About Author: Kay Alexander

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Google’s First Employee Craig Silverstein leaves to join Khan Academy

Posted on February 9, 2012 | No Comments
According to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD Craig Silverstein who joined Google in 1998 as employee number 1 leaves the company to join the team at Khan Academy.
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Learn English at the Voxy HQ in NYC – Voxy Academy launched

Posted on February 3, 2012 | No Comments
Voxy Academy is both a research and development lab in which new products will be tested in a classic brick and mortar environment.
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Grockit and CourseRank now connect frictionless to the Facebook Timeline

Posted on January 19, 2012 | No Comments
Grockit and CourseRank are amongst the first 60 apps announced yesterday that can now connect to the new Facebook Timeline.
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Chegg eTextbook Reader launches today – Works on any Device

Posted on January 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
In the wake of Apple's education event the new Chegg eTextbook Reader has been announced. Based on HTML5 the platform works on any device.
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Ars Technica: Apple to announce “GarageBand for Publishing”

Posted on January 17, 2012 | No Comments
According Chris Foresman at Ars Technica Apple is going to announce a self publishing platform for e-books on the January 19th event in New York.
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KICKSTART:ED #03 with Satya Murthy & Carmen Tablot of BrainBart (Audio)

Posted on January 9, 2012 | No Comments
BrainBart wants to become the Netflix of learning with a business model comparable to Mint.com. Available on iOS, Android, Web and Consoles.
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KICKSTART:ED #03 with Satya Murthy & Carmen Tablot of BrainBart

Posted on January 9, 2012 | No Comments
BrainBart wants to become the Netflix of learning with a business model comparable to Mint.com. Available on iOS, Android, Web and Consoles.
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Classpad – Indian Tablet with Integrated AI to rate Students starting at $140 USD

Posted on January 3, 2012 | 2 Comments
The Classpad starts at $140 for a 7" model and goes up to $265 for 10". The interesting part is an inbuilt AI offering adaptive learning.
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Coursekit raises $5 million for free Learning Management System

Posted on January 2, 2012 | No Comments
The idea behind Coursekit is to create communities around the courses including the instructors and students to extend the discussion.
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KICKSTART:ED #02 with Jun Axup of Biochemies [Audio]

Posted on December 26, 2011 | No Comments
Biochemies turned the four bases in the DNA into plush toys. And they even connect via magnets where they naturally hydrogen bond, as well.
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