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Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. has launched a new service that enables private connectivity between Twilio and an enterprise’s on-premise infrastructure and applications. Called Twilio Interconnect, the service allows enterprises deploying communications in the cloud to connect into Twilio’s communications platform while …
Bangladesh Bank claims $100m stolen via hack of its US Federal Reserve account
The Central Bank of Bangladesh has claimed it has had $100 million stolen through a hack of its account with the United States Federal Reserve. It’s believed that Chinese hackers were behind the hack and stole the money from the bank’s foreign …
Report claims Snapchat targeting $300-350m revenue in 2016, up from $50m in 2015
Messaging app maker Snapchat, Inc. may have finally turned the business around to the point it’s making decent money, at least according to one report Monday. Re/Code quotes multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans as saying they are targeting between $300 …
Blue moon: Medium is getting serious about monetization
Trendy blogging platform provider Medium (A Medium Corporation) looks set to finally adopt a business model and bring in much need revenue, after its founder said in an interview they were looking at monetization. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Evan Williams told …
4chan founder Christopher “Moot” Poole joins Google’s Photos and Streams team
Christopher “Moot” Poole, the founder of infamous image board 4chan, has popped up at one of the most unlikely places, and that place is Google. Poole said in a blog post he was excited to announce he’d joined Google, before waxing lyrical about …
Meerkat gives up the ghost on live streaming, pivoting to new video sharing social network
Live streaming app provider Meerkat, Inc. is soon to be a live streaming provider no longer with the startup having decided to become a video sharing social network instead. The news was disclosed in a note to investors (first discovered by Re/Code …
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson has passed into the eternal computer network in the sky aged 74
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson has passed into the eternal computer network in the sky, after a suspected heart attack at the age of 74. An American computer programmer, Tomlinson implemented the first email system on ARPANET, the first network to implement the …
#Winning: Spotify introduces new Fresh Finds music recommendation service
Streaming music service Spotify AB has introduced a new music recommendation service that taps into social media to find new music. Called “Fresh Finds,” the six new playlists deliver two hours of new music each week based on an analysis of music …
First known Mac ransomware ships with BitTorrent client Transmission
Mac users are immune to being held ransom no longer with news at the weekend that the first ransomware has been discovered in software designed for Apple, Inc.’s OS X operating system. Dubbed “KeRanger” by Palo Alto Networks, Inc., the security firm …
Pastor indicted for taking bribes from disgraced former Bitcoin exchange Coin.mx
A pastor who accepted bribes from the founders of disgraced Bitcoin exchange Coin.mx to allow them to take over his credit union has been indicted by Federal officials. Trevon Gross, the pastor and former chairman of the Helping Other People Excel Federal Credit …