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Education companies nationwide are raising funds, and eyebrows, as they receive more and more attention from the national media. In the past few months, more than $110 million has flooded startups like 2tor, Coursera, The Minerva Project and StraighterLine. In …
The Khan Academy released its iPad application today, bringing its new wave of education to the mobile world.
Currently, the Khan Academy has more than 3,000 videos of all different subjects in its education warehouse. With the app, parents, teachers, …
Chegg’s digital textbook reader is the “nice guy:” comfortable, treats you right, but doesn’t come with many exciting twists.
“[E-readers] are built for reading purposes, not studying purposes,” said Brent Tworetzky, product leader for Chegg, in an interview with VentureBeat. …
Digital education company BenchPrep is taking advantage of free informational content with its newest feature OpenPrep.
If you stepped into a classroom of collegians and asked, “How many people have used Wikipedia to research something,” just about all of the …
Textbooks are making the leap from paper to the Web and mobile apps. So, with school just around the corner, let’s take a look at some of the latest tools to help you get the most out of your education.…
Imagine a classroom living inside your textbook, constantly chattering and available to answer your questions. That’s what digital textbook creator Inkling wants to bring students with its announcement of social functions for its iPad app.
“The idea is that whenever …
Today, digital course creator BenchPrep announced its new iPad app, which launches with sync functions.
The new feature allows students to access a project across its iPhone, Android, iPad and web apps; they’d be able to keep changes synced across …
Digital textbook company Inkling announced Wednesday that is has scored $17 million in second-round funding from Tenaya Capital to compete with major competitors entering the space.
Collegians are getting more attention with companies like Chegg and CampusBookRentals, which recently raised …
Michael Moe says Facebook is worth $70 billion, and that valuation has Wall Street standing at attention.
Moe is the chief executive of GSV Capital (NASDAQ: GSVC), a publicly-traded, closed-end mutual fund. You may not have heard of them until …
