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Despite the fact most of the media predicted that Facebook, Inc. was planning to launch a dislike button, the social networking goliath has instead started testing “Reactions,” an extension of the Facebook like button that allows (as the name may suggest) users …
Winklevoss twins talk about their new Gemini Bitcoin exchange in a Reddit AMA
Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have celebrated the launch of their new Bitcoin exchange Gemini Trust Company LLC. this week by taking to Reddit to do an AMA (ask me anything). Despite the way they were perhaps portrayed in the movie The …
Amazon holding talks to deliver a new live TV streaming service
Amazon.com, Inc. may be looking to enter the live streaming television space with the company said to have been in talks to do exactly that. Dan Rayburn broke the news, writing on his Streaming Media blog that multiple content owners have told …
Big data takeover: Dell said to be in talks with EMC for possible part or full acquisition
Computer maker Dell, Inc. may be about to expand its horizons with a report Wednesday that it was in talks to acquire part or all of rival cloud computing company EMC Corp. The Wall Street Journal quotes the proverbial “people familiar with …
Snowball’s chance in hell? Amazon just launched a physical data transfer service | #reinvent
Not without a sense of naming humor Amazon.com, Inc. has introduced something completely unexpected: a physical data transfer service. Called Snowball (as in a snowball’s chance in hell), the new service facilitates the transfer of data to the cloud through an appliance …
Tired of Buzzfeed stealing its content, Reddit has launched a new site to steal its own content as well
Curated content is all the rage in 2015 and it makes sense that if you’re the main source for content on other people’s sites (OK, mostly Buzzfeed) you should get in on the action, and that’s likely Reddit’s thinking with the launch of …
Twitter launches new curated news service called Moments
Twitter, Inc. has entered the curated content market with the launch of a new feature called Moments. Previously known internally as Project Lightning, Twitter Moments presents the “best of what’s happening on Twitter in an instant” based on how popular the content …
Report: New Apple 4k 21.5″ iMac may launch next week along with new mouse and keyboard
Fresh off announcing a range of new products in September, Apple looks set to launch its rumored new 4k 21.5-inch iMacs according to a report Tuesday. 9to5Mac claims that Apple will launch the new Mac desktops as soon as next week with …
Australia’s biggest tech startup Atlassian rejigs SaaS JIRA offering prior to IPO
Pre-initial public offering (IPO), Australia’s largest tech startup Atlassian Pty. Ltd. is rejigging its enterprise offering by splitting up one of its more popular software as a service (SaaS) apps, project management tool JIRA. One of Atlassian’s earliest enterprise tools, JIRA has …
Great for Bitcoin: Winklevoss twins’ Gemini Bitcoin exchange gets NYDFS approval
The famous Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, are about to enter the Bitcoin exchange arena with news Monday that their company Gemini Trust Company, LLC. has received proper legal approval to commence trading. Plans for Gemini first emerged in January this year when …