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It's like an app store for teachers to organize, manage, push apps, books, etc. to tablets.
Google Play for Education could kill the iPad in schools, Meghan Kelly, Venture Beat
In direct-to-consumer play (5-8 yr olds,) Play-i to make programmable robots for < $100.
Former Googler, Apple Engineer Tackle Educational Bots, Lauren Goode, AllThingsD
With Google, Ng is building one of the most ambitious AI systems to date.
The Man Behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng, Daniela Hernandez, Wired
Gearing up for next week’s ASU/GSV Education Innovation Summit (#EIsummit).
EdTech 10: Innovation on the Brain, Carri Schneider, GettingSmart
The SF based startup’s first product is the most popular app inside Google+ Hangouts.
Scoot & Doodle raises $2.5M From Pearson, EdTechTimes
The ed startup has developed an education management platform for Google Apps.
Education App Startup Hapara Raises $3.2Million, Cromwell Schubarth, BizJournal
It's designed to make life easier for academic IT administrators.
Lenovo Ruggedizes ThinkPad Chromebook For Schools, Thomas Claburn, Information Week
Desmos is known for its web-based graphing calculator for today’s wireless classrooms.
Google Ventures Backs Math Eduation Startup Desmos, Getting Smart
'Course Builder' shares code generated from their recent MOOC, 'Power Searching with Google.'
Google Launches Course Builder, Jeff Dunn, Edudemic
Six 50-minute classes blend the MOOC learning format with social and communication tools.
Become a Google Power Searcher, Tom Vander Ark, Gilfus Education Group
Platform provides job searchers a way to show employers what they know by taking quizzes.
No Resumes; Just Skills: Smarter Grabs $1.75 Million, Rip Empson, TechCrunch
Think of it as Google + Wikipedia + Wolfram Alpha + Bing.
Introducing Google's Knowledge Graph, Kurszweil.com
Chromebooks seen as production machine, while tablets seen as consumption machines.
Technology in Education: The Cloud Ate Their Homework, Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun
Google Ventures seems like the “helicopter parent” of venture firms.
What is Google Ventures Up To? Timothy Hay, Wall Street Journal
Google picks 6 winners of RISE, a grant competition for orgs expanding K-12 STEM access.
2012 Global Award Winners RISE to the Top, The Official Google Blog
Pearson, Google upend services that affect nealy every instructor, student, and college in US.
A Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System, Josh Fischman, Wired Campus
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