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Flat World Raises Addl $2.5 Million
NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news —
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Open-source textbook firm Flat World Knowledge , based in Nyack, NY, has raised an additional $2.5 million in funding. In a separate release received by paidContent , the company says it has signed a deal to supply some of its digital textbooks to Bookshare , which has an online library for people with ...14 hours ago -
Flat World Knowledge In Partnership to Distribute Textbooks to the Disabled, Lands $2.5M in Funding
OStatic blogs —
Authority: 605
Weve covered Flat World Knowledge before, and its efforts to to make college curriculum more accessible to both students and teachers. The company has two major announcements this week that will have anyone who supports free, open source textbooks dancing a jig. First up is the news that Flat World has partnered ...1 day ago -
Global Youth: Win a Trip with Nicholas Kristof 2010
Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot —
Authority: 468
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Op-Ed columnist and co-author of Half the Sky , Op-Ed > Nicholas Kristof > Win a Trip">invites students to enter an essay contest to win a reporting trip to Africa , giving them an opportunity to blog for nytimes.com and to file videos to The Times and ...3 days ago -
Weekly Wrap: 10 Social Media Commandments, Glee Obsession, Life Without Facebook, Digital Content is the Future, PS3 Social Upgrade, Life After Oprah, Pakistani Youth & More!
Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot —
Authority: 468
Youth Impact Report 09 > Ryan Murphy full of Glee > Series creator has the youth audience by the throat">Ryan Murphy full of Glee : Thanks to his breakout Fox hit "Glee," Ryan Murphy not only has hisfinger on the pulse of the youth market -- he has it firmly by thethroat, so to speak. The exuberant ...1 week ago -
information wants to be expensive
Sociology Lens —
Authority: 506
by nathanjurgenson My previous post centered on the implications of Google’s dominance in internet search. However, subsequent major news provides the possibility of a major restructuring of the internet search market. It also has implications on how “flat” and “open” the web really is. One of ...2 weeks ago -
Flat World Lets Students Access Books Online
NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news —
Authority: 569
Like its competitors, Nyack, N.Y.-based Flat World Knowledge recruits authors and produces titles on major academic subjects. But, students can access digital versions of Flat Worlds books for free, or pay between $30 and $60 for a printed one. Books, even specific chapters, are available in PDF and audio form ...2 weeks ago -
Weekly Wrap: Parenting Backlash, Twitter Christmas, Google & OpenID, BBC BullyProof, Africa & Web 2.0, Xbox Live Gets Social, Virgin Mobile, Homeless Teens & Lady GaGa
Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot —
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The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting By Nancy Gibbs">Backlash Against Helicopter Parents : The insanity crept up on us slowly; we just wanted what was best for our kids. We were so obsessed with our kids success that parenting turned into aform of product development. Parents demanded that nursery ...2 weeks ago -
Purple Acts of Kindness: Yahoo! For Good + Charity Water
Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot —
Authority: 468
This holiday season, Yahoo! For Good wants to You In?">start a ripple of kindness around the world. Like Yahoo! I believe that it doesn’t necessarily take agreat deal of money or time to spread happiness – sometimes it can be thesimplest things like providing people with clean water. This holiday season ...3 weeks ago -
Global Youth: Turkish Millennials Love Instant Messaging, Facebook & Google
Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot —
Authority: 468
According to 93% of Internet Users in Turkey Visited Google Sites">research conducted by comScore more than 19.7 million people age 15 and older accessed the Internetfrom a home or work location in Turkey, viewing anaverage of 3,070 pages of content and spending an average of 31.6 hoursper person online giving ...3 weeks ago
