Last update: Sunday 3/8/15 @ 12:05 am
This week's cover = photo from tweet about Apple replaces AT&T in Dow Jones
... Other top stories ==> Widespread, long-standing FREAK security flaw ... Silicon Valley's top level gender bias trial ... and Pebble's Time makes big waves
Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 3/7/15 @ 6 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.
Cover Story ++++++++++++
Apple will replace AT&T in the Dow Jones Industrial Index…yes, the irony: http://on.recode.net/1BW1vFg by @DawnC331 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, CNET, NY Times, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg
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A. HBCU Media ... Dozen
Holder says he's 'prepared' to dismantle Ferguson police department if necessary http://wpo.st/PHR70
DLL Storify of the Howard University #Hackathon -- 3/6/15 to 3/7/15 ... #DiversityInTech #HUhacks ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/03/dll-storify-of-howard-university.html …
HU biology students travel to Brazil to conduct research in Atlantic Rainforest http://hamptonunews.blogspot.com/2015/03/hu-biology-students-travel-to-brazil-to.html …
First Annual UVI Hackathon To Showcase Innovations In Technology http://www.uvi.edu/news/articles/2015/15_012_hackfest.aspx …
#hbcu #nsu Norfolk State students win hack-a-thon with 'Roomie' app: Norfolk State Univ... http://binged.it/1alvdHv http://bit.ly/16rivnb
HBCUs Should Implement Online Education With Caution http://www.edcentral.org/hbcus-implement-online-education-caution/ … via @newamericaed
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans http://www.jbhe.com/?p=49223
“It’s the Blackness that scares everybody”: Why white people favor “African-Americans” http://www.salon.com/2015/03/04/it%e2%80%99s_the_blackness_that_scares_everybody_why_white_people_favor_african_americans/ … via @Salon
Dillard, Texas Southern to Host Third Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference http://ift.tt/1EhHTKq ... EVENT
Justice Department Finds Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson http://nyti.ms/1wS7XWm ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by The Verge
Tutoring Marketplace Studypool Snags $1.2 Million http://tcrn.ch/17Y4HCD by @sarahintampa
An Entrepreneur Sets Out to Do Better at Education Than His College Did http://shar.es/1faHRn ... DLL Editor's Note -- Article describes Minerva College
.@usedgov brings in outside help - @snhuprez - to look at unconventional academic programs:
http://bit.ly/1EuBhbv
Report: Colleges can bridge the "middle skills" career gap by offering more courses focused on digital skills: http://bit.ly/1EuA2Jq
True Reform in Higher Education: When Online Degrees Are Seen as Official http://nyti.ms/1zPi4LN
Turn Your Public Library Into a Kid #Coding Community http://bit.ly/1B8vV4S ... DLL Editor's note -- Article describes "Hacker Hours" as being as inclusive as hackathons, but low-key
IPEDS Fall 2013: Higher Ed Sectors Vary Greatly in Distance Ed Enrollments https://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/ipedssectors/ …
Digital Learning Companies Falling Short of Student Privacy Pledge http://nyti.ms/1CBUfhj
Study: Elite institutions give black graduates little advantage in the job market: http://bit.ly/1Euzymx
Big-data project on 1918 flu reflects key role of humanists http://chronicle.com/article/Big-Data-Project-on-1918-Flu/190457/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en …
FREAK Security ++++++++++++++++
"FREAK" Security Flaw Discovered Lurking In Many Computers For Decades, Apple Promises Fix Next Week http://tcrn.ch/1FSVBBT by @grg ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Mashable, Ars Technica, Re/code
Microsoft reveals Windows vulnerable to FREAK SSL flaw http://zd.net/1EkxSgX @dobes ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Computerworld,
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Gender Bias ++++++++++++
Kleiner’s John Doerr: It’s ‘too hard’ for women entrepreneurs to get funding http://on.wsj.com/1aLLZQ9 by @JeffElder ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story was also covered by TechCrunch, Bloomberg
Daily Report: Bias Suit Puts World of Venture Capital Under Spotlight http://nyti.ms/1CGmyLO ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wall Street Journal,
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Pebble Time ++++++++++++
The Pebble Time is the most-funded Kickstarter ever, topping Coolest Cooler's $13.3m record http://on.mash.to/1AWeJPM ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by The Verge, Wired, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch,
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Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is available for free right now http://on.wsj.com/1M9nSXi ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, Computerworld, ZDNet, Mashable, VentureBeat, The Verge
The CIA will reorganize to increase its focus on cybersecurity http://theverge.com/e/7928076
A ten-minute history of robotics: http://gizmo.do/d9gLGwp
'Building AI is like launching a rocket': Meet the man fighting to stop artificial intelliegence destroying humanity http://zd.net/1EpjQt4
IBM Watson Group buys AlchemyAPI to enhance machine learning capabilities http://tcrn.ch/1zLAP2z
Are robotics startups gaining traction? Yes @CIOonline http://www.computerworld.com/article/2892918/are-robotics-startups-gaining-traction-yes.html …
This AI can beat you at most classic arcade games. Why that's good news for Google: http://f-st.co/VmuWQUc
Machine Learning: In Chase of Apple, Smartphone Makers Shift Strategies http://nyti.ms/1DN5Khn
How Google's using big data and machine-learning to aid drug discovery http://wp.me/p5hvhT-70X6
Directory ==> HERE
$50K in funding for FinTech startups from Village Capital and Ebay Foundation http://aweber.com/t/EH9Ph
Changing the world one hackathon at a time http://tinyurl.com/lnlx759
A glimpse in #blue1647: youth #hackathons intersecting #community & #technology in a dynamic way. #diversityintech
Find out what the #NationalScienceFoundation has to say about #STEM #diversity. http://bit.ly/1vYU9y3
Have you checked out our @RebelMouse site? So many great articles and resources on tech diversity in one place. http://rbl.ms/1K5MKDs
.@Lyndsey360's advice to male allies of women in #tech / #STEM: assume women are capable! #InventEmpower
The planets are aligning for cable company mobile service http://wp.me/p5hvhT-71mQ by @thesullivan
RT @TEACHED: "#Oakland can be the better, blacker, browner, more feminine, more queer side of Silicon Valley" - @priforce #CodeOaklandNYC
"You guys realize the Apple Watch is going to flop, right?" http://f-st.co/5F8hBhb
1. Failure is at the core of computer science
2. Learning CS takes pressure off of mistakes
3. Computers are patient
http://blog.code.org/post/112803134313/grit-persistence-and-coding …
"Everyone at foundations should be alarmed if our operations do not look like the country we live in." http://ow.ly/K1URj @diversegreen
Big data has revolutionized practically every other aspect of our lives. Shouldn’t schools benefit from it as well? http://wrd.cm/17Yxqaq
What role can venture capital play in making technology more diverse? A huge one: http://f-st.co/uIaaqOe
Tim O’Reilly: Silicon Valley is massively underestimating the impact of IoT (interview) http://wp.me/p5hvhT-70zP by @obrien
If B.A.’s Can’t Lead Graduates to Jobs, Can Badges Do the Trick? http://shar.es/1W9UbV
Views: It's time to discard the "leaky pipeline" metaphor when discussing women in science:
http://bit.ly/1DPFC83
Recruiting at a #Hackathon? 5 Tips for Success --> http://entm.ag/1wKAWiR via @Entrepreneur #stl #tech
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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