Best Reason to Stay Holed Up in a Marriot Hotel: Netflix
Marriott and Netflix have agreed to provide Netflix to the hotel chain's in-room television as a freebie to hotel guests with Netflix accounts.
Jun 15, 2015 8:57 AM EDT
YouTube to launch video gaming site
Google Inc's Youtube on Friday announced a new games-app and website called YouTube Gaming, a place where more than 25,000 games will have their own channels, which will make it simpler for gamers to live streaming content and will make it possible for game fans to watch all the best videos under those channels.
Sweden's Starbreeze Invests $1.4M in Mobile Shooter Game Developer Cmune to Bring its Hit Payday Franchise to the Mobile Device Platform
Giant gaming publisher Starbreeze partners up with game shooter specialist Cmune by investing $1.4 million to bring its hit franchise PAYDAY to the mobile device platform.
Catalia Health Gets $1.25 Million Seed Funding For Its Healthcare Robot
Catalia Health gained $1.25 million in seed funding from investors such as Khosla Ventures to improve its operations on its robotics that will help treat chronic diseases.
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Pax Lab Heats Up With $46.7 Million in Series C Funding To Expand and Introduce New Product Lines
Botanical vaporizer manufacturer Pax Labs, recently rounded up funding worth $46.7 million in Series C financing from investors such as Tao Capital, Sand Hill Angels, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Sivia Capital. The funding will be used for international expansion and the manufacturing of new product lines.
Jun 15, 2015 2:04 AM EDT
Foxconn to build Apple iPhone plant in India
In the near future, iPhones as well as iPods and iPads may be manufactured in India. The main manufacturing partner of Apple Inc, Foxconn Technology is said to be in talks with the Indian government in order to build its manufacturing units in western Indian state of Maharashtra.
Jun 13, 2015 12:01 PM EDT
Europol reveals arrest of 49 cyber criminals
Dozens of suspected cyber crime offenders were arrested by the Europol police after a series of investigations were conducted by law enforcement officers from UK and Belgium respectively.
Jun 13, 2015 10:31 AM EDT
Box raises full-year forecast as more customers sign up for cloud storage
Box Inc ( Box.N), the cloud storage provider raised its full-year forecast. Share value of the company increased by 8.7 per cent in the extended trading on Wednesday.
Jun 13, 2015 9:48 AM EDT
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo leaves, turns over leadership to Jack Dorsey amid shareholders complaints of slow company growth
Twitter CEO Richard Costolo will be stepping down in July amid complaints of slow user and advertising growth. Board Chairman and former CEO Jack Dorsey steps in as interim CEO while a committee searches for a permanent company head.
Jun 13, 2015 9:36 AM EDT
Apple HealthKit Update: Now Featuring Period Tracking and Sexual Activity, Which Experts Claim are Useless
Apple added a new feature in their HealthKit platform, which will be added in the new iOS 9. The app will now include features that can keep track of women's sexual activities and menstrual cycle. This is in response to the criticism that Apple has disregarded women's health issues for a long time.
Jun 13, 2015 7:12 AM EDT
Qualcomm Greater China former president Frank Meng returns amid troubled market; former head Wang Xiang moves to Xiaomi
Former Qualcomm China president Frank Meng is returning to head the company operations of the troubled U.S. chipmaker. Former head Wang Xiang exits to join smartphone maker Xiaomi.
Jun 13, 2015 6:54 AM EDT
Roomi Lands $2 Million To Pair You With The Perfect Roommate, Funds to be used for Expansion of Operations, Additional Features
Roomi is a free mobile app that makes searching for roommates and housing in New York easier and faster. They recently launched the app June 9 with a seed fund of $2 million led by DCM ventures.
Jun 13, 2015 3:10 AM EDT
Oculus VR unveils consumer version of Oculus Rift headset
Oculus on Thursday unveiled its virtual reality headset, Rift, at a press event in San Francisco. The Rift which is said to bring about a vast change in how you play your games today, will be shipped with wireless Xbox One controller. The Oculus Rift will be available to consumer by first quarter of 2016.
Jun 12, 2015 9:51 AM EDT
Brit+Co is first beneficiary of Intel Capital's $125 million diversity fund
Brit+Co confirmed the company raised $20 million from Intel Capital, and as its first acquisition brought user-generated DIY app Snapguide to add more media to its platform.
Jun 12, 2015 8:43 AM EDT
Metal performance for Apple's desktop OS - X 10.11: EI Capitan
Among the slew of product and services launched at Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple also introduced its latest version of desktop operating system- OS X 10.11 EI Capitan.
Jun 11, 2015 9:47 AM EDT
Twitter follows you and the apps you've downloaded for better ad targetting
Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new tool called "installed app category targeting", which gives advertisers an edge when it comes to catering ads to users on the micro-blogging site. With the new feature, marketers can target their ads to Twitter users based on the category of the app and how recently the app was downloaded onto your phones.
Jun 11, 2015 9:27 AM EDT