Earlier this year Google and the European Union came to an agreement that Google would have to block certain search results in European countries. These blocked results come from the "right to be forgotten" which basically says that any citizen in a country represented by the EU can fill out a form and request that [...]
Rocketboard Kickstarter On Friday we received a new device in the mail for review. It promised to turn any old whiteboard into a "smart board". It has a great price point and has some smart board functionality. While you can share what's created with this device, on your normal everyday white board, there was one [...]
Popular viral content site Buzzfeed found themselves under the spotlight for plagiarism late last week. The issue started to come to light on Thursday, reports The Huffington Post. Two twitter users, @blippoblappo and @crushingbort began posting instances where Buzzfeed editor Benny Johnson was quoting other works verbatim without attribution, on their site Our Bad Media. For the [...]
There are a ton of great educational websites and apps out there. However, most of these apps and websites cost a bit of money. We just came across a very interesting free resource for educational apps and games. MathGameTime is web platform that offers free math games, worksheets, homework help and videos for teachers, parents and [...]
The creators of MyBell have taken to innovating an almost novelty safety device and turned it into something fun, customizable and of course safety conscious. MyBell is a handlebar mountable customized bicycle early warning device. Using MyBell's technology users can quickly and easily use their customized sound files as a quick warning device for pedestrians, [...]
Technology has come a long way especially when we're talking about technology for kids. Long gone are the days of Erector sets and robotic arms from Radio Shack. Today's kids are creating with 3D printers, making robot kits with Vex and Modular Robotics and now they're even creating apps. Tynker a leading Silicon Valley startup that [...]
NVbots, a Boston startup, just launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund their new 3D Printer. The company has already raised "$850,000 from angel investors (who aren’t being disclosed) and is looking to close the round at $1 million via Fundable."Kyle Alspach, Beta Boston, "MIT-founded NVBots to ramp up its 3D printer for schools with crowdfunding [...]
It is no secret that the Windows Phone App store is pretty barren. Sure, you have all of the standard Facebook's and Twitter's, but there is an incredible distance between the sort of selection you find on the Google Play Store or iTunes App Store. While the selection is sparse, the market share of [...]
Student safety, whether or not they wish to acknowledge it, is one of the largest problems faced by colleges and universities. To date, the most important student safety devices are the giant campus emergency boxes. Though these are certainly better than nothing, but they are often sparsely spread throughout campuses. However, we just came [...]
Apple OSX Yosemite Apple's latest version of OSX, Yosemite, is now open for public beta. People interested in the beta can follow this link to the OSX Beta Program. From there they will get a special code they can use in the Apple Store so that they can download Yosemite. This will be the same version [...]
