News, blog posts, and articles that caught our eye this week:

• How to use YouTube’s new face blurring tool. YouTube added this feature recently and it may come in handy if you want to use video footage but need to blur out some faces.
• LinkedIn’s pilot program for universities. LinkedIn is revamping their offerings to students and alumni and has partnered up with a group of academic institutions to improve their services. By the way, have you heard about their alumni product?
• University of Geneva on iTunes U. The university of Geneva is joining a handful of other Swiss academic institutions on iTunes U and has already uploaded a number of podcasts . Congratulations!
• Seven deadly sins of Facebook brand pages. Are you using the right picture format? Have you set up a vanity URL? And are you already using the Facebook timeline to mark important milestones in your university’s history?