Residents of Mountain View, CA are in for a treat with word from Google early Friday that their self-driving Google cars are graduating from the Googleplex and are migrating into the surrounding streets. In a post to the Official Google Blog Chris Urmson, the Director of Google’s Self-Driving Car Project explained that “a few of the ...

United Airlines, Inc. has launched a new bug bounty program that rewards those who find security flaws with frequent flyer points. According to reports, the new program provides the points in return for those who report flaws on United’s website and mobile app; not surprisingly though the program excludes finding flaws with onboard Wi-Fi, entertainment ...

Would you like Candy Crush with your copy of Windows 10? If the answer is no, tough luck, because you’re not going to have a choice. Microsoft announced Thursday that King Digital Entertainment PLC’s Candy Crush Saga will come preinstalled with all copies of Windows 10.announced Thursday that King Digital Entertainment PLC’s Candy Crush Saga ...

The influence of interim Reddit Inc. CEO Ellen Pao became more apparent Thursday with the announcement that the widely popular site was cracking down on alleged cases of harassment. In an announcement to the Reddit blog that would shock many long-term Reddit users, the “Reddit team” wrote that they were “unhappy with harassing behavior on Reddit.” “We’ve ...

Actiance Inc. has raised a new late-stage growth investment of $28 million in a round that included new investor Golub Capital, along with previous investors Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, JK&B Capital, Scale Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. Founded in 1998, Actiance offers an enterprise-grade platform that can be integrated into existing infrastructure to improve internal ...

The last quarter was a good one for Cisco Systems Inc. with the networking giant beating market expectations for the fifth straight quarter in a row. Cisco reported Q3 2015 revenue of $12.14 billion, up 5 percent on the same quarter in 2014, with earnings per share coming in at 47 cents GAAP, 54 cents non-GAAP. ...

The second coming of virtual reality is all talk, little action so far, but with the Facebook Inc. owned Oculus Rift due for release next year, Lazarus may well rise from the dead. One of the keys to virtual reality taking off in 2015 versus the 1990s will be content, and there was great news ...

New Relic Inc. shares rose in after-hours trading Tuesday after the data analytics firm beat market forecasts with their quarterly financials. The company reported revenue of $33.4 million for the quarter, up 68 percent compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 and 15 percent from the third quarter of fiscal 2015. GAAP loss from ...

Facebook Inc. has launched a new service whereby publishers post full content on Facebook, a move that does nothing to encourage competition, and everything to increase the lock-in value of the Facebook ecosystem. Called “Instant Articles,” the service sees initially nine partners posting selected content on Facebook in a new view that includes interactive features ...

The first quarter of 2015 was a good one for Hortonworks, Inc. with the company reporting numbers that topped market estimates, along with revised upward projections for the year ahead. For Q1, Hortonworks booked total GAAP revenue of $22.8 million, up 167 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014. Gross profit came in at $11.3 million, compared ...