LittleBits lays off employees as it shifts focus toward education

TechCrunch has learned that the startup of New York's open source software company, LittleBits, began firing staff last month. The loss of jobs arises as the company seeks to focus more on the K-12 market. Education-specific offers have been lucrative for the company in its eight-year history, but recent products have revealed that the company is adopting licensed products through its participation in Disney's hardware accelerator. LittleBits has confirmed the layoffs as part of an internal restructuring, in a statement delivered to TechCrunch. "The real potential that littleBits offers to teachers, parents and children is far beyond your" standard "gift

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