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Inngest helps developers build their backend workflows, raises $3M

July 12, 2023

Inngest, an open-source startup that helps developers build and manage serverless queues, background jobs and workflows, today announced that it has raised a $3 million seed round led by GGV. Co-founded in 2021 by former Buffer CTO Dan Farrelly and Tony Holdstock-Brown, a former Docker engineer and the former head of engineering at healthcare company […]

Inngest helps developers build their backend workflows, raises $3M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Barbie and Ken are your dating coaches in Bumble’s newest feature

July 12, 2023

Ahead of the highly anticipated “Barbie” premiere on July 21, Bumble is launching a new experience where users can get message suggestions from all the Barbies and Kens featured in the movie, including main Barbie (played by Margot Robbie), President Barbie (Issa Rae), Ken #2 (Simu Lu) and more. The message suggestions will be part […]

Barbie and Ken are your dating coaches in Bumble’s newest feature by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Fold Health streamlines admin work for value-based care providers

July 12, 2023

Abhijit Gupta and Ram Sahasranam have plenty of experience in the healthtech space, having sold their first startup, health app maker Praxify, to Athenahealth. Now the duo are focused on value-based care. Fold Health is their operating system for cutting down on the amount of admin work performed by value-based providers. Today, the startup announced […]

Fold Health streamlines admin work for value-based care providers by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Google TV adds The Roku Channel to its free, streaming TV lineup

July 12, 2023

The Roku Channel is now available on Google TV and other Android TV OS devices, Roku announced Wednesday. The free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel can now be downloaded through the Google Play Store. Starting today, users have access to over 80,000 new titles and more than 350 live TV channels for free. This includes […]

Google TV adds The Roku Channel to its free, streaming TV lineup by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Adobe says Firefly has now generated 1B images, takes it global

July 12, 2023

Adobe today announced that its Firefly web service is now available globally with support for text prompts in 100 languages — including Klingon (both Latin and plaqaD, in case you were wondering). The user interface is now available in 20 languages, including in German, French, Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. In addition to expanding access, […]

Adobe says Firefly has now generated 1B images, takes it global by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

After a worrying decline in 2022, consumer spending on apps returns to record growth

July 12, 2023

After a slowing of the app economy that saw consumer spending drop for the first time in 2022, things are starting to look up. According to a new report on in-app spending for the first half of 2023 from app intelligence provider data.ai, there’s once again positive growth in mobile consumer spending. The firm reports […]

After a worrying decline in 2022, consumer spending on apps returns to record growth by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Proton brings its encrypted cloud storage service to desktop

July 12, 2023

Proton, the Swiss company behind various privacy-focused online services, has brought its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage service to desktop for the first time. Following an extended beta testing phase, Proton Drive is available on Windows from today, with the Mac incarnation expected to hit beta testing “soon.” Founded in 2014, Proton was initially focused […]

Proton brings its encrypted cloud storage service to desktop by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch