Dyn Acquires Mobile Dashboard App Trendslide
dyn.com
on 05/13/2013
Excerpt: Manchester, NH (May 13, 2013) – Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet Infrastructure as a Service, announced today it has acquired Trendslide, a mobile dashboard app startup. The acquisition expands Dyn’s services to now include mobile data and analytics offerings for online businesses. While this mobile app was traditionally intended to be a sales/marketing tool, Dyn will now position it as a DevOps tool for its customers. This move, combined with the acquisition of Verelo in late 2012 and the hiring of Pete Cheslock as Dyn Director of Dev Tools, Donald Layden as Project Manager, Tools, and the promotion of Carl Levine to DevOps Evangelist, is proof that Dyn is committed to being an important voice and part of the DevOps community.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, Analytics, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Mobile
Crocodoc and Box Platform
developers.blog.box.com
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Crocodoc
Spotify has acquired playlist discovery app Tunigo, one of the most popular apps on its platform
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/03/2013
Excerpt: Spotify has acquired Tunigo, a music discovery and playlist sharing service that’s available through the native Spotify app and as a dedicated experience for iOS devices. The deal, spotted by All Things D, means that all employees at the Swedish company will move to Spotify’s offices in either Stockholm and New York. “We’re excited to announce that we acquired music discovery service and long-time partner Tunigo,” a Spotify spokesperson told TNW. “Tunigo has been one of the most popular apps on the Spotify platform and the team share our vision of bringing more amazing music to people to soundtrack their lives.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Story
Pulse introduces sharing to LinkedIn, 3 weeks after being bought by the business social network
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/01/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Ecosystem, Investment, LinkedIn
Jawbone Buys Sensor Start-Up for $110 Million
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 04/30/2013
Excerpt: Jawbone declined to comment on how much it paid for the acquisition, but a source close to the deal who was not authorized to speak on the record confirmed the price. “It’s a significant deal because it’s a significant opportunity,” said Hosain Rahman, the chief executive of Jawbone. “We looked at the market and what we thought about what we can do on our own or together with BodyMedia, and we found a deal acceptable to our shareholders. ”
BodyMedia has been making and selling activity tracking armbands that can monitor exercise and sleep behaviors since 1999. Mr. Rahman said he was most interested in the company’s expertise, and its robust trove of data about how people use and interact with their body monitors and sensors.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Quantified-Self, Sensors
The Future of Parse
blog.parse.com
on 04/25/2013
Excerpt: Parse has come a long way. In just under two years, we’ve gone from a rough prototype to powering tens of thousands of apps for a very broad spectrum of customers. Some of the world’s best brands trust us with their entire mobile presence, and a growing number of the world’s brightest independent developers trust us with their next big thing. We couldn’t be happier. As stewards of a good thing, we’re always thinking about the next step in growing Parse to become a leading platform in this age of mobile apps. These steps come in all sizes. Most are small and incremental. Some are larger. Today we’re excited to announce a pretty big one. Parse has agreed to be acquired by Facebook.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, BaaS, Facebook
ProgrammableWeb Joins MuleSoft
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/23/2013
Excerpt: The API landscape has changed a lot since ProgrammableWeb was founded in 2005. While developers are still mashing together services for fun, APIs are also driving real business. Being a voice for this transformation is an exciting privilege. We’re thrilled to continue and expand this role in the community, now as part of MuleSoft. MuleSoft and ProgrammableWeb share a common belief in the web as a platform. The world is more connected and APIs are the conduit through which information flows between websites and to an expanding array of devices. MuleSoft helps organizations make these connections that power their own apps, or those of their partners and developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Mulesoft, ProgrammableWeb
CA Technologies to acquire Layer 7, Nolio
www.zdnet.com
on 04/22/2013
Excerpt: IT management company CA Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire API management and security firm Layer 7 and application automation company Nolio. Terms were not disclosed. CA executive vice president Peter Griffiths made the announcement today during the company's CA World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. With regard to privately-held Layer 7, CA Technologies sees the company's technology as complementary to the DevOps products it currently offers in its Identity and Access Management suite, used for cloud, mobile and composite business applications. The value proposition: accelerate delivery (and thus increase profitability) by making better use of existing assets and governing new initiatives, such as big data.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Computer Associates, Layer 7
