Kara Swisher in Commerce on November 12, 2013 at 12:06 pm PT
Which came first: The chicken or Wall Street investors?
Mike Isaac in Mobile on November 8, 2013 at 5:10 pm PT
An exit for the e-textbook software startup.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 6, 2012 at 9:00 pm PT
Tired of kids carrying home a backpack full of heavy books? Kno knows their pain.
Kara Swisher in News on November 1, 2011 at 5:01 am PT
The online education start-up grabs a new director.
Kara Swisher in News on September 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm PT
Well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian has joined the board of Amazon, according to several sources close to the situation. He is considered one of tech’s most savvy execs with regards to video and media distribution, an area the online retailer is aggressively entering.
Ina Fried in Mobile on August 10, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
The company, which once aspired to make education-oriented tablets, is now expanding its iPad software with the ability to automatically create quizzes and create digital notes.
Peter Kafka in Media on July 18, 2011 at 6:33 am PT
Amazon, which dominates the e-book market, has stayed out of the electronic textbook market. Until now: The company has opened up a textbook store for its Kindle platform, where it is renting “tens of thousands” of titles for the upcoming school year.
Kara Swisher in News on April 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm PT
According to sources close to the situation, Intel Capital and Advance Publications will lead a $30 million investment round in Kno, the high-profile student tablet start-up.
In addition to the funding from its venture capital ark, Intel itself will license the hardware design of Kno, which will now focus on its software to manage the devices that are aimed at the college market.
Liz Gannes in Social on March 23, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
The iPad textbook creator Inkling has extended its Series A round to include leading educational publishers McGraw-Hill and Pearson, a coup that could help it get out ahead of other digital edition providers.
Kara Swisher in News on February 21, 2011 at 12:16 am PT
Kno–the much-funded and high-profile Silicon Valley start-up aimed at making tablet computers focused at students–is considering selling off the entire hardware part of the business and is in talks with two major consumer electronics manufacturers to do so, according to sources close to the situation.
But, if a deal is struck, the move would be a dramatic shift for the company, which has yet to ship significant numbers of the touchscreen device as it has long touted.