Getty Images, the mega stock photo site, has been sold for $3.3 billion to the Carlyle Group, the Getty family and key management figures. The Carlyle Group will partner with the photo…
Salesforce Finalizes $689M Buddy Media Acquisition
Salesforce finalized its $689 million acquisition of Buddy Media, paying $475 million in cash and 1.4 million common stock shares, according to an SEC filing. The deal is the largest contract in…
iPad’s China Market Share Larger than Entire World’s
Apple’s iPad may be leading the tablet revolution with a global penetration of 68 percent, but it’s even more popular in China, where the iPad holds nearly 73 percent of the tablet…
Google Fined $22.5M “Traffic Ticket” for Safari Tracking
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring The FTC fined Google $22.5 million to settle charges of bypassing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser, the largest civil fine ever for the commission, though at…
DocuSign Nabs $47.5M for R&D and European Expansion
DocuSign, the electronic signature platform based out of San Francisco, recently nabbed $47.5 in Series D funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Mary Meeker, known for her annual Internet Trends…
Microsoft’s Bing Fund Incubates Startups with Cash, Advice, Technology
Microsoft officially announced its Bing Fund, an angel investor and business incubator that will offer promising startups cash, advice and privileged access to Microsoft’s technology. The fund will make $50,000 to $100,000…
China Hacks India’s Navy with Malware infected USBs
In the new age of tech and cyber security, James Bond might just as easily use a thumb drive over a license to kill. Classified technical details of a Indian Navy nuclear…
Google Fined $22.5M for Safari’s Cookies
Google is on the verge of being slapped with a $22.5 million fine by the FTC, after the company was caught dipping its hands into Safari’s cookie jar, the Wall St. Journal…
Netflix: Over 1 Billion Hours Streamed in June, Stock Jumps 20%
Netflix subscribers streamed a massive 1 billion hours of video content in June, a record for the site, Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings announced on his Facebook page earlier this month. Hastings credited…
Practice Fusion Raises $34M to Corner eMedical Record Market
With one in four doctors on their platform, Practice Fusion has become the go-to company for electronic medical records. To further solidify their corner, the company just raised $34 million in a…