Kno, Inc. kamfani ne na software wanda ke aiki tare da hadin kan masu bugawa don bayar da littattafan dijital da sauran kayan ilimi.[1] A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2013, bayan da ya tara kusan dala miliyan 100 a cikin babban birnin kasuwanci, kamfanin ya sayi kamfanin. An dakatar da shafin yanar gizon kuma an sake sunan sabis ɗin zuwa nazarin Intel Education Sdaga baya.[2]

An kafa shi a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2009, Shugaba Osman Rashid ne ya jagoranci Kno, wanda ya kafa Chegg, da CTO Babur Habib, tsohon mai amfani da kayan lantarki.[3] Kamfanin ya sami tallafi daga Andreessen Horowitz, Intel Capital, Goldman Sachs, FLOODGATE da GSV Capital, kuma an kafa shi ne a Santa Clara, California.

Da farko kamfanin ya sanar, a cikin watan Yuni 2010, layin kwamfutocin kwamfutar hannu.[5] Manufarta ita ce bayar da "littafin karatu na dijital / dandamali na ɗalibai" wanda ke nufin kasuwar ilimi.[4] Tablet ɗin littafin yana samuwa ko dai tare da allon taɓawa guda ɗaya 14.1" ko tare da allon taɓawa guda biyu 14.1.[6] Tsarin aiki ya dogara ne akan Linux da Webkit.

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2011, kamfanin ya ba da sanarwar cewa ya ba da lasisi ga ƙirar kayan aikinsa ga Intel kuma a maimakon haka zai mai da hankali kan haɓaka software.[4] Watanni biyu bayan haka, kamfanin ya fitar da aikace-aikacen iPad, sannan kuma sassan Galaxy Note 10.1, Android Jelly Bean, Windows 7 & 8, da dandamali da na'urorin yanar gizo.[5][6][7][8][9]

A watan Agustan 2012, kamfanin ya fadada kundin sunayen sarauta daga littattafan kwaleji don haɗawa da kasuwar K-12.[10]

Kamfanin Intel ne ya mallaki kamfanin a shekara mai zuwa.

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Bayanan da aka ambata

gyara sashe
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  2. Carrie Mihalcik (November 9, 2013). "Intel stuffs its backpack with high-tech textbooks in Kno deal". CNET News. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  3. "Kno: Andreessen Horowitz, others invest $46M in digital textbook startup". San Jose Mercury News. September 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  4. "Intel Capital, Advance Publications, Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, FLOODGATE and SV Angels Invest $30 Million in Kno". Press release. April 8, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
  5. "Kno Unveils Beta Textbook App for iPad with World's Largest eTextbook Catalog". www.businesswire.com. June 6, 2011.
  6. "Kno Education App and Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 Bring Interactive Textbook Experience to Android". www.businesswire.com. August 15, 2012.
  7. "Intel® Education Study App - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com.
  8. "Buy Kno Textbooks - Microsoft Store". Microsoft Store.
  9. "Kwafin ajiya". Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  10. "Kno Launches K-12 Digital Textbooks, Empowering Parents to Go Digital at Home". www.businesswire.com. August 7, 2012.
  11. "Intel Education Welcomes Kno to the Family - CSR@Intel". blogs.intel.com. November 8, 2013.