Vandaag kreeg ik het bericht door dat ik in een artikel op CNN sta genoemd. De titel van het artikel is:

Blackboard's Social Bookmarking Service, Scholar, Enables Global Information Sharing Across Academia

Het artikel gaat over Blackboard Scholar. De aanleiding is de nieuwe release met de volgende nieuwe functionaliteiten:

• Create your Network - Build relationships with other Scholars and create your Network of Friends, Favorites and Fans.
• Expand your Profile - Provide more information about yourself, including Contact Information, Interests, Education and Work History.
• Upload your picture - Upload a picture of yourself to represent you and your profile throughout Scholar.
• Find other people with similar interests - Tag your profile with "Interests" and find people with similar interests.
• Update your status - Keep your Network up-to-date on what's going on with you. Every time you update your status message, your network will get notified.
• Customize your new homepage - Your new Scholar Home gives you a window into all of your Scholar features including your streams, Tag Cloud, Profile, Network and Notifications.
  
• Search better – Try the new user search feature to find other Scholars or filter bookmark searches by your Network.
• Invite people to join Scholar - Invite people to join Scholar to start sharing their resources and building relationships.
• And more! See the full list of new features on the http://wiki.scholar.com/display/SCLR/New+Features