Digital healthcare scheduling company ZocDoc, Inc. has raised $130 million Series D in a round led by led by Baillie Gifford and Atomico that included previous investor Founders Fund. The new round was raised on a valuation of $1.8 billion, giving the company unicorn status for the first time. Founded in 2007, ZocDoc offers a ...

Apple’s quality control has been called into question again this week with reports that Apple Watch users are seeing the text printed on the rear of their watches peeling off. Dubbed “Logogate” by Forbes, keeping not only with the tradition of post Watergate naming conventions, but also Apple dramas including Bendgate, Antennagate and Updategate, involves ...

The hackers behind the hacking of extra-marital affairs site Ashley Madison struck again Thursday dumping a new release of 19GB of data. Serial cheaters may not have a huge amount to fear from the new release however, with the dump including a 13GB file named noel.biderman.mail.7z, suggesting that it contains e-mail from Noel Biderman, the ...

An employee of the now-defunct Bitcoin mining firm GAW Miners has been subpoenaed as part of an ongoing investigation as to whether the company, along with related entities, were nothing more than a Ponzi scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed the subpoena August 14 targeting Carlos Garza, a former employee of GAW ...

Messaging app provider Snapchat, Inc. may be one of the hottest startups with a unicorn valuation in 2015, but a leak of its 2014 financials show that it’s burning venture capital like there’s no tomorrow. According to documents obtained by Gawker, in the period January to November of 2014 Snapchat lost $128 million while bringing ...

Cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) cybersecurity firm AlienVault, Inc. has raised $52 million Series E in a round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) that included existing investors Trident Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GGV Capital, Intel Capital, Correlation Ventures, Top Tier and Sigma West. Founded in 2007, AlienVault targets cybersecurity solutions to companies that lack ...

Apple’s forthcoming 12.9 inch iPad Pro could ship 4-5 million units this year according to one analyst, as further details on the Apple stylus set to be launched with the tablet have been confirmed. According to reports, the long-rumored Apple stylus will be available for the new tablet although it will be offered as an ...

The first hacker to face court following the arrest of 12 people in relation to the notorious cybercrime forum Darkode has pleaded guilty to a sole charge laid under the CAN-SPAM Act. 39-year old Eric Crocker, of Binghamton, New York, who used the name “Phastman” on the site, was alleged along with others to have ...

Bitcoin exchange Harborly, Inc. has ceased trading ostensively due to the owners seeking greener pastures with a new project. Founded in 2014, Harborly pitched itself as a team of experienced entrepreneurs, financial professionals and legal advisors committed to a global vision of digital currency. The service itself was sold as a global, easy to use ...

Messaging app firm Kik Interactive, Inc. has raised $50 million Series D in a round funded solely by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, Inc. According to reports the new round values the company at a unicorn valuation of “north of $1 billion.” Founded in 2009, Kik offers a chat app that lets users share content, ...