The popular textbook rental company has been keeping college student’s money in their pockets for some time now, and they are now taking the next logical step. They are taking their talents to the world of web 2.0, with digital textbooks and a “Linkedin for College Students.” Interesting.
Category: Media
EA Games’ Battlefield 3 is coming out October 25, 2011, and from the look of it, it’s gonna be dope. This is a sweet new gameplay video of a 64 person battle. Best part: highly realistic dogfights…not that I’ve been in one, but I imagine blowing up a jet fighter from a jet fighter to be just like that. If you were intending on skipping class all semester, this would be a good excuse for it.
We all know Mark Zuckerberg is a frickin boss, but he’s been boss material even before Facebook became the world’s largest social network. The Huffington Post published a 2005 interview of Zuckerberg in his college-like Palo Alto office. Facebook, just 15 months old, had its three millionth users, and it was cause for a celebration as the founders commemorated the achievement with a keg of Heineken. Sounds like the Campus Socialite Media team.
The iPhone has countless exciting and revolutionary features – sadly, autocorrect definitely isn’t one of them. You’d think after seeing an entire website devoted to autocorrect nightmares (props to damnyouautocorrect.com) Apple would get the hint and either tweak it or eliminate it altogether.
The Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel uses bracelets enabled with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to let guests check in, update statuses and likes via pillars stationed around the hotel’s hottest locations. Guests can even take a picture on the station and upload that to their Facebook wall.
College students have busier schedules than anyone. With all the drinking, being hungover from drinking, smoking, keeping up with your slam-pieces, and class once in
Social media is annoyingly awesome. Apart from the networking, you get to see what people are really like inside their heads. A study from Rutgers
This meme just got fired up and it’s already all over the web, but you won’t find a more comprehensive collection of funny photos than right here. Right on time for the start of the semester. Sorry incoming freshmen, but you need to learn a lesson or two before you start thinking you’re masters of the college lifestyle. Look at this kid and don’t be him.
MyBlockNYC is a new media platform of video mapping that fits right in with Facebook and YouTube. Launched nearly 2 weeks ago, MyBlock has already generated quite a fan base. It provides a way to connect more than to just people; it allows you to connect to a group or a place. To learn more about this incredible media map, click here.
Listen up, haters. It’s time to get eye-raped with useful consumer knowledge. I’m talkin’ to you $600 iPad sitting at a Starbucks checking your blog traffic bi-hourly. We got a new player on the market and he’s out for blood. It’s ThinkPad time.