Google, Inc. announced Monday at its Atmosphere Conference in Tokyo a redesign of its Google Sites service and a new app called Springboard that allows users to search through information they have stored on Google services. Leading the announcement was the Springboard app which utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to allow users to ...

Apple wants kids to learn how to code, and it put its money where its mouth is at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco Monday with the announcement of Swift Playgrounds, an iPad app designed to teach people how to code. The new app is said to make “learning to code fun and easy ...

Augmented reality startup Meta Company has raised $50 million Series B in a round that included Horizons Ventures Limited, Lenovo, Tencent, Banyan Capital, Comcast Ventures, and GQY. According to TechCrunch, the round was raised on a $300 million valuation. Founded in 2012, Meta is aiming to lead the next evolution of personal computing through augmented ...

Symantec Corp. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire enterprise security firm Blue Coat Systems, Inc. for $4.65 billion in cash. Under the deal, Blue Coat Chief Executive Officer Greg Clark will become Symantec Chief Executive Officer when the transaction in concluded and according to The Wall Street Journal Blue ...

Search giant Google, Inc. stands accused of manipulating its search results in favor of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a new report published Thursday. SourceFed, a YouTube channel with 1.7 million followers and with no obvious political affiliation (it primarily publishes a mix of news, pop culture, and explanatory videos) makes the ...

Philippine Bitcoin fintech startup Satoshi Citadel Industries has raised a seed round from K Venture Group (KVG), the investment arm of South Korea internet company Kakao Corporation. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Founded in 2014 with the aim of becoming the ecosystem for Bitcoin in the Philippines, Satoshi Citadel operates a number ...

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. will now support 360-degree photographs, the company announced Thursday. The new feature will allow users to upload panorama shots as well as proper 360 degree photographs, which will then be viewable by friends on their timeline complete with the ability to browse the entire image; this is different to the ...

Flying cars have long been a dream of many, an idea best personified in the 1960’s cartoon The Jetsons, but despite the best intentions over the years, no successful flying car has every really come to market. But what if that was to change? Google Co-Founder Larry Page is betting it will and has invested ...

The Internet of Things has started to change many aspects of our lives, but not so much in the bath tub … until now. Meet Edwin the Smart Duck, a rubber duckie which does just a touch more than float around a bath tub for a child’s enjoyment. Described by the company as “a smart ...

Millions of Twitter access credentials have made their way to the dark web and are currently being offered for sale, according to reports Wednesday. How many accounts have been compromised is not clear; ZDNet reports that the Russian hacker, who goes by the name Tessa88, is claiming to have 379 million records, but a later ...