Grand Rapids textbook rental program expands
Grand Rapids Community College students were among the first in the nation to be able to rent their textbooks from their Follett’s campus bookstore, but now the company…
Month: January 2010
Microsoft to cut time it holds internet search data
Software giant Microsoft said it would slash by two thirds the time it holds internet users' personal data gathered from search queries, according to AFP.
Has Google developed the next wave of online education?
Combining text, audio, and video chat with features like drag-and-drop documents and interactive polls, Google Wave is a free web program that could add unprecedented depth to student…
In war against the internet, China is just a skirmish
In the beginning, there was one internet, born from American research and embraced by academics around the world. It was ... Read more
DROID-buddies Verizon and Google offer net neutrality truce
Amidst all the rancor that we’ve seen during the last few weeks over the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed net neutrality ... Read more
Colleges increasingly use social media to interact
Social media accounts are becoming as common as work e-mail for admission counselors at Evangel University. They now have work ... Read more
Opinion: Virtual schools are a critical piece of education’s future
Technological innovations might be categorized along a continuum from sustaining to disruptive. In education, a sustaining technology might be a SMART Board, which in most applications is a…
The fine print behind Google’s Nexus One
I really like the Nexus One, Google's first phone, New York Times technology columnist David Pogue writes. It's got some glitches, as I noted in my review, but…
Pa. AG files lawsuit against ComputerTraining.com
The Pennsylvania attorney general is suing a recently closed computer training school in an effort to recover fees for former students, the Associated Press reports. Attorney General Tom…
Verizon Wireless ups data charges to raise revenue
Reuters reports that Verizon Wireless said on Jan. 15 that the company is raising its prices for data services like mobile web surfing to increase revenue and profits.…