Amazon rolls out Inspire, a TikTok-like feed in its app that lets customers “like” and buy products, to select customers in the US
The tech giant joins Facebook, Google in seeking to capitalize on popularity of short-form video format — Why Amazon Sometimes Unveils Products You Can't Actually Buy Tweets: @frankcatalano , @sebas...
Classera, a San Francisco-based edtech startup focused on the Middle East and Africa, raised a $40M Series A led by Sanabil, which is run by Saudi Arabia's PIF
Yousef Saba / Reuters : Tweets: @frankcatalano Tweets: Frank Catalano / @frankcatalano : Classera said “proceeds would be used to continue developing its Learning Super Platform (LSP) for the educati...
Shopify settles a lawsuit with five major education publishers that claimed the platform ignored notices of users selling pirated textbooks and other materials
Blake Brittain / Reuters : Tweets: @frankcatalano Tweets: Frank Catalano / @frankcatalano : “The joint filing said Shopify had resolved the dispute with Macmillan Learning, Cengage Learning, Elsevier...
Report: Raspberry Pi Trading hired investment banks Stifel and Liberum to advice on a London IPO planned for this spring, that would value Raspberry at ~$500M
The listing could see Raspberry Pi valued at $500m — According to a report in The Telegraph, Raspberry Pi Trading … Source: Telegraph . Tweets: @frankcatalano , @recantha , and @rob_kimbell Source: ...
A look at the fight between city officials and parents over Stockholm's glitchy app for its schools, as annoyed parents built their own open source version
Stockholm's official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal. Tweets: @frankcatalano , @lex_crawford , @lgworld , @elfste...
TikTok details upcoming protections for users aged 13 to 17, including turning in-app messaging off by default and changes to notifications
@arielfoxjohnson @margarethmcgill @sarafischer #KidsPrivacy https://twitter.com/... @ultraviolet : “I'm glad that companies are taking steps in the right direction to increase privacy protections for ...
In a letter, a bipartisan group of senators call on FCC to change their definition of high speed broadband to above 100/100 Mbps, up from the current 25/3 Mbps
We welcome the Biden Administration's commitment to deploying affordable … Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo : Lawmakers Are Finally Asking the FCC to Redefine High-Speed Broadband Mike Peterson / AppleInsider ...
Experts say lessons marketed by digital education platforms like Byju's and Yuanfudao are more an innovation in test-prep delivery than in learning outcomes
Investors have poured billions of dollars into digital education platforms like Byju's and Yuanfudao. But are students learning anything? Tweets: @cengizyar , @restofworld , @frankcatalano , @telliot...
Research finds most Zoom-bombing incidents, especially in high schools and colleges, originate with participants who post the link publicly to invite trolls in
Abstract—Online meeting tools like Zoom and Google Meet … Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Zoombombing countermeasures are ineffective in the vast majority of cases Tweets: Liz Stanton Mbe / @lizstantonmbe...
As colleges shutter campuses, students are using Minecraft servers to faithfully replicate those spaces, hosting graduation ceremonies and parties online
Pearse Anderson / The Verge : Tweets: @frankcatalano and @satyanadella Tweets: Frank Catalano / @frankcatalano : What happens when you miss your college during COVID-19 closures? You recreate the bui...