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Will My Phone Run Facebook Home?

Will My Phone Run Facebook Home?

Yesterday, Facebook announced that it was taking over your phone. The company unveiled a set of apps called “Facebook Home” for Android smartphones that will transform your device into a social hub of Facebook photos, status updates, and notifications. So no, Home will not run on your iPhone or Windows Phone. Facebook Home will function ...

Quick Tip: Transition into a Productive Day Using a Catalyst

Quick Tip: Transition into a Productive Day Using a Catalyst

As you’re beginning a task, it’s not likely you give much thought to the significance of what led up to your productivity. Often times, it’s the pure stress of a deadline that eventually leads up to last-minute work, such as writing a term paper. Of course, a good night’s rest coupled with a nice cup ...

New Film Highlights Students Affected by the DREAM Act

New Film Highlights Students Affected by the DREAM Act

The Dream is Now, a campaign dedicated to “common sense” immigration reform, has released a trailer for a 30-minute documentary by Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director behind An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman. The short film will feature stories from young illegal immigrants and their families. The campaign hopes that the film and other ...

Historically Speaking: The Cell Phone Turns 40

Historically Speaking: The Cell Phone Turns 40

Just days after the last American troops withdrew from Vietnam and a day before the World Trade Center opened, Motorola engineer Martin “Marty” Cooper made the first call from a cell phone, on April 3, 1973. “Joel, this is Marty. I’m calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone,” Cooper said ...

Tech Companies Betting on Perks to Lure in Talent

Tech Companies Betting on Perks to Lure in Talent

Silicon Valley tech giants are building and expanding massive campuses and adding one extravagant perk after another in order to appeal to the world’s best available talent. “Cash is king” no longer applies to some of the world’s largest companies. They’re investing in a new generation of talented young business minds and engineers who they ...

284,000 College Graduates Employed in Minimum Wage Jobs Last Year

284,000 College Graduates Employed in Minimum Wage Jobs Last Year

While the economy may be slowly recovering, things are not so rosy for recent college graduates when it comes to job prospects: a report by the Wall Street Journal shows that 284,000 Americans with college degrees were working in jobs that only paid minimum wage in 2012. The Journal’s report, which was collated using statistics ...

Harvard Dethroned in 2013 Dream College Rankings

Harvard Dethroned in 2013 Dream College Rankings

As high school seniors eagerly await word from their desired college, The Princeton Review releases its annual dream college rankings through the “College of Hopes and Worries Survey.” The survey looks to college applicants and parents of applicants in order to gauge stress and the worries associated during the college acceptance season, as well as ...

Boston College Threatens Students Over Condom Distribution

Boston College Threatens Students Over Condom Distribution

Students hoping to promote safe sex at Boston College could face disciplinary action after being told by administrators that condom distribution goes against the institution’s Catholic values. The students in question, members of an unrecognized group called Students for Sexual Health, distributed condoms from a network of “Safe Site” dorm rooms, where students come to ...

Trade in Your Tech for the Outdoors at an Adult Summer Camp

Trade in Your Tech for the Outdoors at an Adult Summer Camp

If you’re looking to escape from the hyperconnected world this summer, you may want to consider a tech-free weekend getaway. Digital Detox, a group that runs retreats for those exhausted by technology, is offering 200 lucky individuals an opportunity to spend a fun, activity-filled weekend at a California summer camp — sans the iPhone. The ...

Student Loan Interest Rates to Double on July 1st

Student Loan Interest Rates to Double on July 1st

On July 1st, student loan rates are set to increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, effectively guaranteeing that an incoming freshman this fall will owe $5,000 more than a freshman in 2012. It’s a repeat of the same budget battle between House Republicans and President Obama that puts students in the cross-hairs, but this ...