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Microsoft debuts Azure Event Grid to enable more automated apps
Everything that happens in a company’s cloud environment holds potential significance from an operational standpoint. One firm may wish to log certain events for auditing purposes, while another might be interested in triggering an automated action when an important change takes place. Microsoft Corp. hopes to ease the creation of such workflows with a new service introduced today called ...
Fiat Chrysler teams up with Intel, BMW to build self-driving cars
Intel Corp. has gained yet another ally in its push to become a leader in technology for self-driving cars. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., the world’s seventh-largest automaker, today joined an initiative led by the chip giant and BMW AG to develop autonomous vehicles. The companies have previously brought British car supplier Delphi Automotive plc into the ...
OneSignal pulls in $7M funding for its popular push notification service
Push notifications can be a powerful tool for engaging users when applied correctly. Lilomi Inc., a Y Combinator-backed startup that does business as OneSignal, has raised $7 million in funding from investors to ease the implementation process. The newly closed round, announced today, was led by early-stage fund SignalFire with participation from Rakuten Ventures and ...
To beef up its Azure cloud, Microsoft buys scientific computing firm Cycle Computing
Microsoft Corp. is looking to make its Azure cloud platform more appealing for scientific projects and other complex workloads. To that end, the technology giant today said it has acquired Cycle Computing LLC, a Connecticut-based firm focused on harnessing cloud infrastructure for high-performance applications. Its flagship CycleCloud toolkit is used by the likes of NASA, Novartis ...
Salesforce wants to help companies build better online communities
For an organization with a large user base, maintaining the level of engagement that is expected nowadays can be a challenge. One way companies are approaching it is by setting up online community portals to enable two-way interactions. Salesforce.com Inc. is working on expanding the appeal of this approach to more markets. As part of the effort, the ...
IOpipe raises $2.5M to monitor serverless applications
There are many providers that offer to help companies keep better track of their cloud infrastructure, but few are as specialized as IOpipe Inc. The startup, which today announced that it has closed a $2.5 million funding round, focuses on monitoring the so-called serverless applications that started cropping up in recent years. They first began emerging en ...
Google reportedly acquires medical diagnosis startup Senosis Health
Google Inc. is expanding its presence in the medical technology market. According to a report Sunday by GeekWire, the search giant has acquired Senosis Health Inc., a Seattle-based startup focused on harnessing mobile devices for medical diagnosis. It was founded by five healthcare and technology experts from the University of Washington. Among them is MacArthur Fellow Shwetak Patel, ...
WeWork acquires sales startup Unomy to boost enterprise push
WeWork Companies Inc. today inked an acquisition intended to expand its appeal to larger enterprise customers. The co-working giant is buying an Israeli market intelligence provider called Unomy Ltd. that focuses on helping salespeople find business prospects. Its service provides access to information about over 100 million professionals at some 17 million companies worldwide. Built-in search filters provide the ...
Intel and Toyota form new group to unlock connected-car data
Intel Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. are teaming up to accelerate the rise of connected cars. The companies on Thursday announced the formation of the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium, a group that will focus on supporting the creation of cloud-based services for modern vehicles. That includes offerings such as the crowdsourced mapping platform Mobileye is developing ...
Lyft picks up two startups to fuel ride-hailing growth
Lyft Inc. is putting the pedal to the metal on its marketing efforts. This morning, the ride-sharing giant revealed that it has acquired two startups focused on user acquisition. The first is YesGraph Inc., a Y Combinator graduate that was founded in 2012 by former Dropbox Inc. executive Ivan Kirigin. It offers a cloud-based tool for ...