Judge: Text Sender is Not Liable for “Electronic Presence” in a Car Accident
MAY 29, 2012 BY NATT GARUN http://www.digitaltrends.com The case against a woman who was accused of being electronically present during a texting while driving accident was dismissed by the New Jersey...
View Article21st Century Learning Conference—Aug. 9–12, Palos Verdes, CA
Come to the 21st Century Learning Conference! Join experts from around the world who show how to help students thrive in the 21st century! This powerful, ground-breaking conference will be held on...
View ArticleInfographic: Rise of the Visual Social Networks
from Douglas Karr www.marketingtechblog.com Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Path, Facebook and Twitter are all focusing quite a bit of attention on visuals. It’s long been understood by marketers that...
View ArticleThe Definitive Video On Why the Airplane Cellphone Ban Is Stupid
by Stephen Abrams http://stephenslighthouse.com There’s a new trend on some airlines where the flight attendant yells at you for only using airline mode to turn off your phone. She grabs the phone...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Vs. No-Tech: D.C. Area Schools Take Opposite Approaches to Education
By Cecilia Kang Published: May 12 www.washingtonpost.com The sixth-graders are lighting up the room with their MacBook Airs, flipped open to Google, Wikipedia and YouTube for a physics assignment....
View ArticleAs of Google's Knowledge Graph, Has the Semantic Web Arrived?
I have written before about the importance of the Semantic Web. Basically, it converts the web from mountains of text into a database of discrete pieces of information. The result is that the Semantic...
View ArticleThe Eye-Opening Effects of Staring at Your Screen
by JuJu Kim — April 28, 2012 www.thedailymuse.com/tech It’s no secret that we spend more than six hours a day on average staring at digital screens. But what’s lesser known is the toll it can take on...
View ArticleNine Ways To Make Yourself Smarter
BY JAMIE CONDLIFFE APR 28, 2012 11:00 AM http://gizmodo.com It often seems like everything you do, touch, or eat can make you smarter or dumber. But that's not quite the case. There are, of course,...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?
Children today reach puberty earlier and adulthood later. The result: A lot of teenage weirdness. Alison Gopnik on how we might readjust adolescence. By ALISON GOPNIK January 28, 2012 "What was he...
View ArticleMeet Joggobot, the Flying Robot That Sets Your Jogging Pace
une 1, 2012 By Trevor Mogg www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech Two researchers interested in how robots can help support sports activities have come up with Joggobot, a flying robot that enables joggers...
View ArticleHoward Rheingold on How the Five Web Literacies are Becoming Essential...
The veteran technology commentator argues that a better understanding of how we connect our attention and intentions online can help individuals and society. By Justin Ellis MAY 11, 2012, 9:12 A.M....
View ArticleRecent Trends in Digital Reading—The Ebooks Explosion
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View Article5 Mobile Trends Brands Need to Watch
April 30, 2012 by Jonathan Gardner http://mashable.com Jonathan Gardner is director of communications at Vibrant Media. He has spent his career at the nexus of media and technology, having worked in...
View ArticleFlutter Raises $1.4 Million to Improve its App Answer to Gesture Control
June 7, 2012 By Molly McHugh www.digitaltrends.com Gesture control has become a budding industry since the Kinect launched and brought it to the masses. And recently, we were introduced to the Leap, a...
View ArticleIs This The Future of Touchscreen Tech? New Video Will Blow Your Mind
February 03, 2012 by Samantha Murphy http://mashable.com Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning has unveiled a follow-up YouTube video to its wildly successful “A Day Made of Glass,” providing another...
View ArticleYouTube Users Now Uploading 72 Hours of Video Per Minute
By Angela Moscaritolo May 21, 2012 10:48am EST www.pcmag.com Happy seventh birthday, YouTube! The popular Google-owned video-sharing Web site celebrated its seventh birthday on Sunday, and reached...
View ArticleChristina Mercado, Georgetown Grad, Turns Job Hunt Into Children's Book
by Tyler Kingkade Posted: 05/31/2012 8:07 am Updated: 06/03/2012 9:54 pm www.huffingtonpost.com Christina Mercado didn't have any luck finding work after she graduated from Georgetown University with...
View ArticleDo E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?
Digital books are lighter and more convenient to tote around than paper books, but there may be advantages to old technology. By Maia Szalavitz March 14, 2012 http://healthland.time.com I received a...
View ArticleSingapore Wants Creativity, Not Cramming
22 May 2012 Last updated at 19:03 ET By Rebecca Lim BBC News, Singapore Singapore's schools have become global role models, with consistently high results in international tests. But now they want to...
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