Last update: Sunday 4/11/15 @ 3:00 am
This week's cover = graphic from tweet that LinkedIn buys Lynda.com
... Other top stories ==> Hands-on reviews of Apple watch ... Facebook brings mobile messenger app to desktops... and HBO's John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden
Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 4/11/15 @ 12 noon ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.
Cover Story ++++++++++++
Three reasons why LinkedIn broke the bank for http://Lynda.com . http://on.recode.net/1CuHK1B via @KurtWagner8 ... DLL Editor's report -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNET, Inside Higher Ed, EdSurge, Chronicle ... and the official LinkedIn version
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A. HBCU Media ... Dozen
HBCU News...Tracking electrons with straws at the Large Hadron Collider | HB.Sci.U http://ow.ly/3xIINb ... DLL Editor's note -- This tweet links to a reminder of the important role that scientists at Hampton University played in supporting the Large Hadron Collider's successful efforts to track the existence of the so-called "God particle" two years ago.
#hbcu #scsu S.C. State's nuclear engineering degree program reaccredited: South Carolin... http://binged.it/1E9xhOw http://bit.ly/12BAJzX
Disrupt Hackathons!!! http://ift.tt/1Gy1uso
The recorded killing of #WalterScott underscores the efficacy of #CellPhoneCitizenship . Technology trumps trust in an untrustworthy system.
Obama Announces $240 Million in New STEM Commitments http://fb.me/3FZUZN2gz
DSU Receives $300,000 Grant from InterDigital Inc. http://ow.ly/2X4w4p ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by HBCU News,
Congratulations!! FAMU Biomedical Science Bridge Program Produces Award-winning Results!
http://www.famunews.com/?p=2916
Scholarships, and awards recently won by UDC Civil Engineering Students and UDC Faculty member | http://ow.ly/LfqAq
HBCU ICE Hackathon -- Tech for Empowerment ... Wednesday 4/8/15, Day #1 of 2 http://ift.tt/1JsCX6p
How elite universities are using online education http://chronicle.com/article/How-Elite-Universities/229233/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en …
Barista To Bachelor's: Starbucks-ASU Partnership Offers Full 4-Year Online College Degrees http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2015/04/06/from-barista-to-bachelors-starbucks-asu-partnership-offers-full-4-year-online-college-degrees/ … DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed
.@AEIeducation releases new reports on competency-based education: http://bit.ly/1Fnjrts
Education Technology Investors Converge in Arizona http://nyti.ms/1CtuPgi
Education entrepreneur John Katzman aims to reboot the online "enabler" market: http://bit.ly/1DMq8VG ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Chronicle
Oyster expands its “Netflix for books” service with a new e-book store http://tcrn.ch/1DjxMox ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Wall Street Journal, NPR,
Will @GeorgiaTech's all- #MOOC Master's degree set a trend? AIR #edtech expert Tracy Gray weighs in: http://ow.ly/LlGHw @cti_powerup
The National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) faces an uncertain future:
http:bit.ly/1DJ9Mxa
6 Key Boston Tech Acquisitions in the Last 6 Months http://ow.ly/LhnCQ #tech #startups ... DLL Editor's note -- These acquisitions include some EdTechs
Boom. Here Comes Salt Lake City’s #Edtech Accelerator. (That's two in one week.) http://bit.ly/1GlBz76
News Corp.'s $1 billion plan to overhaul education is riddled with failures http://bloom.bg/1c3xhF0
Dollars and Sense: @Educents Raises $2.9M to Grow Instructional Materials Marketplace http://bit.ly/1abL2A7 #edtech
RT @CathyLAnderson: Distance Education Enrollments Thrive at Public Colleges http://ht.ly/LfkwP >> focus on WCET's analysis
Inside @Intel's Education Accelerator. (This makes 4 #edtech accelerators in SF Bay Area!) http://bit.ly/1IBrRer
Top Story #1 ... Hands-on Apple watch +++++++++
Apple Watch: the definitive review http://www.theverge.com/a/apple-watch-review … ... DLL Editor's note -- Hands-on reviews of Apple's watch were also provided by Mashable, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Re/code, CNET, Bloomberg,
