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Feds are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking the Houston Astros … seriously
In news you probably didn’t expect to read today, or any day for that matter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Wednesday that it is currently investigating Major League Baseball (MLB) team the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking, and, in particular, the allegation that they hacked fellow MLB team Houston Astros. According to reports, ...
Seriously cool: Microsoft reveals it has built a version of Minecraft for HoloLens
Microsoft Corp. revealed at the E3 conference Monday that it had built a version of Minecraft for its upcoming HoloLens augmented reality headset. The HoloLens version of the wildly popular Minecraft gives players two ways to play the game: an immersive 2D experience that puts the player within the game (a first person view,) or ...
Report: GitHub looking to raise $200m on a $2b Unicorn valuation
Git repository hosting service GitHub, Inc. is said to be looking to raise a Series B round of $200 million. According to Bloomberg Business, who quotes “people familiar with the matter,” the new round will be on a Unicorn valuation of $2 billion. Founded in 2008, GitHub has become arguably the most popular Git hosting ...
Trans-Tasman inventory management SaaS firm Unleashed Software raises $3.5m Series B
Inventory management software as a service (SaaS) developer Unleashed Software Pty. Ltd. has raised AU$4.5 million ($3.5 million) Series B in a round that included MYOB founder Craig Wrinkler. Founded in 2009, the Trans-Tasman (Australia/ New Zealand) based company offers a SaaS platform that provides accurate inventory management in real-time for the small, medium and ...
Chinese taxi hailing firm Didi Kuaidi looking to raise $1.5b+ on $15b valuation
Chinese taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi (Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc.,) the combined company from previous competitors KuaiDi Dache and Didi Dache, is said to be seeking to raise atleast $1.5 billion. According to Bloomberg Business, the first round for the newly combined company will be on a valuation of $15 billion. Didi Kauidi itself came into ...
Spotify soft-launches new music recommendations service “Taste Rewind”
Spotify AG has soft-launched a new product called Spotify Taste Rewind, that suggests songs from the past you might like based on musicians you currently like. Announced by Spotify Engineer Juan Manuel Serruya on Facebook, the new service is pitched with the lines: “Ever wondered which artists you would be listening to if you were ...
Alibaba to launch Netflix-style online video streaming service in China
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced Sunday that it was planning to launch a Netflix-style online video streaming service in China. According to reports, the new service will be called Tmall Box Office (TBO,) and like Netflix will feature a mix of original content, along with content for providers both within China and from abroad. “Our ...
Olala: French company launches the world’s first smart bikini to stop you getting sunburned
Because you can never have enough internet connected devices, a French company has launched the worlds first Connected Bikini (in French: bikini connecté.) The idea for the bikini came from the designer seeing sunburned people at a beach, with Marie Spinali, Head of Design at Spinali, the company behind the design, telling The Telegraph the project ...
FTC takes legal action against Kickstarter that didn’t deliver or issue refunds
In the first case of its kind involving crowdfunding, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that it had taken legal action against a Kickstarter project founder who raised money for the project, then both failed to deliver the product and refused to give refunds. According to the FTC’s complaint, Erik Chevalier, doing business under ...
Report: Blackberry preparing to launch an Android powered smartphone
The days of Blackberry Ltd. flogging phones running its own operating system may be nearing an end with a report Thursday suggesting that the company is preparing to sell a phone running Android. The report from Reuters quotes “four sources familiar with the matter” saying that a phone that Blackberry showed at the Mobile World ...