Students to Get Even Textbooks on Facebook
Kno, an education software company, says it is delivering a selection of eTextbooks, over 100,000 titles, to Facebook, giving students instant access to their books and class materials. It has…
Lucasfilm and Sony Release Alembic 1.0
Alembic is the computer graphics interchange format developed by these two entertainment companies last year and focused on efficiently storing and sharing animation and visual effects scenes across multiple software…
Disney to Help Animators with New 3D Face Models
Flashing a wink and a smirk might be second nature for some people, but computer animators can be hard-pressed to depict such an expression realistically. Now scientists at Disney Research,…
Environmental Change with Lenovo Tablets for Kids
Student Global Leadership Institute (SGLI), an annual initiative that brings together students and government leaders globally to address world issues, recently deployed 65 tablets for its elite youth participants. Students…
Should Teens Play Video and Online Games?
According to a new survey from Capital One Financial Corporation, 56 percent of teens say they spend 30 minutes or more playing video or online games on average each day,…
How LG Attracts Women in Social Media
LG Text Ed was in session this weekend at BlogHer ’11, a conference for women in social media, which was held on Aug. 4–6 in San Diego. At the LG…