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Google debuts message scheduling and more in flurry of Android app updates
Google LLC today introduced new features for several of its core Android apps aimed at improving the user experience across areas such as messaging, accessibility and password security. The updates come less than a week after the search giant debuted the first developer preview of Android 12, the next release of the operating system. The ...
Imperva unifies its security capabilities with AI-infused Sonar platform
Imperva Inc. today introduced an expansive cybersecurity platform, dubbed Sonar, that it says can block a wide variety of threats ranging from data exfiltration attempts to online bots targeting corporate websites. Thoma Bravo-owned Imperva makes software for preventing cyberattacks. The company launched in 2002 and has since built up a customer base that includes two-thirds ...
With boost from iPhone 12, Apple overtakes Samsung in global phone sales
Apple Inc. sold more smartphones than any other handset manufacturer in the fourth quarter, according to new Gartner research published today, marking the first time since 2016 that the iPhone maker has topped the global shipments chart. Apple took the No. 1 spot in the last three months of 2020 with about 80 million iPhones ...
Multicloud networking startup Aviatrix reportedly worth $700M+ after new funding
Multicloud networking startup Aviatrix Systems Inc. Tuesday will announce it has closed a $75 million funding round led by General Catalyst, the company confirmed today. The Series D funding comes at a valuation exceeding $700 million, The Information reported this morning. General Catalyst is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm with a track record of ...
IBM reportedly mulling spinoff of $1B Watson Health unit
IBM Corp. is said to be looking at offloading its Watson Health healthcare technology unit, possibly through a sale or a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. The Wall Street Journal reported on the discussions late Thursday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter. The tipsters didn’t say what price IBM is targeting for the ...
In landmark ruling, UK’s Supreme Court says Uber drivers are workers
Drivers who provide rides and deliver online orders via Uber Technologies Inc.’s apps are legally considered workers, the U.K.’s Supreme Court said in a landmark ruling today. The ruling holds potentially major implications for Uber, as well as other tech companies such as Lyft Inc. that have similar business models. Uber currently classifies drivers in ...
Microsoft to launch Office 2021 with upgraded interface and new data features
Microsoft Corp. has shared early details about the next release of Office, which will bring an upgraded interface, new features that will allow users to manipulate data in Excel more flexibly and other changes. Office 2021, as the release is called, was detailed on Thursday. It’s a separate product from the cloud-based version of Microsoft’s ...
Solo.io launches its enterprise service mesh platform into general availability
Solo.io Inc. today announced the general availability of Gloo Mesh Enterprise, a platform it has developed to help enterprises build and maintain software container applications more easily. Containerized applications usually comprise of multiple modules. Those modules need a channel for communicating with one another: An e-commerce platform’s catalog component, for example, must fetch item descriptions ...
CrowdStrike buys Dell-backed log analytics startup Humio for $400M
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today said it’s paying about $400 million to acquire Humio Inc., a startup with a software product that processes security data in near-real time to catch cyberattacks as they happen. CrowdStrike will use Humio’s software to upgrade the capabilities of its breach prevention platform. Platforms such as Falcon catch threats lurking in ...
Google to open first Minnesota office to advance Mayo Clinic cloud partnership
Google LLC today announced plans to open an office in Rochester, Minnesota, that will support the search giant’s technology partnership with Mayo Clinic. The move underscores the growing focus Google is placing on healthcare as part of its cloud strategy. The new hub will be located inside Collider Coworking, a coworking space directly adjacent to ...