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Even as web giants such as Google LLC implement increasingly sophisticated security safeguards to protect their users, account hijacking remains a major threat. In a bid to shed more light on the issue, the company on Thursday released a landmark study that breaks down …
In a potential boost for iPhone’s camera, Apple has quietly acquired quantum dot startup InVisage
The next iPhone may pack a surprise under the hood. Following several weeks of rumors, Apple Inc. on Thursday gave TechCrunch tacit confirmation that it has acquired InVisage Technologies Inc., a startup focused on developing miniaturized image sensors. The mobile giant issued …
Open-source search provider Elastic acquires Swiftype to grow its reach
Practically every modern website and online service offers some sort of search function to help users find their way around. Elasticsearch BV, which does business as Elastic, has acquired Y Combinator graduate Swiftype Inc. in a deal announced today to target the vast market. Swiftype offers cloud-based tools …
Microsoft integrates LinkedIn data into Word with new Resume Assistant
Since its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp. last year, Microsoft Corp. has been working to integrate the social network’s data into key product lines such as the Office 365 productivity suite. Today, the technology giant unveiled the latest fruit of this …
Nutanix doubles down on its cloud strategy with new developer services
Nutanix Inc., the hyperconverged infrastructure provider, today unveiled new software services designed to replicate the usability of the public cloud in on-premises data centers. The additions are rolling out for the Enterprise Cloud OS that powers the company’s systems, which combine compute, storage and network …
MongoDB gets new developer features and a needed security upgrade
Just three weeks after going public, MongoDB Inc. today unveiled a new release of its popular open-source NoSQL database that addresses several major operational requirements for enterprise users. The first is improved support for applications that must quickly adapt to changes in …
Amid production woes, Tesla buys manufacturing automation firm Perbix
In its fourth acquisition to date, Tesla Inc. Tuesday announced the purchase of a company called Perbix Machine Co. Inc. that develops machinery for automating production line operations. According to Reuters, the Minnesota-based firm has been a supplier to Elon Musk’s electric car …
AWS’ new C5 instances pack a lot of processing power, and more
Amazon Web Services Inc. has made another addition to its infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio less than two weeks after the last major upgrade. The cloud giant on Monday afternoon launched the C5 instance family, which is geared toward computationally intensive workloads such as batch analytics …
Facebook now lets companies embed Messenger into their websites
Facebook Inc. is creating a new way for companies to interact with the large subset of consumers who prefer communicating via chat. The social network this morning introduced Customer Chat, a plugin that brings the ability to embed Messenger into an organization’s …
MIT spinoff Pienso raises $2.1M to take coding out of AI development
Pienso Inc., a New York-based startup that spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last year, is tackling arguably the biggest obstacle to artificial intelligence adoption in the enterprise: the shortage of people versed in applying the technology. Pienso’s mission is …