Facebook acquires mobile development platform Parse
Facebook has acquired Parse, the company that helps developers write mobile apps in the cloud. Read more »
Amazon Web Services ramps up mobile development
A new mobile engineering effort out of Palo Alto, Calif. appears to be all about client-side development, but it’s likely that AWS will get into the Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) market too. Read more »
Firebase secures its real-time back-end service
Developers say Firebase makes it really easy for them to quickly write and debug web applications without having to mess with server infrastructure. But they want better security for those apps. On Tuesday, Firebase will roll out a new security API. Read more »
SendGrid adds Parse, Stackmob, Azure integrations
SendGrid is inching towards ubiquity with new integrations to Parse, Stackmob and Windows Azure mobile backend services. SendGrid is popular with developers who want easy email integration for their mobile apps and who don’t want to rely too much on Amazon services. Read more »
You shouldn’t need a computer science degree to write a mobile app
You don’t need to be some kind of infrastructure-loving genius to bild a mobile app — and really, you shouldn’t have to be. That was the message from Kevin Lacker, the CTO and co-founder of Parse, who gave some tips on how to build engaging apps. Read more »
Microsoft joins startups in building the new app infrastructure stack
Microsoft is joining several startups in trying to entice developers to use its cloud as a specialized backend for their mobile applications. Microsoft’s Windows Azure Mobile Services joins offerings from Parse, Kinvey and Apigee in trying to establish a new infrastructure for the growing mobile ecosystem. Read more »
Parse lets mobile app developers write server code without servers
Most mobile app developers hate dealing with the nitty-gritty of server-side programming, but most of them need to do some of it. Those server-squeamish developers are the target market for Parse’s new JavaScript SDK, based on Backbone.js. The SDK is downloadable as of today. Read more »
10 cloud startups to watch in 2012
All startup activity around cloud computing in the past few years has been great, but it also means there’s precious little room on the playing field for newcomers. Here are 10 cloud startups launched in 2011 that have a chance to make it big in 2012. Read more »
Parse raises $5.5M to give any mobile app a home in the cloud
Parse, which makes a software platform that adds a cloud component to any mobile app, has raised $5.5 million. The funding round serves as a Series A for the company and brings its total investment to $7 million. Parse calls itself “the Heroku for mobile apps.” Read more »
How Parse wants to make mobile backends easy
It’s been a busy summer for the founders of Parse, a new startup making a software platform that adds a cloud component to any mobile app. Part of Y Combinator’s summer 2011 class, Parse has already launched in beta and is quickly gaining steam with developers. Read more »
