WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multiservice messaging app Beeper for $125M | TechCrunch

WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multiservice messaging app Beeper for $125M | TechCrunch

TechCrunch 2024-04-09 09:49:02 WordPress.com owner Automattic is acquiring Beeperthe company behind the iMessage-on-Android solution that was referenced by the Department of Justice in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple. The deal, which was for $125 million according to sources close to the matter, is Automattic’s second acquisition of a cross-platform messaging solution after buying Texts.com last October….

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Google open-sources tools to support AI model development | TechCrunch

Google open-sources tools to support AI model development | TechCrunch

TechCrunch 2024-04-09 07:00:44 In a typical year, Cloud Next — one of Google’s two major annual developer conferences, the other being I/O — almost exclusively features managed and otherwise closed-source, gated-behind-locked-down-APIs products and services. But this year, whether to foster developer goodwill or advance its ecosystem ambitions (or both), Google debuted a number of open-source…

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