Crowdsourcing start-up aims to change the world
Set to launch in beta form on April 6, Armchair Revolutionary is a web-based social activism platform designed to harness large-scale crowdsourcing and the boom in social gaming…
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Social media: Colleges’ newest battlefield for students, alumni donations
Colleges’ unending campaign to attract more students and alumni donations has higher-education officials looking to two technologies that consume a growing chunk of people’s free time: social media…
Viral eMail roils higher education once again
Have you heard the one about shady White House dealings that saved a college basketball coach’s job? The eMail rumor about Oregon State University coach Craig Robinson—President Obama’s…
Colleges turn to unified communications to save costs, boost productivity
More colleges and universities are turning to unified communications as a way to streamline campus communication and save money in unpredictable economic times.
Hot campus web sites now about romance, not gossip
"I saw you … looking like a dork. But I don't care how dorky you can be. I just want you to come be dorky with me, babe."…
Google criticizes Australia on internet filter plan
Internet giant Google on March 23 criticized Australia's controversial plan to filter the internet, saying the plan goes too far and could set a dangerous precedent, AFP reports.
Are instructors obsessed by their rankings on RateMyProfessors.com?
It’s not just students who are obsessed with web sites such as RateMyProfessors.com, reports the New York Times: Many instructors are, too.
RandomDorm: Chatroulette for the college set
Using the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining, but there’s always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service, which randomly matches strangers for video…
Why no one cares about privacy anymore
Google co-founder Sergey Brin adores the company's social network called Google Buzz, CNet reports.
Distance-ed students forming college clubs online
At a handful of institutions, students working toward degrees online are meeting outside of class via the web to form online clubs as well, USA Today reports.