Students send texts for cheap textbooks
College students reeling from textbook sticker shock in their campus's bookstore can send a text message to a popular book rental company to see if they can save…
Month: August 2010
Connecticut looks into eBook price deals
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said on Aug. 2 that he was investigating deals struck by Amazon.com and Apple to offer low prices on electronic books, saying the…
Android sales outpacing iPhone
For the first time ever, sales of Android handsets have outpaced those of the Apple iPhone, reports Yahoo News.
Calif. high court upholds affirmative action ban
California's high court on Aug. 2 upheld the state's 14-year-old law barring preferential treatment of women and minorities in public school admissions, government hiring, and contracting, reports the…
Has Microsoft brought the future of computers to campus?
A developer of educational software since the 1960s, Brown University Computer Science Professor Andries van Dam has seen ed-tech trends come and go, but he’s recently zeroed in…
Plagiarism lines blur for students in digital age
As the free and easy exchange of information online has transformed concepts of intellectual property, copyright, and originality, students’ notion of what constitutes plagiarism has changed as well,…
Bing and Google in a race for search features
While Google is dominant in search, it has been watching Microsoft’s Bing and in some cases mimicking some of Bing’s innovations, reports the New York Times.
UC professors raise doubts about online degree plan
The University of California's interest in offering an online degree is opening a new chapter in the debate over online education, TMCnet.com reports.
Campus researchers’ newest weapon in flood warnings: Google Maps
A customized Google Maps program could save lives and help prevent millions—even billions—in flood damage to the world’s largest medical center and surrounding communities after Rice University researchers…
