Paktor, a major rival to Tinder in Asia, moves into live-streaming via merger deal

 Dating app Paktor, often dubbed ‘The Tinder of Southeast Asia,’ just sealed up its move into…

Dropbox is shuttering Hackpad, the collaborative document service it bought in 2014

 Cloud sharing giant Dropbox announced this week it will shutter document collaboration service Hackpad, which it…

Funding for the Tor Project reached a record $3.3 million in 2015

 Last year was a challenging one for the Tor Project, the non-profit organization beyond the anonymous…

SeedPlus closes $18M early-stage fund backed by Cisco, Eight Roads and others

 SeedPlus, the early-stage investment firm backed by Singapore’s Jungle Ventures, has closed its debut fund at a total…

Netflix enters China via licensing deal with top video streaming service iQiyi

 China has long eluded Netflix. The company officially gave up on its original plan to enter…

Netflix rival iFlix reveals its first original content series for emerging markets

 Fresh from raising $90 million from investors in Match, iFlix, a Netflix-like service for emerging markets, has announced…

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is now on sale in the U.S., Canada and Korea with more launches to come

 If you’ve been holding out patiently for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, Samsung’s newest flagship…

China summons Apple for talks following concern around live-streaming apps

 Apple is coming under pressure from authorities in China after internet regulators asked the company to tighten…