UK's £99 'Elonex ONE' to enter student notebook game
Move over OLPC, here comes another “ONE.” That was terrible, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. Coming February 28th to the toughest, meanest industry show in all of the United Kingdom (Education Show...
View ArticleMacBooks for all at Oklahoma Christian University
Oklahoma Christian University joins the list of colleges across the country to “give away” Apple products to incoming freshman. New students will receive a MacBook and their choice of an iPhone or...
View ArticleUniversity to provide an iPhone or iPod Touch to all new students
These jokers are really upping the ante. Of course, unless they’re providing crippled iPhones, there’s going to be a whole lot of chatting going on in lecture. They say they’ll integrate them into the...
View ArticleStudents get significant discount at Photoshop World Conference
[photopress:psworlddd.jpg,full,center] Kids looking to “make it” as a graphic designer (good luck!) may want to consider heading down to Orlando next month for the Photoshop World Conference. It’s a...
View ArticleMIT students demonstrate their Android applications
This just in; kids that go to MIT are really F-ing smart. I just saw seven Android applications that have been developed over the short span of four months — with very little (if any) money — as part...
View ArticleHigh school hacker could get 38 years in jail
A student in Coto de Caza, California has done what each and every one of us has only dreamed of doing; he broke into his school’s computers and changed his grades. Gather ‘round children, and I’ll...
View ArticleMIT's EurekaFest showcases high school students' problem-solving prototypes
EurekaFest is a yearly event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that showcases the prototype inventions of high school students from around the country. The inventions consist of...
View ArticleWOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME? High schoolers invited to NYU-Poly...
When I was in high school, “hacking” mostly meant wardialing the local phone numbers looking for BBSes, and occasionally downloading “warez” from the “elite” boards. I have a funny story about the...
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Fampus Launches Social Events Site For Universities
Good startups often emerge from situations where the founder is attempting to solve a problem they themselves have. That was certainly the case with collegiate events site Fampus, created by 22-year...
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Microsoft Launches So.cl As A Social Network For Students
Microsoft is officially launching So.cl, the social networking service it teased back in July. And it turns out, it’s not meant to be Microsoft’s version of Facebook, but a social networking service...
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Social Collaboration Platform For Students Wiggio Hits 1M Users, Launches...
Wiggio, an online collaboration service designed for students, has been flying under the radar since raising $2.1 million in funding back in spring of 2010. The company has been slowly and steadily...
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No More Boring Resumes: Seelio Lets College Students Showcase Their Work &...
Looking to rethink the resume, a startup called Seelio is opening its doors today to anyone with a .edu email address. The company, which spun out of an existing service called TruApp, wants to offer...
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With $1M In New Funding, Video Platform MediaCore Refocuses On Education,...
MediaCore, a company which launched a year ago with the mission of allowing any business to roll out its own private YouTube, is refocusing its efforts on the education market, and has raised an...
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Now In 600+ Schools And Open To Any Student, Lore Gives Higher Ed A Next-Gen...
With social networking having permeated the way we look for jobs, share photos and music, and discover news, a startup named Lore is on a mission to do the same for higher education, and potentially...
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Studyhall Launches A Peer-To-Peer Learning & Collaboration Network For Students
Studyhall, which launches at TechCrunch Disrupt SF today, is a peer-to-peer platform and network that is built specifically for students. Sorry, teachers, it’s not for you. Yet. A number of startups...
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Evernote For Education: Citelighter Teams Up With Cengage To Take The Pain...
When it comes to conducting research for papers, homework assignments, etc., students primarily turn to the Web for information despite its inherent academic dangers. Naturally, with the diversity of...
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With $20M Raised, MyEdu Launches New Tools To Help College Students Actually...
Launched in 2010, Austin-based MyEdu set out to help students reduce the cost of earning a college diploma and remove the friction from every aspect of the higher education process, from deciding on...
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Used By 30% Of U.S. High Schools, Parchment Lands $23.5M To Bring Transcripts...
It’s been a good year so far for venture capital investment in education, as both the total number of deals and total capital flowing into the space are expected to hit new highs. Yet, even so, those...
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Microsoft Wants Students To Give Office A Try, Gives Them Up To 6 Free Months...
With Office 365 out of the door, Microsoft has now set its sights on getting more college students to give it a try. The company, which already makes a heavily discounted $80/4 years version of Office...
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StudentFreelance Pulls Students Away From Boring Studying And Drinking,...
It’s been a long time since I was a student – back then we still carried “books” to school and would often enter computer “clusters” where we would do “homework” on “PCs” running “Windows NT” – but I...
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