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No-code application development startup Unqork raises $80M in new round
“No-code” application development company Unqork Inc. is hoping to make a bigger splash in the enterprise after landing a chunky $80 million in a new round of financing today. CapitalG, a growth equity investment fund owned by Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc., led the Series B round, which also saw the participation of existing investors. ...
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Samsung closes its last smartphone factory in China
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has shut down its last smartphone factory in China amid intensifying competition from local rivals and a rise in labor costs in that country. Samsung’s decision to pull out of China wasn’t unexpected, since the company had already cut production at its last factory in Huizhou in June and suspended operations ...
Google debuts Action Blocks to make smartphones more accessible
Google LLC has unveiled a new accessibility tool in the making called Action Blocks, which enables Android smartphone users to create shortcuts for various multistep tasks that can be performed with the help of Google Assistant. Action Blocks enable users to kick off those actions with a simple tap on a home screen shortcut. The ...
Oracle buys CrowdTwist to help boost customer loyalty
Oracle Corp. today said it has bought a startup called CrowdTwist Inc. in order to enhance its Customer Experience Cloud. CrowdTwist is a maker of a “customer loyalty” platform for marketers, and the plan is to integrate this with Oracle’s Responsys, Eloqua and CX Unity platforms. Oracle said doing so will make it easier to tailor its ...
Box debuts new security controls, other enhancements to workflow automation tools
Cloud storage company Box Inc. is using its annual BoxWorks conference as a launchpad for its new Box Shield as well as enhancements in Box Relay, helping users secure their most important data and collaborate more easily on various projects. First up today is Box Shield, which is an add-on service built into Box’s content management suite ...
Kong acquires Insomnia to offer new API testing capabilities
Application programming interface management company Kong Inc. today updated its core platform and introduced a new product based on technology obtained from a startup called Floating Keyboard Software Inc. Kong’s main product is its Service Control Platform, which enables end-to-end service lifecycle management, from preproduction to postproduction, to support customers building and managing innovative applications and ...
Microsoft extends paid Windows 7 security updates to small businesses
Microsoft Corp. is extending a helping if not cheap hand to small and midsized businesses that for whatever reason have been unable to update their computers to its Windows 10 operating system. The company said it will make Windows 7 Extended Security Updates available to more of its customers, having previously only offered them to ...
Rubrik said to seek buyer as growth stalls, but data backup firm denies report
Updated with company comment: Cloud data backup firm Rubrik Inc. has approached several “large technology companies” about the possibility of selling itself, according to a report today. The company, which was described as a so-called “unicorn” following a $261 million funding round in January that valued it at $3.3 billion, has reportedly struggled to maintain its ...
Tesla buys computer vision startup DeepScale
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has reportedly acquired a computer vision startup called DeepScale Inc. whose technology could help it build completely driverless vehicles. The report from CNBC today cited unnamed sources as saying the transaction is a done deal, and although no price was disclosed, one analyst, Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research, pegged ...
Qlik revamps its cloud-based big-data analytics offering
Swedish big-data company QlikTech International AB is revamping its cloud-based, software-as-a-service offering with today’s launch of its rebranded Qlik Sense Business platform. Qlik is a provider of business intelligence software that enables enterprises to visualize their data in graphically rich dashboards and run analyses to find useful patterns. The company’s core technology is a big-data ...