Mocana has raised $25 million in new funding from Trident Capital for the provider’s mobile app and smart security solutions. The Series D round gives Mocana $47 million in total investment. Mocana’s goal is to be the next major global security franchise — addressing the mobile market — which is estimated at $3 to...
Evidence from Facebook and Instagram plus analysis from outside experts has convinced the Federal Trade Commission to today approve the landmark acquisition. After four months of investigation, it’s also revealed why. The FTC cites that Camera+ and other competitors dwarf Facebook’s standalone Camera app, Instagram has no revenue and limited ways to earn any, and...
As we reported earlier, Twitter has pulled the plug on Tumblr’s friend-finder feature. I feel like it’s a huge, baffling, mistake, and it seems like I’m not the only one. Alex Choi, an engineer at Twitter, responded to a tweet defending the company with this: @nickbilton I wholeheartedly agree, but this @tumblr business just...
Twitter isn’t done with its efforts to take tighter control of its API — now Tumblr users can no longer search for their Twitter friends when they sign up on the microblogging service. Twitter did the same thing to Instagram last month. And last week, it announced new restrictions to its API, which will...
We understand that there’s great value associated with Twitter’s follow graph data, and we can confirm that it is no longer available within Instagram. I haven’t been a tech journalist for that long, but I’ve worked at startups before. I’ve never seen, nor written, a colder statement than the one that Twitter shared with...
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Google TV is heading to Germany: Sony announced that it will start selling its new NSZ-GS7 set-top box to German consumers starting next month. The device will officially be introduced at the IFA fair next week, and then go on sale mid-September for a suggested € 199, according to Spiegel.de. Germany isn’t the first...
On the heels of reports that some students on online course platform Coursera have copied content from other sources, the education startup this week started rolling out what co-founder Daphne Koller called their ‘first line of defense’ against plagiarism: honor code reminders that students must acknowledge reading before submitting some assignments. The new addition...