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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Report: Software container pioneer Docker to raise $75M at $1.3B valuation
Two years after its last funding round, it appears that Docker Inc. is looking to raise new capital. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that the pioneer in software containers, which allow companies to encapsulate applications to run on multiple kinds of …
Amplitude, a provider of analytics for product teams, reels in $30M
Google Analytics and the other leading user monitoring tools on the market can provide a great deal of insight into how people interact with a service. But they’re mostly geared toward marketers, which makes it difficult for developers and designers to uncover …