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How Indian Tutoring App Provider Byju’s Got So Big

Edsurge

By March 2009, Raveendran’s reach had grown to seven cities, and the company’s website from that time said it had taught 3,500 students. He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls. The couple have a 6-year-old son.

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5 Trends to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

Microsoft announced the deployment of Office Web Apps as a competitor to Google Apps. Google launched the alpha test of its Chrome OS netbook which lives in the cloud. As broadband service become increasingly common there is no reason for physical media such as DVD''s and CD''s. Cloud computing is here to stay.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. Thiel, who lamented women’s suffrage in a 2009 article for the Cato Institute, has been well-known in Silicon Valley as a libertarian, and some observers struggled to explain why Thiel would back an authoritarian for president. Spoiler alert : capitalism.