Bitsbox is a monthly subscription box created by two former Googlers that teaches kids to code. It's normally $29.95 a month, but if you sign up on Amazon today, you'll get a 50 percent discount on ...

When Bitsbox co-founder Scott Lininger learned to code, it was on a TRS-80 color computer his mom and dad bought him when he was a kid. He says he taught himself coding by copying from the book that ...

Every entrepreneur that walks through those scary Shark Tank doors wants to run a successful business. Otherwise, why would they risk being ridiculed by Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary? While some ...

Scott Lininger and Aidan Chopra had barely put a foot outside the door when Lininger turned to Chopra and said, "I'm quitting and I want you to quit too." The two were Googlers, working on SketchUp ...

Aidan Chopra was not destined to be a computer coder, despite his parents’ best efforts. “My parents sent me to Apple camp instead of sending me to play soccer or hockey like the other kids,” he said.

It's no secret that society is more technology-reliant today than ever before. Generations growing up nowadays not only need to know how to navigate such an advanced world but how to make the most of ...

Kids learn how to use phones and tablets before they're even out of diapers these days. At this rate, think of what they might be able to achieve later in life if they started learning more about ...

Parents looking to help their children learn how to code might be interested in a new system that has been created to offer monthly coding projects designed specifically for children called Bitsbox.

As the proverb says "I like good things like you", as long as you are interested and able to do anything, your progress is quick. Although this proverb goes to learning programming necessary for ...

Gordon Hunt joined Silicon Republic in October 2014 as a journalist. He spends most of his time avoiding conversations about music, appreciating even the least creative pun and rueing the day he ...