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DivShot Acquired By Google

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Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. Exceptions exist, such as the highly self-aware Paige Craig, who recently described how he missed out becoming Airbnb's first investor.