R:ED August 15th to August 21st 2010

  1. Chegg’s First Acquisition: CourseRank
  2. Invideous adds ‘social playhead’ to its video monetization platform
  3. Are Your Facebook And Twitter Friends Using Other Languages? Try XIHA
  4. Digital Textbook Startup Inkling Scores Sequoia Funding, Publisher Deals
  5. China’s position as an economic superpower may be hampered by the patrimony and poor academic ethics of its universities
  6. Roommates Who Click
  7. As Private Tutoring Booms, Parents Look at the Returns
  8. Looking for Baby Sitters: Foreign Language a Must

Invideous’ Social Playhead – Social Learning Videos?

I really need to interview these guys! In June, I already wrote a small post about their video monetization feature for videos but this newest feature is also a very interesting one.

The Social Playhead of Invideous not only shows where you are currently in the video but also where other people are who are watching the video at the same time you do.

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invideous launches Micropayments in Videos

Just learned on TechCrunch Europe that the London based company Swiffen got some funding for their video monetization platform invideous which allows content publishers to charge viewers by minute, view or monthly subscription.

invideous also offer in video hot spots and an e-commerce sollution.

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