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Supply chain intelligence cloud provider FusionOps, Inc. has today announced that they have added pre-defined prescriptive analytics to their cloud platform The new feature will give enterprise users access to data science-backed recommendations that can be used to optimize inventory in order …
UK legal tech startup Apperio raises $2.4m in seed funding
Legal tech startup Apperio Ltd. has raised £1.7 million ($2.4 million) in seed funding in a round led by Notion Capital that included NextLaw Labs and IQ Capital. Based in the United Kingdom, Apperio offers a real time, smart-analytics enabled legal fee …
Bitcoin payment provider Coinify lands new deal to offer services in Asia-Pacific region
Bitcoin merchant services provider Coinify ApS has announced a new deal with Hong Kong-based payment service provider iPayDNA International Ltd. to bring advanced Blockchain payment options to merchants in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the deal, iPayDNA’s merchants will now be able to …
Over one thousand duped in Taiwan based Bitcoin investment scam
A couple in Taiwan has managed to defraud over 1,000 people in a Bitcoin investment scam that was promising large returns. The scam, which was marketed as a high-yield investment program but was more likely a classic Ponzi scheme, was promoted through …
It’s official: streaming is now the biggest earner in the US music market
In a case of it had to happen eventually, streaming now rules the roost in the United States music market with services in the segment surpassing revenue of downloaded music sales for the first time in 2015. According to data released by …
BI startup Domo raises additional $131m, announces new Business Cloud product
Business Intelligence startup Domo, Inc. has raised $131 million as an extension of its Series D round of April 2015 from BlackRock and Credit Suisse on the same valuation of $2 billion. The company, founded by former Omniture CEO Josh James in …
Report claims Google is developing a keyboard for iOS devices
Google, Inc. wants a bigger slice of the iOS search pie and is going about it a sneaky way by developing a keyboard for iOS devices, according to a report Tuesday. The Verge claims that the search giant has been developing the …
New DARPA program seeks to find ways to hack your body to improve cognitive learning
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new program to explore using peripheral nerve stimulation to enhance learning processes in the brain. If that doesn’t make an awful lot of sense to you, more simply put, DARPA is …
Bitcoin Blockchain smart contracts startup RSK Labs raises a $1m seed round
Bitcoin Blockchain smart contracts startup RSK Labs Ltd. has raised $1 million in seed funding in a round that included Bitmain Technology, Coinsilium, and Digital Currency Group. Based in Buenos Aires, RSK is developing Rootstock, an open-source smart contract platform with a 2-way …
FBI suspends Apple case due to discovery of new way to access terrorists iPhone 5c
In a completely unexpected turn of events, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has suspended its efforts to force Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the terrorists in the San Bernadino attack. While tentatively good news given the broader …