Colleges shouldn’t look at social sites
College admissions should not use applicants’ social media accounts to decide admission.
Tag Archive for: technology
Tech users prone to hacking
There have been a few pieces of recent news that made me feel, once again, that perhaps I’m not the only one with a turbulent relationship to changing communication technologies. Last week, on Oct. 28, the Syrian Electronic Army struck again. The group of hackers supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime took credit for redirecting […]
Bootcamp promotes tech-based business startups
USC and UCLA students will come together for a three-hour coding event at LA’s General Assembly headquarters in Santa Monica.
Robotic engineering proves dangerous
Technological advances that help humans become walking robots have the chance to destroy the idea of humanity itself.
Eight key steps to an internship
For many students at USC, November marks the time to begin applying for that perfect summer internship. For programmers, a position at Google or Facebook means incredible benefits, stellar connections and rightfully earned bragging rights. Landing a job at one of the Big Four — Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG — as an accounting […]
Cloudwear explores possibilities in personal tech
The app, developed by two USC business administration students, seeks to use artificial intelligence to digitize the physical world.
Smartphones advance cameras
The addition of high definition phone cameras could mean the end of traditional cameras.
Stickers open new market
Growing up, just about everything I did revolved around stickers. If I did well on a homework assignment at school, I’d get a sticker. If I played through a piano piece with no mistakes, I’d get a sticker. If my parents thought I was behaving well, they’d take me to the sticker store … and […]
Tech-free life has its benefits
Technology can feel burdensome after a while, since smartphones and social media make it so that you’re unofficially on call 24/7 for your friends, family, peers and professors. Even Randi Zuckerberg, whose brother, Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of one of the largest social network enterprises in the world, agrees that we’re all getting a […]
New tailored Google ads risk user privacy
Online data collection will become more invasive than ever with Google’s latest advertising method.