Monthly Archives: August 2016

Analytics company Heap raises $11M — TechCrunch

Heap announced today that it has raised $11 million in Series A funding. We’ve written about the company’s “capture everything” approach to analytics before — it aims to collect data about every tap, swipe and other action that a user … Continue reading

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Amazon now lets you rent its virtual desktops, Amazon WorkSpaces, by the hour — TechCrunch

Amazon is rolling out a new way for businesses to use its cloud-based virtual desktop service, Amazon WorkSpaces: instead of paying monthly for access to an always-on WorkSpace you can connect to at any time, companies can now choose to … Continue reading

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MySQL founder tries a new software licensing model — TechCrunch

When it comes to open-source licenses, developers have their fair share of choices (GPL, BSD, MIT, Apache, etc.), all of them with their own pros and cons. The same goes for commercial licenses. MySQL founder Michael “Monty” Widenius and his … Continue reading

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Mimo’s new app teaches you how to code on your iPhone — TechCrunch

Apple’s new iPad app Swift Playgrounds is popularizing the idea of learning to code on mobile devices, not desktop computers. But its focus is only on teaching kids to code in Swift. A new application called Mimo goes beyond that, … Continue reading

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Is big data in big trouble? — TechCrunch

We recently saw two critical developments in the big data and analytics space. Tableau released earnings and missed their forecast by $0.05; their stock dropped 5 percent. Then Hortonworks announced a revenue miss that sent the stock into a downward … Continue reading

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