Oct 21, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch Google today announced that it has acquired Firebase, a backend service that helps developers build realtime apps for iOS, Android and the web that can store and sync data instantly. Firebase currently has almost 110,000 registered developers on its...
Oct 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Yesterday Jelastic, a California-based startup with Russian origins, saw one of its innovative solutions picked from five Russian finalists in the SmartCamp contest staged by IBM, as reported by the Skolkovo Foundation. Jelastic received a...
Oct 20, 2014 | News, North America, Oceania
CloudCannon, a simple CMS for web designers and their clients aimed at offering simple visual editing without the need for an advanced technical skillset, is today launching globally from TechCrunch Disrupt: London’s Startup Alley. The company is also announcing...
Oct 20, 2014 | News, North America
Global investment bank Credit Suisse is launching a new initiative called the Entrepreneurs Circle to support African-American entrepreneurs in the U.S. The bank has selected 12 members to start the program, which will offer access to bank loans, members of the...
Oct 20, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC has agreed to buy a significant minority stake in India’s Kalyan Jewellers for about $200 million, five sources with knowledge of the transaction told Reuters on Monday. The Indian...
Oct 16, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
In early July we reported exclusively that Spotify community and playlist sharing site Playlists.net was in acquisition talks, with one suitor — a prominent music industry company — in the lead. Well, today comes official confirmation that the UK startup has indeed...
