Airtable presented new features

On July 19 Airtable published a monthly post on their blog presenting four new features they have added to their software. 

“Favorite views” - allows users to mark the most interesting views to find them easily in a new separate section.

The "Create view" section of the sidebar became collapsible to keep it personalized and well-organized. 

New mobile app features for IOS and Android make it possible to duplicate records in-app. Also, Android owners now are provided with the support for summary functions, @mentioning others in comments, as well as adding colors to records.

And finally, Salesforce sync has finished closed beta and now is available to integrate data with.

Bubble raised $100 mln by Insight Partners

According to a Reuters post, on 27 July, Bubble, a New York-based startup for non-coders, that allows to designing and creating web apps, informed that it raised $100 million in a funding round led by Insight Partners.

During the pandemic, no-code or low-code tools became extremely popular, as they provide businessmen an opportunity to create web applications without relying on engineers. 

Bubble co-founder, Emmanuel Straschnov, and his partner started the company in New York in 2012, and nowadays it is used by 1 million people worldwide and has increased its revenue three times last year.

Straschnov said he plans to use the funding for hiring more engineers and educating students and others to use Bubble.