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Codecademy CEO Zach Sims Wants To Fix The Broken Education System
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 11:40am | 653Read More...According to online interactive platform Codecademy, education is broken. Company co-founder and CEO Zach Sims told Benzinga, “We're still operating in a system in which education costs students tens of thousands of dollars per year, but doesn't promise return on investment....
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Can One Hackathon Unite The World?
Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 11:22am | 362Read More...Global Hackathon Seoul, which is striving to become the world's largest hacking event, is headed to South Korea this summer. This massive hackathon started when KJ Yoo, executive director of Global Hackathon Seoul, concluded that a positive transformation needed to be made in South Korea. The...
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Hackathons Helped Facebook Evolve; Now South Korea Wants To Do The Same
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 5:23pm | 482Read More...Many large corporations have hosted a hackathon, including Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). Few of them are willing to talk openly about how those events might have changed their businesses. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is the exception. Pedram Keyani, who...
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A New, Enormous Hackathon Is Bringing The World's 'Best Hackers' To South Korea
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 10:23am | 372Read More...The largest-ever international hackathon was announced this Friday. The result of a partnership between the Seoul Metro Government and Global Hackathon, the event will take place in the South Korean capital next summer. According to the event's organizers, a major goal of Global Hackathon...
