Cornell students unveil iPhone app for campus library users
Students from a software engineering class at Cornell are releasing a new application Feb. 16 that will enable iPhone users to access the university library’s web site, reports…
Month: February 2010
Can social media cure low student engagement?
Keeping college students and their professors connected through social media outlets could be key in boosting graduation rates, education technology experts said during a panel discussion at Social…
Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes
As it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends, the Associated Press reports.
Higher Education: Four-year education … Is it really necessary?
As costs rise, the reality of paying for an education looms larger for students and parents, changing their approach to college searches and their perception of the college…
Microsoft unveils new mobile software platform
Microsoft unveiled on Monday an upgrade to its mobile operating system as the US software giant seeks to regain lost ground in the competitive handset market, according to…
Twists multiply in Alabama shooting case
On Friday, this city of rocket scientists and brainy inventors was stunned when a neuroscientist with a Harvard Ph.D. was arrested in the shooting deaths of three of…
Professor accused of killing 3 in tenure dispute
Tragedy rocked the University of Alabama campus in Huntsville Feb. 12 when a female biology professor allegedly gunned down six colleagues, three of them fatally, in an apparent…
Google’s convoluted search for China compromise
Shedding China's shackles on free speech is proving to be easier said than done for Google Inc, reports the Associated Press.
Challengers gain in important phone software fight
As smart phones increasingly appear alike, with high-end models mostly taking their cues from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, more and more it's the software they run that makes a…
Education gains shield women from worst of job woes
Steady increases among women with college degrees over the past two decades apparently have paid off during the recession, with government statistics showing they fared better than men…