Not without a sense of naming humor Amazon.com, Inc. has introduced something completely unexpected: a physical data transfer service. Called Snowball (as in a snowball’s chance in hell), the new service facilitates the transfer of data to the cloud through an appliance that can hold up to 50 terabytes of data with secure, end-to-end encrypted ...

Curated content is all the rage in 2015 and it makes sense that if you’re the main source for content on other people’s sites (OK, mostly Buzzfeed) you should get in on the action, and that’s likely Reddit’s thinking with the launch of a new site. Called Upvoted, the new site runs as a mix between Digg ...

Twitter, Inc. has entered the curated content market with the launch of a new feature called Moments. Previously known internally as Project Lightning, Twitter Moments presents the “best of what’s happening on Twitter in an instant” based on how popular the content is, and how much Twitter’s human curators think you might like to see ...

Fresh off announcing a range of new products in September, Apple looks set to launch its rumored new 4k 21.5-inch iMacs according to a report Tuesday. 9to5Mac claims that Apple will launch the new Mac desktops as soon as next week with the devices going immediately on sale, but in limited numbers until November. The ...

Pre-initial public offering (IPO), Australia’s largest tech startup Atlassian Pty. Ltd. is rejigging its enterprise offering by splitting up one of its more popular software as a service (SaaS) apps, project management tool JIRA. One of Atlassian’s earliest enterprise tools, JIRA has its roots as a simple bug-tracking tool for programmers that morphed over time ...

The famous Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, are about to enter the Bitcoin exchange arena with news Monday that their company Gemini Trust Company, LLC. has received proper legal approval to commence trading. Plans for Gemini first emerged in January this year when it was dubbed a “NASDAQ for Bitcoin,” with the twins subsequently filing the ...

Live streaming startup YouNow, Inc. has raised $15 million Series C in a round co-led by existing investors Venrock and Oren Zeev that included new investor Comcast Ventures. Founded in 2011, YouNow allows users to stream themselves online while others comment on what they are saying, or in the company’s official spin they are “proud to provide ...

Newly discovered Apple iOS malware is attacking jailbroken and non-jailbroken iPhones and iPads, although it would appear to affect mostly users of older devices in Asia. Discovered by security firm Paloalto Networks, Inc. and dubbed “YiSpecter,” the malware targets private APIs in the iOS system to implement malicious functionalities. The malware is said to spread ...

Apple has acquired artificial intelligence for mobile phone’s startup Perceptio. According to Bloomberg Business, Perceptio specialized in deep learning and relied on pattern-based processing to analyze and categorize input on smartphones. Founders Nicolas Pinto and Zak Stone have backgrounds in the artificial intelligence field at Harvard and previously researched AI dedicated to building image-recognition systems that ...

Shares in managed cloud hosting company Rackspace, Inc. surged Monday on further rumors that the company will be announcing a partnership with Amazon.com, Inc. later this week. Exactly what the deal involves is still subject to speculation, but it is believed at the very least that Rackspace will offer enterprise customers the ability move their hosting ...