News Corp’s $1 Billion Amplify Effort Riddled with Failures

Bloomberg: By the end of June, News Corp. will have invested more than $1 billion in Amplify, its division that makes tablet computers for schools, sells an online curriculum and offers testing services. Amplify reported a $193 million loss last year. The effort has been riddled with technology failures, fragile equipment, a disconnect between tablet marketers and content developers, and an underestimation of how difficult it would be to win market share from entrenched rivals in the education market.