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JetBrains extends YouTrack with interactive Gantt charts for advanced project management
JetBrains, the maker of integrated development environments for programming languages, today announced an extensive update to YouTrack, a project management and knowledge base tool. Using YouTrack, software development teams, DevOps teams and nontechnical users can plan out projects easily by adding tasks into a workflow. The tool itself allows teams to visualize simple or complex ...
YouTube sees ‘new opportunities’ in NFTs and web3 for content creators
Google LLC-owned video sharing giant YouTube said Thursday it’s considering web3 technologies such as nonfungible tokens and blockchain to help enhance the relationships between creators and their fans and develop new experiences. Web3, also called the decentralized web, is the next iteration of the World Wide Web based on distributed ledger blockchain technology that uses ...
Google unveils first developer preview of Android 13
Google LLC’s Android team today announced the first developer preview for Android 13, which continues to iterate on privacy and security and adds further developer tools. The objective of developer previews is to provide developers a first look at what’s going into the new build and allow them a chance to guide its development. At ...
Bitcoin payments company OpenNode nabs $20M funding led by Kingsway
Bitcoin payments processor OpenNode Inc. said today it has raised $20 million in new funding led by Kingsway, bringing its valuation to $220 million. The Series A funding round also saw additional investment from Twitter, Fidelity Investments affiliated Avon Ventures and bitcoin supporter Tim Draper. OpenNode operates a secure bitcoin processing infrastructure for businesses that ...
Web3 developer platform Alchemy raises $200M at $10.2B valuation
Alchemy Insights Inc., a platform that empowers developers to build web3 apps, said today it has raised $200 million in a new funding round that values the company at $10.2 billion. Web3 refers to what is known as the decentralized web, which is built on blockchain technology that underlies popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ...
Polygon raises $450M in funds to boost Ethereum scaling and web3 technology
The Ethereum blockchain scaling solution Polygon today said it has raised $450 million in new funding led by Sequoia Capital India, which the company intends to use to expand its services and web3 capabilities. More than 40 venture capital funds also participated in the private funding round, including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Tiger Global, Galaxy ...
GameStop partners with Immutable X to launch NFT marketplace
Video game retail giant GameStop Corp. has finally made good on its long-teased intent to announce the launch of a gaming-related nonfungible token marketplace with a partnership with Immutable X. The two companies said today they’re also creating a fund of “up to $100 million” intended to use for grants for NFT content and technology, ...
Google delivers Flutter support for Windows desktop apps
The newest update to Flutter, Google LLC’s multiplatform open-source app development framework, brings support for Windows applications. As of today, using Flutter 2.10, developers can create vibrant user interfaces that work on mobile as well as Windows desktop all from one codebase. Developers will be able to write their applications once and then port them ...
Dune Analytics raises $69M to empower web3 data analysts
The blockchain data analysis firm Dune Analytics today announced it has closed a $69.4 million in new funding round led by Coatue, bringing its valuation to $1 billion. The Series B round brought the total amount raised by the company to more than $79 million. Existing investors, including Multicoin Capital and Dragonfly Capital, also participated ...
Island launches ‘enterprise browser’ to improve security at work
Dallas-based startup Island today emerged from stealth mode and unveiled a web browser designed to provide for the security needs of the enterprise while still retaining a familiar browsing experience. The company aptly calls its software the “Enterprise Browser” and it embeds all of the security models and requirements within the browser itself. Enterprise security ...