Google[x], the search giant’s secret research and development lab for ideas that ostensibly have nothing to do with search, has been a source of intrigue since its creation in 2010. The outfit…
Yieldbot secures $18m Series B – Investment Round Up
Series A Inbilin, a social networking voice call app that allows users to call strangers, has raised $15 million in Series A funding from Qiming Venture Partners and Morningside Ventures. The company,…
Gild secures $13.5m funding round – Investment Round Up
Series A India-based gaming company Octro has secured $15 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Sequoia Capital. Octro focuses on reimaging real-word games into mobile multiplayer titles. The…
Cloud storage market braces for impact as Apple revamps iCloud offering
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) began this week, and while consumers hoping for hardware like the iWatch or an Apple-designed TV were left disappointed, there were enough software announcements to make certain…
Apple, Microsoft and Google set for battle to control consumers’ homes
The news that Apple is set to unveil a software platform to control the objects inside our homes reflects a push by technology companies to completely integrate their products into our everyday…
Samsung to launch Tizen smartphones in Russia, India
Samsung is making a push into the mobile software and services market with its Tizen operating system, and plans to launch a new smartphone featuring the system in Russia and India shortly,…
Yahoo’s Alibaba cash windfall puts pressure on CEO Mayer to spend
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has finally filed for a $1 billion IPO – though the final figure raised could make it the world’s largest-ever public offering. The much awaited filing brought with…
Red Herring Announces Finalist for 2014 Top 100 North America
The Red Herring editorial team is pleased to announce the 2014 Finalist list for the upcoming Red Herring Top 100 North America event. This set of companies represents the short list for…
Apple prepares bond sale worth $17 billion
Apple will again sell billions of dollars worth of bonds this year. The company had previously offloaded $17 billion worth of debt twelve months ago in what was then the biggest-ever sale…
Weekly digest: Facebook wants to connect world, Oculus Rift developers jump ship and BlackBerry reports huge loss
Facebook wants to connect world to Internet with drones Facebook officially unveiled its plan to expand the reach of the Internet through a sophisticated system of drones, lasers and satellites this week.…