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Google takes on Amazon in its own back yard with new cloud monitoring service in a week

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2015

Days after launching a new service for tracking the performance of applications running on its public cloud, Google is rolling out another monitoring option that takes the fight against Amazon to an entirely new…

Google expands Classroom initiative with mobile app for teachers and students

By Collen Kriel Jan 15, 2015

Google Inc. launched their Google Classroom initiative in August 2014 in an effort to make Google Apps for Education simpler for educators to use. Now they are adding to this initiative with the launch…

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Intel-backed consortium seeks to connect Internet of Things

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2015

After seven months of collaboration, Intel and its partners in the Open Interconnect Consortium are finally launching the initial release of their much-anticipated standard for machine-to-machine communications. The protocol is meant to allow the…

Transit info app Moovit picks up $50M, plans international expansion

By Collen Kriel Jan 15, 2015

Moovit, an Israeli public transport start-up, has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round, which brings their total funding to approximately $81.5 million and makes the company worth between $300 million and…

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Neo raises $20M as graph database market heats up

By Paul Gillin Jan 15, 2015

Less than a week after competitor Dato, Inc. (formerly GraphLab, Inc.) raised $18.5 million from investors, Neo Technology, Inc. announced that it has closed $20 million in Series C funding from two new and three…

Microsoft seeks tight-lipped testers for pre-release of Skype for iPhone

By James Farrell Jan 15, 2015

Microsoft is presently looking for select, “enthusiastic Skype users” to give feedback in a testing program for Skype for iOS. Testers must be 18 or over and have a valid email address, as well…

MySpace traffic up 575% to 50.6m uniques in November. Also MySpace still exists

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2015

Former social network turned social music sharing service MySpace appears to be Lazarus rising in 2015 with news that traffic to the site is booming. According to the Wall Street Journal Myspace traffic hit…

Chinese taxi hailing app KuaiDi Dache takes $600M Series D from Alibaba, Softbank

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2015

Chinese taxi-hailing app KuaiDi Dache (Travice Inc.) has raised $600 million Series D in a round that included Asian tech giants SoftBank Internet and Media Inc., and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Launched in 2012, KuaiDi Dache…

2020 vision: Google wants to partner with car makers on self driving tech

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2015

Google Inc. is reported to be in talks with a range of major car manufacturers to bring its self-driving car technology to the mainstream by 2020. Automakers in talks with Google include General Motors Co, Ford…

Trouble in the Bitcoin mines: CoinTerra sued for not paying its bills

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2015

Bitcoin mining company CoinTerra Inc. is in a spot of bother today with news that it is being sued by a Utah data center operator for breach of contract and failure to pay $1.4…