Mobile Computing Articles

Welcome to Campus Technology's article listing page for mobile computing in higher education institutions.


Purdue Launches Service To Commercialize Mobile Apps

Purdue Research Foundation's Office of Technology Commercialization has a launched a service to quickly bring mobile applications developed with university resources to market.

University College Expands Student Services to Facebook and Mobile Devices

University College at Texas Tech University is using RightNow Technologies customer relationship suite to connect and provide services to students through Facebook and mobile devices.

Mobile Initiatives 'Breaking Down the Walls of the Classroom' at Abilene Christian U

Small private college Abilene Christian University has entered the fourth academic year of its mobile education initiatives, and the program's momentum and influence is still growing.

Desire2Learn Campus Life Adds Visual Designer, Dashboard

Desire2Learn has released an update to Campus Life, a mobile communications and collaboration tool for education.

Campus Computing Survey: Mobile Apps Grow, Cloud Adoption Slow

The results of a nationwide survey about technology in higher education suggest that the growth of mobile computing on campus has been dramatic in the last year, but that despite the attention paid to cloud computing, most universities are taking a wait-and-see approach for most applications beyond e-mail.

Brigham Young University Releases Mobile App for Campus Services

The Office of Information Technology at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, has deployed a free app for students, faculty, and staff.



Oracle To Launch Enterprise Social Network

Oracle is launching an enterprise collaboration and social networking tool, Oracle Social Network, which will be offered as part of the new Oracle Public Cloud services.

Unicon Launches services for Jasig's uMobile

Open source ed tech services provider Unicon is launching new services for uMobile, a project of Jasig that provides a framework for delivering information to mobile devices.

Beta and Better: A Biz School Goes Global--and Mobile

Looking to improve access for its global student body, Northeastern University College of Business Administration was willing to undergo the hardships of being a beta partner to get the mobile-optimized site it wanted.

Universities Add Mobile Device Charging Stations to Campus

Four universities in the United States have started offering their students a speedy way to recharge their cell phones and tablets.