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” “ Zynga and USC enter social and mobile game design partnership,” says Education Dive. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. That’s UploadVR.

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Although YouTube was founded in 2005, it has seen an explosion in growth this decade, in part from the ubiquity of mobile devices: anytime, anywhere television-watching. Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. Socorro Dove.

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” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” ” Knewton has raised some $157 million in venture capital. ( ” Moore is Alabama’s Republican Senate candidate. .

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