Archive for October, 2011

Budgetext Closes Its Doors

I’ve had three industry insiders confirm the rumor that Budgetext has closed its doors. Much of the outside sales force has been let go immediately (and probably given some severance package), while the office staff is being retained until the end of the year as they liquidate inventory. From what I can gather, Budgetext has been for [ READ MORE ]

Purdue University Introduces New App: Jetpack

This week Purdue University launched a new app for students. Developed by ITaP, Jetpack is an eReader style catch all for course materials. Users of the app can download ‘packs’ that contain all materials pertaining to a course or subject. Materials such as class handouts, assigned readings, videos, audio and important links are stored in [ READ MORE ]

Guru Round Up: This Weeks Industry News

Adaptive Learning Platforms Knewton & Grockit Get Boost to Funding “Last week, the test prep company Knewton announced that it had raised $33 million, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $54 million. And today, another test prep startup Grockitannounces its latest fundraising: $7 million, bringing its total investment to over $24 million. [ READ MORE ]

Colleges Attempt to Make Tuition More Affordable

  • October 17th, 2011
  • Posted in Tuition

The cost of tuition has always been a touchy subject for students who watch their debt pile up each semester, but colleges have long been hush hush about the issue. The effects of the economy on prospective freshmen and their families seems to have been felt by some colleges that are now looking for innovative [ READ MORE ]

eBook Review: Kno

There is a lot of excitement in the academic world about the use of electronic textbooks in the classroom. Teachers are excited about the potential of this technology to enhance learning through the use of multimedia and interactive features. Students are excited about the potential for eBooks to bring down the enormous textbook costs they [ READ MORE ]

Guru Round Up: This Weeks Industry News

Amazon Turns the Kindle Into a Local Library “Amazon threw down the gauntlet against terrestrial competitors today by announcing that Kindle and Kindle app customers can borrow and purchase Kindle books from more than 11,000 local libraries in the United States.” Google’s Ngrams gets a New Competitor: Bookworm “A new tool, called Bookworm released by [ READ MORE ]

Amazon Welcomes Back California Affiliates

In late June, Amazon severed ties with its California affiliates as a result of being unable to come to an agreement with the state about sales-tax collection. The law enacted at this time, Assembly Bill X28 1, required online retailers to collect sales tax where applicable, just as bricks-and-mortar retailers are required to do. This [ READ MORE ]

College Dorm Survival Guide Pt. 3: The Rules

The transition into dorm life can be a difficult one for many college freshmen. Some simply are not accustomed to taking care of themselves and others go a little crazy without parental supervision. Most freshmen do just fine, but after the allure of being away from your parents wears off and the excitement of dorm [ READ MORE ]

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