News corp. is splitting, sending its name and $2 billion-plus cash out and away from their media businesses, now renamed FOX group.
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/murd...unit-1C8775300
And then, the first move of the new old-publishing company is AMPLIFY, yet another Android tablet. This one built around an educational content subscription service.
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ga...ools-1C8754562
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News Corp. got into the education business in mid-2012 with a new division called Amplify, which has been developing content and tools to help bring technology to K-12 classrooms. Yet the decision to launch a tablet was a bit of a risk, as other well-heeled companies, from Apple to Amazon, are also eyeing the education space.
Amplify's approach is to provide an end-to-end solution. The team claims that a class equipped with Amplify tablets will not only have access to rich content and lessons, but will be easier to manage, thanks to built-in tools for tracking students and personalizing content.
Direct communication between teacher and student can make it easier to catch up with faltering kids, and a variety of games and Internet-era interactions (buttons and emoticons) make the platform engaging for students.
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