Negotiations to bring subscription television to Apple TV have come to a halt with a report Wednesday that Apple has walked away from the negotiating table. According to Re/Code talks between the tech giant and media companies broke down due to Apple’s desire to offer what is referred to as a “skinny bundle” of channels, ...

Google, Inc. backed augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Inc. has raised $827 million Series C on a $3.7 billion valuation. Details on the round were obtained by Forbes via a Delaware filing which did not include who the investors were. Founded in 2011, Magic Leap is attempting to bring to market an augmented reality product ...

With the adoption of cloud services continuing to grow apace, how will the enterprise software space change in 2016? Coupa Software, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rob Bernshteyn believes that “with the cloud and Software-as-a-Service, we have a new chance to get enterprise software right. We saw signs of progress in 2015; in 2016 we’ll really ...

Streaming music service provider Spotify AG may be about to back down on one of its founding principles, that all users of the service should have access to the same catalog of music, due to pressure by filthy rich, greedy musicians. The Wall Street Journal claims that Spotify has held private talks with music executives ...

Amazon.com, Inc. has announced a new offer for its Amazon Prime Video streaming service that allows customers to sign up to video on demand (VOD) services from a range of premium cable providers. The Streaming Partners Program sees Amazon Prime customers being able to obtain access to premium programming from 20 providers, the most prominent ...

Who is Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto? That question has perplexed many since Bitcoin went live for the first time in 2009 but now we potentially have an answer to that question…perhaps. Wired is claiming that Satoshi Nakamoto is actually 44-year-old Australian academic and entrepreneur Craig Steve Wright on the basis of a number of blog ...

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has acquired cloud based video content management service provider Clearleap, Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2007, Clearleap offers a platform that provides customers with multi-screen video processing and video asset management, along with an open API framework for building video into applications. The company’s streaming support services promise ...

Bitcoin startup BitX has raised an undisclosed new round of funding from South East Asia investment fund Venturra Capital. “It’s a substantial amount and what we believe to be the first substantial investment from a Southeast Asian VC into a Bitcoin company,” BitX Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder Marcus Swanepoel told Tech In Asia. Founded in ...

Enterprise security firm Blue Coat Systems, Inc. may be returning to public equity markets in 2016 with a report that the company is considering an Initial Public Offering (IPO). According to Bloomberg Business, the company, acquired by Bain Capital for $2.4 billion in March, is taking pitches from investment banks for an IPO that could ...

As competition for hiring top talent continues to heat up as the great tech bubble continues to go on its merry way, will Microsoft continue its dominance in the enterprise desktop market as new hires demand access to Apple machines instead? The answer is yes, but its share will continue to decline in 2016, at least ...