Intel Is Buying Mashery To Get Deeper Inside The Data Center
readwrite.com
on 04/17/2013
Excerpt: Intel's acquisition of API manager Mashery shows that the central processing unit is no longer a silicon chip. It is the network. Intel, the chip giant, is buying Mashery, a seven-year-old company in San Francisco that specializes in linking together Web-based software and services, a company spokesperson confirmed to ReadWrite. Mashery's 125 employees are learning of the acquisition through a companywide email sent this morning. Intel expects to offer the "majority" of employees jobs when the deal closes, which is expected to happen in the second quarter. The group will remain in its current location and join Intel's two-year-old Services Division.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Intel, Mashery
Dropbox Acquires Popular Mailbox App
www.huffingtonpost.com
on 03/15/2013
Excerpt: Just one month after a release that generated a waiting list hundreds of thousands of people long, the app Mailbox has been acquired by cloud sharing service Dropbox. The companies reported the deal to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, emphasizing that they would remain separate apps as Mailbox's team of 13 joins Dropbox. Niether party disclosed the amount of the deal. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away," wrote Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood in a blog post on Friday. "The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. " Gentry told WSJ that Mailbox -- an email-optimizing app that promises to help users drop their inbox down to zero -- has racked up 1.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Crocodoc
Spotify has acquired playlist discovery app Tunigo, one of the most popular apps on its platform
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/03/2013
Excerpt: Spotify has acquired Tunigo, a music discovery and playlist sharing service that’s available through the native Spotify app and as a dedicated experience for iOS devices. The deal, spotted by All Things D, means that all employees at the Swedish company will move to Spotify’s offices in either Stockholm and New York. “We’re excited to announce that we acquired music discovery service and long-time partner Tunigo,” a Spotify spokesperson told TNW. “Tunigo has been one of the most popular apps on the Spotify platform and the team share our vision of bringing more amazing music to people to soundtrack their lives.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Story
Pulse introduces sharing to LinkedIn, 3 weeks after being bought by the business social network
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/01/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Ecosystem, Investment, LinkedIn
Jawbone Buys Sensor Start-Up for $110 Million
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 04/30/2013
Excerpt: Jawbone declined to comment on how much it paid for the acquisition, but a source close to the deal who was not authorized to speak on the record confirmed the price. “It’s a significant deal because it’s a significant opportunity,” said Hosain Rahman, the chief executive of Jawbone. “We looked at the market and what we thought about what we can do on our own or together with BodyMedia, and we found a deal acceptable to our shareholders. ”
BodyMedia has been making and selling activity tracking armbands that can monitor exercise and sleep behaviors since 1999. Mr. Rahman said he was most interested in the company’s expertise, and its robust trove of data about how people use and interact with their body monitors and sensors.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Quantified-Self, Sensors
The Future of Parse
blog.parse.com
on 04/25/2013
Excerpt: Parse has come a long way. In just under two years, we’ve gone from a rough prototype to powering tens of thousands of apps for a very broad spectrum of customers. Some of the world’s best brands trust us with their entire mobile presence, and a growing number of the world’s brightest independent developers trust us with their next big thing. We couldn’t be happier. As stewards of a good thing, we’re always thinking about the next step in growing Parse to become a leading platform in this age of mobile apps. These steps come in all sizes. Most are small and incremental. Some are larger. Today we’re excited to announce a pretty big one. Parse has agreed to be acquired by Facebook.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, BaaS, Facebook
ProgrammableWeb Joins MuleSoft
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/23/2013
