Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s latest range of smartphones and phablets now has an official launch date, with the company announcing an “Unpacked” event for Thursday, August 13th. Samsung Unpacked events have traditionally been events held by the company to unveil new products, and a teaser shown with the invite would indicate edges, suggesting that among ...

The famous Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, are one step closer to setting up a regulated Bitcoin exchange in New York with the pair filing the paperwork for a Limited Liability Trust company. Described in our previous coverage as a “NASDAQ for Bitcoin,” the Gemini Trust will allow users to legally trade and exchange Bitcoin ...

Former heavyweight world boxing title holder Mike Tyson may be biting off more than a rival’s ear in August with news over the weekend that he is apparently getting into the Bitcoin ATM ring. But an investigation by SiliconANGLE has revealed that Tyson may have been scammed. “Mike Tyson Bitcoin ATM” is said to offer ...

Discount luxury holiday site Secret Escapes Ltd. has raised $60 million Series C in a round led by Google Ventures and Octopus Investments that also included existing investors Index Ventures and Atlas Venture. Founded in 2010, Secret Escapes offers members (it’s free to join) exclusive rates for luxury hand-picked hotels and vacations globally at a claimed ...

Selection bias: the selection of individuals, groups or data for analysis such that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the population intended to be analyzed. The art of polling is far from a new one, an established science with precedent and methodology that when applied properly ...

The Google, Inc. owned Nest smart connected thermostats are no longer available through the Appe, Inc. owned Apple stores, after the latter withdrew them from sale as the first devices become available that work with Apple’s HomeKit. According to reports, although the thermostat was only recently discovered as missing from Apple’s product offerings, it was ...

Are you a student, parent of a student, or educator who would you like a free pair of Beats headphones with your shiny, brand new MacBook, MacBook Pro, or other Mac computer purchase? If your answer is in the affirmative you’re in luck, with reports saying that Apple is throwing in a free pair of ...

Dropbox, Inc. has acquired enterprise communications startup Clementine, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2013 and launched in August 2014, Clementine offers messaging, conference calls, and voice calls within an enterprise environment, with an aim to helping companies make the most of mobile voice and text at work. “We’re now excited to announce the ...

The Open Container Initiative (OCI,) the peace project between CoreOS, Inc. and Docker, Inc. that put an end to the Container Wars back in June, received a boost Wednesday with news that 14 new companies had signed up. Linux Foundation’s executive director Jim Zemlin is reported to have made the announcement at the OSCON conference, along ...

Microsoft Corp.’s cybersecurity solution Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) will be made generally available in August 2015, the company announced Wednesday. Based on the on-premises cybersecurity software Microsoft acquired through its acquisition of Aorato, Inc. 2014, ATA, as its name suggests, offers threat analytics for on-premises data centers that helps companies identify advanced persistent threats before ...