eCampus.com and SteelHouse Target the Site’s ‘Cart Abandoners’ – Increasing Sales While Preserving Margin with Other Buyers             LOS ANGELES (Aug. 16, 2011) – eCampus.com (www.eCampus.com) certainly knows the value of an education, especially when it comes to learning more about its own online shoppers.  Using SteelHouse’s Behavioral Commerce technology (www.SteelHouse.com), eCampus gained new insights Continue Reading →
(WASHINGTON, D.C. — AUGUST 4, 2011) David Lyle has been named chief executive officer of the National Geographic Channels US and assumes responsibility for global programming.The appointment, which is effective immediately, was announced by the National Geographic Channels board, to whom he will report. The veteran television executive has been working with the National Geographic Continue Reading →
HAIFA, ISRAEL — August 2, 2011 The annual international conference, run by the Wikimedia community, and organized by a different local team each year, will be attended by 650 Wikipedia editors, Wikimedia advocates, free content promoters, researchers and educators from 56 countries.  This week attendees will gather at the Haifa Auditorium on Mt. Carmel to take Continue Reading →
Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship
Missouri recently banned student-teacher Facebook friendships under a law preventing students from having social relationships with their teachers. The law specifically prevents ‘exclusive’ access to students, which bans using Facebook for things like private study groups. Some teachers believe the ban will prevent students who wouldn’t otherwise seek their counsel from reaching out. Read the Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110801_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Missouri recently banned student-teacher Facebook friendships under a law preventing students from having social relationships with their teachers. The law specifically prevents ‘exclusive’ access to students, which bans using Facebook for things like private study groups. Some teachers believe the ban will prevent students who wouldn’t otherwise Continue Reading →
Australian broadcast service facility taps Dalet to manage assets and production for new online service delivery Sydney, Australia– July 19, 2011 – Video-8 Media, an Australian company specializing in production and distribution services for the broadcast market, has launched a Cloud-based Media Asset Management (MAM) service utilizing Dalet Enterprise Edition. With high-end data centers in Continue Reading →
Amazon Kindle
My youngest son, Jared, is a rising Junior at Cornell. He’s an Econ major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Before I could post the update about Amazon Text Book rentals, he sent me a txt message telling me it was amazing. If you go to the Cornell book store and purchase your books Continue Reading →