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Seeking an analytics edge, Google picks up big-data startup Cask Data
In a bid to expand the capabilities of its cloud platform, Google Inc. has acquired Cask Data Inc., a startup that builds tools for the Hadoop open-source analytics framework. Cask founders Jonathan Gray and Nitin Motgi announced the news in a Monday blog post. They didn’t divulge the acquisition price, but said they’re joining Google’s cloud ...
Google One is Alphabet’s new take on cloud storage
Google Inc. is preparing to roll out a major overhaul of its cloud storage service that will up the ante against the competition in more ways than one. The upgrade, which the technology giant previewed today, is set to launch under the brand Google One. It will replace the paid consumer editions of Google Drive currently on ...
AWS introduces a new mobile app for managing connected devices
As companies incorporate sensors and other connected devices into their operations, the challenges associated with managing large amounts of internet-connected hardware are coming to the fore. Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced a new solution to make the task a little easier. IoT 1-Click, which was first teased late last year at re:Invent, differs from ...
Researchers find critical flaws in the tech underpinning email encryption
The Electronic Frontier Foundation today issued a warning against using email for secure communications following the discovery of major flaws in the technology used to send encrypted messages. The exploits, which are collectively referred to as EFAIL, were discovered by a team of cybersecurity experts from three European universities. The researchers have published an overview ...
Symantec’s stock plunges over 30 percent amid internal investigation
Shares of Symantec Corp. tanked more than 33 percent today to their lowest level in nearly two decades following the revelation that it has launched a internal audit to investigate concerns brought by a former employee. The cybersecurity company made shareholders aware of the probe during its fourth-quarter earnings call late Thursday. Executives scrapped their usual ...
Amid growing rivalry, Amazon reportedly cuts ad buys from Google
Market data and a new leak suggest that Amazon.com Inc. has significantly cut back on efforts to target shoppers via Google search results as it ramps up its competing advertising business. The news was broken today by Bloomberg, which cited “people familiar with the decision.” The tipsters’ information is backed up by research from Merkle Inc., a ...
Report: Apple will launch a credit card in partnership with Goldman Sachs
Apple Inc. is teaming up with The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to release a credit card as early as the beginning of 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported this morning. The publication’s sources said the firms are still hammering out the details. However, there’s already some information about what benefits the card could offer. The ...
After $363M round, stock trading app Robinhood now valued at $5.6B
Two months after it was reported that Robinhood Markets Inc. had engaged investors about raising a significant new funding round, the rumor has proven true. The startup, which stands behind the hit stock trading app of the same name, today announced that it has received $363 million in venture funding. Five-year-old Robinhood is now valued ...
Wal-Mart to pay $16B for majority stake in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. today announced that it has struck a massive $16 billion deal to acquire a majority stake in Flipkart Group, the leader of the increasingly important Indian e-commerce market. The brick-and-mortar giant is set to receive a 77 percent stake in return for the investment. The acquisition is the culmination of negotiations that ...
Mozilla goes after the enterprise with new security-focused Firefox release
The Mozilla Foundation this morning rolled out a new release of Firefox aimed at providing an alternative to Google Inc.’s Chrome for large enterprises. The upgrade brings several significant enhancements, chief of which is a configuration mechanism for customizing employees’ browser installations. The addition is designed mainly to help organizations shield their workers from malicious websites and ...