The next time you need to set up a conference call, you might consider using FreeConference. The company offers a simple and reliable teleconferencing service for little or no cost that can accommodate up to 150 people per call....

After many years of hype and unfulfilled promise, the market for electronic books and reading devices has recently grown significantly. ...demand continues to increase and the implications are beginning to be felt in several areas. Publishers have made progress in...

Weebly, a browser-based website creation tool, was rated one of Time Magazines top websites of 2007, offering users an easy way to build a website using a set of predefined drag and drop page elements. Weebly has now released...

The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) released its annual study of undergraduate students and information technology report earlier this month. The report is available in a number of forms and formats at this URL: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/TheECARStudyofUndergraduateStu/187232 The full title of...

Wiggio focuses on group collaboration, providing email, chat, conference calling, and meeting space in one place. The Wiggio toolset is extended by integrating text messaging and social networking tools such as Facebook. Wiggio is targeting academic and student groups as...

"Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment, when the benefit to society is larger than the damage to the copyright holder. It is an essential part of copyright policy in the United States, where...

Dropbox is quickly becoming a "must have" online storage service. In a few minutes, you can set up a Dropbox account and start synchronizing files among multiple computers and mobile devices. Offering a free 2GB of storage, Dropbox is an...

The ability to embed iTunes U media on any web page is possible, but not well documented. In this entry, we will review the necessary steps on how to use iTunes U media within a web page using a Flash-based...

We've written about several annotation tools in the past, but the number of tools and the functionality that they offer seems to have exploded recently. What follows is a review of some tools and resources where you can learn more....

Wufoo is an web service that helps you build online forms easily. It automatically builds the database and other code necessary for interactive functionality and storage of data. After you set up an account, you are sent a confirmation...