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"Hundred Zeros is a collection of best selling eBooks that are currently free on Amazon. You can download and read any of these books on your computer, mobile phone, tablet, Kindle or inside your favorite web browser. The list is updated every hour."

Over 100 free iPad apps to help you get started. Many of them are only free for a limited time as an introductory special so you'd better grab them fast!

Teachers know that managing a class is no small task. They have to manage grades, rosters, and at times, even seating arrangements. LearnBoost is a website that tries to merge all these features into an online interface, with a focus on grading. If you are a teacher, all you need to do is create an account on the site and then set up your school.

Here are 12 apps--all of them available from the Android Market and most of them free--that can turn your phone into an even better multipurpose device.

Wikipedia's not the only project brought to us by Wikimedia. A number of ongoing experiments are offered by the not-for-profit, all aimed at making it easier for human beings to share information. There's a database of free media, a collection of public domain books and the ultimate quote book, to name a few. All of these projects represent the Internet at its best: people from all over the world getting together to build something useful for mankind. If you're not familiar with these tools you're missing out on a great deal of the web's inherent awesomeness, so let's take a look.

QR codes are small squares made up of tinier black squares. When a smartphone scans these codes it is redirected to a website. To make use of QR codes check out the online service Likify. Likify is an online service currently in public beta and free to use. Likify then generates a Facebook-like page and generates a QR code for it.

Online and desktop calendar-syncing application Calgoo Connect-along with all of the other calendar tools available from Calgoo-are now free. Calgoo Connect syncs Outlook on Windows or iCal on OS X with popular online calendars, namely Google Calendar and 30 Boxes.

Based on a review of a number of case studies, and some literature on wikis, the paper proposes a taxonomy of wiki journalism, and outlines the opportunities and weaknesses of the form.

The BBC's US08 bus is travelling coast to coast to find out what Americans are really saying about their country and this election. Click on the map to follow the journey.

Are ebooks going to go mainstream with Amazon becoming a de facto distribution monopoly? Or is a marketplace characterized by many different players and options looming still on the horizon?

The first Android phone. the G1, goes on sale today at T-Mobile stores. And, although I have some issues with the software/hardware interface, those are more than overcome by all the great software on the phone. I've been testing out a phone for about a w

Emerging technologies for learning' aims to help readers consider how emerging technologies may impact on education in the medium term. The publications are not intended to be a comprehensive review of educational technologies, but offer some highlights a

With a very little effort, you can take existing photographs of everyday scenes and make it look like they're actually of miniature models. It doesn't take much to fool the mind of the viewer, but there are a few basic rules you can follow to help convinc

To overcome these challenges, and in order to develop a sustainable model for OER production and use, UWC is planning to shift its OER publishing strategy to more closely involve students. We are intending to use the model of "dScribes" that was developed

The Peer 2 Peer University is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses. Think of it as online book clubs for open educational resources. The P2PU helps you navigate the wealth of open education materials that are out the

Still in doubt about whether to get an Amazon Kindle? Not fully convinced that these new ebook reader devices have the form factor and usability traits you are expecting? John Blossom has taken the time to go out and borrow an Amazon Kindle from his close

History buffs and students are going to like WorldHistory, a new product from Utah-based Family Link. The product is still in private beta, but you can get a good sense for what they'll offer from the demo videos here. Use the map to find a location you

For years, mobile workers have been ditching their desktop computers for laptops that they can take wherever they go. Now road warriors are starting to realize that they can get even more portability -- and lots of computing punch -- from smart phones. T

This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change.