Duck Duck Moose Raises $7 Million Series A

Duck Duck Moose is an mobile application company that focuses on building educational games that has raised $7 million in Series A funding.  DDM is known for building interactive games that include stories and music.  DDM consults with teachers and students to make sure that the games exceed expectations.  Some of their games include Draw and Tell, Word Wagon, Blue Bear, and Princess Fairy Tale Maker.  The company’s 14 paid apps have been downloaded 2.4 million times.  This round of funding was led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.  Stanford University also participated in this round.

Laurene Jobs Joining Stanford’s Board Of Trustees

Laurene Powell Jobs is the window of Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. Laurene is joining the board of trustees at Stanford University. Laurene was elected for a five-year term that will start October 1st. Laurene attending business school at Stanford and got her MBA in 1991.

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Coursera Raises $22 Million

Coursera is a one year old startup company that was founded by scientists at Stanford University. Coursera has announced that they have raised $22 million in funding. This fall Coursera will offer 100 or more massive open online courses (MOOCs), which is expected to bring in millions of students globally.
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Facebook To Pay $10 Million As Part Of Sponsored Stories Settlement

Facebook will be paying $10 million to consumer groups and privacy advocates to settle the “Sponsored Stories” case.  A federal judge still has to sign off on the settlement.  Facebook reported last month that they would be settling the lawsuit.  It is unknown which consumer groups and charities will be getting the $10 million.

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How Stanford Almost Expanded To New York City

Ken Auletta of The New Yorker wrote a hard-hitting piece about how there are no walls between Stanford and Silicon Valley. Many of Stanford’s alumni have built some of the largest technology companies in the world and the pressure to live up to that amount of success is high.
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Google’s Stock Split Will Cause The New Half To Not Have Any Shareholder Voting Power

When Google announced that they are splitting the company into two halves, it turns out that the newer half will not have any shareholder voting power. Google will be joining the likes of a liquor producer, home builder, and several other media conglomerates that are controlled by families. The current shareholders would have a new nonvoting share for every share they own. This will help Google CEO Larry Page, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt retain a lot of power.
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Google Being Sued By An Apple Safari User Because Of Privacy Violations

Google is being sued over a privacy breach through the Apple Safari web browser. Google was able to bypass computer settings that was designed to block the online activity of users. Safari is the primary browser on Mac OS X, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. “Google’s willful and knowing actions violated” federal laws and other computer related statutes, stated the attorneys of Matthew Soble. The privacy violations were discovered by researchers at Stanford University. The Apple Safari settings were designed for blocking cookies used for following users’ activities on the Internet. Google was outed by the Wall Street Journal earlier this week. [BusinessWeek]