Twitter, Inc. wants to expand its fledgling live sports streaming service by obtaining rights to more sports, according to a report Friday. Re/Code claims that Twitter is in talks with the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Soccer (MLS) and Turner Broadcasting for deals that could allow them to stream entire games, or offer a ...

Augmented reality gaming app Pokemon GO is breaking records with the game surging to the top of both the Apple App Store and Google Play charts for both downloads and revenue only days after being released. The game was released in the United States on July 6 and a remarkable five hours later became the ...

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase, Inc. has raised $10.5 million Series D in a round led by Japanese banking giant Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) that included the bank’s Mitsubishi UFJ Capital unit, and Sozo Ventures. The funding came with a new strategic deal between the company and BTMU that Coinbase said in a statement would support ...

A man has been charged with attacking a Google Street View car with Molotov cocktails, attacking other vehicles and firing bullets into buildings at Google’s Mountain View headquarters because he thought the search giant was watching him. Raul Murillo Diaz, 30, of Oakland, California, was charged with arson by federal prosecutors and is currently being ...

In what could be a major dent in its efforts to find a buyer, it has been revealed that the deal Yahoo, Inc. signed with Mozilla to become the default search engine in Firefox included what can only be described as a crazy clause that would allow Mozilla to withdraw from the deal, should Yahoo ...

Lyft, Inc. has upped its battle against rival Uber Technologies, Inc. in the ridesharing market by launching a premium car service to take on Uber Black. Called Lyft Premier, the service is being pitched at users who want a more stylish arrival for business trips and special nights out, and will allow users to book ...

Bitcoin surveillance startup Elliptic Enterprises Ltd. and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) have signed a partnership to target people who use bitcoin to acquire child pornography. Under the deal, the IWF, a group that focuses on eliminating child pornography online, has provided a database to Elliptic of bitcoin addresses associated with those dealing with the ...

Google, Inc. has updated its Android Google Now on Tap feature with three new functions including the ability to translate text on any page, a new built-in Discover mode, and the ability to scan barcodes and QR codes. Now on Tap, available for Android phones running Marshmallow 6.0 and above, first launched one month ago ...

Twitter, Inc. has started testing its live sports streaming service with a feed from tennis tournament Wimbledon. The test, which originally went unannounced except for a mention on the official Wimbledon Twitter account, sees Twitter providing a stream from ESPN that includes highlights, commentary, and analysis but not actual live games; the stream itself is ...

Ridesharing service Uber, Inc. has teamed with bitcoin services company Xapo Ltd. to allow Uber users in Argentina to pay for their rides using bitcoin. The deal is reported to have occurred due to attempts by the Argentinian Government to close Uber down, including banning all credit and debit card operators from processing payments for ...