A new survey of leading executives by machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) Aeris Communications, Inc. has found that many see the value in IoT enterprise deployments, while still noting that there are significant challenges ahead. The survey polled 200 decision makers in the United States and 100 in the United Kingdom (IT managers, ...

Bitcoin and Blockchain incubator Digital Currency Group, Inc. (DCG) has raised an undisclosed amount of capital in a round that included Bain Capital Ventures, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), CME Ventures, FirstMark Capital, MasterCard, New York Life, Novel TMT, Oak HC/FT, RRE Ventures, Solon Mack Capital, and Transamerica Ventures. Founded this year, DCG builds, ...

Sports data tech firm Sportradar AG has raised $44 million in venture capital in a round led by Revolution Growth that included Michael Jordan (yes, that Michael Jordan) and Mark Cuban. Founded in 2003, Sportradar claims to be the world’s leading supplier of sports and betting-related data. The company offers a service that tracks data ...

Apple continues to ride the wave of the growing middle class in China with the tech giant posting a new record quarterly profit. Revenue for Apple’s fourth quarter came in at $51.5 billion with a net profit of $11.1 billion, up from revenue of $42.1 billion and a net profit of $8.5 billion for the ...

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex (iFinex, Inc.) has announced a new partnership with Blade Payments (Blade Data Ltd.) to provide real-time debit cards to Bitfinex customers. The cards will support payments through Bitcoin by allowing the use of the card without preloading a fiat currency and can be used at any time in what the company describes ...

Time, Inc. has continued its buying spree of online media properties with the acquisition of sites xoJane.com and xoVain.com from Say Media, Inc. According to The Wall Street Journal, terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. xoJane.com was launched in 2011 by Sassy and Jane magazine founding editor Jane Pratt as a site where “women go ...

An unnamed 15-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to the massive hack and subsequent data breach of United Kingdom telco TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC. The boy, a resident of County Antrim, Northern Ireland was arrested on suspicion of breaching the Computer Misuse Act, a U.K. law that covers unauthorized access to computer material, unauthorized ...

Facebook, Inc. has announced a major upgrade to the notifications tab in its mobile app that will see the feature become more than simply one that informs users when others have liked or commented on posts. The new notifications tab combines the existing update data provided in the old tab with what Facebook describes as ...

Greek philosopher Plato may have famously said “he was a wise man who invented beer,” but is a man or startup who has found a use for the dregs smarter again? That’s a question to be asked of 3D printing supply company 3Dom USA, Inc. who have released a new 3D printing filament called “Buzzed” ...

British communications company TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC has experienced a serious data breach with the alleged hackers behind the hack demanding a ransom in Bitcoin. The breaches (there were remarkably three over 8 months) were first disclosed Friday and are believed to involve data for some 4 million customers, including credit card and bank account ...