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Google may be expanding its Pixel line of laptops into tablets with a report Monday that the company was looking to take the good fight to the Microsoft Surface. According to Android Police, the Google Pixel C tablet, codenamed Ryu, will ship …
Blogging platform provider Medium raises $57m Series B
Blogging platform provider Medium (A Medium Corporation) has raised $57 million Series B in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz with previous investors Google Ventures, Obvious Ventures, The Chernin Group and Greylock Partners also participating. Founded in 2011 by Ev Williams and …
China boosts iPhone 6s and 6s Plus sales to record high of 13m handsets on opening weekend
Sales in China have boosted sales in Apple’s new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, with both phones going on sale to the public last Friday to the highest sales on record for an Apple device in its opening weekend. Both phones sold …
Unicorn test: SaaS enterprise solutions provider & Australia’s biggest startup Atlassian files for IPO
SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Pty. Ltd., Australia’s biggest tech startup, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). Details are somewhat vague, with The Wall Street Journal noting that the company has filed the IPO paperwork under the Jumpstart Our Business …
Cloud-based CAD SaaS firm Onshape raises $80m Series D
Cloud-based CAD startup Onshape, Inc. has raised $80 million Series D in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that included existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Commonwealth Capital Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners. Founded in 2012, Onshape claims to be the …
Unicorn test: Pure Storage chasing $16-$18/ share on $3-$3.33b valuation in November IPO
Enterprise storage makers Pure Storage, Inc. is looking to sell 25 million shares at a range of $16 to $18 when its initial public offering (IPO) hits the New York Stock Exchange next month, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday. …
Killer app? Minecraft is coming to the Oculus Rift whenever it is eventually launched
In what could be described as possibly a killer app for the still in vitro virtual reality market, Facebook, Inc.-owned Oculus Rift has announced that the ever popular Minecraft is coming to the platform. The news was delivered on the second day …
Sexy: New Pebble Time Round is the best looking, thinnest and lightest smart watch on the market
When most people think of smart watches they don’t think good looking no matter how much Apple’s marketing tries to change the perception, but what if there was actually such a thing as a sexy looking smart watch on the market? Now …
Hack this: Gaping security flaw in iOS 9 allows easy bypass of passcode/ Touch ID
Following an already embarrassing week for Apple after the Xcodeghost malware fiasco, the tech giant is faced with more scrutiny Wednesday when it was discovered that it’s new iOS 9 mobile operating system has shipped with a gaping security flaw. The as …
Google ups the cloud wars ante with Cloud Dataproc managed Spark and Hadoop hosting
Google has decided it wants a bigger slice of the Big Data pie by launching a new service that offers managed hosting to both Spark and Hadoop. Called Google Cloud Dataproc, the service allows users take advantage of open source data tools …