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Virtual reality (VR) game startup Playful Corp. has raised $25 million Series B in a round from a number of undisclosed investors. Founded in 2012 by Words with Friends co-creator Paul Bettner, Playful has as its primary aim to develop games for …
Big win for Bitcoin as EU Court of Justice rules transactions can’t be charged VAT
In a big win for the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency sector, Europe’s highest court has ruled that the likes of Bitcoin should be exempt from value-added tax (VAT) and treated like any other currency The European Union’s Court of Justice ruled on a …
Report: augmented reality startup Magic Leap close to raising $1b on a $4.5b valuation
Google, Inc. backed augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Inc. is set to raise a new round, at least according to one report Thursday. According to an exclusive from the South Florida Business Journal the company is set to raise $1 billion Series …
Alphabet reports Google Q3 financials saw solid growth of 13% to $18.7b in revenue
Alphabet, Inc., the company once know as Google, but is now the parent company of Google the search business versus say the self-driving car project (hopefully that’s clear) has reported third quarter results for Google (the division that is) and despite the …
Amazon smashes analyst predictions flat with Q3 sales up 23% to $25.4b
Amazon.com, Inc wowed Wall Street Thursday with the company reporting third quarter financial results that didn’t just beat market expectations but blew them away. The company reported $25.4 billion on a profit of 17 cents per share for the period, versus the …
Report finds 2015 is the worst year in history for OS X malware
A new report from security firm Bit9 + Carbon Black, Inc. has found the perception that Apple’s Mac range of computers are safe from viruses is incorrect with 2015 said to be the worst year ever for OS X malware. The report …
ROFL: Twitter apologizes to developers, says it wants them back
Piss-take: “an unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody.” Wikitionary. In what has to be one of the biggest jokes in recent history, Twitter Chief Executive Office Jack Dorsey is appealing to developers to return to the service, despite the fact …
Official: Western Digital acquires SanDisk for a whopping $19b
Western Digital Corp. has acquired rival SanDisk Corp. for a whopping $19 billion. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal values SanDisk at $86.50 a share, a 15% premium over Tuesday’s close; of note SanDisk traded at less than $60 a …
Google enters the paid video subscription market with new service YouTube Red
Following rumors going back over 6 months, Google has finally entered the paid video subscription market with a new service called YouTube Red. The new service is said to deliver users the ability to view videos across all of YouTube without ads, …
Defying expectations, Google has a hit product with Google Photos reaching 100m users
Can Google launch a new product and not see it sink like a mafia victim thrown into the sea with a concrete block tethered to their ankles? Bad analogies aside, the answer is surprisingly yes, with the search giant announcing Tuesday that …