MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flipgrid, the video platform for empowering student voice in pre-K to Ph.D. classrooms, today announced 800 percent year-over-year (YoY) growth in new teacher accounts ...

Microsoft made a strategic acquisition on Monday for a Minneapolis startup that’ll likely heat up its competition with Google in the battle for prominence within the education market. Flipgrid, a ...

Flipgrid is now free to all educators and will continue to grow as part of Microsoft to best serve the needs of its growing community of students and teachers Customers who purchased a subscription ...

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Flipgrid, owned by Microsoft, is a freely accessible video chat platform that, according to the Microsoft Center for Teachers, helps teachers see and hear every student in the classroom while ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, a video discussion platform used by more than 20 ...

Microsoft is looking to solidify its position in our classrooms, and to that end, has recently acquired Flipgrid, the video discussion platform currently utilized by more than 20 million teachers and ...

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Flipgrid (formerly Vidku), a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based video sharing platform aimed at students and educators, for an undisclosed amount. “We’re ...

Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, an educational software startup. Flipgrid, which has 20 million users from all over the world, will now be completely free for schools; previously, the service cost $1 ...

Why it matters: Google dominates the education market with its low-cost Chromebooks and collaborative tools. Microsoft needs every edge it can to convince schools that its a better education platform.