The End of Foreign Languages
The Google Translate App is a jaw-dropper. Say you are in downtown Tokyo. You don’t speak a lick of the language. But you need to communicate with a local. Just …
An Education Revolution
I worked on three courses tonight. First, I completed some coursework in Google Search with Dan Russell, a senior research scientist at Google. Then I began two new Coursera classes: …
Why Our Internet Stinks
Consumers in France, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Moldova, Latvia, Sweden, and about twenty other countries have this in common: they pay way less for home broadband that is up to …
Web Conquered
So you come across an article on the web that you would like to save for another day. But if you save it as a favorite or a bookmark you’ll soon …
When in Rome… Ride.
On our recent trip to Rome I spent several hours seeing the city on a rented bike. The bike rental place – Top Bike Rental & Tours – was great. …
Hot Iron Striking Time?
The T-Mobile site has a deal that runs today and tomorrow on what for most people would be a serious mobile service upgrade. You get one of the very hottest …
Online in Utero?
A thoughtful expert has written a compelling book that parents may want to add to their summer-reading list. Kirkus Reviews describes ‘Talking Back to Facebook’ by James P. Steyer as ‘… …
Lessons Worth Sharing – and Flipping
If you know about TED videos, you are in for a bit of good news: Ted-Ed. As in, TED videos for Education. TED-like talks on educational and academic topics. It …