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Meet Firefox Quantum, Mozilla’s most compelling answer to Chrome yet
The browser market may about to become a lot more competitive. The Mozilla Foundation today launched Firefox Quantum, a new iteration of its open-source browser hailed as the most significant release since the first stable version came out in 2004. It brings major enhancements in practically every area that counts. At the top of the list is performance. ...
Lessonly raises $8M in funding to make employee learning more interactive
Lessonly Inc., a fast-growing startup from Indianapolis working to improve how companies provide employee training, today announced that it has raised $8 million in funding to step up the effort. The investment was led by returning backer OpenView Venture Partners, which previously participated in Lessonly’s $5 Series A round last March. The period since has seen ...
Cloudflare acquires Accel-backed Neumob to accelerate mobile apps
Cloudflare Inc. is looking to establish a bigger presence in the mobile market. To that end, the content delivery provider today announced that it has acquired Neumob Inc., an emerging competitor backed by Accel. The startup offers a service similar to Cloudflare’s that enables mobile developers to serve up content faster via their apps by storing it ...
Emissary’s new service helps salespeople understand the companies they pitch
Most sales startups focus on automating various aspects of the deal-making process such as lead management and outreach. Emissary Inc. is looking to make its mark in an entirely different way. The startup, which was founded in 2013 by Google LLC veteran David Hammer and has raised $14 million from investors, operates a “sales intelligence ...
With move into Canada, Lyft takes its Uber fight international for the first time
After operating exclusively in the U.S. for the first five years of its existence, Lyft Inc. looks to launch an international expansion. The ride-hailing startup announced in a blog post today that it will start serving passengers in Toronto next month. Now that it has taken the long-delayed initial step into the international market, Lyft ...
Google and other tech giants join forces for Kubernetes interoperability
Success often brings challenges for open-source projects. A strong following of users and contributors can help advance development efforts, but large communities are also prone to fragmentation that sometimes undermines the long-term vision. Google LLC is keen to prevent that from happening with Kubernetes. To that end, the company has teamed up with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to ...
Qualcomm leadership rejects Broadcom’s $105B buyout offer
After a week of deliberations, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has opted to reject Broadcom Ltd.’s record-breaking $105 billion acquisition bid in a move that could set the stage for a historic hostile takeover. The chip maker’s board of directors unanimously rebuffed the offer in a statement released today on the grounds that the offer is too low. “It ...
New Google study reveals the massive extent of online account hijacking
Even as web giants such as Google LLC implement increasingly sophisticated security safeguards to protect their users, account hijacking remains a major threat. In a bid to shed more light on the issue, the company on Thursday released a landmark study that breaks down hacker activity by the numbers. The report is the fruit of a yearlong ...
In a potential boost for iPhone’s camera, Apple has quietly acquired quantum dot startup InVisage
The next iPhone may pack a surprise under the hood. Following several weeks of rumors, Apple Inc. on Thursday gave TechCrunch tacit confirmation that it has acquired InVisage Technologies Inc., a startup focused on developing miniaturized image sensors. The mobile giant issued the go-to statement that it provides when one of its low-key acquisitions is brought ...
Open-source search provider Elastic acquires Swiftype to grow its reach
Practically every modern website and online service offers some sort of search function to help users find their way around. Elasticsearch BV, which does business as Elastic, has acquired Y Combinator graduate Swiftype Inc. in a deal announced today to target the vast market. Swiftype offers cloud-based tools that enable companies to make their content more easily explorable. The startup is ...
