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Senator Franken doesn’t want a Lyft, he wants answers
Uber’s troubles have been well documented over the previous few weeks, but though the negative press doesn’t seem to have deterred its investors, it’s biggest rival Lyft has seized on the opportunity to steal some of its business. Lyft has gone out of its way to reassure consumers it doesn’t share Uber’s carefree attitude towards ...
AWS offers big ‘reserved instance’ discounts, but Google’s still cheaper
Amazon Web Services Inc. raised a few eyebrows at its re:Invent conference last month when it didn’t announce any more price cuts. Now we know why that is – Rather than just slash prices blindly once again, it’s being a bit smarter with its discounts by offering two new billing tiers for its Reserved Instances ...
Uber’s PR problems pile up with latest privacy breach
Uber Inc. has been bedeviled by privacy concerns following revelations about its “God View” tool that grants employees access to users’ personal data. Although Uber tried to persuade its customers it can be trusted by publishing its privacy policy on its blog last month, there seems to be just no end to the negative press. ...
All-flash startup Kaminario bags $53M to scale up storage
Startup Kaminario has just announced a $53 million funding round that will fuel its push into the growing flash storage market. The new round means it’s raised a considerable $128 million, making it one of the best-funded flash startups around. And Kaminario has actually been around for a while. Founded in 2008, it’s going up ...
Hortonworks sets IPO price ahead of NASDAQ debut
Hortonworks Inc. seems keen to get on with its upcoming IPO as soon as possible. It just announced an important bit of news ahead of its NASDAQ debut. Following on from its S-1 filing last month, Hortonworks has issued an update to say it will be trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker ...
Microsoft buys email app Acompli to revamp Outlook
Microsoft has acquired the San Francisco-based email application builder Acompli Inc., in a deal valued at $200 million. The announcement isn’t exactly a surprising one considering how Microsoft accidentally leaked the news before Thanksgiving in a blog post, but it does show how serious the company is about supporting multiple platforms. Re/Code was the first ...
CoreOS launches “container wars” with rival tech to fight Docker
Docker containers are one of the hottest technologies around at the moment, so much so that CoreOS even built its Linux-based operating system for large server deployments around the concept. But now CoreOS isn’t happy with the direction Docker is taking. Docker has a “broken security model”, and so it’s decided to build an alternative ...
FAA’s tough drone rules hold back potentially life-saving applications
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shot down any hope of drones being used for commercial purposes in the forseeable future, in a move that threatens to stifle drone innovation and could even have potentially fatal consequences. Under its proposed ‘guidelines’ for commercial drone use, the FAA has excluded the vast majority of the ...
Uber controversy highlights dangers of operating in the cloud
Uber Inc. has been a poster child for disruption in the tech industry since its rise, but recent controversy over its lack of regulation and privacy policies highlight how it’s moving into largely uncharted territory. Last week, the controversial cab service was forced to suspend its services in Nevada after a judge issued a preliminary ...
Lazada raises $250M to fuel Southeast Asia’s online shopping spree
Southeast Asian e-commerce store Lazada.com has just raised a massive $250 million in a funding round that should help to secure its status as the “Amazon of Asia”. The fresh round means Lazada has now raised about $736 million since its inception, while its value is pegged at around $1.25 billion. Lazada, which claims to ...