Cellphones Don't Increase Cancer Risk in Kids, Study Says

"Using cellphones doesn't increase children's cancer risk, according to the latest in a series of studies that find no relationship between the phones and brain tumors."

Smartphones: 28 Percent of Global Market This Year

"More than 420 million smartphones will be sold worldwide this year, and will account for 28 percent of all cellphone sales, IMS Research says."

Google+ Pulls In 20 Million in 3 Weeks

"On Wednesday, Web-traffic watcher comScore Inc. estimated Google+ has had 20 million unique visitors since its launch, including five million visitors from the U.S."

Study: Fewer than 50% of Smartphone Users Make Calls

"A new survey from social communications company CloudTalk has found that making calls is only the fourth most popular activity for smartphone owners. . .and one that only 43% of Americans actually engage in."

Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived

Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived

College Students Lead in Internet Use and Tech Gadgets, Study Finds

"A study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project confirms the idea that young adults—particularly undergraduate and graduate students—are more likely to use the Internet and own tech devices than is the rest of the general population."

Judge Warns Google, Publishers to Settle Library Case

"A judge warned lawyers for authors and publishers and Google Tuesday that he will decide whether snippets of books can be sold online without the permission of copyright holders if the sides do not settle their 6-year-old case soon with an agreement to create a massive online library."

Microsoft Wants to Make It Easy for Academics to Analyze ‘Big Data’

"The company offers free software that lets scholars analyze giant data sets" without difficulty.

Community-College Students Perform Worse Online Than Face to Face

"Among students who took courses online, those with the most Web-based credits were least likely to graduate or transfer to a four-year institution, a study found."

Blackboard Partners With 4 Major Textbook Publishers

"Cengage, Macmillan, Pearson, and John Wiley & Sons will build tighter links between their advanced e-textbook platforms and Blackboard’s popular course-management system."

Pandora Reaches 100 Million Listeners

"Pandora, the Internet radio station, announced Tuesday it has reached 100 million listeners. According to a news release on Pandora's blog, 36 million of those consumers are 'monthly active users.' It also said that in the past six months, Pandora has upped its market share of radio listening from 2.3% to 3.6%."

China: 1.3 Million Websites Shut in 2010

"Some 1.3 million websites closed down in China during 2010, a report from a state-run think tank says."

No Link Seen Between Cell Phones, Brain Tumor

"People who have used a cell phone for more than a decade do not appear to be at increased risk of a type of non-cancerous brain tumor, a large study suggests."

Twitter Gears Up Auto-Ads for Big Clients: Sources

"Twitter is courting big time advertisers and will soon allow them to tailor, automate and publish ads in bulk directly onto the Internet microblogging service, according to two people with knowledge of the matter."

A College Education for All, Free and Online

"To date, UoPeople has enrolled just over 1,000 students in more than 115 countries. Reshef says he believes that the very act of putting students from different cultures in close collaboration is a step toward peace. He believes the university will grow to 10,000 students in five years. At that point, he says, it will be financially sustainable."

Google+ About To Hit 10 Million Users

"Google’s social network, Google+, might be one of the fastest-growing networks ever, having already reached 10 million users according to one estimate."

More Than a Third of US Adults Own Smartphones: Study

"A Pew Research Center study released on Monday indicated that 35 percent of US adults own smartphones as the Internet is increasingly being accessed using gadgets on the go."

South Korea Commits to Digital Textbooks

"South Korea says it wants to transition the country's education system to all-digital textbooks by 2015 so students can study anytime and anywhere."

Is a Bookless Library Still a Library?

"We've been hearing about it for years, but the bookless library has finally arrived, making a beachhead on college campuses. At Drexel University's new Library Learning Terrace, which opened just last month, there is nary a bound volume, just rows of computers and plenty of seating offering access to the Philadelphia university's 170 million electronic items. . ."

Facebook Says Membership Has Grown to 750 Million

". . .the company broke its silence and announced it had passed 750 million worldwide members who post billions of messages each day."

Top 10 YouTube Videos Posted by Colleges, and What They Mean

"More than 400 colleges and universities have set up channels on YouTube as part of the YouTube EDU section of the popular video site, but university officials admit they are still experimenting with the service and learning what types of videos resonate with off-campus audiences."

Apple iPads Generate 1% of World's Web Traffic

"Apple's iPad is responsible for 1% of the world's Web traffic, as well as 2.1% of Web traffic in the U.S., according to the latest numbers from NetMarketShare."

Private-Equity Firm to Buy Blackboard for $1.64-Billion

"Blackboard Inc., maker of the popular college course-management software, announced on Friday that it had agreed to a $1.64-billion buyout by a private-equity firm, Providence Equity Partners."

Discounted Kindle Points to Future of Ad-Supported Electronics

"Amazon's recent ad-supported Kindle isn't just the future of e-readers. It may also be a look at the future of how people buy electronic gadgets: with a reduced price, subsidized by advertising."

Netflix Expands to 43 New Countries

"Netflix is rapidly expanding its international service, with plans to launch in 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean later this year."

Twitter Hits 200 Million Tweets a Day

"In June 2010, Twitter users sent about 65 million tweets per day. One year later, 200 million tweets are sent per day. According to the Twitter blog, it would take more than 31 years to read all 200 million tweets."

Researchers Discover "Indestructible" Botnet

"The botnet software that security researchers at Kapersky Labs found 'uses a range of techniques to remain undetected, making it 'practically indestructible,'' according to NewScientist."