A new game is launching today on the PBS site ReadytoLearnReading.org. It’s an online scavenger hunt that uses characters and video clips from the TV shows “Electric Company,” “Martha Speaks” and “Word Girl.” The site is aimed at kids 6 to 8, but isn’t babyish at all. We hear that many adults like playing along [...]
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It turns out that using Google Apps for online collaboration, spreadsheets and word processing saves schools a big chunk of dough. The state of Oregon converted all its schools to Google Apps and saved $1.5 million a year. In Illinois, just one school district making the change saved $160,000. In Maine, science students are using [...]
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The next Kindle update lets you share passages from your e-Books, organize them, and zoom in.
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Find out who’s hiring and who’s getting promotions by following a company on LinkedIn.com.
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Eleven percent of digital cameras fail in the first two years.
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Compare prices for any year in the past to today’s dollars, have your news and blogs read out loud to you, and find TV shows on the web.
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Warner Brothers pays students to spy on downloaders.
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New study from Zscaler Research.
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Numbers report shows teenage iPhone users spend $90 a month on their phone bills.
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The zen of computing: learning to de-stress.
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