News Corp’s DUMBO-built education unit will distribute free tablets
News Corp. on Monday laid out a plan for its grade school education business, built on its acquisition last November of DUMBO-based Wireless Generation for $360 million.
The media giant named the business Amplify and said it and AT&T would fund a pilot project that aims to put tablet computers in students’ hands in the coming school year.
AT&T will provide tablet computers that work on its 4G network and Wi-Fi network. None of the schools selected to participate will have to pay for the program.