Apple, Inc.’s forthcoming new iPhone may finally up the megapixels with a new camera, according to a report Thursday. According to 9to5Mac “sources” the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will come with a 12 megapixel camera, the first increase in an iPhone camera since the range moved to 8 megapixels with the iPhone ...

Dark Web marketplace Agora has temporarily ceased trading due to a vulnerability in the Tor protocol which could result in the IP addresses of users being exposed. The site made the announcement Tuesday, noting that they believe they may have a solution to the problem, but it will take some time to implement. “Recently research ...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) customer communications platform provider Intercom, Inc. has raised $35 million Series C in a round led by ICONIQ Capital that included previous investors The Social + Capital Partnership and Bessemer Venture Partners. Founded in 2011, Intercom offers a customer communications platform that it claims is a fundamentally new way for internet businesses to ...

On-demand hybrid cloud software startup Velostrata, Inc. has raised $14 million Series A in a round led by Norwest Venture Partners and Greylock IL Partners (83North). Founded in 2014, Volostrata is offering what it calls the industry’s first real-time hybrid cloud solution that streams production workloads to and from the cloud in minutes. The company’s ...

A new video doing the rounds allegedly shows the form factor of the new iPhone 6s, along with some expected changes with its internals. Originating from Macrumors the video reveals an iPhone 6s logic board and display assembly paired with a number of iPhone 6 components such as the rear shell and battery to deliver ...

Facebook, Inc.’s Moments application has received a boost with a new version now allowing users to make movies from their pictures. Facebook Moments originally launched in June and allows users to organize and share snapshots by using facial recognition to recognize photo subjects, or as Facebook described at the time a private way to share ...

Avid Life Media, Inc., the parent company of hacked extra-marital affairs site Ashley Madison is in more than a spot of bother this week with multiple lawsuits being filed against the company. According to reports, four federal suits had been filed in the United States as of Monday – two in California, one in Texas ...

While Apple, Inc.’s Apple Watch may have been written off as a flop, there is the odd sign of moderate success in some segments of the market, and today that glimmer of light comes from people who shop at Best Buy Co., Inc. stores. Best Buy announced Tuesday that it was expanding sales of the ...

Cloud-based fraud prevention startup Simility, Inc. has raised $3.45 million in a seed round led by Accel Partners. Founded in 2014, Simility offers a cloud-based fraud prevention software solution that combines machine learning with human evaluation on a scalable platform that protects small to medium businesses (SMEs), along with enterprise clients from sophisticated types of ...

Two people connected to defunct Hong Kong-based Bitcoin marketplace MyCoin are reported to have been arrested August 20 in Taiwan. According to a report from Want China Times, 47-year-old Chen Yun-fei and 39-year-old Lu Kuan-wei were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Bureau in Taipei on fraud related charges; the report notes that “many cases” of fraud has ...