Huffington Post:
There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.' Leading theorie (Read More)
Huffington Post:
There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.' Leading theorie (Read More)
Huffington Post:
I am terrible at writing headlines, but in these times of Google searches and social networking, article tags and Twitter hash, headlines are important. "Hope springs eternal" won't cut it when referring to what happened in Maine last week regarding gay rights. The linkage of "audacity" and "hope" is a winner, especially si (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated: Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I'm definitely se (Read More)
USATODAY.com Travel - Top Stories:
It's a compelling storyline: Starry-eyed couple books $2,000 honeymoon on Expedia to St. Petersburg, Russia, and winds up stranded ...
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Huffington Post:
The new website PoetrySpeaks is aiming to serve as a social networking hub and online marketplace for poets. Visitors are greeted with a sleek, jukebox-style display of poet portraiture and an unpretentious atmosphere. And it's immediately clear that PoetrySpeaks casts a wide net: among the home page's collage of clickabl (Read More)
Mashable!:
Melissa Jun Rowley is a freelance entertainment correspondent for CNN, a writer for Causecast, and producer for “That Morning Show” on E! Entertainment. She is @MelissaRowley on Twitter and blogs at melissajunrowley.com.A cultural and corporate shift is taking place in the world. The result of things like the current econo (Read More)
VentureBeat:
VentureBeat is throwing a new mini-conference and networking event, DiscoveryBeat.DiscoveryBeat addresses one of the biggest conundrums for Silicon Valley’s most dynamic startups and developers: How to get your social game or mobile application noticed in an age of noise?It will be held in the afternoon of Dec. 8 at the Aut (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Phil Noble describes Hope Plus, his upcoming online action network, as "a global eBay for caring." Hope Plus is being developed by Noble's PoliticsOnline, and plans to launch during December to coordinate with the Copenhagen Climate conference.The site is attempting to get involvement from Barack Obama and Bill Gates.So, wh (Read More)
CNET News.com:
Those children under 18 who are members of Xbox Live won't be able to access Facebook, Twitter, or Last.fm when the Xbox Live update is released later this year. (Read More)
USATODAY.com Sports - Top Stories:
Love 'em or leave 'em, it is apparent that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have added a compelling, instant ...
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CNET News.com:
AT&T Labs in San Francisco opens its doors to show off its Emerging Devices division, as well as some research projects around location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future. (Read More)
VentureBeat:
The posting last Thursday on Craigslist was alarming. Someone was selling a Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle, with both a console and a game, for $500. The problem was that Modern Warfare 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year, doesn’t officially go on sale until Nov. 10.Activision Blizzard, the game’s publisher, (Read More)
Engadget Mobile:
Looks like quite a few folks have got their hands on the Acer Liquid as of late, and lucky for us they've been rather loose-lipped with their thoughts on the subject. As suspected, the handset is running a 1GHz Snapdragon that's been under-clocked to 768MHz. And it looks like Acer didn't go crazy with the User Experience ei (Read More)