Over a week since the Heartbleed bug was revealed to the world millions of web users are still at risk of serious identity thefts. This week it was announced that up to…
Paraplegic to kick off World Cup with groundbreaking robotics
The first kick of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be performed by a paraplegic teenager, thanks to a robotic exoskeleton that translates brainwaves to actions. The revolutionary device was…
Red Herring CEO Alex Vieux tells Europe: Go West
Alex Vieux, founder and CEO of Red Herring, has urged European entrepreneurs to seek investment and clients outside the continent – while praising the resilience of the European tech industry. Vieux, speaking…
Four of the most left-field Earth-hacks that could combat climate change
A recent UN report on climate change reminded the world of the reality it is facing. Despite an overwhelming scientific consensus that humanity is to blame for rising temperatures and extreme weather,…
Apple, Samsung head for another day in court
This week, two tech titans will clash once again in court. Samsung will fight claims it owes Apple approximately $2 billion in damages, while the Cupertino giant will argue the Galaxy manufacturer…
Did Facebook Pay Too Much of WhatsApp, or What’s Really Behind Free Software…..
By Umang Gupta, Retired Chairman & CEO Keynote Systems Lately, I’ve met with a lot of young software entrepreneurs that want my advice about their new product or business idea. When I…
Lightspeed Venture Partners’ new fund nears $1 billion
Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised a new, nearly billion-dollar fund. It’s the firm’s tenth and has been split in two different pots earmarked for early- and late-stage ventures, according to Fortune, which…
How Berlin became an online privacy haven
After NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked millions of secrets that blew the lid off American spying activities, Germany’s most famous news magazine Der Spiegel defended him, blazoning “Asyl Für Snowden” (Asylum for…
UAE’s Souq.com raises $75m – Investment Round Up
Funding The WSJ is reporting Souq.com, which claims to be the Arab world’s biggest e-commerce site, has secured a $75 million investment from Naspers, a South African media organization. The Dubai-based company,…
Could Vodafone’s Ono acquisition trigger European telco spending spree?
Vodafone’s $10 billion purchase of Spanish cable operator Ono cements the British telecoms company’s pursuance of a ‘united communications’ model. And the British firm may have fired the starting gun on a…