Kickstarter, the popular crowd funding website has reached more than $1 billion in pledges since it began five years ago. Since 2013, Kickstarter has been growing in popularity and just in the last 12 months the site has already generated $500 million. Today, Kickstarter announced that it has bypassed the $1 billion dollar mark thanks … Read more
Want to hack Netflix? The online company says yes as it opens it’s backend to engineers for a “hack day”. The Hack Day was designed by Netflix to help explore potential future updates for the company. “For Hack Day, our primary goal is to provide a fun, experimental, and creative outlet for our engineers,” said … Read more
Line, the popular Japanese messaging service which has become popular for it’s stickers is now offering a data based calling service very similar to Skype. Starting next month, Line will be offering customers different voice calling packages including a monthly plan and a pay-as-you-go plan in Japan, the US, Mexico, Spain, Thailand and the Philippines. The … Read more
Netflix and Comcast have struck a deal which allows the streaming movie and TV service to have their own direct connection to the broadband provider. In the last few months connectivity speeds of Netflix has slowed due to companies like Verizon and Comcast demanding more money from Netflix due to their increasing popularity. Now, it … Read more
LinkedIn, the popular social networking site for business users have finally released a new feature that allows you to block specific users. Don’t want someone gawking at your LinkedIn profile? Well now you can block them thanks to a new feature that was released ont eh website. LinkedIn is now allowing you to block up … Read more
Netflix speeds have been slow due to an arising feud with Verizon. Streaming speed for Verizon Netflix users has dropped by 14 percent in the last 30 days leaving users constantly waiting for videos to load and unable to watch in HD. The feud all started after Verizon began demanding a higher payment from Netflix … Read more
Kickstarter, a popular crowd funding site has been hacked leaving users emails and personal information at risk. Got a cool idea? Kickstarter has been helping people get funding for their tech start ups, small businesses, ideas and even movie productions. The site has become increasingly popular in the last few years and has been responsible … Read more
Viber, which has become one of the most popular messaging and calling apps has just been bought for $900 million by Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani. Mikitani’s company, Raktun’s Digital Products has apparently purchased Viber for $900 million. The Viber app allows users to call their friends and family for free as long as they have … Read more
According to the latest evidence, the Target breach started with an email phishing scam. Hackers apparently stole the network credentials from Target’s heating and refrigeration contractor using an email phishing scam that was sent out to contractors and employees at least two months before the big hack on Target’s credit card databases. Brian Krebs, a … Read more
Klout, a social web startup that has struggled to build users is up for sale for $100 million and Lithium Technologies is looking to buy. Klout offers users a score by combining data across social media to see how brands and tweets influence people. The company has worked with Disney, Nike and Starbucks to help … Read more
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