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Auburn-area community calendar | April 2
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PersonalWeb Releases Social Learning Platform Update Enabling College Students to 'Study Together From Wherever'

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Tyler, TX (PRWEB) March 19, 2013

Internet technology company PersonalWeb® announced today the launch of its latest version of StudyPods®, a collaborative social-learning platform for university and college students to connect and share academic knowledge with each other at their own university or at colleges worldwide. The site, created with the help of students in The University of Texas System, enables students to connect, collaborate and share academic knowledge with each other at their own university or at colleges worldwide.

“We’ve adopted a new slogan ‘Study together from wherever’ because it better describes one of the key benefits for using StudyPods so students can easily form virtual study groups,” PersonalWeb President Michael Weiss said.

StudyPods new version 2.3 provides a simplified user interface so students can navigate the study-help site more effectively. Free storage space is now increased to 5GBs for each user to ensure there is ample space to store files. Also included are intuitive prompts explaining key functions and tools featured on the site enabling students to quickly become familiar with all the features of StudyPods.

Through StudyPods, students can create individual Pods based on their college coursework. They can fill pods with anything and everything related to their classes, from presentation slides, past tests to homework assignments, notes, and images. This information can then be shared with other students with similar class subjects who can also contribute content to the Pod. Students can easily find the research they need to help complete assignments, locate similar documents and find Pods that they wish to join.

StudyPods users can also connect with each other instantly through chat and notifications; making group projects more efficient and easier to coordinate.

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About PersonalWeb: PersonalWeb was established in Tyler, Texas by a team who has been responsible for creating some of the Internet’s most popular software and applications used by tens of millions of people worldwide. The company develops groundbreaking products based on its patented technology that is fundamental for many important elements of cloud computing technology, distributed search engine file systems, social media and content addressable storage. For more information, please visit http://www.personalweb.com







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The United States dollar is represented by the abbreviation USD, for instance, while GBP stands for the British pound, JPY is represented by the symbol JPY, EUR stands for the European euro, the Australian dollar is seen as AUD, CHF stands for the Swiss franc, and the Canadian dollar is represented by the symbol CAD, to list only the major currencies. Sometimes you can see a specific graphic symbol depicting a particular currency; the most well known symbols are those of the U.S. dollar, the British pound, the euro and the Japanese yen, despite that other currencies have graphic symbols as well.

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This is the approximate value of the money transfer after conversion into the recipients currency; however, you have to bear in mind that the actual sum the beneficiary will receive will be of a smaller value due to commissions, fees and all other applicable charges. Moreover, this exchange rate is only for your information; it is obtained online by a reputable money transfer provider but the Forex market is extremely volatile and liquid so the currency rates fluctuate in minutes and the final currency rate you get would be quite different. Nevertheless, it is always a good idea to check the present currency exchange rates. Doing so will allow you to make a more informed decision selecting a money transfer provider by comparing the exchange rates being offered.

Dr Timothy Ross is an expert on the financial markets. Recommendation: If you need to make a large or regular overseas payment consider the help of a money transfer specialist as an alternative to your bank.

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