Facebook vows to fix a flaw in data privacy
When you sign up for Facebook, you enter into a bargain. You share personal information with the site, and Facebook agrees to obey your wishes when it comes…
Month: October 2010
Samsung Galaxy Tablet pricing revealed
Pricing and launch details for at least one of the carrier partners for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tablet have been revealed, Mashable reports.
Online learning official: Video lectures help students ‘review, review, review’
Jacqueline Moloney wants college students to do less transcribing and more listening. Moloney, head of online learning at UMass Lowell, has overseen an effort to make lecture capture…
Facebook says apps transmitted user information
The latest Facebook privacy fiasco shows that the world's largest online social hub is having a hard time putting this thorny issue behind it even as it continues…
Vt. judge weighs cell phone tracking suit by ACLU
A Vermont judge heard arguments but didn't rule Oct. 18 on a lawsuit aimed at forcing the state to reveal whether and how its criminal investigators use cell…
University dean accidentally hits the ‘reply all’ button
Higher-education faculty and administrators got another lesson in the pitfalls of electronic communication and viral eMail messages last week when a University of Missouri dean mistakenly sent a…
Online-instruction leader to make key changes
In a move that might trickle down to the rest of the for-profit education market, the University of Phoenix—the nation’s largest provider of online college classes—says it will…
Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce the amount of hate speech and bullying on the online social hub, reports the Associated Press.
US studying Australian internet security program
The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online…
Britain looks to graduates to pick up the tuition tab
What is a university education worth? Who derives the benefits? And who should pay for it? These were just some of the questions that pushed their way onto…