Android Tips

J. R. Raphael shares 18 tips for using Android Oreo, the latest Android operating system release.

Raphael in the past has offered tips about Gmail notifications and guidance to underappreciated Android features which can be handy in daily use.

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Skype for Business

Peter Sayer shares how to use Skype for Business .

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Marketing With Anchor Text

Edwin Toonen explains the nature and use of anchor text in search engine optimization.

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Google Maps Spammers

Huang et al. (2017) examined spammers' activity on Google maps.

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Increasing Alumni Participation

Joe McGonegal notes that alumni participation is declining at most universities, and offers suggestions for modernizing alumni relations and increasing alumni involvement.

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Business Intelligence in an Academic Setting

David Raths explains that universities should follow the lead of the University of Notre Dame, and establish policies for data governance and a metadata repository.

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Public Transportation Trends

Patrik Anderson reviews trends in public transportation in an urban environment. One trend is mobility as a service, or "MaaS," where travel is integrated with mobile apps. Another trend is to use sensors to detect congestion and re-route traffic instantly. A third is to reduce air pollution by encouraging the use of public transit.

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Who Is Jesus?

Barry Schwartz notes that Google "Google Won't Tell You Who Jesus or Muhammad Are Out Of Respect" in a recent story on how the search giant handles queries.

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Accommodating Reading Disabilities

Carrie Russell reports on the Marrakesh Treaty which will allow transforming books for the visually disabled.

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Depression and the University Student

Bianca Quilantan writes about UCLA's fight against student depression , beginning with optional testing to counseling.

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Getting People to Use Your App

Kristin Cronin explains how to promote and maintain your mobile application so that your customers and your firm both benefit.

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SIRI Voice Commands

Johnny Evans shares 147 voice commands for SIRI.

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Student Retention

Peatman, Betts, Parker and Porch (2018) address the metrics of online student retention .

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Reading to Connect

Will Schwalbe provides an excerpt from his new book, Books for Living .

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Android Security Improvements

J. R. Raphael reviews security in the upcoming "P" release of the Android operating system.

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Google Maps and Business Photos

Barry Schwartz notes that Google has modified its policy for linking a photo with a business.

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Website Content Marketing Tips

Kristopher Jones provides seven website marketing tips :

1. Paid advertising on social media can benefit a site.
2. Identify industry leaders and engage them over a topic of your site.
3. Use engaging videos to draw in customers.
4. Engage in promotional partnerships with compatible firms.
5. Syndicate your best articles in the media.
6. Post frequently on discussion forums.
7. Invest in personalized e-mail marketing.

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Amazon Alternatives

Jakob Kleinman suggests alternatives to Amazon as a retailer.

Alana Semuels in an article suggests that Amazon may do more harm to Main Street retail than Walmart and other big box stores.

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Fake News Study

Robinson Meyer investigates a study of Twitter and "fake news" done by Vosoughi, Roy and Aral (2018).

The abstract for Vosoughi et al. (2018) follows:

There is worldwide concern over false news and the possibility that it can influence political, economic, and social well-being. To understand how false news spreads, Vosoughi et al. used a data set of rumor cascades on Twitter from 2006 to 2017. About 126,000 rumors were spread by ∼3 million people. False news reached more people than the truth; the top 1% of false news cascades diffused to between 1000 and 100,000 people, whereas the truth rarely diffused to more than 1000 people. Falsehood also diffused faster than the truth. The degree of novelty and the emotional reactions of recipients may be responsible for the differences observed.

>p>A related essay (Lazer et al., 2018) recommends either governmental regulation or creating tort remedies for those harmed.

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Richard Watson On Futuristic Thinking

Ephrat Livni examines the life of futurist Richard Watson, noting ten traits which contribute to long-term thought:

1. Choose information sources carefully.
2. Converse with strangers: get outside your bubble.
3. Prize original thinking.
4. Avoid herd mentality.
5. Follow journalists who are reliable, thoughtful, and forward thinking.
6. Relax: Much current "news" is fluff that will be forgotten.
7. Have a think week every year.
8. Embrace silence for reflection and contemplation.
9. Get off social media, be cynical about trends.
10. Go dark, switch off communications periodically.

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Humanities Education

Simona Chiose reports on the perceived and actual value of a humnanities degree.

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Windows 10 Tips

Preston Gralla offers tips for organizations adopting Windows 10 .

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Electricity Usage Stagnates

David Roberts shows that electricity demand in the United States overall is now stable, thanks to energy conservation and the off-shoring of heavy industry.

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Slow Thought Movement

Vincenszo Di Nicola explains the Slow Thought Movement , a philosophical push for full consideration before decision making.

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Disc Repair

Preston Gralla created a short (2 minute) video on using the CHKDSK "check disk" command available in Windows 10. This command is used to find disc corruption or other disc errors, and can initiate some repairs.

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Speeding Windows 10

Preston Gralla shares how to make Windows 10 a more responsive operating system.

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Visceral Fat

Erin Brodwin comments on the dangers of visceral fat .

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Geofencing

Sarah White explains in this video the concepts behind geofencing , and explains that its use requires that location services must be enabled on the user's device.

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College Readiness

Elizabeth Rutschw and Alexander Mayer report on a study of developmental education practices.

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Browser Market Share

Gregg Keizer projects that Microsoft's share of the browser market may fall below 10% by the year 2020.

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AdWords Match Types

Dianna Huff shows how to advertise using Google AdWords so that your advertisement draws those with an interest in your product.

• Broad match, the default search type, displays an advertisement to those using words related to your product. A large percent of those viewing the advertisement will have no interest in the product, but this form of advertising is great for getting new customers who have never heard of your product.
• Phrase march requires that individual words which occur in a specific phrase linked to your product be in the search.
• Exact match requires that the search phrase exactly match a phrase in the advertising content.

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Mobile Web Page Design: Speed Matters

Ginny Marvin highlights a new tool from Google which demonstrates the cost of a slow mobile website.

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"Learning To Rank" Search Analysis

Andrew Oliver introduces Learning To Rank (LTR) search analysis. It uses knowledge of past searches to perfect what search results will be most beneficial to the user.

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EZ-Pass for Merchandise Payments

Evan Schurnan reports on a collaboration between the vehicle toll payment vendor EZ-Pass and Pay-By-Car, which allows people to buy food at drive-ups and gas at a filling station.

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Apple Keychain Guide

Johnny Evans reviews how to use Apple keychain to store passwords.

At my workplace, some individuals who do not know how to use keychain properly have been frustrated when they change a website password and do neglect to update the keychain on their Mac.

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