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Updates on: State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)’s Education Forum, and Mobile Internet World

At the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)’s Education Forum: What It Takes to Compete event, Andreas Schleicher with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) highlighted the uphill battle America must face in terms of educating our nation’s young people to compete in a global economy. — Market Wire

Mobile advertising is still in its infancy, and already it’s despised by some users of wireless devices. Nonetheless, it seems destined to become a major factor in the growth of the mobile Internet. The kickoff keynote address at the Mobile Internet World conference here today featured a Yahoo Inc. executive who has been testing advertising on mobile devices for the past year and expects to continue similar trials in 2008 to see what works and what doesn’t. — Computer World