April 18, 2019
The consumer version of BBM is shutting down on May 31
It might be time to move on from BBM. The consumer version of the BlackBerry Messenger will shut down on May 31. Emtek, the Indonesia-based company that partnered…
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April 18, 2019
Spotinst, the startup enabling companies to purchase and manage excess cloud capacity, acquires StratCloud
Spotinst, the cloud automation and optimization startup founded in Tel Aviv but now with offices in San Francisco, New York and London, has acquired AWS partner StratCloud. Terms…
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Pinterest prices IPO above range
Pinterest priced shares of its stock, “PINS,” above its anticipated range on Wednesday evening, CNBC reports. The company will sell 75 million shares of Class A common stock…
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Salesforce is buying MapAnything, a startup that raised over $84 million
Salesforce announced today it’s buying another company built on its platform. This time it’s MapAnything, which, as the name implies, helps companies build location-based workflows, something that could…
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Zoom, the profitable tech unicorn, prices IPO above range
Zoom, a relatively under-the-radar tech unicorn, has defied expectations with its initial public offering. The video conferencing business priced its IPO above its planned range on Wednesday, confirming…
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FCC looks to slap down China Mobile’s attempt to join US telecom system
The FCC has proposed to deny an application from China Mobile, a state-owned telecom, to provide interconnect and mobile services here in the U.S., citing security concerns. It’s…
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Acting as the data integrator between hospitals and digital health apps brings Redox $33 million
Investors have forked over $33 million in a new round of funding for Redox, hoping that the company can execute on its bid to serve as the link…
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NuvoAir raises $3M to help patients monitor respiratory diseases with AI
With air quality not improving any time soon (hello pollution!), respiratory conditions are on the rise. This has created an opportunity for startups to employ smartphones to monitor…
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Twitter acqui-hires highlight-sharing app Highly
Quotes from articles are much more eye-catching than links on Twitter, so the social giant is scooping up the team behind highlight-sharing app Highly. This talent could help…
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Google Cloud brings on 27-year SAP veteran as it doubles down on enterprise adoption
Thomas Kurian, the newly minted CEO of Google Cloud, used the company’s Cloud Next conference last week to lay out his vision for the future of Google’s cloud…
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