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Raytheon acquires infosec firm Websense for $1.9 billion

By Duncan Riley Apr 20, 2015

Raytheon Co. is said to have acquired information security firm Websense Inc. for a figure believed to be $1.9 billion including debt. The deal will see Raytheon take an 80 percent stake in the…

Google Wallet now insures customer funds with FDIC insurance

By Duncan Riley Apr 20, 2015

Google Inc.’s mobile payment solution Google Wallet has just become safer for users in the United States with news that it now comes with Government insurance. According to an exclusive report from Yahoo Finance,…

Is history repeating itself? VC in Q1 2015 was the highest since Q1 2000

By Duncan Riley Apr 19, 2015

A new report set to be released by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) is said to show that the second great tech bubble may be in full swing, with venture capital in the first quarter of 2015…

Mt. Gox Bitcoins were stolen starting in 2011, nearly all gone by mid-2013

By Duncan Riley Apr 19, 2015

The so-called hacking of Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox Inc. in 2014 has been thrown into doubt again over the weekend with a new report finding that the coins were stolen over a period…

Platform business models driving a revolution in networking | #MITIDE

By Elizabeth Kays Apr 19, 2015

The old days of product-based business models are long gone, says Marshall Van Alstyne, a visiting professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. In today’s “sharing” economy, “platform business models beat product business models…

Riot Games, Valve, and Blizzard make up 77% of Twitch streams

By Eric David Apr 17, 2015

Popular esports titles continue to dominate the livestreaming site Twitch.tv, with a vast majority of users continuing to watch only a handful of games. The real winners in the battle for Twitch domination appear…

Koalah lets you place bets on your gaming skills

By Eric David Apr 17, 2015

If you have ever wished someone would just pay you to play video games all day, you may get your chance with a recently launched web game platform called Koalah, which allows players to compete…

User exposes Minecraft exploit after he said Mojang failed to act

By Eric David Apr 17, 2015

About two years ago, a Pakistan-based developer named Ammar Askar discovered a vulnerability in Minecraft while he was working on mods for the block-building game. Askar says he informed Mojang AB of the problem, but after…

Instagram clarifies rules to allow photos of breastfeeding, other nudity still banned

By Eric David Apr 17, 2015

Instagram has updated its community guidelines to explicitly allow photos showing breastfeeding or post-mastectomy scars, but other forms of nudity are still forbidden. “We’re not changing any of the policies,” Instagram’s director of public…

Google brings Big Data to the masses with Cloud Dataflow beta

By Mike Wheatley Apr 17, 2015

Google has finally taken the wraps off its Cloud Dataflow offering, which is designed to allow developers lacking in Hadoop skills to build sophisticated analytic “pipelines” capable of processing extremely large datasets. Cloud Dataflow…

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Raytheon acquires infosec firm Websense for $1.9 billion

Google Wallet now insures customer funds with FDIC insurance

Is history repeating itself? VC in Q1 2015 was the highest since Q1 2000

Mt. Gox Bitcoins were stolen starting in 2011, nearly all gone by mid-2013

Platform business models driving a revolution in networking | #MITIDE

Riot Games, Valve, and Blizzard make up 77% of Twitch streams

Koalah lets you place bets on your gaming skills

User exposes Minecraft exploit after he said Mojang failed to act

Instagram clarifies rules to allow photos of breastfeeding, other nudity still banned

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