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Top Story #2 ... Facebook's Messenger +++++++++++
Facebook brings its mobile Messenger app to desktops http://cnet.co/1H5HJrf ... DLL Editor's note -- This story was also covered by Computerworld, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Re/code,
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Top Story #3 ... Oliver interviews Snowden +++++++++
HBO's John Oliver hits Edward Snowden hard on NSA leaks http://cnet.co/1NNACUl ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by VentureBeat, Inc, The Verge, Wired, TechCrunch, ZDNet, ... Snowden granted the request for interview because he was impressed by Oliver's previous coverage of net neutrality
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Amazon, following Microsoft, introduces a cloud service for machine learning http://trib.al/2vFRrJE ...DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by ZDNet, Information Week ... and here's the home page for this service
Here is a photo of Android Wear working with an iPhone. Google is working on it. It's close: http://theverge.com/e/8139972?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=article&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by ZDNet
HBO Now is available on Apple TV and iOS ... now http://on.mash.to/1N3WHTn ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CNET, Fast Company,
Augmented and virtual reality to hit $150B, disrupting mobile by 2020 http://tcrn.ch/1CbSfGQ ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by VentureBeat,
China's "Great Cannon" can intercept and redirect web traffic http://theverge.com/e/8145868 ... DLL Editor's note -- China's hack of Github was also discussed by Fast Company
AT&T pays $25M to settle a data breach complaint: http://on.recode.net/1IJZuut via @Amy_Schatz .. DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by The Verge, NY Times,
Directory ==> HERE
Inside Jesse Jackson’s years-long push for diversity in Silicon Valley http://tinyurl.com/o7y44br
Upcoming #CodeOakland screenings! See http://www.teached.org/blog/ @IFAFF @yeswecode @BlackGirlsCode @Qeyno @BMAchievement
Thanks for the tour @google. The Tech Divas are inspired to take on the world #google #10xthinking #techdivas
BLUE1647 opens Englewood facility to bring its tech accelerator to the South Side of Chicago http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/04/02/blue1647-englewood-tech-accelerator-opens-on-chicagos-south-side/ … H/T @DsAtweet
Handing Out Seed Money so That Black Tech Startups Can Grow - The Root http://bit.ly/1JhnZ32
Top 20 STEM Jobs http://ow.ly/2X05iN
Programmers live-streaming their coding is becoming a thing. Here's why they do it. @ITworld http://www.itworld.com/article/2907129/think-different-by-live-streaming-your-coding-sessions.html#tk.itwsotd … ... DLL Editor's note -- This article describes a one-man hackathon, a/k/a live-streaming a few days of a coder's actual working sessions ... :-)
#datascience interview questions, tips and suggestions. http://buff.ly/1CZFdzS
Swift is Most Loved! See the results from the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015 http://buff.ly/1yWlWLD ... DLL Editor's note -- Stack Overflow's important survey was discussed by Re/code
JavaScript experts: Microsoft's new Spartan browser rocks @infoworld
http://wwinfoworld.com/article/2906318/web-browsers/javascript-experts-microsofts-new-spartan-browser-rocks.html#tk.ifwsotd …
“@INSOFEedu: What technology & tool skills do I need to develop to be a #datascientist ? http://fb.me/3Mps12rB9 ”
The Hackathon Fast Track, From Campus to Silicon Valley http://nyti.ms/1Caolmu ... DLL Editor's note -- Major League Hacking @MLHacks is featured in this article
Moving the Needle on MOOC Learner Demographics, from edX CEO @agarwaledu: http://ow.ly/LlmxG
Trying the Apple Watch, Farhad Manjoo was reminded of using the iPhone for the first time http://nyti.ms/1H4HJrp
I sat down with edX CEO @agarwaledu to discuss the future of MOOCs: http://linkd.in/1DGGSOf
Wisdom to code by, an illustrated guide to programmer proverbs @ITworld
http://wwitworld.com/article/2904850/wisdom-to-code-by-an-illustrated-guide-to-programmer-proverbs.html#tk.itwsotd …
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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