Technology News & Articles

When we talk about the digital media consumption of teens and young adults, from social media to the mobile web, we often wonder how the future of online media will evolve. Rarely, however, do we consider what it means for the future of education.

On Saturday, March 6, educators and technologists alike gathered for TEDxNYED, an all-day conference, examining the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education.

Ready for some more predictions? Gartner (news, site) got them. Looking at 2010 and beyond, the analysts put together a mighty list of trends and events that will shake the world of information technology.

Women in eDiscovery is a nifty non-profit that brings together women in technology and law and offers them opportunities for leadership, education, and networking. Since 2007, with more than 25 chapters worldwide, they have organized conferences, training seminars and the means for women everywhere to come together around significant technology issues facing the legal industry.

eDiscovery has been among such issues gaining widespread attention and support. On Wednesday, July 15, from 2PM - 4PM, the Seattle chapter of Women in eDiscovery presents an event dedicated to eDiscovery. Open to all legal professionals, registrants will hear from top electronic discovery experts:

• Former United States Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges;
• Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation for the National Archives and Records Administration;
• Rosemary Lumpkins, Senior Attorney with the Microsoft Corporation; 
• Debra Bernard, Partner and ESS Practice Group Chair of Perkins Coie LLP; and
• Shawnna Childress, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women in eDiscovery and author of the book eDiscovery Plain & Simple.

If you're in the area, it's definitely worth checking out, since eDiscovery will be explored and discussed from different angles and perspectives. To learn more browse our events page or visit www.womeninediscovery.com.

In rough economic times such as these, it is important to recognize the more optimistic efforts being made to inspire change by way of new media and technology.

Thanks to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, an organization dedicated to awarding grants to help transform journalism and communities, twenty-one innovative ideas that will help residents lead informed lives have received US$ 5 million. The projects are the first winners of the Knight Community Information Challenge, a five-year, US$ 24 million initiative to help community foundations support creative ways to use new media and technology to keep communities engaged.

Chances are if you’re easily frustrated and regularly discouraged by the failure of computers, cell phones and the Internet, you’re old. That’s not criticism, though. It’s the results of a recent study released by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

The study, based on a survey of over 2000 U.S. adults, took an in-depth look at how people felt and reacted to problems with technology, whether it is a loss of Internet connection or a broken iPod.

Those that have kept up-to-date with the technology headlines know that we are being treated to a trifecta of mobile phone gadgetry that our grandparents likely never dreamed possible. There are also plenty of new and impressive consumer electronics products on the rise. So with times of such technological progress in full swing, why is newly released research pointing towards less adoption of these devices and the services available on them?

If for some odd reason you find yourself in Indiana this August, try to make Technical Communication 2.0, a half-day event on Web 2.0, technology and the workplace.

Perhaps coolest of all, the opportunity is free.

Summer certainly seems to be the time for revelations. First the Washington Post embraced Web 2.0, and now print magazines have figured out that women are going online in droves to shop, read, communicate and collaborate.

Gasp! Horror! When will it end?