The Death of Micropayments?
What can go wrong with micropayments? Just about everything. Consider what happened to those companies that tried and failed: ""Some were platform dependent, or asked for unreasonable percentages of the take, or relied on putting everything on a centralized site, which would make them a portal. It seemed like every one of them offered a different road to hell." But that does not entail the end of micropayments. More...
Grubhub is acquiring Tapingo
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Tapingo, a leading platform for campus food ordering. More...
Chula Vista closer to landing a four-year university
The University of Saint Katherine’s move from San Marcos to Chula Vista is a little bit closer. More...
Seville Classics announces expansion of AIRLIFT Line
Seville Classics, a supplier of premium ergonomic standing desks, is excited to announce the expansion of its AIRLIFT line of sit-to-stand desks. More...
Daktronics selected for University of Houston Fertitta Center LED Displays
Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, has been selected to design, manufacture and install new curved, end wall LED video displays, halo ribbon display, fascia display and stanchion displays for University of Houston’s Fertitta Center on campus in Texas. More...
Salesforce.org extending education cloud platform across the entire student lifecycle
Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce, today announced advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud platform. Specifically, Salesforce Advisor Link 2.0, innovations with alumni and donor relationships, new Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA) capabilities and expanding Education Cloud for K-12 will transform the student journey and connect the entire education lifecycle. More...
Canadian college opens fully vegan eatery
The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is now serving students, staff, faculty and visitors an entirely plant-based menu out of Square Root, a restaurant situated in the school's Bytes cafeteria. More...
Blackboard launches mobile ordering app built for campus auxiliary services
Blackboard today announced the launch of a new integrated mobile ordering solution that allows students to conveniently order food and other items from their mobile devices. More...
Washington State University selects Examity
Washington State University (WSU) today announced the selection of Examity as its exclusive provider of online proctoring. Examity's unique platform, which utilizes sophisticated AI, will create a more flexible and secure online testing environment that includes live, recorded, and automated proctoring options. More...
Minnesota State selects SkillSurvey’s online reference checking solution
SkillSurvey, the leading provider of online reference checking, today announced that Minnesota State, the fourth largest public university system in the U.S. with 30 state colleges, 7 state universities and 54 campuses statewide, has selected SkillSurvey’s online reference checking and sourcing solutions to increase recruiting efficiency and learn more about their candidate’s past job performance before hiring. More...