How this one element from gaming will prepare you for success
This is part two in the “How To Be (Internet) Famous” series. You can check out the previous installment here. One of the most important things you need to know about how to be…
3 must-have Apple Watch apps for a healthy, focused and happy mind
By Collen Kriel
If you are feeling stressed out and are struggling to cope with the day-to-day pressures of life, there are a number of techniques and coping mechanisms to help you out. Meditation, listening to relaxing…
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What you missed in Big Data: Hybrid analytics
Last week saw the analytics movement grow even more closely entwined with the cloud thanks to new updates that promise to help organizations take advantage of the economies offered by the as-a-service model to…
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Rubrik scores $41 million from Greylock and friends for converged data protection
Barely two months after exiting stealth with $10 million in freshly raised venture capital, Rubrik Inc. has secured another funding round more than four times that size to aid its mission of eliminating the…
Cloud games platform provider Weeby.co acquires Vietnamese social app Tappy
By Duncan Riley
Cloud-based social games platform provider Weeby.co, Inc. has acquired Vietnamese social location-based app provider Tappy Pte. Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in August 2014, Tappy offers a hyperlocal social app that is said to…
Microsoft releases updated Spotify-esque Music App for Windows 10
As part of the Windows 10 Technical Preview Microsoft has unveiled a new preview of its music app, and we’re not the first to say, it looks not unlike the Swedish music streaming service, Spotify.…
Online gold savings and payment provider BitGold acquires GoldMoney for $42m
By Duncan Riley
Online gold savings and payments provider BitGold, Inc. has acquired precious metals custody services group GoldMoney Network Ltd. for CAD$59.1 million ($42 million). Under the deal, BitGold will acquire the intellectual property and operating…
Jony Ive named Apple’s Chief Design Officer, new hardware and software design chiefs
By Collen Kriel
Apple Senior Vice President of design, Jony Ive, has been promoted to Chief Design Officer – a newly-created C-level position within the Cupertino-based technology giant’s hierarchy. In his new role as Chief Design Officer,…
Cloud security platform provider Alarm.com files for $75m IPO
By Duncan Riley
Cloud-based security platform provider Alarm.com, Inc. has filed for an initial public offering (IPO.) According to reports, the company is looking to raise $75 million which it plans to use on working capital and other…
Unredacted Adult FriendFinder hacked data offered for 70 Bitcoin, may include CC records
By Duncan Riley
Users of Friendfinder Network, Inc.’s Adult FriendFinder may have more to fear than their sexual preferences being leaked, with a hacker offering for sale an “unredacted” version of the stolen data from the service that may…