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Every new technology inevitably leads to worry. When first-person shooter video games were popular, people worried those games would make you more violent (a concern that persists to this day). A few years ago, people wondered if the Internet made you dumber and then whether Facebook was making us lonely. PCWorld Full Article
February 20, 2013 Cecilia Sulhoff, (202) 418-0587 cecilia.sulhoff@fcc.gov Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that furthers the goal of improving our nation’s wireless infrastructure by expanding the reach of wireless coverage for consumers. These new rules governing signal boosters – which amplify signals between wireless devices and […]
The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month. The Washington Post Full Article
St. Mary’s University is bridging the gap between work, school by redesigning its graduate degree programs for Apple’s tablet eCampus News Full Article
Degree Compass Empowers Students with Personalized Course and Degree Path Recommendations, Reducing Time-To-Degree and Increasing Graduation Rates Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada, January 24, 2013 Desire2Learn Incorporated (“Desire2Learn”), a leader in providing innovative learning solutions, announces the acquisition of Degree Compass™, a predictive analytics technology that helps students select the courses to take that will drive the successful […]
Federal program does not meet all technology demands Education Week Full Article
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: January 18, 2013 Justin Cole, 202-418-8191 Email: justin.cole@fcc.gov FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Issues Gigabit City Challenge To Providers, Local, And State Governments To Bring At Least One Ultra- Fast Gigabit Internet Community To Every State In U.S. By 2015 Washington, D.C. – Today at the U.S. Conference of Mayors […]
More than a third of the poorest children do not have the internet at home and a similar number do not have a computer, official figures suggest. BBC Full Article
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) has acquired privately held Behance, a leading online social media platform that enables creatives to showcase and share their work. With over 1 million members, the acquisition of Behance accelerates Adobe’s strategy to bring great community features to Creative Cloud, making it the ultimate hub for creatives worldwide. Adobe® Creative Cloud™ […]
In an effort to bring a more human dimension to the online-education experience, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor Rob Miller has developed a new computer system that will help provide students with feedback on their homework assignments and create more interaction between students, teachers and alumni. MIT Press Release
