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While the jury is still out on whether a tablet can replace a laptop, it is clear that tablets can be very useful for students. Whether it’s for reading text books, using specially-designed educational apps or just consuming web and social media contact, a tablet can be a valuable part of a student’s arsenal. Let’s take a look at some of the best tablets on the market.

A decade ago there was somewhere between 150 to 250 million gamers.  Today that number has jumped to between 1 to 1.2 billion gamers.  A lot of this growth has to do with the growth of gaming on mobile devices and in social networks.  A new infographic from Facebook video chat app Rounds and Column Five Media explores this phenomenon—the evolution of social gaming.

It’s not a new concept: Technology is changing the way we think. But one prominent researcher at a recent conference discussed a more controversial idea: Technology could be moving us away from innovation and progress, and closer to the Stone Age in terms of how we process information—a scary thought, considering the country’s desperate call for 21st-century thinking.