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YouVisit Brings College Campuses to You
Walk through the ivy-covered buildings — virtually.
Former Homestead Founder Returns to SV Curious — And With $7.5 Million in Funding
Justin Kitch is back with Curious, a lifelong learning startup aimed at connecting teachers and students on “subjects as varied as salsa dancing, integral solving, pipe soldering … and knife sharpening.”
Telling Employees He Hasn’t “Walked the Talk,” Cisco’s John Chambers Leans In on Women in the Workplace Issue
Here’s the memo.
Sites Target Helping College Grads With Empty Pockets
A pair of new startups — Tuition.io and Pave.com — are trying to find ways to profit off the potential success of college grads who need help starting out.
WolframAlpha’s Stephen Wolfram Talks About New Paid Knowledge Engine (Video)
The techie’s techie is now offering a pro version, so you can be even geekier than ever.
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Joins Kno Board
The online education start-up grabs a new director.
Chegg Buys Zinch in Another Move Toward a “Social Education Platform”
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.
Now Is the (Larry) Summers of Our Silicon Valley VC: Economic Guru Joins Andreessen Horowitz as “Special Advisor”
In an unusual appointment for the longtime public servant, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Silicon Valley venture powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz as a part-time “Special Advisor.” Summers got to know the firm with an assist from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was a student of his when he was a professor at Harvard University.
Intel Capital, Condé Nast Owner Invest $30 Million in Kno; Intel to Consult on Student Tablet Hardware
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.
Exclusive: Kno Student Tablet Start-Up in Talks to Sell Off Tablet Part of Its Business
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.