With the support of Sequoia iPad Inkling updates E-textbook platform with joint study groups and more

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With the support of Sequoia hint, startup that develops innovative digital textbook platform release 2.0 is the technology that comes with increased collaboration and sharing functions.

As we wrote in the past, a hint of technology provides Interactive tutorials that include the ability to cooperate and communicate within the add multimedia content. Start adds another level of online textbooks by adding 3-D objects, videos, quizzes and even social interaction in content. Hint on synchronization technology allows students to collaborate in real time by sharing their notes and highlights with one another. And students can see the comments from his friends and professors of law, together with their own notes.

The latest version of the platform has been established "study group" in tectbooks, where students can ask questions and add comments anywhere in a book with classmates, teachers and others who are reading the same books, using the hint. Hint also added "expert" notes in the book that allows students to access their observations and comments.
All notes, highlights, bookmarks, and links created by students is now being saved to a designated Notepad. And search results within an allusion to the platform from Wikipedia or Google directly in your book, which can also be saved in Notepad.

Inkling is currently taking 50 educational institutions requiring e-textbook platform. And the company announced financing and partnership from some of the best educational publishers, including Pearson and McGraw Hill.

Of course e tutorial space competitive with Chegg, Kno, Amazon and many others all competing in the arena. But Inkling founder and Executive Director Matt Macinnis not too worried. Although he acknowledged that some competitors have more content, he believed that hint at the platform the most interactive, dealing with technology on the market. Currently, Macinnis is the iPad as an allusion to the platform of choice, but will eventually be expanded to other devices.

The company also attracts big venture money, a few weeks ago, hint announced 17 million Australian dollars, start the overall financing of $ mln., including its seeds, and a series of shots, as well as the influx of millions of dollars from publishers.

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Drippler sends updates of gadgets you expensive (but Hijacks content)

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I approached launch, which today is Drippler, a service that allows people to get the custom updates (think news, tips, and more) about gadgets, they own and love or want to own and love.

I liked the idea first, even if it sounded a lot like the original premise gdgt (coverage our launch) before they – wait for it – mixing.

Drippler mostly free website/mobile applications, which provides consumers with personalized updates on consumer electronics, from smartphones to ereaders and game consoles.

Their goal is to become the central hub for fans of gadgets and cravers find news, rumors, tips and tricks, technical support, apps, accessories, and whatnot.

The company raised $ 250000 in seed funding from investors like Reuven Agassi (founder of top-tier, acquired by SAP), Yanka Kupala Margalit (founder of Aladdin Knowledge Systems) and David Assia (founder of Magic Software enterprises).

But here's the thing. Drippler takes content from sources like tech blogs and gadget review site and attempts to hijack the conversation on their own Web site. Link to the source, but not to mention, the source name nor its logo or the name of the author.

In my opinion this is not any better than all these auto rebloggers are just setting up us tech bloggers need to be addressed.

Drippler co-founder and CEO of Matan Talmi sees things differently. He claims:

We think it's like another layer between users and content that collects relevant content, thus allowing more traffic and exposure sources and value to users. We always link to the source and actually get a lot of requests from sites to add them as a source, and we only use the merged content, so the sources always have control on how much content is used. Sort of like Google News only specialize in gadgets.

Except in sites like Google News and Techmeme are aggregators and get out of their way to attribute content to publish or author. Drippler instead of attempting to hijack the conversation, allowing users to post comments, favorite and share articles, as if their content.

In short, I like the idea for the service, but does not agree with the way they are going about it.

Thoughts?

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