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Most Revolutionary Google Product Launch of the Past Month (Hint: It’s Not Google+)

Dashe & Thomson

Since its launch in beta format a month ago, Google+ has registered some significant buzz within the social learning community. Yes, you heard me right. Yes, you heard me right.

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4 Implications of Microsoft’s Acquisition of LinkedIn

CommLab India

Microsoft’s recent acquisition of LinkedIn has created ripples in the world of technology. I believe the deal between Microsoft and LinkedIn could have 4 major implications for the corporate world. The purchase of LinkedIn by Microsoft could alter the shape of the search engine advertising market. billion USD.

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Google Translate

Jay Cross

This article recently appeared in a newspaper in Rio: I stuffed the text into Google Translate and pressed the button. People who are no longer freshmen, he argues, should invest their time in eLearning and informal learning in social networks. CROSS: Learning is social. Interview with Jay Cross. ?

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Top eReader Platforms for Digital Publishers

Kitaboo

NOOK Press. NOOK Press is a popular ereader platform from Barnes & Noble that offers a free and simple interface to make it easier for authors to convert, upload, and edit their work. Among the key features of the NOOK Press include-. Google Play Books. The platform charges no deductions for delivery fees.

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The Death of the Traditional Web: Implications for Self-Directed Learning

Dashe & Thomson

Within that shrinking slice of online time, Facebook is increasingly the portal for everything. While the “document Web” (as author Ben Elowitz terms the old-style Web) shrank by 9 percent overall, Facebook consumption increased by 69 percent, essentially stealing time from everything else. And, frankly, they often don’t.

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Sahana Chattopadhyay – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Majority of the organizations today are boarding the Enterprise Social Network (ESN) bandwagon with little experience in how to facilitate collaboration and conversation leading to disengaged employees, abandoned platforms and frustrated leadership. This is perhaps the most exciting time to be a part of the L&D function.

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Paper cuts

E-Learning Provocateur

I’m late to the party, but finally I’ve gotten my hands onto Google Cardboard. The ROI for Google Cardboard is through the roof. Some brilliant Cardboard apps are available at Google Play. This may have something to do with the age of my S4, but I recently read that Facebook is getting serious about resolution.

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