Computer software is a must for the university student. Everyone is well acquainted with Microsoft programs, design software, and even that lonely chess game that came with your computer. Even though a lot of programs are sold for entertainment purposes, not as much are for learning and education. However, with the advent of portable technology, there is no excuse for not having programs that will make studying easier and more efficient. As a way to bridge the gap between a popular cellphone technology and learning, Chris Parcel of UCLA created a software that makes it less boring to study:

"iStudyToGo is an easy to use software application that allows you to make the most of your downtime. With iStudyToGo, you can easily create notes, flashcards, or any other text you find handy to have with you on-the-go, and load them onto your iPod. iStudyToGo makes it easy for you to share notes between friends, classmates, as well as the extended iStudyToGo community, making study-guides and other useful information available to all."

As far as applications go, iStudyToGo will always be a desired application: for those students desiring to be good students while also being an iFreak, they can now combine two different functions into one. The simplicity of the software can only be enhanced by the many functions that can be added. For instance, voice software, language flashcards, and math propositions are all useful and designable features of a iStudyToGo software. There is no limit to how much more efficient such a program can make it for the student. For the studious student that happens to have an Apple product, iStudyToGo should be an interesting and useful tool.

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Posted at 7:07 PM  

A growing energy is brewing among student entrepreneurs and this energy has green written all over it. Environmentalism has become an important staple in the youth culture and it is only growing in scope. With more websites, magazines, newspapers, and organizations devoting their time to environmentalism it is no surprise that student businesses are creating businesses around the cause. One student business, called The Beanstockd Project (no e), took entertainment and turned it green:

"The Beanstockd Project is a web-based environmental media organization using pop culture as a vehicle to deliver environmental news to young-adults who would not otherwise be exposed to it. Our goal is to harness the power of competition and entertainment to effect tangible change in the real world using an innovative and unprecedented web 2.0 application."

Started by Angela Antony (Harvard University), The Beanstockd Project decided to really mix it up by taking something which people are genuinely curious about, like entertainment and media, and the concerns of the Earth. The killer concept for this student venture is that there is no end to the creativity involved in making environmentalism relevant; every business, product, attitude, and philosophy has to do with how people react to the Earth and this is important for the future development of civilization. With enough application innovation and marketing, The Beanstockd Project could become a go-to resource for those who want to know what's happening while keeping it green.

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Posted at 7:13 PM  

Investing is an activity that most people don't understand nor involve themselves in. Usually the activity must be learned via a lot of experience and even then a grounded understanding. Young people, especially students, would not be expected to invest and because of this they are usually cut out of the running. A new kind of business, innovative for its scope and its implication, has popped up as a social networking website with a spin: it's all about investing. UpDown.com, founded by Michael Reich and Georg Ludviksson, is a website that will give people the ability to invest money that really isn't there:

UpDown.com is the leader in social networking for virtual investing. In addition to giving members $1,000,000 in virtual money to invest, UpDown provides a platform for investors to improve their skills through collaboration, competition and aggregated wisdom. Described by CNBC as "fantasy football meets the trading floor," UpDown is the only free investment platform that allows members to earn money with zero risk of financial loss.

The basic premise behind this venture is strong: learn how to invest at zero risk with the opportunity of making money. Those participating might find out that investing is fun and useful. On the business side it is smart: be the number one website for virtual investing and have everyone, from little Chip to grandma, join in on the race. Further, UpDown.com is a classic example of how to reinvent a concept from the real world and combine it with the great capacity of the Internet. With an even younger audience learning to become computer literate and a far reaching global audience, UpDown.com has a lot of potential.

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Posted at 7:11 PM