Most colleges and universities aren't yet capitalizing on the social networking and Web 2.0 tools that keep today's digital natives motivated. It's time to unleash that potential, the…
Using the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining, but there’s always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service, which randomly matches strangers for video…
Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months…
As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind students and others that letting everyone know where you are --…
Social networking behemoth Facebook reported a glitch in a software update that caused users' private messages to land in the wrong in-boxes, stoking new fears over the site's…
For the first time since 1887, students at the University of Virginia won’t have a hardcover memento of their college years: The school founded by Thomas Jefferson has…
In just three weeks, more than 1,000 Rutgers students banded together on a Facebook group to protest a new speed cap on the university’s residential internet network, reports…
Keeping college students and their professors connected through social media outlets could be key in boosting graduation rates, education technology experts said during a panel discussion at Social…
Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook,…
Carnegie Mellon University will use a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to create and distribute web safety advice to faculty, teachers, and students in K-12 schools and…
Taylor Cummings was a popular basketball star on the verge of graduating from one of Nashville's most prestigious high schools until a post on the social networking site…
Facebook could be a distraction that drags down grade point averages, or a popular online hangout spot that has no impact on college students’ academics -- depending on…