Former Anki Executive Blake Hennon Joins Learn and Play Leader Osmo to Grow New Play Movement –

Leader in children’s education and entertainment hires Blake Hennon as VP of Distribution to oversee the company’s strategic product expansion that bridges physical and digital worlds Osmo , the award-winning company changing the way children play and learn, today announces the addition of Blake Hennon as Vice President of Distribution. The expansion of Osmo’s leadership team follows a recent $24 million in funding from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Collab+Sesame, Shea Ventures and existing investors Accel, Upfront Ventures and K9 Ventures.

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Tech rewind – Headphonegate Not, Snap & GoPro Look back at the week’s toptech headlines Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ka4d3f Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, plans to go public with an IPO. Will it’s target audience–students, look to Snap as a first investment? Jefferson Graham talks to students at the University of Southern California to find out.

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Tech rewind – Headphonegate Not, Snap & GoPro Look back at the week’s toptech headlines Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ka4d3f Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, plans to go public with an IPO. Will it’s target audience–students, look to Snap as a first investment? Jefferson Graham talks to students at the University of Southern California to find out.

Research consortium awarded $21 million NIH grant to find ways to…

An international consortium of academic research institutions have been awarded a $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop better ways to prevent epilepsy in patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. The grant will be led by seven principal investigators at five institutions: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, University of Melbourne and University of Eastern Finland.