Al Franken, Ed Markey press Steve Jobs on iPhone tracking
Freaked out that your iPhone may be tracking your every move? So are Senator Al Franken and Representative Ed Markey, who have called on Steve Jobs to explain…
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Online education may transform higher ed
Several industry experts believe it will have a significant ripple effect on colleges and universities of all sizes in coming years--but only if it's subject to regulation, governed…
Kindle books to be loaned from libraries later this year
Amazon said Wednesday that its popular Kindle e-reader will allow customers to borrow Kindle books from more than 11,000 U.S. libraries starting later this year, reports Computerworld.
iPhone software tracks location of users
Apple's iPhone software is storing a record of the travels of iPhone owners on their phones and on the computers used for iPhone synchronization, a practice that has…
Debt knocks on university doors
The Toronto Sun reports that Canada's universities and colleges must radically transform the way they do business or they will fail, according to a new study.
Police look at how Houston kindergartner got gun
Police are trying to determine how a Houston kindergartener got a loaded gun that he brought to an elementary school, where officials say it accidentally fired when it…
Sold! Auctions helping schools close the funding gap
Fists raised in triumph, the man lorded sweet victory over his foes and strutted, his puffed chest straining the buttons of his Brooks Brothers shirt. His spoils? A…
Arizona governor vetoes college campus gun bill
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed guns on public rights of way on public university and community college campuses, the Associated Press.
Poll: Students grade high school down, college up
Young people give mediocre marks to America's high schools but put great faith in its colleges, reports Argus-Press.com.
Apple sues Samsung, says it copied iPad
Apple has sued Samsung for allegedly copying the iPad, iPod and iPhone with its Galaxy Tab and Galaxy handsets, Computerworld reports.