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Adding to mounting global pressure on tech giants, UK to levy ‘digital services tax’

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

The U.K. government today announced plans to levy a “digital services tax” on major tech firms that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. The proposed scheme, which is set to…

Apps

After IBM buys Red Hat, will you trust Big Purple?

By Peter Burris Oct 29, 2018

Following IBM Corp.’s surprise acquisition of Red Hat Inc. announced Sunday, is “Big Purple” in your future? Well, that depends on what you think are the answers to these questions: By some estimates, the…

Apps

Following HipChat sale, Atlassian offloads its Jitsi video conferencing platform

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

After selling its HipChat and Stride team collaboration services to Slack Technologies Inc. in June, Atlassian Corp. PLC is taking another big step back from the video communications market. The company today announced that it…

Cloud

With Red Hat, IBM expands its focus on cloud-native development for multiclouds

By James Kobielus Oct 29, 2018

For IBM Corp., the blockbuster acquisition of Red Hat Inc. is all about the cloud — many clouds, that is. IBM and Red Hat announced Sunday that the companies have reached a definitive agreement under…

Big Data

Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round

By Mike Wheatley Oct 29, 2018

Data discovery software provider Waterline Data Inc. is setting its sights on “global expansion” after raising $14.5 million in a new round of funding today. The Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures, with participation…

Apps

Open-source software will eat everything in its path, and this VC wants a bite

By Mark Albertson Oct 29, 2018

Technology entrepreneur Marc Andreessen once famously declared that software will eat the world. Joseph Jacks (pictured), founder and general partner of OSS Capital, has a different twist on Andreessen’s opinion: He believes open-source software will simply…

AI

Sales AI provider Conversica lands $31M in new funding

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

Conversica Inc., a Foster City, California-based artificial intelligence provider focused on making sales teams more productive, today announced that it has raised $31 million in new funding. Conversica offers an AI platform that enables…

Cloud

IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is a pivot to growth, but many questions remain

By Dave Vellante Oct 29, 2018

IBM Corp.’s acquisition of Red Hat Inc. is a blockbuster designed to accelerate the company’s lagging sales. Here’s a first take on what it means for IBM, Red Hat, the ecosystem and customers. Despite…

Cloud

Google adds more machine learning features to Firebase

By Mike Wheatley Oct 29, 2018

Google LLC is adding new capabilities to its Firebase mobile and web application development framework in order to make it more appealing to users from large enterprises. Google has been steadily rolling out updates…

Blockchain

Canadian cryptocurrency exchange closes in possible exit scam

By Duncan Riley Oct 28, 2018

A small Canadian cryptocurrency exchange has ceased trading after claiming to be hacked in what some are alleging was instead an “exit scam.” The exchange, called MapleChange, launched in May with 110 trading pairs…

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Adding to mounting global pressure on tech giants, UK to levy ‘digital services tax’

Following HipChat sale, Atlassian offloads its Jitsi video conferencing platform

Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round

Open-source software will eat everything in its path, and this VC wants a bite

Sales AI provider Conversica lands $31M in new funding

Canadian cryptocurrency exchange closes in possible exit scam

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