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UPDATE: Students Encouraged to Help Shape New “My ASU” Page
The popularity of online personalization is beginning to show as the university prepares to release a new version of the myASU page that will merge three popular sites: ASU Interactive, ASU Current Students, and myASU. This will create a one-stop-shop for students to manage their academic life. According to the project website the new site will go live on July 20. Based on student feedback that was collected last May, the University has set out to simplify the online experience for current and potential students…
UPDATE: Blackboard Hearts Facebook
For the first time in a really long time, I felt a twinge of excitement that was associated with Blackboard. I was browsing the Chronicle of Higher Education Wired Campus Blog and just read a post that said Blackboard has released a Facebook application.
I think this is the first time in my college career that [...]
Google, Yahoo, Meet Your New Friend Zoho
If you’ve heard of Zoho before, but have been reluctant to open another account, you’re out of excuses now.
Users can now access Zoho’s slew of web-based productivity applications with their existing Google or Yahoo account. Except for those of you still stuck in Hotmail land…this should just about cover everyone.
I would encourage you to give [...]
ASU Geared Up for Offline Use With Google Docs
I logged into my ASU Google Docs account yesterday morning to a great little surprise. It looks like ASU students now have access to the new offline features of Google Docs.
Google Docs is only the second web application from Google to take advantage of their Gears API (the first was Google Reader back in May). [...]
Hey Google! Where’s My IMAP?!?
Hopefully this is just a glitch that will be fixed soon, but it looks like IMAP support has disappeared from Gmail.
Techcrunch reported it just moments ago at IMAP Support Disappears from Gmail.
I really hope this isn’t permanent.
UPDATE: An announcement was just posted in the Gmail Help Discussion group. Looks like it’s a temporary error and [...]
