Stalking friends on Facebook and sending several texts to friends is bad for the grades of female college and university students, a study has found.

Research by the Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioural and Preventive Medicine in Providence, R.I. suggests “widespread use of media” by students in college is hurting their academics.

The Internet has driven another spike into the coffin for encyclopedias after one of the world’s oldest academic sources decided to stop the presses.

After a 244-year run, Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop producing printed editions.

People who write and receive a lot of text messages are hurting their ability to learn new words and communicate, a University of Calgary study has found.

Researchers studied the effect text messages had on student’s linguistic abilities, and found those who often use their thumbs and a keypad to send short messages had a tougher time “accepting” new words, compared to those who don’t.

Forget discounted cupcakes, hair removal and yoga classes – Groupon is now offering discounts on university tuition.

Usually when you think of a hard-working student spending too much time on Facebook, you might imagine that they're slacking off.

Either that, or they're busy plugging away on their MBA.

Now, that would be a valid excuse because there's a school in England that's offering an MBA over the web. While that's nothing new, this one is earned specifically over Facebook.