Twitter Inc. has taken a step outside its native tweet stream with news today that the company has started selling advertising on third party sites. The initial launch will see Promoted Tweets appear on sites and apps owned by Flipboard Inc. and Yahoo! Japan, with Twitter hinting that this is just the beginning of a move ...

Eyeo GmbH’s popular Adblock Plus program is in the news today for all the wrong reasons: the company is taking money from advertisers to let their ads be seen by Adblock Plus users. A report from the Financial Times claims that Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others have been paying money to the company to whitelist ...

Samsung Co. Ltd.’s new flagship phone the Galaxy S6 will be launched March 1st, with the company sending out invitations to a press event in Barcelona. The invite includes a curved screen, hinting that Samsung could be possibly using a form factor it has previously used for the Samsung Note Edge. As we reported in December, the ...

Dating app maker Tinder Inc. is said to be preparing to launch its new paid premium service that will include a number of long requested features. The service, named Tinder Plus, will include an undo button that allows users who are having second thoughts to rewind a swipe. Another service called Passport will allow users ...

Google Inc. is reported to be developing its own ridesharing service to take on Uber Inc., a report claimed Monday. Bloomberg quoted unnamed sources that said that Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond revealed the possibility of a Google-made competitor to Uber’s board; Drummond sits on the Uber board so the disclosure was likely a ...

Messaging giant LINE Corp. is expanding its empire into yet another unexpected vertical: grocery shopping. The service, named “Cheap Sure Sure” will offer a daily deals style mix of perishable and non-perishable goods in Thailand, LINE’s biggest market outside of Japan. “Thailand is one of our top priority markets. We are continuously exploring ways to boost ...

Polish Bitcoin exchange BitMarket.pl is reported to be having some financial issues after having its bank account suspended by General Electric Co. owned Bank BPH. The company claims that its accounts were suspended January 26th due to  “outstanding debt and lack of credentials,” suggesting that the company was at the very least in debt, if ...

Amazon reported a profit of $214 million for Q4 2014 off the back of a big increase in Prime membership sales. Net sales increased 15 percent to $29.33 billion in quarter, up from $25.59 billion Q4 2013. The figures would have been higher but an unfavorable exchange rate took $895 million from the total amount. Operating ...

Google Inc.’s Q4 earnings missed market expectations Thursday with the tech giant posting Q4 revenue of $18.1 billion ($14.48 billion minus traffic acquisitions costs), or $6.88 per share, against a prediction of $7.08 per share. Despite missing Wall Street predictions, the figures were a record high for Google, with revenue up 15 percent for the same quarter in ...

Online media companies Mashable Inc. and Business Insider Inc. were both in the money Wednesday with announced new funding rounds of $17 million and $25 million respectively. Mashable’s Series B round was led by Time Warner Investments and included previous investors Elio Leoni-Sceti, Kass Lazerow, Michael Lazerow, Social Starts, New Markets Venture Partners and Updata Partners. From its humble beginnings ...