Google executive chairmanEric Schmidtrevealed that Facebook rejected Google’s offer to partner up with the world’s biggest social network for its rich source of personal information. Eric Schmidt, who spoke at the D9 conference organized by AllThingsD, noted that “Google’s search could be improved with access to Facebook’s data about Web surfers’ friends and acquaintances,” but didn’t go into detail which deal he was referring to. “We tried very hard to partner with Facebook....

Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt todayannouncedthat Google TV will be coming to Europe early next year, including the UK, during his Mac Taggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. Schmidt also spoke on a wide array of subjects including copyrights, the future of television and more. “Just as smartphones sparked innovation in the internet,” Schmidt said, “we think that Google TV can spark that same kind of innovation in television.”...

Scholabois the private social network for primary and pre-schools. The site isn’t meant for pupils though – it’s more aimed at bridging the divide between parents and teachers. It launched to the UK market in February 2011, and it’s designed to provide a secure ‘gated’ community where schools can send child reports, news, updates and private messages to parents. Additionally, the platform enables schools to share things like classroom learning resources, school photos and event information....

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Schools are buying up surveillance technology to fight COVID-19 Schools have long flirted with surveilling students — but it could become commonplace Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts were turning to surveillance technologies, often in the name of boosting campus security by tracking visitors or uncovering weapons or fighting truancy. One New York State school district began experimenting withfacial recognition technologybefore state legislatorshit pauseon the program, and dozens of schools have started to useBluetooth location tracking....