nov 10, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments At ROAR we are pleased to announce a new partnership which is taking our impact in a whole new direction, and we’re excited!  Our mission at ROAR is to get faith-based content on mobile platforms, and the reason for this is we want the church and the gospel to remain relevant in today’s technological culture.  The generations coming up now are saturated in technology, and if we want...
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Embracing Online Ministry

Posted by R04R on Oct 27, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments This is the personal perspective of Joni Tapp, our Social Media Assistant.� She is a work-at-home mom to a 3-year-old son. ________________________________________________ As a lifelong extrovert, I had a severe case of culture shock when I first became a stay-at-home mom 3.5 years ago.� I used to love being with people socially, but I also was very active in the life of the church and...
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Lessons from Steve Jobs

Posted by R04R on Oct 6, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments The tech world, and the world at large, was rocked yesterday with the news of the death of Steve Jobs, the founder and former CEO of Apple.  I don’t really know where he stood on spiritual matters, but the fact is that he was an unparallelled example of vision, passion, and innovation.  The church can learn from him and take away some great inspiration for our own mission and ministries. ...
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