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Parents who don’t want to expose their children to advertising on YouTube videos now have an option of paying for the privilege with the video giant announcing that its YouTube Kids app now supports YouTube Red in the United States, Australia, and …
Time Warner takes 10% stake in Hulu on $5.83b valuation
The emerging battle for online television services is heating up with news Wednesday that Time Warner, Inc. has taken a 10 percent stake in streaming and video on demand service Hulu LLC. According to reports Time Warner acquired the stake for $583 …
Intel recalls Basis Peak fitness watch after it started burning people wearing it
Intel Corp. has issued a safety recall of its Basis Peak fitness watch after it was discovered that it could burn the person wearing it. The recall follows attempts by the company to update software on the watch to address the overheating …
Predictive analytics startup SiteZeus raises $1.5m Series B
Predictive analytics startup SiteZeus, Inc. has raised $1.5 Series B in a round led by Chuck Cooper and a number of unnamed additional backers. Founded in 2013, SiteZeus’ platform offers predictive analytics for real-world sites through the combination of artificial intelligence, Big …
Be afraid: login details for 200 million Yahoo accounts offered for sale on the dark web
If you’ve got a Yahoo, Inc. account you may want to reset your password with news that a hacker is currently offering login data for 200 million Yahoo accounts on the dark web. The hacker selling the logins goes by the name …
Medium has acquired embedding service provider Embed.ly
Blogging platform provider Medium (A Medium Corporation) has acquired Embed.ly, Inc., a company that as its name may suggest offers a service that makes it easy for publishers to embed third party content, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Embed.ly offers …
Leading bitcoin exchange Bitfinex hacked, $65.6m in bitcoin stolen
Leading bitcoin exchange Bitfinex (BTXNA, Inc.) has temporarily ceased trading after the company reported a security breach that led to the theft of a large number of bitcoins. The amount believed to have been stolen is 119,756 bitcoin, which at the time …
San Francisco-based, health monitoring smartwatch maker iBeat closes $1.5m seed round
Health monitoring smartwatch maker iBeat, Inc. has announced it has closed an approximately $1.5 million seed round that was led by Maveron, Subtraction Capital, and Correlation Ventures that included Ali and Hadi Partovi, NFL offensive tackle Russell Okung, KKR founding partner Henry Kravis, …
There could be a crackdown on porn post election after Trump signs anti-porn pledge
Could there be a crackdown on online porn under a Donald Trump presidency? The answer to that question is possibly yes, with the Republican candidate for President having signed a pledge with an anti-porn group that, on paper at least, commits him …
IDC: Tablet sales continued to tank in Q2, Android dominates but Apple increases market share
The long global decline in tablet sales is showing no let up, with the latest figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC) reporting tablet sales dropped 12.3 percent in the second quarter compared to same quarter of 2015. Android tablets continued to …