ECAR Study of the Technology Needs of Students with Disabilities, 2020
Technology in higher education can be both an aid and a challenge for students with disabilities. I
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Magic Leap has a new chief executive and it’s former Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson
Magic Leap has a new chief executive and it’s former Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson. #VR #AR
AmazeVR debuts COVID-era concert platform for VR or in-person viewing
AmazeVR debuts COVID-era concert platform for VR or in-person viewing
Men are more likely than women to be seen as ‘brilliant’ in studies revealing widespread bias
Most people say they do not believe that men are smarter than women. But their minds reveal otherwise. He’s brilliant! And she’s . . . not. This is the finding of a new expansive study from New York University, which found that adults and elementary schoolers in 79 countries perceive men as being brilliant much … Read more
YouTube, Upward Mobility, and Inequality
These days, much of my “television” watching is on YouTube. I’m not unique—according to Google’s CEO (Google’s parent company owns YouTube), about 2 billion logged-in users use the site each month . As of 2018, there were an estimated 23 million channels . By Karen Sternheimer Source: YouTube, Upward Mobility, and Inequality
Coord to pilot ‘smart zones’ in 4 cities
Aspen, CO; Omaha, NE; Nashville, TN and West Palm Beach, FL will participate in the inaugural Digital Curb Challenge to optimize delivery and loading zones while reducing congestion.
How to Curate Your Digital Persona
Your public data tells a story. Is it telling the right one? Philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists – not to mention poets and artists — have been trying to answer this question for centuries. The good news for business leaders is that they don’t need to turn into armchair psychotherapists, or get an advanced degree in metaphysics, to figure it … Read more
12 Essential Strategy Insights
A winning strategy for an organization is not based on an individual choice but an expansive, countless number of decisions happening every day across all parts of a business — product, customers, technology capabilities, and more. #Strategy
Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests (Joseph Cox/VICE)
Joseph Cox / VICE : Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests — Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots. Source: Police infiltrated … Read more
To curb party houses, Airbnb says users younger than 25 will not be able to book entire houses in their area if they have fewer than three positive reviews (Catie Keck/Gizmodo)
Catie Keck / Gizmodo : To curb party houses, Airbnb says users younger than 25 will not be able to book entire houses in their area if they have fewer than three positive reviews — In order to stop enterprising young people from using rented Airbnb properties to throw absolute ragers in their region, the … Read more