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 ...

Bitcoin fintech payment service startup Align Commerce, Inc. has raised $12.5 million Series A in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that included Silicon Valley Bank, Recruit Strategic Partners and previous investors Pantera Capital, Digital Currency Group and FS Venture Capital. Founded in 2014 Align Commerce offers a person to person payment ...

#OpISIS, the war by hacking collective Anonymous against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), has ramped up in the last 24 hours with the group taking the good fight to the forces of Islamic terrorism. The first pincer movement of the war took place with Anonymous publishing a list of 900 ISIS-related ...

Education technology startup BridgeU Ltd. has raised seed funding of $2.5m in a round led by Octopus Investments that include Fresco Capital, Seedcamp, Jonnie Goodwin (Lepe Partners/Founders Forum) and Deborah Quazzo (GSV Capital). Founded in 2013 BridgeU offers an adaptive university preparation and careers guidance platform for students and secondary schools for use both its ...

Google has unveiled a new design for Google+ that sees the little used and regularly maligned social network shift its emphasis to “Collections and Communities.” The move, described by Google as making it much easier for users to post, search, connect and more, puts the relatively new features of communities and collections front and center ...

Bitcoin mining outfit BTCS, Inc. is counting its days with the company disclosing in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it has nearly run out of money. The filing, required as BTCS is listed on the OTC (over the counter) exchange, saw the company state that it has had limited operating activities to ...

Twitter’s much-derided decision to switch from a star based favorite button to a heart shaped like button may be short lived with the messaging come microblogging provider reported to be testing multiple emoji based support options instead. Discovered by Twitter user @_Ninji via using a tweak called Flex that is able to force-enable features on ...

Members of the hacking collective Anonymous have responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris by openly declaring war on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The declaration of war came by a video posted to YouTube and includes a man wearing the synonymous Guy Fawkes mask reading a statement in French calling ...