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.
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Technologies
Social media site an ‘academic supplement’ to Facebook
Instead of a Facebook news feed cluttered with tidbits about friends’ FarmVille progress, Boris Revsin wants a social media site that alerts college students to the latest in academic news from their peers – information that could connect students and form study groups.
September 2, 2010 | Posted in Featured on eCampus News, Technologies, Top News, social networking | 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, reports the New York Times—and so now device makers in a post-iPhone world are putting touch at the core of the newest wave of computer design, known as natural user interface.
New software turns paper into an inexpensive digital tablet
New software coming this fall will enable Livescribe’s digital “smart” pens to stream all notes taken live, in real time, to a computer—turning special dotted paper into an inexpensive digital tablet, the company says.
Advances offer path to shrink computer chips again
Scientists at Rice University and Hewlett-Packard are reporting this week that they can overcome a fundamental barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization of computer memory that has been the basis for the consumer electronics revolution, reports the New York Times.
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 the campus’s largest lecture halls, but some students continue their vocal opposition to the technology as the fall semester gets underway.
Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia
Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor, reports the Associated Press—including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous.
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 help students create professional connections and build valuable workplace skills.
August 27, 2010 | Posted in Communication and Collaboration, Higher Ed, Technologies, Top News | Read More »
GAO report: Too little competition in wireless market
According to a government report released Aug. 26, consolidation over the past decade has left just four big carriers in control of 90 percent of the wireless market, making it harder for small and regional companies to compete, reports the Associated Press.
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 semester—doubling the 400 institutions that used Flat World texts a year ago.
