Top higher-ed tech trends for 2013
A survey of colleges and universities previews some of the top technology trends set to emerge in 2013. The survey comes from Edudemic, a site connecting educators and…
eBooks and eReaders
Free digital textbooks surge in popularity
As college textbook prices continue to climb, a free alternative to traditional textbooks has gathered steam—and its provider claims that students at more than half of U.S. colleges…
No-book library? BiblioTech is coming
A book-less library. It sounds like an oxymoron, but come the fall of 2013, San Antonio's Bexar County is going to be home to the BiblioTech, the country's…
Pearson invests in Barnes & Noble’s Nook
Pearson, the U.K. publisher and education company, is buying a 5-percent stake in Barnes & Noble's Nook eReader as technology companies seek new inroads into the potentially lucrative…
Watch: Best eReader for under $100
eReaders are some of this year's hottest gifts. And good news: they have dropped way down in price. But in the battle for Best E-reader for Under $100,…
College bookstores’ answer to eBooks? Partnerships with textbook rental firms
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Amazon looks to get Kindle into schools
Amazon.com Inc. has launched a service to help schools and workplaces manage Kindles used by students and employees—by sending out eBooks or blocking certain types of activities, for…
HarperCollins reaches deal to lower eBook prices
A new and uncertain era of e-book prices has begun, the Associated Press reports.
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD family: The highs and lows you need to know
There's no doubt that Amazon's original Kindle Fire tablet was a huge hit. It earned over 10,000 5-star customer reviews, it remained the number-one best-selling product on Amazon…
Samsung tablet takes aim at iPad—with a pen
The tablet-computer market is like guerrilla warfare. One huge army—Apple—dominates the land, while a ragtag group of insurgents keeps raiding and probing, hoping to find some opening it…