Two of Australia’s top 4 banks, The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ,) and Westpac Banking Corp., have joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. in trialling Ripple Labs, Inc.’s Bitcoin inspired Blockchain ledger system for payment tracking. Westpac is reported to be further along with its trial, with the bank telling The ...

Apple has hatched a cunning plan to get Android users to switch to iOS with a new Android app that can assist with the process. The app, unexcitingly called “Move” allows people switching to iOS devices to wirelessly switch from their Android device. The app, according to a blurb on the iOS9 preview page, allows ...

Streaming music service Spotify AG has responded to the launch of Apple’s new and very uninspiringly named Apple Music service by suggesting it may match prices on family plans. Apple Music was revealed at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference Monday, and while the spiritual successor to Beats Music, the streaming service it acquired along with ...

Online food ordering site Delivery Hero Holding GmbH has raised $110 million in new funding based on a $3.1 billion valuation. It’s not clear from reports whether this was a new round, or an extension of its previous Series H round of $568 million in February, or its subsequent venture funding of €52 million ($57.7 ...

Overstock.com, Inc. is treading into new territory with the e-commerce giant announcing it will issue a $25 million bond offering that utilizes the Bitcoin Blockchain. “The cryptorevolution has arrived on Wall Street,” Overstock Chief Executive Officer Patrick M. Byrne said in a statement. “We’re making it official by offering the world’s first cryptosecurity.” The issuance ...

Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) firm SunGard Data Systems, Inc. has filed for an initial public offering and is looking to raise $100 million, although the possibility of it being acquired before going public is still present. According to The Wall Street Journal, the $100 million figure is likely a placeholder number, and the ...

New venture capital fund Bitcoin Capital has passed the $1 million raised mark on equity CrowdFunding platform BnkToTheFuture.com. The fund, which launched its capital raising on May 14 aiming to raise $1 million, passed the total Thursday with 6 days still remaining to reach its target. Bitcoin Capital, run by financial journalist, entrepreneur, and investor ...

Chinese hackers have breached the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and obtained the records of over 4 million present and present employees, officials said Thursday. The agency, which handles government security clearances and federal employee records, detected the breach in April following the implementation of an “updated cyber security posture.” OPM said in a statement ...

Harvard-based Big Data and analytics consulting marketplace Experfy, Inc. has raised a seed round of $1.5 million. Investors included XPRIZE Chairman and CEO Peter Diamandis, Harvard Business School Professor Tarun Khanna; Intrado President George Heinrichs; Former Chief Innovation Officer of the Agency for International Development Maura O’Neill; Former president of Singularity University Neil Jacobstein; Thomson ...

Messaging giant LINE Corp. has launched a new app called Popcorn Buzz, a teleconferencing app that allows users to talk to up to 200 people at the same time. Described by the company as a “a revolutionary free group call app that allows up to 200 participants to simultaneously converse” the app offers powerful group ...