Cloud-communications firm, Twilio Inc, plans to buy a toll-free messaging provider, Zip-whip, for about $850 million in cash and stock. Zip-whip, which provides a platform for businesses to use their landline or toll-free numbers to send text messages to customers, will become part of Twilio's messaging business unit once the deal closes. The deal is expected to modestly add to Twilio's gross margin and revenue, according to the company. Merge, a start-up that provides an integration platform for product development has raised $4.5 million in a seed round funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Launched in 2020, Merge aspires to provide a unified API for B2B to integrate seamlessly, which explains their up-front investment in their product. They plan to expand into other areas, likely CRM, as per reports. The French Government has stated that Google, and Microsoft's cloud technologies, can be utilized to store France's sensitive data, securely. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon—the market leader in data storage dominate the global industry, raising worries in Europe about the possibility of US surveillance following the passage of the US CLOUD Act of 2018.Adalo, formerly known as Foundry, has raised an $8 million series A round with Oceans Ventures, and OldSlip Group participation. Adalo is a no-code platform, for creating cross-platform mobile, and web applications. The firm provides drag-and-drop design tools, for consumers to create apps. Users can choose from pre-configured modules, or create their own, integrating with existing systems, via database setups, and APIs. It can assist update, and track user data as well as add entries to databases. Furthermore, the platform can construct native apps for both iOS and Android.IBM has updated its open-source web Accessibility Checker tool, to make it easier to discover, and address accessibility issues. The update is planned to take place on May 20, to coincide with Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Last May, IBM released the Equal Access Toolkit, which is essentially a set of rules that provides enterprise developers, with all of the information they need, to include accessibility into their apps. With the newly added multi-scan report functionality, users can automatically scan an entire website or application and collect all of the information into a single Excel spreadsheet. It is vital to make internet services accessible to as many people as possible, given how the epidemic has forced businesses, to embrace digital transformation.
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By PeopleAtomCloud-communications firm, Twilio Inc, plans to buy a toll-free messaging provider, Zip-whip, for about $850 million in cash and stock. Zip-whip, which provides a platform for businesses to use their landline or toll-free numbers to send text messages to customers, will become part of Twilio's messaging business unit once the deal closes. The deal is expected to modestly add to Twilio's gross margin and revenue, according to the company. Merge, a start-up that provides an integration platform for product development has raised $4.5 million in a seed round funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Launched in 2020, Merge aspires to provide a unified API for B2B to integrate seamlessly, which explains their up-front investment in their product. They plan to expand into other areas, likely CRM, as per reports. The French Government has stated that Google, and Microsoft's cloud technologies, can be utilized to store France's sensitive data, securely. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon—the market leader in data storage dominate the global industry, raising worries in Europe about the possibility of US surveillance following the passage of the US CLOUD Act of 2018.Adalo, formerly known as Foundry, has raised an $8 million series A round with Oceans Ventures, and OldSlip Group participation. Adalo is a no-code platform, for creating cross-platform mobile, and web applications. The firm provides drag-and-drop design tools, for consumers to create apps. Users can choose from pre-configured modules, or create their own, integrating with existing systems, via database setups, and APIs. It can assist update, and track user data as well as add entries to databases. Furthermore, the platform can construct native apps for both iOS and Android.IBM has updated its open-source web Accessibility Checker tool, to make it easier to discover, and address accessibility issues. The update is planned to take place on May 20, to coincide with Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Last May, IBM released the Equal Access Toolkit, which is essentially a set of rules that provides enterprise developers, with all of the information they need, to include accessibility into their apps. With the newly added multi-scan report functionality, users can automatically scan an entire website or application and collect all of the information into a single Excel spreadsheet. It is vital to make internet services accessible to as many people as possible, given how the epidemic has forced businesses, to embrace digital transformation.