Automattic, Inc., the company behind the ever-popular WordPress content management system, have announced a major refresh of its hosted blogging platform WordPress.com along with a number of extras that are sure to please bloggers and developers alike. Top of the list is what the company is calling Calypso, a major overhaul of the WordPress back ...

Soft drink maker PepsiCo has officially entered the mobile phone marketplace with its first phone going on sale in China. The Pepsi P1s is manufactured by Shenzhen Scooby Communication Equipment Co. and is aiming squarely at the middle of the market with a phone that sports some decent specs even if it’s not going to ...

Apple, Inc. has long been famed for its quality control, so much so that the company has always demanded a premium price for its products, but that claim to fame is being called into question yet again with news that their new, top of the line iPad Pro has a serious problem. According to various ...

Black Friday is now one week away and the celebration of wild discounts wouldn’t be complete without an offering from the king of all online retailers: Amazon.com, Inc. This year Amazon has no intention of disappointing its millions of customers and has delivered a strong list of heavily discounted electronic and tech gadgets for those ...

The European Union is set to let the terrorists win and strike a blow against freedom by cracking down on Bitcoin. In a meeting set to be held Friday, European Union interior and justice ministers will gather for a crisis meeting following the Islamic terrorist attacks on Paris last week where they will urge the ...

Fintech Bitcoin payroll startup Bitwage Ltd. has raised $750,000 in a seed round that included Orange Silicon Valley, Draper Associates, Cloud Money Ventures, Bitcoin Capital, Saeed Amidi and BnkToTheFuture. Founded in 2013, Bitwage aims to make international payroll transfers better by reducing payroll costs and increasing transfer speeds while at the same stage increasing the ...

Bitcoin exchange Coin.mx operator Anthony Murgio has pleaded not guilty at his first appearance in court following his arrest on multiple charges back in July. Murgio appeared before the Federal court in Manhattan on charges that he committed wire fraud and money laundering and operated an unlicensed money transmitting business, Reuters reported. The main charge ...

With the end of the year approaching it’s not just holiday season it’s also predictions for the year ahead time and chief in those predictions will be what cybersecurity firms have to say for the enterprise security space for the year ahead. Big Data security analytics startup DataVisor, Inc. is set to release a full ...

Enterprise security firm Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has introduced a new set of cloud generation products and features to its Security Platform that integrate essential components required for protecting enterprises in an ever increasingly difficult IT environment. The new capabilities are said to represent a major evolution of the Secure Web Gateway, combining Cloud Access ...

Smart clothing maker Athos (Mad Apparel, Inc.) has raised $35.5 million Series C in a round led by Social Capital that included MAS Holdings, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felix Capital, as well as previous investors DMC and Joe Lacob. Founded in 2012 Athos offers smart wearable technology that track your muscle groups, heart rate, breathing ...