Technology Tidbits

David Kapuler, a school technology specialist, has developed a nifty blog profiling new educational technologies. In my judgement Technology Tidbits would be a good resource for anyone involved in education at any level.

-DD

Google for Educators

Google for Educators is a site that highlights Google tools and search utilities useful for educators, including the ability to create custom Google searches. This page does not seem to be updated on a regular basis -- one featured utility, Picnik, was closed six months ago.
-DD

Mobile Security Legislation

According to a ComputerWorld article by Grant Gross, U. S. Representative Ed Markey has introduced mobile phone privacy legislation, the Mobile Device Privacy Act. The goal of the legislation is to require that application makers should inform consumers if they allow data collection.

-DD

Good Search

Good Search is a firm that claims to share search revenue with charities designated by its users. The firm says it is powered by Yahoo search.

I had heard that Yahoo is now powered by Bing search, so I compared the first six results of a search for "Indiana Wesleyan University" conducted using Bing, Good Search, and Yahoo. The Bing and Good Search Results were identical, while the Yahoo results differed, so perhaps Yahoo is adding some unique content to the Bing results.

-DD