ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Technology news with an impact on education in January 2011
Facebook Creating Application For All Tablets AllFacebook.com January 27 2011 Facebook may have left the task of creating a native application for the iPad to third-party developers, but it appears that the company plans to create something to run on all tablets, including the Apple device... Full article: http://goo.gl/OqiZP
eProcurement: Towards Technology and Culture Change CampusTechnology.com January 26 2011 A Q&A with University of Missouri System VP for Finance and Administration Nikki Krawitz The relative success of eProcurement at any institution often depends on how the procurement department works not only with the technology, but also with the end users in academic departments, in research programs, or elsewhere in the university... Full article: http://goo.gl/l9Epi
Online Learning Set for Explosive Growth as Traditional Classrooms Decline CampusTechnology.com January 26 2011 By 2015, 25 million post-secondary students in the United States will be taking classes online. And as that happens, the number of students who take classes exclusively on physical campuses will plummet, from 14.4 million in 2010 to just 4.1 million five years later, according to a new forecast... Full article: http://goo.gl/gp05z
Google jumps into 'Do Not Track' debate with Chrome add-on TechWorld.com.au January 25 2011 Expert applauds Mozilla, Google for following Microsoft in adding browser privacy tools A day after Mozilla said it was exploring a "Do Not Track" feature for Firefox, Google today announced a Chrome add-on that lets users opt out of tracking cookies that monitor their movement and behavior... Full article: http://goo.gl/OXbWJ
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