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Codecademy, Google and DonorsChoose team up to get more girls studying Computer Science

Jun19
by on June 19, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Codecademy, the New York-based startup behind the learn-to-code platform of the same name, has teamed up with Google and online charity DonorsChoose to get more high-school girls interested in and studying computer science. Google.org, the philanthropic arm of technology giant Google, has pledged $1 million to the cause. When a student completes one of the courses specially designed by Codecademy, they’ll receive $125 in “rewards” courtesy of DonorsChoose. As an extra bonus, teachers will earn $500 in rewards for the classroom when four of their students finish the module online. The setup is a little different to how DonorsChoose usually…

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Mind Candy targets mum and dad with new ‘match 3′ Moshling Rescue game

Jun19
by on June 19, 2014 at 8:46 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Just three weeks after Mind Candy announced it was moving beyond Moshi Monsters with a new strategy game called World of Warriors, the London-based company has officially launched a new iOS game aimed at a slightly older audience. Though Moshling Rescue has been available on Facebook for a few weeks already, and it has been available on iOS in a handful of markets too, it’s now available globally and it claims to be targeted at the “mums and dads of their millions of young fans.”     The free-to-play title is a ‘match-3′ game not too dissimilar to the likes of…

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Facebook is down across the world right now (Update: Now back)

Jun19
by on June 19, 2014 at 8:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Update: Facebook is back after that 30-minute outage, and the company has provided comment: Earlier today, we experienced an issue that prevented people from posting to Facebook for a brief period of time. We resolved the issue quickly, and we are now back to 100%. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Our original post continues below Hold the phone, Facebook.com is not working! Yes, if you’ve found yourself unable to get your daily fix of BuzzFeed listicles, cat pics and baby photos worry not – it seems that you are not alone since the social network is down worldwide….

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