Excerpt: The API landscape has changed a lot since ProgrammableWeb was founded in 2005. While developers are still mashing together services for fun, APIs are also driving real business. Being a voice for this transformation is an exciting privilege. We’re thrilled to continue and expand this role in the community, now as part of MuleSoft. MuleSoft and ProgrammableWeb share a common belief in the web as a platform. The world is more connected and APIs are the conduit through which information flows between websites and to an expanding array of devices. MuleSoft helps organizations make these connections that power their own apps, or those of their partners and developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Mulesoft, ProgrammableWeb
CA Technologies to acquire Layer 7, Nolio
www.zdnet.com
on 04/22/2013
Excerpt: IT management company CA Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire API management and security firm Layer 7 and application automation company Nolio. Terms were not disclosed. CA executive vice president Peter Griffiths made the announcement today during the company's CA World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. With regard to privately-held Layer 7, CA Technologies sees the company's technology as complementary to the DevOps products it currently offers in its Identity and Access Management suite, used for cloud, mobile and composite business applications. The value proposition: accelerate delivery (and thus increase profitability) by making better use of existing assets and governing new initiatives, such as big data.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Computer Associates, Layer 7
Intel Is Buying Mashery To Get Deeper Inside The Data Center
readwrite.com
on 04/17/2013
Excerpt: Intel's acquisition of API manager Mashery shows that the central processing unit is no longer a silicon chip. It is the network. Intel, the chip giant, is buying Mashery, a seven-year-old company in San Francisco that specializes in linking together Web-based software and services, a company spokesperson confirmed to ReadWrite. Mashery's 125 employees are learning of the acquisition through a companywide email sent this morning. Intel expects to offer the "majority" of employees jobs when the deal closes, which is expected to happen in the second quarter. The group will remain in its current location and join Intel's two-year-old Services Division.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Intel, Mashery
Dropbox Acquires Popular Mailbox App
www.huffingtonpost.com
on 03/15/2013
Excerpt: Just one month after a release that generated a waiting list hundreds of thousands of people long, the app Mailbox has been acquired by cloud sharing service Dropbox. The companies reported the deal to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, emphasizing that they would remain separate apps as Mailbox's team of 13 joins Dropbox. Niether party disclosed the amount of the deal. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away," wrote Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood in a blog post on Friday. "The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. " Gentry told WSJ that Mailbox -- an email-optimizing app that promises to help users drop their inbox down to zero -- has racked up 1.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Ecosystem, Investment, LinkedIn
Jawbone Buys Sensor Start-Up for $110 Million
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 04/30/2013
Excerpt: Jawbone declined to comment on how much it paid for the acquisition, but a source close to the deal who was not authorized to speak on the record confirmed the price. “It’s a significant deal because it’s a significant opportunity,” said Hosain Rahman, the chief executive of Jawbone. “We looked at the market and what we thought about what we can do on our own or together with BodyMedia, and we found a deal acceptable to our shareholders. ”
BodyMedia has been making and selling activity tracking armbands that can monitor exercise and sleep behaviors since 1999. Mr. Rahman said he was most interested in the company’s expertise, and its robust trove of data about how people use and interact with their body monitors and sensors.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Quantified-Self, Sensors
The Future of Parse
blog.parse.com
on 04/25/2013
Excerpt: Parse has come a long way. In just under two years, we’ve gone from a rough prototype to powering tens of thousands of apps for a very broad spectrum of customers. Some of the world’s best brands trust us with their entire mobile presence, and a growing number of the world’s brightest independent developers trust us with their next big thing. We couldn’t be happier. As stewards of a good thing, we’re always thinking about the next step in growing Parse to become a leading platform in this age of mobile apps. These steps come in all sizes. Most are small and incremental. Some are larger. Today we’re excited to announce a pretty big one. Parse has agreed to be acquired by Facebook.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, BaaS, Facebook
ProgrammableWeb Joins MuleSoft
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/23/2013
Excerpt: The API landscape has changed a lot since ProgrammableWeb was founded in 2005. While developers are still mashing together services for fun, APIs are also driving real business. Being a voice for this transformation is an exciting privilege. We’re thrilled to continue and expand this role in the community, now as part of MuleSoft. MuleSoft and ProgrammableWeb share a common belief in the web as a platform. The world is more connected and APIs are the conduit through which information flows between websites and to an expanding array of devices. MuleSoft helps organizations make these connections that power their own apps, or those of their partners and developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Mulesoft, ProgrammableWeb
