"Good news for good teachers: It turns out, the old drill-and-kill method is not only boring, but -- neurologically speaking -- pretty useless. Relevant, meaningful activities that both engage students emotionally and connect with what they already know are what help build neural connections and long-term memory storage (not to mention compelling classrooms). "
"Japan's anti-monopoly watchdog gave the official go-ahead on Thursday to a search-engine alliance between Yahoo Japan Corp and Google Inc that had been questioned by competitors."
"Yahoo just unveiled major redesigns and functionality changes for Arabic-language portal Yahoo! Maktoob that will funnel traffic away from yahoo.com. "
Which country would you guess is most addicted to Twitter? Would it surprise you to learn the answer is... Indonesia? The microblogging nation is also the world's fourth largest user of Facebook. Sara Sidner looks at how its people use social networks to rally support for social and political causes.
"Facebook has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the trademark on the word "face" when used in the context of online chat rooms or bulletin boards."
" The phenomenal popularity of Orkut, which made terms like 'social networking' part of common lingo, is well documented. However, in May this year, Facebook beat Orkut as the top social networking destination in India. Mumbai-based agency Komli Media's Vizisense, which tracks web audience measurement in India, has now come out with some answers to how Zuckerberg's creation triumphed over the Google-owned Orkut."