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The Uphill Battles Facing Asia’s Education Technology Startups

Edsurge

Japan has earned a reputation for exporting successful products and services from different industries. In technology, Sony and Nintendo are among the most internationally recognized brands. But when it comes to the education technology industry, few people outside the country can name Japanese companies off the top of their heads.

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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

Marketplace K-12

Sony Global Education Inc. Sony Global Education , a company affiliated with the Japanese electronics corporation, defines blockchain as a decentralized network technology in which the same data are recorded and maintained on multiple nodes–computers connected to a network–that are geographically isolated.

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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

Edsurge

In the education technology industry, we see an abundance of press covering venture-backed startups and their funding rounds, acquisitions and other noteworthy milestones. On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment.

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10 Things To Know about the Future of Blockchain in Education

Doug Levin

I recently availed myself of the chance to join and learn from many of the leading innovators and thinkers in the emerging blockchain industry at the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s DC Blockchain Summit 2016 , which billed itself (accurately, I think) as “a dialogue at the intersection of industry, regulation, and innovation.”

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Four Ways to Keep Track of Who Uses eReaders

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

If you''re really serious about knowing about the status of the ereader industry, you can fork over $4500.00 (!) The state of the digital publishing industry is a subject in which I''m keenly interested. edtech digital publishing ebooks ereaders' for International Data Corporation ''s Worldwide and U. Pandigital Inc.,

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. Via Techcrunch : “Sony reboots Aibo with AI and extra kawaii.” Part 3 of EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin’s look at schools’ data collection and data security: “ Ad Tracking & Surveillance.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” Via Techcrunch : “Lyft partners with Black Girls Code to help develop a more diverse tech industry.” ” It’s boom times for the “regret industry.”