Social media giant Facebook, Inc.’s commitment to being against terrorism after the horrific attacks that occurred in Paris Friday has been called into doubt, with the company apparently taking sides with ISIS instead of the voice of those opposed to the group. Facebook stands accused of banning a Facebook group called “Report ISIS accounts” which, as ...

Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge so good it can save a life? It turns out the answer to that question is yes, with one man crediting his life to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s flagship device during the horror which was the Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night. According to a French media ...

The born-again version of once great social sharing site Digg, Inc. has taken the venture capital path with the company taking $4 million Series A (apparently you start again when you’re reborn) in a round from DG Incubation, the Tokyo-based investment subsidiary of Digital Garage. As part of the deal, Digg itself is spinning off ...

Visa, Inc. wants a part of the future in fintech payment solutions with an announcement it is working on a proof-of-concept for a Blockchain-based remittance service. Working with distributed ledger specialist Epiphyte Ltd. through its Visa Europe Collab innovation hub, the project is looking to use the Blockchain to power an improved remittance service for ...

One of Google’s cute, little self-driving cars had a run-in with the law Thursday, with a test vehicle being pulled over by an Officer in Mountain View. While the notion of a self-driving car being pulled over for a traffic infringement it both amusing and ethically interesting at the same time, the vehicle was actually ...

Google has finally released its YouTube Music app to market with a streaming app that offers a service for both free and paying users. Available on both Android and iOS, YouTube Music is being pitched as a way to do even more to support artists and all the fans who turn to YouTube to discover ...

Despite the hype around the second coming of virtual reality (90’s kids will understand the reference), much of it has sounded like vaporware…until now. Tech and consumer giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is going first to market with their new Gear VR headset now available for order with a shipping date of November 20. The ...

The highly publicized and mostly popular news that Dell, Inc. will be acquiring rival cloud computing company EMC Corp. for $67 billion may be in doubt with a report Tuesday that the takeover may result in an insanely crazy tax bill. Re/Code quotes the proverbial insiders as being worried Dell could end up having a ...

Animal blog The Dodo.com, Inc. has raised $11.5 million Series B in a round led by Discovery Communications that included Softbank, SBNY, Berggruen Holdings, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners and NBA commissioner David Stern. Founded in 2014, The Dodo claims to be building a digital brand for everyone who loves animals and cares about their ...

Enterprise security firm Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has acquired data science-powered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) app/cloud security firm Elastica, Inc. for $280 million. Founded in 2012, Elastica claims to be the leader in data science-powered cloud application security with services through its Elastica CloudSOC platform allowing clients to leverage cloud and SaaS applications while staying “safe, secure ...