EdBizWatch

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up

A convergence of common core & technology have come together to create this demand.

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up, Jonathan Shiever, TechCrunch

Sciencescape Raises $2.5M, Partners With Elsevier

Academic, research-oriented startups are hot investments, e.g. ResearchGate's 35M last year. 

Sciencescape Raises $2.5M, Partners With Elsevier, Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open"

“Data” and “open” represent opposite directions in ed-tech: the former towards a consolidation of power; the latter towards its distribution.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open," Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Academia.edu Slammed with Takedown Notices from Elsevier

Recently, Elsevier started sending Academia.edu take-down notices in batches of a 1000. 

Academia.edu Slammed with takedown notices from Elsevier, Jordan Novet, VentureBeat

Plasmyd Acquired by Academia.edu

Plasmyd, a search engine & discussion platform, has indexed 60M research papers.

Plasmyd Acquired by Academia.edu, Kim-Mai Cutler, TechCrunch

An Inkling of the Future of Books

San Franciso e-book startup aims to reinvent the digital printing press.

An Inkling of the Future of Books, Tony Wan, edSurge

Why I’m Quitting Mendeley

 ...and why my employer has nothing to do with it.

Why I’m Quitting Mendeley, Danah Boyd, apophenia

Mendeley Bought for $69M-$100M by Elsevier

Platform for academics and orgs to share research & collaborate via a social network. 

Mendeley Bought for $69M-$100M by Elsevier, Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch

Babbel Raises $10 Million from Reed Elsevier Ventures

Brings total funding to date to $12.2 million, close to its US competitor Livemocha's $14M.  

Babbel raises $10 million Series B, busuu & Livemocha to follow? Kirsten Winkler, Edukwest