I’ve debated what I would write for my last TechBytes column as a Metro student. I could talk about this great new Android cell phone I just got, or maybe write a projection for what the tech world holds for students this year; but I think not.

My love affair with Apple started not long after I dove into journalism. I was shy about it at first, being a devoted Windows user, but I slowly came around.

Something happened April 19 that could dramatically affect the standards by which news is gathered in this country.

The advent of credit brought an easy feeling to consumers when it came to getting what they wanted, when they wanted it, absent the supposed inconvenience of having money on the spot to pay for it.

Companies are turning more frequently to the Web for researching prospective employees. So it becomes your job as students and applicants to point them in the right direction. I’ve outlined several basic steps students can take to make their own Internet footprint.