ISTE 2019, one of the most celebrated Edtech Events in the U.S.A. and the world is here. The event dates are 23-26, 2019. It is being held in Philadelphia. This four-day event is hosting over 1400 sessions for its audience and exhibitors. Therefore, anyone planning to head to ISTE19 can plan and personalize their learning
BYJU’s, an Edtech Unicorn in India has launched Disney•BYJU’s Early Learn app for kids of age 6-8 years, i.e. in Classes I-III. In the app, kids are able to learn while being entertained with Disney’s popular and timeless characters and franchises like Frozen, Lion King, Cars, Disney Princess and Toy Story. The app combines offline
Amazon’s Alexa Fund is a corporate venture fund by Amazon that is committed to funding innovations in voice technologies. The main focus of the fund is to promote technologies that can be integrated with Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. The fund provides up to $200 million in VC funding for the purpose. Unruly Studios is an
UIncept is an incubator and accelerator based in Gurugram, India. It is currently inviting applications for an Incubation program for edtech, e-learning, skill-tech, and other allied startups in Idea and Early stages. Any company or individual with an idea or an existing solution in the given fields with the potential to become a scalable business model
A research done by Gallup states that an organisation or company with a clear and strong mission statement is likely to perform better in the industry. With a clear mission, company leaders and employees are clear about the direction they need to take, every step of the way. With a clear mission statement, the customers
The popular online learning app in India Byju’s is celebrating Mother’s Day in a very special manner. The company is encouraging its employees to write letters to their mothers on the upcoming Mother’s Day. In the age of online shopping, when gifting has become easy-peasy, Byju’s is going traditional and away from tech, this Mother’s
With Google’s AI for social good, the company is trying to address societal challenges and issues with the help of AI. Under this program, Google launched AI Impact Challenge, which aims to attract emerging technologies to solve environmental, social and humanitarian problems. AI Impact Challenge received an overwhelming response from 119 countries. There were a
With mass popularity of India edtech startups like Byju’s and Toppr, more and more Indian students are attracted to digital learning products. English is the primary language of teaching for these popular products. Therefore, many Tier II and III city students are left out of this learning revolution. Many startups have recognized this language gap
Pearson, the British education company, announced Pearson Ventures, a fund that is set aside for investment in education technology startups. The fund has committed an initial amount of $50 million for Series A and B financing of edtech startups that are have innovative business models and create Gen-next edtech technologies. Pearson will invest in about
Two of the country’s largest textbook publishers–McGraw-Hill and Cengage–plan to merge, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. This step will help both the companies gear up for the rising market of e-learning courseware and books. It may also lead to more U.S. students subscribing to e-courseware rather than purchasing physical books. The merger
