Adriana Gascoigne: Why Girls in Tech moved to Nashville
This summer, founder Adriana Gascoigne moved the headquarters of the Girls in Tech nonprofit women’s tech community group she started from California to Nashville,...
99math raises $2.1M to make teaching and learning math fun
Estonian startup 99math has raised $2.1 million to boost its edtech math gaming platform aimed at making math fun. Unlock premium content and VIP...
Osmo launches self-paced kids math games for pandemic learning
Osmo is launching its Math Wizard educational games series, which lets kids learn math at their own pace and helps parents augment pandemic schooling....
Zynga creates $25 million fund for promoting diversity education and charities
Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau said in a letter to employees today that the company is creating a $25 million fund to donate money or...
Age of Learning appoints former Disney exec Paul Candland as CEO
Education tech company Age of Learning, creator of the ABCmouse online learning program, has appointed former Disney executive Paul Candland as its new chief...
Unity releases game design and computer science tools for the classroom
Unity Technologies, the maker of the widely-used real-time 3D game development platform, has launched two new tools for the classroom. Create with Code and...
EZ365 reveals blockchain for digital asset trading, gambling, esports betting, and education
EZ365 today announced its plan to launch the world’s first blockchain-based ecosystem that combines a digital asset exchange, a cryptocurrency casino, esports betting, and...
Roblox launches Godzilla deal, global education hub
Roblox has launched a series of updates to its Roblox Education initiative to get kids to learn technical and entrepreneurial skills. And it also...
DevLab 2018 offers VR/AR artists an incubator and shot at funding
Two years ago, Oculus teamed up with VR promoter Kaleidoscope to create DevLab, an incubator for independent VR projects. Now they’re back to do...
Quizizz raises $3 million and surpasses 10 million users
Quizizz has built a learning platform that helps teachers turn homework and tests into self-paced games. And the company has raised $3 million in...