Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to join Google as CFO on May 26
Ruth Porat to Join Google as Chief Financial Officer — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif (Tuesday, March 24, 2015) — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that Ruth Porat, currently Chief Financial Officer ...
Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include New York Times, BuzzFeed, and National Geographic
Facebook May Host News Sites' Content — Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous.
London-based distributed computing firm Improbable raises $20M from a16z, develops large-scale simulated worlds
Improbable: enabling the development of large-scale simulated worlds — Over the past decade, computing resources that were previously available only to large organizations became available to almost...
Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel opens to public for $2.99/month, 12 months free if you sign up within 72 hours
Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel Launches To The Public — Vessel, the new online video subscription service built by some of the early team at Hulu, is launching to the public today.
Google warns of unauthorized TLS certificates trusted by almost all OSes
Misissued certs known to impersonate several Google domains, may affect others. — In the latest security lapse involving the Internet's widely used encryption system, Google said unauthorized digita...
Slack Is Said to Be in Funding Talks at $2 Billion-Plus Value
(Bloomberg) — Slack Technologies Inc., whose software helps people collaborate at work, is in talks with investors to raise financing at a valuation of more than $2 billion, according to people with k...
Over 50 companies make their presentations at Y Combinator Winter 2015 Demo Day One
Here Are The Companies That Presented At Y Combinator Demo Day 1 — It's that time again! Today was Demo Day 1 (of 2) for Y Combinator's Winter 2015 class — when investors and reporters …
Amazon updates Fire TV lineup with USB storage and wireless headphone support, expands TV stick availability to UK and Germany
Amazon Updates Fire TV Lineup With Support For USB Storage, Wireless Headphones And More — Amazon announced this morning that its streaming media players Amazon Fire TV …
Microsoft Launches Azure App Service, A New Set Of Tools For Web And Mobile App Developers
Microsoft is launching Azure App Service today, a new cloud-based service that gives developers a single service for building mobile and web apps, combined with tools for automating business processes...
Netflix launches in Australia, AU$8.99/month for standard definition, AU$14.99/month for Ultra HD
and how much they'll cost
Google Fiber Plans Experiment With Targeted Ads for Television
Cute animals. Addictive jingles. Local sports stars acting awkwardly. These are some of the charming hallmarks of local television ads, and Google would like you to see more of them. — In a note ...
NFL to broadcast one game via Internet during upcoming season for the first time in its history
NFL to Broadcast a Game Nationally Via Internet Only — Move marks first time league will air national broadcast solely by streaming — For the first time in its history …
Adobe will contribute to Project Spartan; Microsoft's browser will get better web standards support
Adobe builds new features straight into Microsoft's browser — A partnership advances Adobe's technology ideas while making Microsoft's Project Spartan more competitive.
Xiaomi's New Mi TV 2: A 40-Inch Android-Powered Smart TV for $320
Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo :
Indian Supreme Court upholds freedom of speech online, scraps controversial censorship law
NDTV News :
Trade group led by AT&T and Verizon sues FCC to overturn net neutrality
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Twitter testing new quality filter that removes threats and offensive/abusive content from timelines; currently available for verified users only
Neustar brings in big guns ahead of FCC vote — FCC budget under the microscope Rhiannon Williams / Telegraph : Twitter's new quality filter removes abuse from your timeline Lance Whitney / CNET : Twit...
Microsoft partners with Dell, Pegatron, and eight regional OEMs to preinstall Office and Skype on Android devices; expands partnership with Samsung to tablets
thoughts on the Office business Ben Geier / Fortune : How Microsoft is taking on Google on its home turf Samsung Tomorrow : Samsung Electronics and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Bring Microsoft Serv...
Google and Twitter veteran Jason Goldman heads to White House as first-ever chief digital officer
Barack Obama names two new top aides — Murray is currently Vice President Joe Biden's deputy chief of staff and communications director; Jason Goldman will take over and expand the White House's dig...
Twitch accounts were compromised, passwords are being reset for everyone
streaming site warns of possible hack (update) Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Twitch resets user passwords following breach Bertel King, Jr / Android Police : All Twitch Passwords And Stream Keys Reset F...
Becoming Steve Jobs challenges Walter Isaacson's official biography with support from Jobs's inner circle
Steven Levy / Backchannel :
FTC replaces Mobile Tech Unit with Office of Tech Research and Investigation to tackle broader issues like privacy, security, big data, payments, IoT
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post :
Pinterest employees who've been with company for 2+ years can hold vested stock options for up to seven years after departing, avoiding immediate tax hit
this is huge for @pinterest employees. i hope other startups follow suit. Jared Zimmerman / @jaredzimmerman : today @pinterest loosened the golden handcuffs a bit http://fortune.com/... Caleb Garling ...
Microsoft releases Windows 10 SDK
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Amazon Prime Music takes on Pandora, iTunes Radio with Prime Stations, offers iOS users ad-free streaming music stations with unlimited skips
Grab one for just £7 Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Amazon adds personalized music stations on iOS Adnan Farooqui / Ubergizmo : Prime Stations Now Available On Prime Music For iOS See also Mediagazer
Twitter Starts Testing Autoplay Videos in iPhone, iPad Apps
Tim Peterson / AdAge :
Twitter partnering with Foursquare to let you tag specific locations in tweets
Ben Woods / The Next Web :
Firechat working on bluetooth-based Greenstones, hardware widgets to strengthen mesh networks on mobile
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Facebook open-sources Augmented Traffic Control, a Wi-Fi tool for simulating 2G, Edge, 3G, and LTE networks
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
AI-powered law for startups
Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.