Google acquires Firebase to bolster its Cloud Platform apps
Today Google announced that Firebase, a cloud service used for building Web and mobile apps, has been added to its Cloud Platform toster. Apps built with Firebase let devs sync data automatically between mobile and web versions, and can be used to build apps that work offline too. The platform currently has over 110,000 users. Google says that its acquisition will help flesh out its platform end-to-end for mobile applications. Firebase for its part says its developers will have a better cloud infrastructure to build upon and help better scale the service to a greater set of users. Firebase will remain platform-agnostic in the meantime, so nothing…
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