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Chegg Buys Zinch in Another Move Toward a “Social Education Platform”

in Commerce on September 15, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The online textbook rental is on a hiring spree to expand its student-aimed business all year round. The latest move: Acquiring Zinch, which links high school students with college recruiters.
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Exclusive: Chegg Buys Cramster

in News on December 8, 2010 at 12:02 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, online textbook rental company Chegg has acquired Cramster, a social online homework help platform. The Cramster purchase is one in a series of start-up buys that Chegg has been making of late, part of a strategy to be a central place for student needs.

Exclusive: Chegg Raises $75 Million in Additional Funding from Asian Firm

in News on September 26, 2010 at 8:55 pm PT

Chegg, the online textbook rental service, has raised another $75 million from Asia-based Ace Limited, according to sources. Ace seems to be nonexistent on the Internet, although sources said it is a Hong Kong-based investment firm. The round comes after a huge Series D investment in late 2009, which already brought Chegg’s funding to a whopping $144 million.

Chegg's Dan Rosensweig Talks About the Next Wave of Online Textbook Rentals and More!

in News on August 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm PT

Earlier this week, BoomTown went down to Santa Clara, Calif. to the offices of Chegg, the online textbook rental leader, to pay a visit on longtime Silicon Valley exec Dan Rosensweig. Today, in a bid to expand its offerings beyond books, Chegg said it had acquired Courserank, a Mountain View, Calif. start-up that helps students “share their course schedule, take classes with their friends, read and write reviews on classes and professors as well as find out how professors grade.” Here’s the video.

In the Kno: Kakai to Demo Student-Focused Tablet at D8

in D8 on May 14, 2010 at 12:01 am PT

Recently, BoomTown uncloaked one of Silicon Valley’s hotter “stealth” start-ups, called Kakai, which I said was working on an advanced tablet device and related service aimed at students. Today, Kakai is taking another step out of the shadows by changing its name to Kno, which is short for knowledge. And you can see exactly what the company has come up with at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference, where it will be demoing the Kno for the first time in public.

In the Kno: Kakai to Demo Student-Focused Tablet at D8

in News on May 14, 2010 at 12:01 am PT

Recently, BoomTown uncloaked one of Silicon Valley’s hotter “stealth” start-ups, called Kakai, which I said was working on an advanced tablet device and related service aimed at students. Today, Kakai is taking another step out of the shadows by changing its name to Kno, which is short for knowledge. And you can see exactly what the company has come up with at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference, where it will be demoing the Kno for the first time in public.

Exclusive: Kakai, Stealthy No More–It's a Kindle for Students and Much More

in News on April 22, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Founded last May, Kakai is one of the start-ups in Silicon Valley in the deepest of stealth modes, despite a panoply of high-profile players involved. But while reports have been sketchy, BoomTown has found out exactly what Kakai is up to. In simplest terms, it’s essentially a Kindle for students.

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App Watch: Registering for Class on the iPhone

in News on September 28, 2009 at 10:39 am PT

Stanford University was one of the first academic institutions to come out with an iPhone app last October. Now Stanford has debuted an upgrade, dubbed iStanford, which lets students search for courses, add or drop them and see their grades.