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This video has gotten more than 3 million hits. It portrays the perceived realities of higher education through the eyes of students, and questions the claim that technology will save education.

posting message on facebook saved boy from going to jail. he was accused of robbing two men in brooklyn but his facebook message to his girlfriend, which was sent from his dad's house in manhattan a minute before the crime took place, served as his alibi.

modified xboses are in greater demand since the ban from microsoft's online gaming community. (modifying xbox allows playing banned games and games/movies of other regions)

Dell launches smart phone in China and Brzil. Phone uses open-source android system as competitor to iphone

Never underestimate the sociocultural relationship education and prestige share. Interesting article though...

"The question is, will Apple do with the iPhone what it did with the Mac? Will it leap out to a technological lead and then find a way to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory? Or has Apple learned from its previous experience and figured out a way to turn its superior design and wonderful technology into market domination?"

Do videogames increase students' interest in history?

Facebook alibi

I came across a few short blurbs recounting "Facebook" connections.

This caught my attention in the question of how web-stored or shared information can be counted as legal documentation.

Another AR app for the Iphone. Allows placing location based objects on screen which are then seen by others who visit the same location.

Arne Duncan on video games and mobile phones

The future of smartphones, including "an electroactive polymer that vibrates beneath the glass, and gives your fingers the sense of touching individual keys." NYTimes article, may require login

Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to research by a University of Texas at Austin communication professor.

Using second life to facilitate business meetings is an indicator of how virtual collaboration is becoming more prevalent in the business world.

Twitter and LinkedIn have partnered up so that "tweets" are now a part of LinkedIn, which is a social networking site for professionals.

Why read a book OR watch a video when you can do BOTH at the SAME TIME?!

Alright, this is slightly beyond my comprehension, but apparently a vook is a book and video combined. So far they only have 6 books, and one of them is a cookbook so this could possibly be used for learning in informal settings. I'm not quite sure what to make of this, and I wonder if other companies are making similar products. Oh, and for those concerned, yes you can watch/read a vook on your iPhone.