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MuleSoft kicks off 2017 enterprise tech IPOs with a 44 percent pop
Updated with opening price and analysis. In the year’s first big enterprise technology initial public offering, application network platform provider MuleSoft Inc. went public today and its shares jumped some 44 percent over the offering price. It offered 13 million Class A shares on the New York Stock Exchange at a price of $17 per share, above an ...
Google Drive goes down for Windows users following faulty software update
If you had problems using Google Drive Thursday, you weren’t alone. The search giant pushed out a faulty software update to Windows users that caused problems with the service. The client application software, which according to reports appeared to be private build of the new Google Backup and Sync (Drive), resulted in users receiving an error message that ...
Electrocardiogram app startup AliveCor raises $30M in new funding
Smartphone-enabled electrocardiogram system startup AliveCor Inc. has raised $30 million late-stage funding round led by medical device maker Omron Healthcare and the Mayo Clinic. Founded in 2010 and led by former Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. executive Vic Gundotra, AliveCor offers a device and application that will turn any smartphone into a clinical-quality electrocardiogram recorder. Along ...
Nvidia teams with Paccar to power self-driving trucks
Nvidia Corp.’s efforts to bring its self-driving technology to more vehicles has taken another step forward as the chip maker announced a new deal with truck maker Paccar Inc. on Thursday. Paccar, the manufacturer of Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF trucks, has developed a proof-of-self-driving truck with SAE Level 4, or completely autonomous, capability built on Nvidia’s Drive PX2 platform that ...
Popular teen quiz app Wishbone hacked, exposing 2.2 million email addresses
Wishbone, a quiz app popular with teenagers, has been hacked, exposing the details of 2.2 million email addresses and some 287,000 mobile phone numbers being stolen. Created by Science Mobile LLC, Wishbone has been downloaded between 1 million and 5 million times from the Google Play store. It allows users to “compare anything [that their] heart desires!” including ...
Two Russian agents, two others indicted in massive 2014 Yahoo hack
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted four people, two of whom are alleged to work for the Russian FSB intelligence agency, over the 2014 hack of Yahoo Inc. In its indictment filing, the DOJ alleged that Russian intelligence agents Igor Suschin and Dmitry Dokuchaev hired fellow Russian Alexsey Belan and Canadian citizen Karim Baratov to hack Yahoo’s servers so ...
Snapcard will close its bitcoin services to pursue blockchain payments platform
Bitcoin exchange and wallet provider Snapcard Inc. is leaving the bitcoin business to focus on an alternative blockchain-based payments service. Snapcard operated as a bitcoin-focused exchange and wallet provider from its launch in 2013, catering to customers in both the United States and Brazil. It then launched Masspay, an enterprise-level application programming interface that allowed companies ...
Evrythng raises $22.4M to pursue the rapidly growing IoT management market
Evrythng Inc. on Tuesday said it has raised a $24.8 million round to push its Internet of Things smart products platform ahead. Founded in 2011, Evrythng offers an enterprise-focused IoT platform for managing intelligent software identities in the cloud and digital lifecycle applications for product manufacturers. The company’s platform connects consumer products to the web and ...
Internet-connected vibrator maker settles data privacy lawsuit
A sex toy company has agreed to pay its customers up to $10,000 each in compensation after it was revealed that its Internet-connected vibrators were collecting highly sensitive information without their consent. If you’re not up to scratch with the latest in these particular Internet of Things devices, We-Vibe launched the vibrator in 2014 (marginally NSFW) that ...
Israeli enterprise logistics startup Bringg raises $10M in new round
Israeli enterprise logistics startup Bringg Delivery Technologies Ltd. on Tuesday said it has raised a $10 million funding round. Founded in 2013, Bringg offers a Software-as-a-Service enterprise supply-chain and delivery technology platform that allows companies to manage on-demand and last-mile deliveries. The company claims that its platform helps companies streamline their entire delivery ecosystem, from the ...