CA Technologies to acquire Layer 7, Nolio
www.zdnet.com
on 04/22/2013
Excerpt: IT management company CA Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire API management and security firm Layer 7 and application automation company Nolio. Terms were not disclosed. CA executive vice president Peter Griffiths made the announcement today during the company's CA World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. With regard to privately-held Layer 7, CA Technologies sees the company's technology as complementary to the DevOps products it currently offers in its Identity and Access Management suite, used for cloud, mobile and composite business applications. The value proposition: accelerate delivery (and thus increase profitability) by making better use of existing assets and governing new initiatives, such as big data.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Computer Associates, Layer 7
Intel Is Buying Mashery To Get Deeper Inside The Data Center
readwrite.com
on 04/17/2013
Excerpt: Intel's acquisition of API manager Mashery shows that the central processing unit is no longer a silicon chip. It is the network. Intel, the chip giant, is buying Mashery, a seven-year-old company in San Francisco that specializes in linking together Web-based software and services, a company spokesperson confirmed to ReadWrite. Mashery's 125 employees are learning of the acquisition through a companywide email sent this morning. Intel expects to offer the "majority" of employees jobs when the deal closes, which is expected to happen in the second quarter. The group will remain in its current location and join Intel's two-year-old Services Division.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Intel, Mashery
Dropbox Acquires Popular Mailbox App
www.huffingtonpost.com
on 03/15/2013
Excerpt: Just one month after a release that generated a waiting list hundreds of thousands of people long, the app Mailbox has been acquired by cloud sharing service Dropbox. The companies reported the deal to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, emphasizing that they would remain separate apps as Mailbox's team of 13 joins Dropbox. Niether party disclosed the amount of the deal. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away," wrote Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood in a blog post on Friday. "The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. " Gentry told WSJ that Mailbox -- an email-optimizing app that promises to help users drop their inbox down to zero -- has racked up 1.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack
Excerpt: Parse has come a long way. In just under two years, we’ve gone from a rough prototype to powering tens of thousands of apps for a very broad spectrum of customers. Some of the world’s best brands trust us with their entire mobile presence, and a growing number of the world’s brightest independent developers trust us with their next big thing. We couldn’t be happier. As stewards of a good thing, we’re always thinking about the next step in growing Parse to become a leading platform in this age of mobile apps. These steps come in all sizes. Most are small and incremental. Some are larger. Today we’re excited to announce a pretty big one. Parse has agreed to be acquired by Facebook.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, BaaS, Facebook
ProgrammableWeb Joins MuleSoft
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/23/2013
Excerpt: The API landscape has changed a lot since ProgrammableWeb was founded in 2005. While developers are still mashing together services for fun, APIs are also driving real business. Being a voice for this transformation is an exciting privilege. We’re thrilled to continue and expand this role in the community, now as part of MuleSoft. MuleSoft and ProgrammableWeb share a common belief in the web as a platform. The world is more connected and APIs are the conduit through which information flows between websites and to an expanding array of devices. MuleSoft helps organizations make these connections that power their own apps, or those of their partners and developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Mulesoft, ProgrammableWeb
CA Technologies to acquire Layer 7, Nolio
www.zdnet.com
on 04/22/2013
Excerpt: IT management company CA Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire API management and security firm Layer 7 and application automation company Nolio. Terms were not disclosed. CA executive vice president Peter Griffiths made the announcement today during the company's CA World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. With regard to privately-held Layer 7, CA Technologies sees the company's technology as complementary to the DevOps products it currently offers in its Identity and Access Management suite, used for cloud, mobile and composite business applications. The value proposition: accelerate delivery (and thus increase profitability) by making better use of existing assets and governing new initiatives, such as big data.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Computer Associates, Layer 7
