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Engageli comes out of stealth with $14.5M and a new approach to teaching by video remotely

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The problem, as he and Koller saw it, was that the format didn’t do a good enough job of connecting with individual students, checking in with them to make sure they were paying attention, understanding, and actually interested in what was being taught. gallery ids="2060568,2060569,2060570"].

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

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Now, nearly a year since students were first sent home because of the coronavirus, a cohort of edtech companies is emerging, emboldened with millions in venture capital, ready to take back the market. Upon joining the platform, each student is placed at a virtual table with another small group of students.

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Corporate Philanthropy: Adapting to a Changing World

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In today’s world, every company is expected to do some good with their profits. In a 2016 poll , Millennials are more likely than Gen X’ers and Baby Boomers to say it matters if American businesses give back to society. They’ve realized that doing good can actually be profitable while building a positive image of the brand.

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Tech forgot its umbrella

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Reports Amanda Silberling: On Gas, users sign up with their school, add friends and answer polls about their classmates. But the questions in the polls are intended to boost users’ confidence rather than damage it. We don’t ever lie, we are under the same pressures as every other company to become a profitable business.

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Contentsquare closes a mammoth $600M round as customers clamor for digital analytics

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” Cherki started to develop the technology that would become Contentsquare as a college student. In a related but transparently for-profit effort, Contentsquare launched an incubator to help fuel the growth of other startups in digital analytics. Some surveys suggest there’s no shortage of new potential customers, however.

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Manage Group Projects Better with Citrix Podio

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Danish non-profit Play31 uses Podio to help in their mission to re-unify war-torn communities through soccer. With over 2,500 organizations already sponsored , we’re helping teams with their efforts in fields as varied as education, libraries and scientific research to community festivals or disaster relief.

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OpenAI unleashes GPT-4, SVB files for bankruptcy, and a PE firm acquires Pornhub

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MindGeek also is currently in the midst of multiple lawsuits that allege it has knowingly profited off of child sexual abuse material. Over at Found , meanwhile, Amanda and Darrell spoke with Teddy Solomon, the co-founder of Fizz, a social media app aimed at college students focusing on building community on campus.

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