I recently read about the issue with Facebook’s social gaming applications, such as Farmville and Mafia Wars. Facebook has a partnership with companies who advertise on these applications. From what I’ve read, people are persuaded into signing up for credit cards and other subscriptions in exchange for game credits. Some are also attracted to surveys [...]
This is an introductory look at making the most of your battery, and a small list of what I think are must-have apps.
Extend the time between charges.
This section is a list of things you can do to increase battery life.
Go to Settings> …
Notifications
Unless you have an app where Notifications are needed, turn this off.
Sounds
Turn off [...]
Do you sometimes wonder what happens to the printed college and university information mailed to future students? Maybe it’s carelessly tossed aside with high hopes that Mom and Dad might read it. We are familiar with the idea that future students seem to pay little attention to certain printed college information. We also know that [...]
The other day one of the people in higher ed I follow on Twitter, Jim Groom from the University of Mary Washington, posted a tweet saying they had a webcast of the keynote speaker for their Faculty Academy, James Boyle, online. I checked it out and was really impressed with what he had to say. [...]
There has been a lot published lately about Twitter, a popular, interactive, micro-blogging service that continues to gain thousands of users every day. Still there is some confusion we’re often asked “What all can you do with Twitter?” and “How is that different than Facebook status?” Well, the great thing about Twitter is, the way you use it [...]
There is a Facebook scam that Mashable was warning about today. In case you haven’t yet read the warning:
WARNING: Facebook Scam On the Loose, Steals Passwords
Facebook is falling prey to a widespread phishing attack today that tries to steal your login and spam your friends.
I’ve got a number of messages in my Facebook inbox with [...]
This new list from Mashable mentions some websites that we have discussed here before and a few we haven’t yet seen. They suggest taking a look at:
Cramster
InternshipRatings.com
Zimride
Box.net
Twitter
Remember the Milk
Gradefund
Evernote
Zumeo
CampusBooks
Read the rest of the article on Mashable to see what they say about each one of these sites.
Some “Good Reads” for your Tuesday. Check out these posts and let us know what you think.
I’m often asked what the differences between MySpace and Facebook are and I finally found a post that explains it rather well. I never could really put my finger on what it was about MySpace that didn’t appeal to [...]
PDFvia is a free online service that allows anyone to upload and share PDFs without using email. Just share the link where not only the PDF is uploaded but also GZ and ZIP files.
If you’re interested in creating flowcharts, sitemaps, organization charts, and wireframes you may want to sample Lovely Charts (in beta and preparing [...]
The Daily Athenaeum covered Twitter today talking to several people on campus about it. It’s great to see it’s starting to catch on here. One thing they did not mention was that in addition to individual users here on campus, you can follow WVU itself, the Davis College of Forestry, Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, and [...]
