Vessel Group, Inc. (Vessel), the company founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, now offers exclusive content from YouTube stars for a price. The service was launched Tuesday after a period of private beta testing. The site, which according to reports provides a range of YouTube stars for a fee, has been recruiting YouTube stars since mid-to-late 2014, ...

Following the worst trends in forced viewership as pioneered by Facebook, Twitter, Inc. is now testing the abomination of auto-playing videos. According to Adage, the microblogging come messaging service is currently testing it in the United States only with “some users” of their iPhone and iPad apps. The test is, rather bizarrely, said to be a test ...

Mobile operating system startup Cyanogen Inc. has raised $80 million Series C financing in a round led by Premji Invest included Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, Telefónica Ventures, Smartfren Telecom, Index Ventures, Access Industries, Rupert Murdoch, Vivi Nevo, and existing investors Benchmark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, and Tencent Holdings. Founded in 2009, Cyanogen pitches itself ...

Netflix Inc. has finally come to the antipodes, by way of Australia Tuesday local time (March 24th,) and despite the bizarre, and completely made up claims by the mainstream Australian media Monday that the details had been “leaked,” the details were actually released by Netflix early Monday morning Australian time via media release to the ...

Bitcoin to Altcoin provider Paybase appears to be in severe trouble Monday with reports from users that they have been unable to withdraw funds. The company, owned by Josh Garza (pictured) who is also behind related companies including Bitcoin mining firm GAW Miners, first struck trading issues in January when reports said that the firm was ...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. formally announced its Galaxy A7 smartphone back in January, and since that time it has gone on sale in various global markets. Billed as Samsung’s thinnest phone yet at a thickness of only 6.3 mm, the phone packs a serious punch without the serious price likely to be asked for by ...

The freemium music model favored by Spotify Inc. is under pressure with reports that at least one major record company is pressuring the company to change its free tier. The Financial Times reports that Universal Music Group is using license negotiations with Spotify to push for changes to the company’s free service “privately arguing that it is ...

Google’s original “don’t be evil” mantra has once again proved to be worth nothing more than keyboard it was typed on with news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found in 2012 that Google was intentionally manipulating its search results to discriminate against competitors. The revelation came via The Wall Street Journal, which reports that ...

Amazon.com’s dream of drone deliveries became a step closer to reality Thursday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the e-commerce giant approval to test the service. The formal terms give Amazon an “experimental airworthiness certificate,” which the FAA says it typically issues to manufacturers and technology developers to operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that ...

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer S.A. will officially join the smartwatch market with an expected announcement Thursday that it will be launching a new luxury watch in a partnership with Intel Corp. According to Reuters, the new watch will differentiate itself from the current crop of smartwatches and instead offer a digital replica of its Black Carrera ...