Amazon continues to make a push into education tech, an area Apple's been trying to conquer as well. October 10, 2013 1:26 PM PDT (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Amazon has purchased TenMarks, an online math tutoring service, the companies announced Thursday. TenMarks already has a presence on the Kindle tablet line because "millions of students" in "tens of thousands of schools" have used the service on Amazon's tablets, Dave Limp, Amazon's vice president of Kindle, said in a press release. With this acquisition, Amazon will focus on developing education content and applications. Related stories 'Why are you wasting my life?' and other Jeff Bezos gems Deals for less-early adopters: Moto X, LG G2 drop to $99 on Amazon Amazon offers discounted audio versions of your Kindle books TenMarks offers personalized online math instruction and practice, including video lessons, for K-12 students, according to the release. Education is an area other tech giants, like Apple, are trying to break into. Amazon's efforts include Whispercast, a free online tool that lets schools and businesses manage a fleet of Kindle tablets and wirelessly distribute Kindle books, documents, and apps. Donna Tam Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
Amazon continues to make a push into education tech, an area Apple's been trying to conquer as well.
Amazon has purchased TenMarks, an online math tutoring service, the companies announced Thursday.
TenMarks already has a presence on the Kindle tablet line because "millions of students" in "tens of thousands of schools" have used the service on Amazon's tablets, Dave Limp, Amazon's vice president of Kindle, said in a press release. With this acquisition, Amazon will focus on developing education content and applications.
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TenMarks offers personalized online math instruction and practice, including video lessons, for K-12 students, according to the release.
Education is an area other tech giants, like Apple, are trying to break into. Amazon's efforts include Whispercast, a free online tool that lets schools and businesses manage a fleet of Kindle tablets and wirelessly distribute Kindle books, documents, and apps.
Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
