From CNET: Google has acquired Firebase, a company that offers developers a mechanism to write mobile and Web-based apps that stay in sync with each other.
The Firebase employees will become part of Google's cloud-computing team, Google said Tuesday. Firebase offers a service that lets apps running in browsers or on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems work in lockstep by saving and sharing data using central servers. Google will continue to operate the service.
"Over the past three years, we've gone from a crazy idea that 'just might work' to a proven product used by 110,000 developers. Today, I couldn't be happier to announce that we've joined Google," Firebase co-founder and Chief Executive James Tamplin said in a blog post.
The acquisition is part of Google's effort to cater to programmers -- the independent developers in the world who create software and applications and help cement the technology giants' power and keep them competitive with one another.
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