Salesforce buys (and shutters) Pinterest clone Clipboard

Explaining the shutter-slamming, Clipboard said, "We came to the conclusion that it was essential to focus on a singular platform for building new capabilities within Salesforce, which is not something that we could do while keeping Clipboard operating."

Salesforce launches Social.com, a social advertising app based on Brighter Option

Enterprise cloud software titan Salesforce has launched a new social ad management app called Social.com that will become the third offering in Salesforce's Marketing Cloud.

Shift attacks Salesforce, Adobe with ‘open marketing cloud,’ an app store for digital marketing tools

Salesforce says it has the world's only unified social marketing suite. Adobe says its marketing cloud is a single service that includes everything digital marketers need to get ahead.

Shift begs to differ.

Salesforce’s new Heroku & Force tools let any Java dev create mobile apps

Enterprise cloud software powerhouse Salesforce has introduced a set of new handy mobile-centric services for developers using Heroku and Force.com, the two platform-as-a-service (PaaS) providers under the Salesforce Platform banner.

Funding daily: Money, money, money, as no fewer than 13 companies get funded or acquired

Femtocells, human organs, and space: funding daily for April 3 is full as 13 companies raised money, financing, or were sold.

Salesforce revamps Chatter for iOS & Android to let you edit customer data, create polls, & more

Salesforce has updated its iOS and Android versions of Chatter — the company’s business social networking and collaboration service — with critical new features to match their browser counterpart.

FirstRain brings enterprise analytics to Salesforce’s Touch Platform in first third-party integration

Today, FirstRain is bringing that platform alive with its first third-party enterprise integration: a drop-in HTML5 component that offers advanced in-app business analytics.

Salesforce.com is raising $1B in convertible debt to fuel acquisitions

Salesforce announced plans to offer $1 billion in convertible senior notes in a private placement to institutional investors.

Salesforce CEO pushes mobile & social service tools to spark a ‘trust revolution’

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff used his keynote in New York to push for a new level of communication between companies and customers.

Salesforce’s Service Cloud now helps solve customer issues inside your mobile apps

Enterprise cloud powerhouse Salesforce has added new tools to its Service Cloud that help address customer service problems while people are in mobile apps, making it possible to reach customers that are increasingly glued to phones and tablets instead of …

Twitter announces Ads API, first five partners, and a big leap to making more money

Advertising on Twitter just got easier, and Twitter just took a giant leap to making more money.

Salesforce’s Do.com teams up with Dropbox, Google Drive, & others to help your team ‘do more’

Salesforce-owned productivity app Do.com has partnered with big-name services like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Harvest to improve its offerings and build an even-better app to help teams accomplish tasks.

Salesforce CEO at CES: Be disruptive or you’ll end up in a ‘landfill’

Bathed in the glow of neon light, Marc Benioff, a keynote speaker at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, delivered some golden rules for technology entrepreneurs.

Infusionsoft gets $54M to help small businesses compete with heavyweights

Infusionsoft raises a whopping $54 million for its custom, all-in-one sales and marketing automation software.

Desk.com adds gamification to boost service rep productivity

Salesforce-owned customer support app Desk.com has added a new “achievements” feature to motivate service representatives to earn badges as they help more people.

Andreessen-Horowitz injects $30M into encryption startup CipherCloud

If someone is trying to break into your enterprise, it's likely because they want your data. Companies are calling for cloud encryption, and Andreessen-Horowitz is joining the chorus by investing $30 million into cloud encryption company CipherCloud.