In this episode of Adulting 101, Jason explores how to safe browse the Internet as well as how to avoid cybercrime. Watch this video to learn how to spot scammers and detect malware. As mentioned in the video click Here for more safe internet browsing tips. Music: https://www.bensound.com
More Than a Check-In
April 18, 2017 by
By Laura Ragsdale More than 128,600 people have checked into J&B Coffee on Facebook, according to their page, and that number grows every day. Scott Cline, owner of J&B Coffee Company, said his coffee shop uses the Facebook check-in feature to allow customers to connect to the Wi-Fi. “The Facebook check-in feature was brought to us […]
At Your Fingertips: Knowledge or Trouble?
December 16, 2016 by
By Courtney Plunk April 3, 1973, was a date that would change the world, although few knew it at the time. On this fateful day, an engineer made the first-ever mobile phone call. Four years later, the first home computer hit the stores, and ten years later, Motorola released the first commercial mobile phone. Shelley Barba, Texas […]
Kim Kardashian Breaks the Internet, Again
March 29, 2016 by
By Callie Yardley Kim Kardashian posted a censored nude picture on Twitter, sparking a conversation about feminism and women’s right to show off their bodies without being shamed. When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL pic.twitter.com/UlSLZb1fp1 — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 7, 2016 According to Kardashian’s website, which opens with a black-and-white nude […]
‘Like A Rolling Stone’: Facing the Future of Music
November 18, 2015 by
More than 16 years ago, two teenagers launched an online music platform that enabled users to swap songs. It was called Napster. To some, its creators were heroes, opening up a world of free music for anyone to share and explore. To others, they were thieves, villains even. A lawsuit forced the free service to shut down, […]
Panel To Discuss ISIS Recruitment Strategies
November 10, 2015 by
The U.S. has put much effort and money into combating the jihadist organization Islamic State, known as ISIS, but the group still has between 30,000 and 50,000 militants estimated to be fighting for it. How is that possible? This is a question Dean David Perlmutter has sought to answer in his research. He is studying how the group’s has managed […]
Student Spotlight: Locke Takes on New York
November 8, 2015 by
It took many hours of research and many Google searches for Lauren Locke, a Texas Tech graduate student, to find her dream internship. But the effort paid off. This fall, she is hard at work at the Rockefeller Center in New York as an intern for the “The Meredith Vieira Show.” “It still gives me chills walking […]
The Music Space
February 26, 2014 by
Before there was Facebook, there was Myspace. Everyone remembers middle school arguments about who is in your “Top 8”, and spending hours picking the perfect song for your profile. But when was the last time you really checked Myspace out? In 2006, it was the most visited website in the world, even over Google and Yahoo. […]
Happy Birthday, Facebook!
February 4, 2014 by
Facebook has now hit double digits! Well, in age, that is. According to the Business Insider, on Feb. 4, 2004, Facebook launched as “thefacebook.com.” Creator Mark Zuckerberg was a Harvard sophomore at the time, working with fellow Harvard students to create a new type of dating website. The award-winning 2010 movie, “The Social Network,” depicts […]
