Friday, September 16, 2022

adobe += Figma - $20B

 Adobe - Adobe to Acquire Figma

"Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Figma, a leading web-first collaborative design platform, for approximately $20 billion in cash and stock. The combination of Adobe and Figma will usher in a new era of collaborative creativity."


Figma is a collaborative web application for interface design, with additional offline features enabled by desktop applications for macOS and Windows. The feature set of Figma focuses on user interface and user experience design, with an emphasis on real-time collaboration,[1] utilising a variety of vector graphics editor and prototyping tools. The Figma mobile app for Android and iOS allows viewing and interacting with Figma prototypes in real-time on mobile and tablet devices.



Figma were an early adopter of WebAssembly, with the technology being an important part of their overall solution.



great photos on wikipedia

 Wiki Loves Earth/Home - Wikimedia Canada

Data API: Alpha Vantage: Stock Data

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(1) daily, (2) weekly, (3) monthly, and (4) intraday. Daily, weekly,
and monthly time series contain 20+ years of historical data.


used from example in this class:
by Max S.