Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software

 Many hot new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. But how can corporate customers,…

Equity podcast: Lyft’s new anti-Uber warchest, and Gene Munster on IPOs and Apple

 Welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the financial side of technology. This…

SkyX drones are half-helicopter, half-plane and built to fly long distances

 A Markham, Ontario startup called SkyX Ltd. emerged from stealth today to share details about its…

Identity management software provider Okta seeks to raise $187M with IPO pricing

 Okta is setting an increasingly ambitious target for its IPO, now officially pricing it at $17…

Microsoft’s Azure Stack preview adds support for Azure Functions and App Service

 Azure Stack is one of Microsoft’s most ambitious projects in the data center space. The goal…

Twitter unveils a new API platform, roadmap and vision for its developer community

 Twitter historically has had a rocky relationship with its developer community, having once encouraged third-party apps, then…

Canonical ends development of its phone to focus on cloud and IoT

 Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, long had aspirations to become a player in the…

InsideSales expands chummy Microsoft relationship with new Dynamics platform integration

 Microsoft has had a fair bit of investment action with InsideSales, the startup with a unicorn valuation…