06/10/2013
Gmail updates rolling in soon! http://ow.ly/lTB4Y
WATCH: Your Gmail Could Soon Look Like This
Get ready, Gmail users: Google is preparing to roll out the new Gmail inbox with some slight adjustments. In a blog, posted Wednesday, Google...
06/03/2013
To all our MESA students, these points could benefit you throughout your college career and after - http://ow.ly/lDodm
Advice for College Grads from Two Sociologists » Sociological Images
- Happy Graduation, Seniors! Congratulations! What’s next? Below is some sociologically-inspired, out-of-the-box advice on work, love, family,...
06/03/2013
Not that many of us have to worry about it now, but suspensions may soon be a thing of the past - http://ow.ly/lDrU
Why Some Schools Want To Expel Suspensions : NPR
Research shows suspensions are disproportionately applied to minorities and give students a fast track to dropping out and to the juvenile justice...
06/03/2013
Good news! Google has some excellent ideas to attempt to connect the most remote parts of the world with Internet - http://ow.ly/lDmQN
Google’s balloon-based wireless networks may not be a crazy idea
Wireless Internet from balloons? It's not that great a leap from existing tech.
05/31/2013
Online college courses are becoming every more popular and cost-efficient, but not everyone is on-board with it yet - http://ow.ly/lBcSD
Online College Courses Get A Big Boost, But Doubts Persist : NPR
Degree-granting institutions are responding to austere budgets by catapulting themselves into the world of online education. But some professors...
05/31/2013
Los Rios students, this will also apply to your .losrios.edu account! - http://ow.ly/lBcLm
Big Changes Coming to Your Gmail Inbox
This is terrible news for my grandma.
05/31/2013
Student loan rates are expected to double tomorrow, July 1st. President Obama is urging congress to keep rates down - http://ow.ly/lB3cj
Obama Presses Congress On Student Loan Rates : NPR
Interest rates on government-backed college loans are set to double July 1 — unless Congress agrees on a fix before then. The president is expected...
05/11/2013
Mother's Day is almost here! Don't for get your mama, mum, mother, madre, abolita, aunties or anyone who has kindly mothered you. What word describes that special person in your life?
04/26/2013
Congress proposes to change digital copyright regulations. Ars Technica proposes a couple great solutions: http://ow.ly/ktqsF
04/10/2013
After reading this article http://ow.ly/jWfD7, we want to ask our friends and MESA students; what is/are reason(s) you use Facebook?
Why Do People Use Facebook?
Mostly to relieve boredom, but every once in a while to express political and social views
04/08/2013
Smart phones and tablets may be the future of technology to aid us in bridging the digital divide due to portability http://ow.ly/jRqiQ
Mobile phones bridging T&T’s digital divide
The mobile phone and its increasing features are helping to bridge the digital divide in T&T, said Ronald Walcott, executive vice president Mobile...