Study Finds Kids Who Surf Internet Are Better Readers

"Parents might label it a waste of time but the hours spent surfing the internet, chatting online, and even on the dreaded Facebook appear to improve children's reading skills, The Australian reported Wednesday."

Survey Says 80 Percent of Faculty Use Social Media in Their Teaching

"More than 80 percent of college faculty use some form of social media in their teaching, with online video by far the most popular application, according to a new survey from the Babson Survey Research Group and Pearson."

As Mobile Devices Multiply, Some Colleges Turn Away From Building Campus Apps

"Technology officials are shifting their attention from stand-alone applications to mobile-optimized versions of their Web sites."

Study: 12 Percent of US Households Own e-Reader

"A study finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books, such as Amazon's Kindle. That's three times the number of households that owned an e-reader just a year ago, pointing to rapid acceptance."

Google Gets 1 Billion 'Unique' Visitors

"The market research firm ComScore says that with its search page, Gmail and YouTube, this is the first time any web company's user base has hit 10 digits. Actually, the number was 1 billion, 9 million, 699 thousand."

Survey: Data Breaches Have Almost Become 'A Statistical Certainty'

"In a survey of 583 U.S. companies, 90 percent of them said they had been hacked in the past year."

LinkedIn Study: Men Are Better at Social Networking than Women

"According to a new study by the career networking site, there are more men than women on LinkedIn, and the women that are on there have fewer connections then their male counterparts."