Twitter Inc. may be ready to up the ante when it comes to grabbing new users with a new directory currently being A/B tested on its front page. The new directory, best described as being reminiscent of a Yahoo style, offers links to users on Twitter in various categories, including Comedians, Cute Animals, Celebrity Chefs ...

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA,) the representative group for game publishers, has come out against an attempt by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) that would allow abandoned games requiring online verification to be preserved for further use. In 2015 many games released require online verification to be played, even if the game itself is not an ...

Amazon Inc. has announced the launch of its Amazon Elastic File System (EFS,) their newest service for clients of Amazon Web Services (AWS.) Amazon’s EFS is a file storage service for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, that allows users to create and configure file systems quickly and easily. Storage capacity is elastic, growing ...

LinkedIn Corporation has entered an agreement to acquire old school online education site Lynda.com. According to the official release, the transaction is valued at approximately $1.5 billion, in a combination of approximately 52 percent cash and approximately 48 percent stock. The deal may be subject to adjustment and is expected to close during the second ...

Chinese drone maker DJI has launched a new update to their Phantom line of drones, the Phantom 3, that offers live streaming along with a number of other new features. The Phantom 3 is being offered in two models, the Professional and the Advanced that are priced at $1,250 and $999 respectively. Both drones for the ...

Still relatively unknown in the West, Xiaomi Inc. is China’s hottest tech startup, and not just due to it also being the world’s most highly valued tech startup (the only one worth more than Uber Inc.,) but also because it really, really knows how to sell phones. To celebrate its fifth anniversary the company on Wednesday ...

Business Intelligence startup Domo Inc. has raised $200 million Series D in a round led by BlackRock that also included Capital Group, Glynn Capital and GGV Capital. Founded by former Omniture CEO Josh James in 2010, the company has remarkably been in stealth mode until this week, despite having 1,000 clients and making over $100 ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has posted an official warning to users of Automattic Inc.’s WordPress content management system (CMS) to make sure their installs are up-to-date following repeated cases of the Islamic State (also known as ISIL and ISIS) hacking un-updated WordPress blogs. The warning states that defacements have affected sites and communication platforms ...

Singapore telecommunications giant Singtel Holdings Ltd. has acquired Chicago-based information security company Trustwave Holdings Inc. for $810 million. Under the terms of deal, Singtel will own a 98 percent share of Trustwave, with CEO and Chairman of Trustwave Robert J. McCullen retaining the remaining two percent. The deal prices Trustwave at $850 million, excluding debt. “This strategic partnership creates an ...

Google Inc. is reported to be planning the launch of a new service that will connect users with home service providers. Buzzfeed claims that “sources close to the company” say the new service will link local home-service providers, such as plumbers and electricians, to Google users, and will be revealed at an advertising conference later this spring. ...