College Student Accused of Cheating Using Facebook

This is a case I think we will have to follow because it demonstrates the impact that social networks are having on academia. A first-year Ryerson University student is being accused of cheating after helping to run an online study group on Facebook.
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iCrime and Punishment: iPods Are Creating Crime Now? Please!

This story on the USA Today is one reason that this publication exists: To point out how research can be skewed based on circumstantial evidendence. When you see a study like this, you need to question everything about it, and then immediately demand if the researcher will doing a longitudinal study to see if this [...]

Champy Credits Convergence As A Game-Changer

Management author and guru Jim Champy examined more than 1,000 companies with double to triple digit growth and he found that convergence and IT were the difference makers. In his new book Outsmart! How To Do What Your Competitors Can’t (FT Press, 2008) provides a bevy of case studies to make his point.Check out [...]

Advertisers grapple with online video opportunity

Online video can boost electronics retailers’ brand recognition and sales, although business and technical considerations have to be taken into account to achieve good results.
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Convergence Effect: Library Takes ‘Talking Books’ Digital

Judith M. Dixon, a clinical psychologist by training and a sophisticated techie by avocation, is helping to lead the Library of Congress into the digital age.
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The Power Of Media Using Edutainment & Convergence Can Be Seen In Drug Ads And Drug Sales

Marshall McLuhan (1967, 1968) was correct when stated that “the media is the message” and that we would be electronically connected in a global village where electronic communication would be a physical extension of our minds. The pharmaceutical companies have utilized the power of media effects to drive drug sales and pressure doctors to prescribe [...]

Bits: Could Amazon and Audible Rewrite the Rules of Publishi

Amazon could experiment in fascinating ways with its new acquisition, Audible.com. What if you could switch back and forth between an electronic book and the audio version?
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Facebook partner’s with iTunes for music store

Facebook today launched a new music section with built-in integration with Apple
’s iTunes. You find your favorite band’s page, where you can listen to new music, interact with them and their community, and even purchase tracks or albums.
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Apple Might Be Creating Secret eBook Reader – NYT

The New York Times’ John Markoff speculates that Steve Jobs’ now-famous diss of the Amazon Kindle — “nobody reads anymore” — might indicate that Apple is working on its own reader. Markoff weighs the evidence.
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Presenting Dr. Chris A. Heidelberg III

I always said it would be cold day when I would become Dr. Chris A. Heidelberg III; I just forgot to include the snow. Here I am above explaining to the seated committee members and the public audience that attended. The presentation of the research findings lasted 45 minutes and was following by…
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