Now, the company is taking a step in another direction. Firebase has expanded its range and now offers hosting as a new service. Thanks to a partnership with content-distribution network (CDN ...

Firebase started out as a database backend service for real-time apps, but today it's taking a step in another direction. The company is expanding its platform with a hosting service for web apps ...

Google is open sourcing the client libraries of its Firebase mobile/Web development platform, which supports apps with a host of back-end services such as the popular Crashlytics crash reporting tool.