Google-owned, community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is branching out into carpooling in the United States and has launched a test service in the Bay Area. The initial service will connect employees at select companies via a new app, Waze Rider, and will let them request a ride from other Waze users who share a similar ...

Twitter, Inc. is set to undertake its biggest shakeup in years, by no longer counting pictures and links as part of its 140 character count, according to a report published Monday. Quoting “a person familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg says the decision to change the character count has been finalized and the change could be ...

Chinese ridesharing startup Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi) is planning on going public as soon as next year, according to a report Sunday. According to “people familiar with the matter” spoken to by Blooberg, Didi is looking at an initial public offering (IPO) in New York, but the timing of the float will depend on ...

The risks of security and privacy breaches are deterring Americans from using certain internet services, a new survey has found. According to the survey of 41,000 people undertaken by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), 45 percent of online households refrain from using at least one activity deemed as presenting a security or privacy ...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is supporting a consortium that has bid to acquire the core assets of Yahoo, Inc., a report claimed at the weekend. According to sources quoted by The New York Times, the Berkshire Hathaway backed consortium is being led by Quicken Loans founder and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and is being ...

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) revealed Friday that their international money transfer platform had been successfully targeted by hackers again, although provided no further details other than it involved a “commercial bank.” According to The Wall Street Journal, a notice by Swift said the new attack didn’t see its own system breached ...

Facebook Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has spoken publicly for the first time about the scandal surrounding a report that the social networking site’s Trending Topics list was being manipulated with a liberal bias. Zuckerberg naturally took to Facebook itself to make the statement, writing that he believed that Facebook “stands for giving ...

In an unexpected move, tech giant Apple, Inc. has invested $1 billion in Chinese ridesharing service and Uber, Inc. rival Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi). Apple said they had made the investment in part to better understand how business works in China. “We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a ...

Mobile-enabled enterprise network security startup Cyber adAPT, Inc. has closed a $15 million Series A round with an additional $5 million from Black River Investments LLC. Previous investors in the round include Alvin Fund, Fundamental Capital, Granite Point Capital, and Griffin Fund II. Founded in 2014, Cyber adAPT offers a security platform that monitors 100 ...

Human phishing defense solutions startup PhishMe, Inc. has today announced the release of Simulator Small Business Edition (SBE), a scaled version of its Simulator solution that conditions employee security behavior to identify and deflect phishing attacks through proven, immersive education processes. Unlike many security firms, PhishMe offers an education service that aims to head of ...