Friday, October 11, 2013

Education: Amazon buys TenMarks and strengthens its Kindle - Clubic.com

Posted by admin Robillart Friday, October 11, 2013

Amazon announced the acquisition of the company TenMarks. The specialist online education develops tools and applications available via tablets or e-readers educational content.
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The Amazon U.S. band signed a new acquisition in the field of online education. The amount of the transaction does not appear in the statement of the retail giant, but it allows him to enrich his services on his Kindle. TenMarks delivers lessons in mathematics through several services available online.

These tools will be progressively added to those already available on the Kindle group. They allow users to take these courses continuously for several years since start of the youngest age the equivalent of high school. The application will also be improved, said Dave Limp, vice president in charge of Amazon’s Kindle division. “ We will now be able to develop education rich content and applications across multiple platforms ,” he says.

Amazon is therefore not a towards the education market online. An interesting measure movement to equip schools with computer equipment or promote mobile tools using paperless media to deliver knowledge. As for the completion of the acquisition, it is expected for the last quarter of 2013.

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