Intel Is Buying Mashery To Get Deeper Inside The Data Center
readwrite.com
on 04/17/2013
Excerpt: Intel's acquisition of API manager Mashery shows that the central processing unit is no longer a silicon chip. It is the network. Intel, the chip giant, is buying Mashery, a seven-year-old company in San Francisco that specializes in linking together Web-based software and services, a company spokesperson confirmed to ReadWrite. Mashery's 125 employees are learning of the acquisition through a companywide email sent this morning. Intel expects to offer the "majority" of employees jobs when the deal closes, which is expected to happen in the second quarter. The group will remain in its current location and join Intel's two-year-old Services Division.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Intel, Mashery
Dropbox Acquires Popular Mailbox App
www.huffingtonpost.com
on 03/15/2013
Excerpt: Just one month after a release that generated a waiting list hundreds of thousands of people long, the app Mailbox has been acquired by cloud sharing service Dropbox. The companies reported the deal to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, emphasizing that they would remain separate apps as Mailbox's team of 13 joins Dropbox. Niether party disclosed the amount of the deal. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away," wrote Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood in a blog post on Friday. "The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. " Gentry told WSJ that Mailbox -- an email-optimizing app that promises to help users drop their inbox down to zero -- has racked up 1.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack
Excerpt: IT management company CA Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire API management and security firm Layer 7 and application automation company Nolio. Terms were not disclosed. CA executive vice president Peter Griffiths made the announcement today during the company's CA World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. With regard to privately-held Layer 7, CA Technologies sees the company's technology as complementary to the DevOps products it currently offers in its Identity and Access Management suite, used for cloud, mobile and composite business applications. The value proposition: accelerate delivery (and thus increase profitability) by making better use of existing assets and governing new initiatives, such as big data.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Computer Associates, Layer 7
Intel Is Buying Mashery To Get Deeper Inside The Data Center
readwrite.com
on 04/17/2013
Excerpt: Intel's acquisition of API manager Mashery shows that the central processing unit is no longer a silicon chip. It is the network. Intel, the chip giant, is buying Mashery, a seven-year-old company in San Francisco that specializes in linking together Web-based software and services, a company spokesperson confirmed to ReadWrite. Mashery's 125 employees are learning of the acquisition through a companywide email sent this morning. Intel expects to offer the "majority" of employees jobs when the deal closes, which is expected to happen in the second quarter. The group will remain in its current location and join Intel's two-year-old Services Division.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Intel, Mashery
Dropbox Acquires Popular Mailbox App
www.huffingtonpost.com
on 03/15/2013
Excerpt: Just one month after a release that generated a waiting list hundreds of thousands of people long, the app Mailbox has been acquired by cloud sharing service Dropbox. The companies reported the deal to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, emphasizing that they would remain separate apps as Mailbox's team of 13 joins Dropbox. Niether party disclosed the amount of the deal. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away," wrote Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood in a blog post on Friday. "The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. " Gentry told WSJ that Mailbox -- an email-optimizing app that promises to help users drop their inbox down to zero -- has racked up 1.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack
Excerpt: Just one month after a release that generated a waiting list hundreds of thousands of people long, the app Mailbox has been acquired by cloud sharing service Dropbox. The companies reported the deal to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, emphasizing that they would remain separate apps as Mailbox's team of 13 joins Dropbox. Niether party disclosed the amount of the deal. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away," wrote Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood in a blog post on Friday. "The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. " Gentry told WSJ that Mailbox -- an email-optimizing app that promises to help users drop their inbox down to zero -- has racked up 1.... read the full post.
Tags: Acquisition, API-Evangelist, API-Stack
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