Microsoft backs a start-up looking to challenge Google in the 'edtech' market

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London start-up Kano, which is focused on teaching kids how to code, has raised more than $1 million from Microsoft.

as a venture aimed at teaching kids how to build their own computers and code. It gained traction selling easy-to-build computer kits based on compact Raspberry Pi circuit boards that came with the open-source Linux operating system.

Klein said the Linux-based computers created an "accessibility barrier" for some users but stressed his firm hasn't forgotten the "punk rock spirit" it embraced in its early days of existence.A big part of the deal, Klein said, is helping his company compete with Google in the multi-billion dollar educational computing market.

from international non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation that the devices enable spying on students. "They're catching your data all the time."it's committed to maintaining students' privacy and doesn't use their data for advertising purposes.

 

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