Apple’s acquisition of Beats changes fate of employees

In the midst of Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats, the two California-based companies are choosing which employees and technological resources will make the cut. During this week and last, Apple executives took a trip to Beats’ Santa Monica, Calif., headquarters and … Continue reading →

BitFury Announces Hosted Mining Services

BitFury Group, the leading Bitcoin infrastructure provider, today announced it is making hosted mining services available to all business customers. BitFury has built its reputation as the world’s market leader of custom-made… Continue reading →

BitTorrent’s new chat app ‘Bleep’ could be a boon for confidential conversations

BitTorrent (the company, not the popular P2P file transfer protocol) launched a new messaging app today that offers a greater degree of privacy than others. Continue reading →

Groupon founder Andrew Mason is working on coolest walking-tour app of all time

There are plenty of walking tour apps in the app stores. But this one has local flavor that’s unbelievably delicious. Continue reading →

FCC to Verizon: Your throttling had better be about managing congestion, not cash

Apparently the chairman of the FCC isn’t a fan of Verzion’s plans to throttle the speeds of customers signed up for its unlimited plans, and has asked Verizon’s CEO to justify that decision. Continue reading →

Moving Hadoop beyond MapReduce

Hadoop far more than the one-trick pony it was once characterized as, and with its new capabilities, businesses are using it to gain real insight and add real value. Continue reading →

BitTorrent starts testing Bleep, its new P2P messaging platform

BitTorrent’s new P2P chat app is dubbed Beep, and Windows users can now line up to become part of an invite-only test. Continue reading →

Snapchat reportedly in funding talks that value it at $10 billion, as much as Airbnb and Dropbox

If a $3 billion acquisition offer shocked you, prepare to faint at the latest Snapchat news: The company is reportedly in financing talks that would value it at $10 billion. Investors are placing their bets that Snapchat is the next Facebook…or at least the next WhatsApp. Continue reading →

First Data acquires Gyft, a digital gift card company beloved by bitcoin users

Gyft, a mobile gift card company, announced Wednesday that it has been acquired by First Data, an Atlanta-based payments giant. The acquisition terms were not disclosed, as first reported by Pando Daily. While it’s not technically a major acquisition of … Continue reading →