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The End of the BlackBerry Is Officially Upon Us
The former mobile powerhouse has been licensing its brand to Chinese smartphone company TCL since 2016. But that deal will expire this summer. Source
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Does Asana’s planned direct listing reveal the company’s true value?
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Asana, a well-known workplace productivity company, announced yesterday it has filed privately to go public. The San Francisco-based company is well-funded, having raised more than $200 million; well-known, due in…
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Couchbase launches a fully managed database service
Couchbase, the popular NoSQL database, today announced the launch of Couchbase Cloud, a fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering for enterprises. Once the service is generally available later this summer, users will be able to spin it up on AWS and Microsoft Azure, with support for Google Cloud coming a bit…
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How slang helps turn online worlds into communities
“God, look at that Squadette, I’m dodging the game,” my friend says to me. She’s been waiting in the Dead by Daylight lobby for what feels like ages, trying to find a group of players. In Dead by Daylight, you can either play as a killer who hunts survivors down…
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Alphabet reveals Google Cloud revenues for the first time
Alphabet has reported its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results revealing that the company’s revenue grew from $39.3bn in 2018 to $46.1bn in 2019. At the same time, the company’s net income also expanded from $8.9bn to $10.7bn over the same time period. However, when compared to expectations, these figures were…
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Chargebee offers free subscription billing to Extra Crunch members for up to $100K in revenue
Extra Crunch is excited to announce a new community perk from automated subscription billing startup Chargebee. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive free subscription invoicing until $100,000 in revenue is reached. You must be new to Chargebee to claim this offer. Chargebee helps you succeed…
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