Global media giant News Corp. has acquired video advertising come “viral video” firm Unruly Media Ltd. for up to $176 million. The purchase price for the acquisition is reported to consist of a cash payment £58 million ($90 million), subject to certain adjustments, and up to £56 million ($86 million) on top in “future consideration ...

Mapping visualization startup Mapsense, Inc. is said to have been acquired by Apple, according to one unconfirmed report Wednesday. Re/Code claims the company was acquired for a figure around $25 million to $30 million, not a bad pay day for a company that was founded in 2013. Based in San Francisco, CA, Mapsense claims to ...

Nine major banks have joined with fintech startup R3CEV LLC (R3) to develop a framework for using Blockchain technology in financial markets. The announcement of the partnership to design and deliver advanced distributed/shared ledger technologies to global financial markets includes some of the biggest names in global banking, including Barclays, BBVA, Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Baaa! Shaun the Sheep Demonstrating once again the pathetic nature of many “journalists” in not even attempting to confirm a story, various media outlets (including respected ones) reported Tuesday that Facebook was getting a dislike button. While a feature that has been asked for by users of the social networking giant going back years, there’s ...

Would you like to rule the world, Siri? The question may be somewhat facetious, but the underlying infrastructure that currently runs the Apple-owned Siri artificial intelligence (AI) product could soon be powering the Apple cloud with a report Tuesday that the tech giant was looking to unify its various online services under the one platform. Amir ...

Online makeup beauty subscription service Ipsy (Personalized Beauty Discovery, Inc.) has raised $100 million Series B in a round led by TPG Growth and Sherpa Capital. Founded in 2011 by “YouTube star” Michelle Phan, Ipsy offers one product: a $10 per month subscription service called the “Glam Bag,” which provides subscribers with 4-5 samples each ...

Despite some setbacks in terms of what apps it may support, the forthcoming Apple TV received a boost Monday with news that both VLC and Plex will be coming to the new set top box. The developers behind VLC announced that they were working on a tvOS app via a side note in a general ...

Despite delivering a phone with mixed reviews and one that looks physically the same as its predecessor, it’s mostly good news for Apple today with the company reporting that it’s on track to beat records with their new iPhone 6S. The phone, officially announced September 9 keeping with Apple tradition of annual updates, saw a ...

Mark Karpeles, the Chief Executive Officer of failed Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, is one step closer to being thrown in jail with news out of Japan that he has now formally been charged in relation to crimes committed while he was running the now bankrupt exchange. Karpeles had previously been arrested on two occasions: in ...

Real-time Bitcoin Blockchain analytics startup Coinalytics, Inc. has raised $1.1 million in a seed round from The Hive. Founded in 2014, Coinalytics offers a number of services relating to the real-time tracking of the Bitcoin Blockchain to allow companies to undertake risk assessments, among other related security and compliance tracking. The company’s main Blockstem API ...