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
Top Hat: CEO, Students and Professors Weigh In
September 23, 2016 by
Top Hat’s online education programs are used by more than two million students at more than 700 universities. Its expansion now includes Texas Tech, where use of Top Hat in classes been met with mixed feelings from students, particularly regarding its cost and usefulness as a way for instructors to give quizzes and take attendance. The interactive teaching […]
‘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, […]
Lock On and Tune In
October 8, 2015 by
A new smartphone app rewards college students for not using their mobile devices in class. A computer science major and a business marketing major launched Pocket Points last fall from the Chico campus of California State University, according to a news release. The free app, available for iPhone and Android devices, was downloaded more than 22,000 times within the first six months. Blaine […]
Online Streaming Changing the World of TV
October 7, 2014 by
When Robert Peaslee and his wife Kate sit down in front of their TV on a Friday night, they’re not watching cable or satellite because they don’t want to, and also, they can’t. The Peaslees are one of the growing numbers of families that have cut the cord. “We don’t have cable. We don’t have dish,” […]
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 […]
Have You Reddit?
January 31, 2014 by
A glance at the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet” is like an Internet treasure hunt. The home page is filled with links to questions such as “What is the most complicated thing you can explain in 10 words or less?” The answer to that question is definitely not reddit. According to its website, reddit […]
College Of Media And Communication To Offer Online Graduate Program (UPDATED)
January 24, 2014 by
The people have asked, and the college will oblige! Last week, Dean David Perlmutter announced the College of Media and Communication will soon offer an online graduate school program. “There’s more of them out there than there are in Lubbock.” Perlmutter said the graduate school has had a very successful semester, with a record […]
College of Media & Communication to Offer Online Graduate Program
January 17, 2014 by
The people asked, and the college will oblige! In the Converging News E-Newsletter e-mailed on Jan. 15, Dean David Perlmutter announced the College of Media and Communication will soon offer an online graduate program. In the e-mail, Perlmutter wrote the current master’s program is very successful, setting new enrollment records each year. According to records […]
