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links for 2010-03-11

6 Ways to Stop the Social Media Madness

(tags: social_media)
iPad Could See 50 Tablet Rivals This Year

(tags: ipad tablets)
CNN Sees Facebook As Major Competitor

(tags: news facebook social)

By Web Links | March 11th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-10

Breakout Rooms Best Practices for Hosts

Good tips for using breakout rooms in webcasts

(tags: webinars webcasts)
The Facebook Imperative Cannot Be Stopped

Interesting piece on social technology in the enterprise. Next up: education?

(tags: social)
Google Apps becomes a platform, gets its own app store

(tags: google)
Twitter Starts Routing All Links Through New Anti-Phishing Service

(tags: twitter security phishing)
Watch Out, Topeka: Greenville, SC, Also Wants to be Googletown, USA

(tags: google)
Why I’m Not Using an e-Book Reader

(tags: e-books reading)
Fact or fiction? 8 HDTV claims demystified

(tags: television hdtv)

By Web Links | March 10th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-09

Our View: Keeping up with technology

"Expenditures like these must be made if schools are to fulfill their mission of educating and preparing students."

(tags: technology)
"PowerPoint is evil" author to monitor stimulus spending

(tags: presentations powerpoint data)
Chris Pirillo Debuts E-Book: 140 Twitter Tips

(tags: twitter)
Screensharing via IM With YuuGuu

(tags: conferencing collaboration)
Remote webcam activation now disabled in software that led to controversy at Pennsylvania school

(tags: privacy)
Is Google Search Coming to Your TV?

(tags: google television)
Google public data visualizations

(tags: google data visual)

By Web Links | March 9th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-08

5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business

(tags: google wave)
Why Google keeps your data forever, tracks you with ads

(tags: google privacy)
Why I don't use Google Docs

I think he kind of misses the point on a few things, but overall good counterarguments to people who insist Google Docs is just as good as any other office suite.

(tags: google)
Blackboard Buys Mobile Messaging Company Saf-T-Net For $33 Million

(tags: blackboard mobile)
March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

(tags: history computers)
First iPad Commercial Airs During Oscars

(tags: ipad)

By Web Links | March 8th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-07

Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked [WARNING]

(tags: twitter security spam)
Steve Jobs: iPad Won’t Support iPhone Tethering

(tags: ipad iphone)
Siri updated for iPod touch and gets some new features

(tags: iphone ipod touch siri)

By Web Links | March 7th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-05

By Web Links | March 5th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-04

Google Adding Stars to Search to Replace SearchWiki

(tags: google search)

By Web Links | March 4th, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-03

How to choose the right tripod for you

(tags: video)
Coby $85 smartbook feels like a hundred bucks (hands-on)

(tags: smartbooks netbooks mobile)
Not Just Fun and Games

Exploring the effects of commercial (read: non-"educational") video games on learning behaviors

(tags: learning games)
Google Translates Multilingual Web Into One Universal Tongue: Chrome

(tags: google chrome language)
Microsoft: Don't press F1 key in Windows XP

(tags: security windows)
Dimdim Gives You Instant Screen Sharing With myScreen

(tags: conferencing collaboration desktop)
Intel’s New Convertible Classmate PC Doubles as E-Reader

(tags: tablet e-reader)

By Web Links | March 3rd, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-02

Change the Background Color in Adobe Reader for Eye-Friendly Contrast

(tags: accessibility pdf reading)
Instapaper Update Adds Pagination, Dictionary and Browser

The built-in dictionary function could be very useful.

(tags: iphone reading e-reader)
U Wisconsin Pilots Virtual Student Union

(tags: community)
iPhone/iPod 101: How to get the most out of your battery

(tags: iphone ipod)
Publishers make way for the iPad

(tags: ipad)
Gmail Security Enhancements Expected Tuesday

(tags: gmail security)
'Topeka to be Google, Kansas'

Our state capital's name changed to promote it for Google's fiber optics tests. Now where am I supposed to send my state taxes?

(tags: google)
Convertible Notebooks Seek to Share the Spotlight on Tablets

(tags: tablets)
ShopTalk: Real-time Team Chats

(tags: web2.0 collaboration)
HOW TO: Create a Successful Company Blog

Excellent companion to our series on social media.

(tags: blogging)
How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement

(tags: twitter learning)

By Web Links | March 2nd, 2010 | Comments

links for 2010-03-01

By Web Links | March 1st, 2010 | Comments