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Google unveils AI-infused Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Pixel Slate tablet and more
Google LLC today officially pulled back the curtains on the hotly anticipated Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones, along with a new premium tablet and a voice-activated smart display distinguished from rivals by its lack of a camera. The products debuted at the company’s Made by Google Event event today in New York. The launch ...
Founders of Slack, Yelp join $30M round into web development startup Netlify
Netlify Inc., a startup working to change how websites are built, today announced that it has reeled in a $30 million investment from an all-star lineup of investors. Venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Slack Technologies co-founder Stewart Butterfield, Yelp Inc. co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman and a number of ...
Liferay takes its ‘digital experience platform’ to the cloud
The content management system market can be roughly divided into two segments. The first includes mass-market platforms such as WordPress, while the other consists of enterprise solutions for large organizations. One of the biggest players in this latter market is Liferay Inc., whose software powers thousands of services ranging from VMware Inc.’s customer portal to ...
LinkedIn to acquire workforce analytics startup Glint for $400M+
LinkedIn is marking its first acquisition since becoming part of Microsoft Corp. in 2016. The business social network today announced plans to purchase Glint Inc., a Redwood City, California-based startup focused on providing enterprises with insight into employee sentiment. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Glint raised nearly $80 million from funding prior ...
Joining Google, Microsoft unveils its own cloud-based game streaming service
Microsoft Corp. today previewed Project xCloud, an upcoming service intended to make video games that currently require a personal computer or a gaming console playable on mobile devices. The announcement comes a week after Google LLC revealed plans to launch a game streaming service of its own. If they live up to their promise, the offerings could give the tech giants a valuable ...
Facebook launches Portal, an Alexa-powered video calling device with AI features
Following more than a year of rumors that Facebook Inc. could enter the smart home market, the company today officially debuted Portal, a voice-controlled video calling device powered by Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa assistant. The system’s specifications are more or less in line with the details that were leaked ahead of the launch. It comes in two models, ...
Salesforce picks up interactive email startup Rebel
Rebelmail Inc., a venture-backed marketing technology startup that does business as Rebel, today announced that it has been acquired five years after launching. The company on the other end of the transaction is Salesforce.com Inc., which will use the startup’s software to bolster its Marketing Cloud. Rebel has developed a set of services that enable ...
Microsoft open-sources Infer.NET, an AI engine that helps power Azure cloud services
Microsoft Corp. today open-sourced Infer.NET, an internally developed machine learning engine that it uses to power parts of Azure, Office 365 and the Xbox video game platform. The company has made the code for the tool available on GitHub under the permissive MIT license, which allows free commercial use. The move to open up Infer.NET ...
Brandwatch and Crimson Hexagon to merge into $100M social intelligence provider
Brandwatch and Crimson Hexagon Inc., two of the biggest players in the social media intelligence market, today revealed plans to merge into a single entity with annual recurring revenues of $100 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. The combined company will launch under the Brandwatch name with an initial ...
DevOps startup JFrog reels in $165M round, now valued above $1B
JFrog Ltd.’s development tools are used by more than 4,500 companies, including Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC, Facebook Inc. and 70 percent of the Fortune 100. The startup’s investors are betting that it can continue growing this installed base. JFrog today announced that it has secured $165 million in new late-stage funding at a valuation exceeding ...
