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FCC rejects proposal for free wireless service
Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves, reports the Associated Press. ...
September 2 2010 / Read More »From Apple, a step into social media for music
Apple Inc. jumped into the social networking business on Sept. 1, introducing Ping, a service built into iTunes that is intended to help users discover new music and, presumably, buy more songs from Apple, reports...
September 2 2010 / Read More »Samsung takes on Apple with iPad rival
Samsung on Sept. 2 unveiled what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be a major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet computer, AFP reports....
September 2 2010 / Read More »California schools cancel deal with online Kaplan University
California's community colleges have dropped a controversial plan that would have allowed their students to take some courses at the online Kaplan University and make it easier to transfer to that school for a bachelor's...
September 1 2010 / Read More »To win over users, gadgets have to be touchable
Scientists and academics who study how we interact with technology say touch screens have seeped into people’s day-to-day existence more quickly and completely than other technological behaviors because it is so natural, intimate, and intuitive,...
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Sep 1 2010 / No comment / Read More »University pushes for better attendance with electronic scanners »
Officials at Northern Arizona University are reminding students that faculty members have the choice to use new electronic scanners that track class attendance at...
Aug 30 2010 / No comment / Read More »Social media help college students forge professional opportunities »
Social media already are ingrained in most college students’ personal lives, and now some college professors are using social media as a tool to...
Aug 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »Are open textbooks gaining momentum in higher ed? »
Officials from open-license textbook publisher Flat World Knowledge say more than 1,300 instructors at 800 colleges and universities will use their books this fall...
Aug 26 2010 / No comment / Read More »MIT turns to smart ventilation as campus greening continues »
An advanced ventilation system that adjusts airflow according to outdoor temperatures and how many people are in a room could help the Massachusetts Institute...
Aug 26 2010 / No comment / Read More »Early iPad adopter to use art application this fall »
Seton Hill University, one of the first campuses to board the Apple iPad bandwagon before the device was released in April, announced Aug. 23...
Aug 25 2010 / No comment / Read More »Universities use tool to battle student ID theft »
College students have to know which data are most vulnerable before they can protect their identity online. The creators of a new software program...
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