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The new version of WordPress has been released. Here is the article introduced some new information of the new version.

I found this interesting. It could be useful to anyone who really wants to make their wordpress profile stand out. If you have the patience to learn it all, it would definitely be helpful.

Very interesting read on what the future could look like for the way in which we get information and do every day tasks.

I'm pretty sure GMU subscribes to Office 365, which means that you can get Microsoft Office products for free while you're enrolled here. Quite a deal. Or you could use OpenOffice, the open source alternative.

I just checked up on this. The FAQ for GMU's Office 365 says the subscription only includes free access to the new Outlook and Calendar. I use OpenOffice on my computer, and apart from some formatting inconsistencies when working with people using Microsoft Office, it works great.

Really helpful tips on how to learn to use Prezi.

Article by Fox news gives us a glimpse into the future of gaming

This article the the NY Times explains how the Obama administration is making sure everyone has access/knowledge to a computer

An article that talks about how Yelp has incorporated SeatMe directly into the Yelp experience so users can now book restaurant and bar reservations from the venue's Yelp listing.

An article from "The Guardian" about how Google could end web censorship in China explained by Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt was quoted during a speech in Washington.

An article from February about what "actually" gets done on Tumblr, and why it's so popular with our age group.

Great article of why there is a drastic statistical decline in people reading e-books

Whether we realize it or not, all social media websites have a certain (usually unwritten) etiquette. This article lists some basic etiquette when using Tumblr.

This CNN article discusses research done to determine what young people do online. Concerned parents may not want to read this.

New website that generates your old Facebook statuses to make odd possible new ones that could either make sense...or it couldn't.

Just for fun, a story about James Van der Beek guy who was on "Dawson's Creek," which was *THE* hot show in 1998, and some of the differences between being famous then and being famous now. On the one hand, you're more exposed now (thanks, iPhone); on the other hand, there are more ways to make pieces of 'the real you' public: " At least on Twitter, I put out some bits of my sense of humor. Whereas in '98, when I was being mobbed by girls, they were just looking to go crazy about anything and could use the excuse, you know, to scream and go mad." Just FYI, I myself have never seen Dawson's Creek, but I remember when it was big, and I know someone who's rewatching all the episodes on Netflix now and live-tweeting them.

Activist in china have found a way to circumvent government censorship

This opinion piece discusses a secret trade treaty called the Trans Pacific Partnership and whether it is a form of extreme censorship. According to this piece, the treaty has been compared to the Stop Online Piracy Act.