Circlejerk: a pejorative slang term referring to a positive feedback loop which occurs when an idea, belief or meme that is already customary within an online community becomes re-iterated and rewarded in a perpetual cycle. Know Your Meme It’s a matter of record that microblogging come messaging service Twitter, Inc. isn’t having a good time ...

Apple, Inc. broke its usual policy of remaining silent on rumors and speculation Tuesday by coming out publicly and flat out denying that it was planning a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service. “We have not discussed nor do we have any plans to launch an MVNO,” said an Apple spokeswoman said in a statement ...

Yahoo, Inc.’s advertising network has been found to be unknowingly serving malicious code that may have seen millions of visitors to Yahoo properties hacked. The attack, which is reported to have started on July 28, saw malware that exploited Flash vulnerabilities delivered via advertising to over a staggering 7.5 billion visits, a number believed to ...

An alleged photo leak of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s upcoming Galaxy Note 5 not only confirms previous leaks about the device, it confirms many a Samsung fans’ worst nightmare: no removable battery and no microSD card slot. The pictures, provided to Android blog Droid Life, show that the Galaxy Note 5 is primarily a larger ...

We’re going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we’re doing, you can say, We’re remembering. That’s where we’ll win out in the long run. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 Why does humanity continually repeat the mistakes of ...

Twitter, Inc. has started testing a new “News tab” feature with users of its Android and iOS apps in the United States, which as the name suggests, offers a service that provides breaking news to users. According to reports, the tab is located at the center bottom of the iOS app (Android wasn’t mentioned) and ...

Chinese accommodation sharing site TuJia Online Information and Technology Company of Limited Liability (Tujia) has raised $300 million Series D in around led by All-Stars Investment that included The Ascot Ltd. According to reports, the new round was on a valuation over $1 billion, giving Tujia unicorn status for the first time. Founded in 2011 ...

Apple may be about to enter the telco business with a report Monday that the computing and device giant is considering launching a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service. According to Business Insider, Apple is already privately testing an MVNO service in the United States, and is said to be in talks with European telcos ...

In an extraordinary development Monday, former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the now bankrupt Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange, Mark Karpeles, has admitted to Japanese police that he had indeed created fake Bitcoins. According to The Japan Times Karpeles, who was arrested over the weekend following reports Friday that local police were filing charges, is ...

Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic (Rapid Net Profits Ltd.) has been acquired by Mexican Bitcoin exchange meXBT (Exchange of the Americas SAPI de C.V.) for an undisclosed amount. News that Coin Republic was potentially being acquired first emerged July 19, with founder and former ESL teacher David Moskowitz suggesting they had undertaken discussions with various ...