Ed tech startup accelerator Imagine K-12 has created a new Start Fund, enabling it to increase the amount of funding given to each startup from $20,000 to $100,000. Read more »
New York-based health startup Greatist has acquired fitness class discovery app Sportaneous in a move meant to build the company’s tech chops. Read more »
Pearson has acquired Learning Catalytics, a startup founded out of Harvard that enables instructors to ask students interactive questions that can be answered via laptops and mobile devices. Read more »
Minerva Project, a San Francisco-based startup aiming to bring a Harvard-level education to the web, plans to recognize innovative educators with a $500,000 prize. Read more »
U.K.-based activity tracker Fitbug has filed a complaint against rival Fitbit, alleging trademark infringement. Read more »
Elite liberal arts college Amherst voted against partnering with massive open online course (MOOC) non-profit edX this week, bringing attention to institutions’ concerns about how MOOCs could impact higher education. Read more »
Google’s former Chief Health Strategist Roni Zeiger has launched Smart Patients, an online community for cancer patients. Read more »
Seasoned entrepreneurs and investors in health technology give emerging startups a dose of advice. Read more »
New York-based Kinsa is trying to create a real-time picture of the country’s health with a smartphone and a simplified digital thermometer. Read more »
As Kaplan’s new TechStars-powered ed tech accelerator recruits its first class, Don Burton, the program’s new managing director, talks about the developing industry and opportunities ahead. Read more »
The “digital exhaust” from your mobile phones and other devices could give doctors a valuable window into your wellbeing. Read more »
Startup CrowdMed is showing that the collective intelligence of the crowd can be a powerful tool in getting to the bottom of medical mysteries. Read more »
As digital health technology booms, MDRevolution is a first stab at trying to show how mobile health tracking tools, genetic assessments and personalized coaching can work together. Read more »
Echo360, a education technology company supported by the Revolution Growth Fund, has acquired social learning startup ThinkBinder. Read more »
Aberdare Ventures hires a new partner to support its focus on “transformational” health investing. Read more »
Launched at Stanford University, NovoEd wants to build on the massive open online course (MOOC) phenomenon with a startup that puts collaboration at the center of the online learning experience. Read more »
Online learning site Udemy is launching a corporate training option that enables companies to create private online learning sites for their employees. Read more »
Consumers turn to online reviews for plenty of big and small purchase decisions, but in health care their engagement continues to lag. Read more »
Tynker offers a drag-and-drop approach to coding, in which kids build projects by connecting colorful, digital blocks in a Lego-like way. Read more »
Electronic health records company athenahealth is partnering with Mashery to encourage developers to create new apps on its service. Read more »
Hoping to give patients a “medical wallet,” Palo Alto-based Simplee has released a mobile app that helps people manage their medical finances Read more »
The Gates Foundation and Facebook pick the winners of their HackEd 2.0 hackathon. Read more »
The health insurance industry has a popularity problem, but startup WellTok believes its health-centric social network can encourage healthy habits and brand affinity among consumers. Read more »
iRhythm, a startup offering technology spun out of Stanford’s biodesign program, has raised $16 million for a wearable cardiac monitor. Read more »
Care.com, the Reid Hoffman-backed company that wants to be the “Amazon of care” has added a new CFO who brings a new level of public company experience. Read more »
Treehouse, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that offers online coding lessons, has raised $7 million in new Series B funding. Read more »
Electronic medical records startup Practice Fusion is launching a new patient-facing website for booking appointments with doctors across the country. Read more »
A new report from McKinsey estimates that big data could save the health care industry up to $450 billion, but it has to overcome a few obstacles first. Read more »
New York-based health accelerator Blueprint Health graduated its third class of startups on Thursday. Check out five using technology to take on hospital infections, triage systems, doctor hygiene and more. Read more »
Startup Asthmapolis has raised $5 million from The Social+Capital Partnership for an asthma management system that combines sensor technology, smartphones and personalized feedback. Read more »
Meet the 13 startups selected to participate in GE and Startup Health’s inaugural entrepreneurship program in consumer health. Read more »
A montly look at where in health tech investors put their money. Read more »
Despite its initial efforts at building its own open-source online learning platform, Stanford said it will fold that platform into the edX platform launched by Harvard and MIT. Read more »
San Francisco-based online learning startup Udemy has launched a new mobile app to help students enroll in and take courses from their phones. Read more »
Language learning giant Rosetta Stone has acquired Seattle-based Livemocha to shift its products to the cloud. Read more »
Mango Health, founded by former executives from mobile gaming company ngmoco, is using game mechanics to get people to be more conscientious about managing their health. Read more »
A time-tested tool for monitoring children’s health is getting a redesign for the digital age thanks to a Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital partnership with design firm Fjord. Read more »
A number of health tech companies are using online and mobile platforms to help fight and prevent diabetes. But a review of several trials says that computer-based interventions have mixed outcomes. Read more »
Despite the number of fitness apps already available, Seattle-based Cody believes it can win over mainstream consumers with a virtual coaching app. Read more »
Fitness tracking app Runkeeper has launched in six new languages in an effort to reach a larger international audience. Read more »
