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Yahoo director in charge of Scott Thompson hire to step down from board

By Bryan Bishop on May 9, 2012 12:57 am + 2 comments

May has been a particularly rocky month for Yahoo since it came to light that CEO Scott Thompson was Continue reading…
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NYC Department of Education cracks down on teacher-student social media

By Amar Toor on May 3, 2012 06:14 am + 5 comments

The New York City Department of Education issued new guidelines this week that warn public Continue reading…
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Barnes & Noble to spin off digital Nook business, Microsoft will invest $300 million into it

By Vlad Savov on April 30, 2012 07:11 am + 203 comments

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have this morning announced a "strategic partnership" on e-reading, Continue reading…
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Penveu converts any flat surface into an interactive display

By Amar Toor on April 18, 2012 02:02 am + 9 comments

Interphase has just announced Penveu — a handheld device capable of converting any flat surface Continue reading…
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One Laptop per Child program not improving math or language test scores, according to study

By Dante D'Orazio on April 7, 2012 10:17 pm + 64 comments

The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program started shipping its affordable and durable computers to Continue reading…
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The Minerva Project wants to bring Harvard-level education online in 2014

By Andrew Webster on April 4, 2012 10:02 am + 23 comments

Online universities aren't exactly new, but an upcoming school called the Minerva Project isn't just Continue reading…
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FCC: Digital textbooks could save US $60 per student annually, $2.94 billion overall

By Andrew Webster on March 30, 2012 01:38 pm + 40 comments

The US hasn't been shy about its desire to bring digital textbooks to the classroom, and a new Continue reading…
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$100,000 in prizes for computer modelers who can predict students' essay scores

By Jeff Blagdon on March 30, 2012 03:42 am + 12 comments

Do you think you can write a computer model to accurately score students' essays? If so, Kaggle (a Continue reading…
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'The Fourth Dimension' for iOS: learn to see in 4D (hands-on)

By Sam Byford on March 29, 2012 10:41 pm + 45 comments

The Fourth Dimension is a new app for iPhone and iPad that has a slightly loftier goal than most: it Continue reading…
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App academy: the student developers building the Windows Phone ecosystem

By Tom Warren on March 29, 2012 01:28 pm + 141 comments

Microsoft might seem focused on its "smoked by Windows Phone" campaign or its big upcoming Nokia Continue reading…