Leica Produces Digital Camera That Takes Black-And-White Photos Only
A digital camera that only takes black-and-white photos? Doesn’t it sound totally like what Leica would do? Leica... Read More »
Posts Tagged ‘digital’
Congress Attempting to Censor the Internet
If the Occupy Wall Street crowds knew about this legislation, they would probably stop protesting the redistribution of wealth and start protesting Congress’s attempted censorship of freedom on the Internet. The Internet is a robust medium where people can express themselves, reinvent themselves, protest and argue opinions. This laws intent is to stop copyright infringement, but it is infringing on our rights as citizens. Read More »
Butterfly in the Sky: Reading Rainbow Returns!
If you are like me and grew up in the 80's and 90's, you will be stoked to hear that our favorite childhood program 'Reading Rainbow' is set to return. Read More »
Facebook to Replace Reading Books
Technology has taken the driver seat in terms of furthering education. No longer are books revered as the treasure chest of information. Children are exposed at a very early age to the benefits and pitfalls of digital content. A recent study conducted by a British literacy charity has found the influence of technology on children's reading habits to be startling. "Schoolchildren are significantly more likely to be exposed to mobile phones and computers in the home than novels, according to researchers. They also found that reading frequency declined sharply with age, with 14 to 16 year–olds being more than 10 times as likely to avoid books altogether as those in primary education." Read More »
Digital Education Changing Non-Digital Education
As books continue to take a back seat to digital properties, the face of education has a revamped future to look forward to. Technology has proven itself to be an adversary for the continuation of advanced teaching and education. This plays a particularly prevalent role in how students will use books and learn directly from the materials. Many classrooms will evolve into a total social learning environment with an emphasis on community. Read More »
Wunderland Staffing and Recruiting
A new company, Wunderland, is helping connect qualified people to great jobs. Launched three years ago, Wunderland is a company that helps companies recruit and staff for digital and traditional communication positions. Read More »
South Korean Textbooks to Go Paperless by 2015
South Korea's Education Ministry announced a $2.4 billion dollar plan to move all textbooks to digital devices by 2015. Soon enough, our kids will be saying "Paper? Can I download that?" Read More »
Balance Your Digital Diet
Turn off your smart phones and join Yoxi as they recruit teams for Competition #2: Balance Your Digital Diet and show you what they're all about. It's an evening of good people, good times, provocative talk, videos, prizes, food and booze. Meet folks like you who want to change the world. Read More »
When Product Placement Goes Bad
The film industry has become a prostitute unto itself (that was for Ed). With movies lending their themselves to create an unending "15" minutes of fame for useless "celebrities" like Megan Fox and Michael Keaton, it is no surprise to realize how much goes into "inconspicuous" product placement in movies. Read More »
How To Permanently Delete Social Media Accounts
We as a society are over inundated with social networking, websites, passwords, and a whole slew of digital personalities to balance. There comes a time in everyone's life where they debate cutting loose some of the ties that bind. Unfortunately, finding the correct steps to delete a digital personality is kind of tricky. Read More »
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