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Seagate’s shares jump after quarterly profit more than doubles
Shares of Seagate Technology Holdings PLC, a major maker of hard drives for enterprise and cloud data centers, jumped more than 5% today after the company posted quarterly results that topped analyst expectations. Seagate has been in business for more than four decades. The company surpassed $100 million in revenues within just a few years ...
Google lowers Play Store fees for Android app developers
Google LLC today announced plans to lower fees for subscriptions and digital goods sold through its Play Store app marketplace. Currently, Google applies a commission of between 15% and 30% to subscriptions sold via the Play Store. The search giant charges developers a 30% fee in the first year after a user purchases a subscription, ...
Sequoia leads $250M round for employee management startup Rippling
Rippling today announced that it has raised $250 million in funding at a $6.5 billion valuation to continue scaling up its employee management platform, which enables companies to streamline a variety of tasks ranging from worker training to device cybersecurity. Sequoia Capital led the round through its Global Equities and Global Growth fund. The storied ...
New Relic debuts CodeStream to speed developers’ troubleshooting workflow
New Relic Inc. today introduced New Relic CodeStream, a new service that will enable developers to use a single interface to perform tasks for which they previously needed to keep multiple tabs open. CodeStream is based on technology that New Relic obtained through the acquisition of a venture-backed startup of the same name. The deal ...
AWS launches its AWS Panorama computer vision appliance into general availability
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of AWS Panorama, an appliance that companies can deploy at locations such as factories to run computer vision software on-premises. Organizations are applying artificial intelligence to more and more parts of their operations in a bid to increase efficiency. In many cases, the AI models a ...
Qualcomm’s new radio frequency filter technology optimizes 5G connections
Qualcomm Inc. today debuted the latest addition to its networking portfolio: a module known as a radio frequency filter that can be installed in smartphones and other devices to optimize internet connections. The module, dubbed the ultraBAW, is part of what the company describes as its modem-to-antenna strategy. Qualcomm is a leading supplier of the ...
Report: Facebook will change its company name to reflect growing VR focus
Facebook Inc. will soon change its company name to reflect its growing focus on augmented and virtual reality, according to a new report. A source said to have direct knowledge of the matter disclosed the planned rebrand to The Verge late Tuesday. The new name is described as a “closely-guarded secret” known to a select ...
HashiCorp’s latest product updates simplify multicloud networking
HashiCorp Inc., a $5.1 billion startup that provides software for managing information technology infrastructure, today introduced new features designed to make operating multicloud environments easier. HashiCorp received its current $5.1 billion valuation after a $175 million funding round last March. The startup has grown into a unicorn by providing open-source software tools that automate many ...
NetApp advances public cloud strategy with new Spot Security service
NetApp Inc. today debuted Spot Security, a new cybersecurity service aimed at advancing the company’s effort to grow its public cloud business to $1 billion in annual recurring revenue over the next few years. Publicly traded NetApp is best known as a provider of storage systems for enterprise data centers. Like other data center suppliers, ...
Alibaba debuts new internally developed Arm server processor
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on late Monday debuted a custom server chip, the Yitian 710, that will be used in the data centers of the company’s cloud computing business. Alibaba is one of China’s largest tech firms. The company operates a range of popular e-commerce platforms and has a presence in other markets as well, ...