Technology and Tools

A few weeks ago we suggested you "touch" someone on our sites, by commenting on an article, video, or blog on ValpoLife.com or PortageLife.com, to let people know their story has touched you in some way. And also to win an 8GB iPod Touch, generously...

  Chicago-based startup Sprout Social, the developer of a social relationship management platform for businesses, has raised $1 million in new funding from Lightbank. The startup had previously raised an undisclosed round of funding from the...

Tudor Floors Carpet One proudly announces their newly designed website that can be found at tudorfloors.com. Within a an industry that is ever-changing, it is important to Tudor Floors to stay relevant with today’s means of search and find...

Hubspot offers a great post here on what folks should NOT be doing with their Facebook pages. Some are obvious, though some — like not connecting it to your Twitter account — are popular in practice at the moment and should probably be...

A pilot study of a new technology that lets students use Twitter and text messages during and after class has found that it increases student engagement and is used more often by higher-performing students. The technology, called Hotseat, was...

Researchers at Purdue University are working with the U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency to develop software that would improve the ability to manage the large volume of incoming data during an enemy attack. The work aims to enable...

I remember seeing my first light painting, and being amazed. It was this light painting by Picasso The technique goes by many names : Light Painting, Light Graffiti, Light Drawing, or Long Exposure Photography. The basic idea is that if you set your...

I remember seeing my first light painting, and being amazed. It was this light painting by Picasso The technique goes by many names : Light Painting, Light Graffiti, Light Drawing, or Long Exposure Photography. The basic idea is that if you set your...

We know what you must be thinking, “Geez, that sure is a suggestive title to an article!” Well, of course it is. We’re suggesting you touch someone by commenting on an article, video, or blog on ValpoLife.com or PortageLife.com. Why? Because it...

A new application lets university students create online study groups within Facebook, and lets the participants synch and share documents via Dropbox. The idea is to blend students' social and academic lives into a more engaged learning experience....