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Google’s Firebase gets AI extensions, opens up its marketplace
Firebase, Google’s backend-as-a-service platform for application developers, is getting its fair share of new features at the company’s I/O developer conference today, but the marquee update is the addition of…
Google updates its Firebase back-end-as-a-service to make app development faster
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a number of updates to Firebase, Google’s popular back-end-as-a-service platform. The focus here is mostly on deeper integrations with the rest of…
Google’s Flutter 3 adds support for macOS and Linux desktop apps
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of Flutter 3, the latest version of its open source, multiplatform UI development framework for building natively compiled applications. It’s…
Supabase raises $80M Series B for its open source Firebase alternative
Supabase, which bills itself as an open source alternative to services like Google’s Firebase, today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Felicis…
PubNub raises $65M to build and run data streams for messaging, presence and other real-time aspects of ‘virtual spaces’
Data streams with continual, real-time updates of information are a critical building block of how apps and sites function today, and now a startup that has built a platform to…
Google updates Firebase with new personalization features, security tools and more
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a slew of updates to its Firebase developer platform, which, as the company also announced, now powers over 3 million apps. There’s…
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A new Android spyware masquerades as a ‘system update’
Security researchers say a powerful new Android malware masquerading as a critical system update can take complete control of a victim’s device and steal their data. The malware was found bundled in an app called “System Update” that had to be installed outside of Google Play, the app store for…
Roboflow raises $2.1M for its end-to-end computer vision platform
Roboflow, a startup that aims to simplify the process of building computer vision models, today announced that it has raised a $2.1 million seed round co-led by Lachy Groom and…
Supabase raises $6M for its open-source Firebase alternative
Supabase, a YC-incubated startup that offers developers an open-source alternative to Google’s Firebase and similar platforms, today announced that it has raised a $6 million funding round led by Coatue,…
Kobiton raises a $5.2M Series A round for its mobile testing platform
Kobiton, an Atlanta-based mobile testing platform that helps developers test their apps on real devices using the open-source Appium automation framework, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 million…
Today at the Firebase Summit in Prague, Google announced a number of updates to its Firebase app development platform designed to help it shift from an environment for individuals or…
Google improves Android App Bundles and makes building Instant Apps easier
Google is launching a number of new features for Android app developers today that will make it easier for them to build smaller apps that download faster and to release…
Google Firebase adds in-app messaging, JIRA integration, new reports and more
Firebase is now Google’s default platform for app developers, and over the course of the last four years since it was acquired, the service has greatly expanded its feature set…
Google’s ML Kit makes it easy to add AI smarts to iOS and Android apps
At its I/O developer conference, Google today introduced ML Kit, a new software development kit (SDK) for app developers on iOS and Android that allows them to integrate into their…
Google launches Cloud Firestore, a new document database for app developers
Google today launched a new database service for Firebase, its platform for app developers. The new Firestore database complements the existing Firebase Realtime Database and indeed, there’s quite a bit…
Google Firebase gets Fabric integration, better analytics and an alpha program
Google today announced a slew of updates to its Firebase app platform that touch many of the service’s core features (or will do so in the near future). More than…
Google integrates Firebase deeper into its Cloud Platform
Firebase, the mobile app development platform Google acquired in 2014, is getting a major update at the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today. The general theme here is…
Google acquires Fabric developer platform and team from Twitter
Google is taking over Twitter’s mobile app developer platform Fabric, as well as its Crashlytics crash reporting system, Answers mobile app analytics, Digits SMS login system and FastLane development automation…
Apple is screwing up HomeKit; here’s how they can fix it
The real magic of the Internet of Things happens when devices work together. It will be magic when Siri, on your iPhone, can adjust your thermostat or confirm you locked…
Google turns Firebase into its unified platform for mobile developers
Google offers a plethora of cloud services that mobile developers can use to power their apps. With Firebase, which it acquired in 2014, it already offered developers a dedicated platform and…
Batch Now Integrates With Firebase To Create A Parse Alternative
Following Facebook’s shutdown of Parse, many mobile app developers are looking for alternatives. Google’s Firebase is among the most popular ones. It’s a solid back-end-as-a-service that can store and sync…
Google Partners With CloudFlare, Fastly, Level 3 And Highwinds To Help Developers Push Google Cloud Content To Users Faster
Google shut down its free PageSpeed service last month and with that, it also stopped offering the easy to use content delivery network (CDN) service that was part of that…
Google Acquires Firebase To Help Developers Build Better Real-Time Apps
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 Adds Web Hosting To Its Database Platform
Firebase started out as a database backend service for real-time apps, but today it’s taking a step in another direction. The company is expanding its platform with a hosting service…
Firebase Adds Zapier Integration, Pairing Real-Time Infrastructure With The Ability To Connect Multiple Apps
Firebase, a real-time back-end service for managing apps, has added an integration with Zapier, a platform for connecting services such as SendMail, Twitter and Twilio. The new integration means developers can…
App Infrastructure Startup Firebase Raises $5.6M From Union Square And Flybridge
Firebase, a Y Combinator-backed startup that offers infrastructure for real-time apps, is taking the stage today at GigaOm’s Structure conference, where it’s announcing that it has raised a $5.6 million…
With Firepad, Firebase Adds Real-Time Text Collaboration To Its App Platform
Y Combinator-backed Firebase is expanding the infrastructure that it offers to app developers with its first module — Firepad, a Google Docs-style text editor that allows you to collaborate with…
Firebase Opens Its Real-Time App Infrastructure To All Developers
When Y Combinator-backed Firebase first announced its app infrastructure service last April, it saw 4,000 developer sign-ups in the first week and raised a $1.1 million round shortly afterwards. Since…
