MIT, Harvard, & Stanford top list of 50 smartest colleges in America

“My college is smarter than your college!” While I can’t recall ever hearing this taunt, now might be that time with a new list from Lumosity that measures colleges by students’ cognitive performance.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: OnLive, layoffs, and how spoilers influence buying decisions

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Lumosity raises an additional $31.5M to study and improve cognitive abilities through games

Lumosity has raised $31.5 million from Discovery Communications, bringing its total funding to $70 million.

Lumosity sees brain games taking off as 20 million sign up for mental gymnastics

Lumosity released impressive growth numbers for its online brain training games. The company has added 6 million additional members since June 2011 for a total of 20 million registered users.

Speaking to VentureBeat, Lumosity chief executive Kunal Sarkar disclosed that …

Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments

The emerging landscape of games is attracting a lot of money, thanks in part to excitement about Zynga’s upcoming initial public offering and some recent acquisitions such as Electronic Arts’ $750 million purchase of PopCap Games. Tim Chang, a partner …

Lumosity raises $32M round for brain games

Lumosity has quietly amassed more than 14 million members for its brain-training games, which help you improve your core mental abilities. That in turn has enabled the company to raise $32.5 million in a third round of funding today.

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