Google X is where its “outside the norm” ideas are launched. The outside of the box projects that the company hopes will make it one of the leading technology companies for the remainder of the century and beyond. Google ended the week by wrapping up the acquisition of Gecko Design which will be incorporated in…
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc (ACHN) reported positive interim results from a phase II study (n=12) on its hepatitis C virus (HCV) candidate, ACH-3102. The company’s shares jumped 9.6% following the news. The mid-stage study is evaluating a ribavirin-free regimen of ACH-3102 in combination with Gilead’s (GILD) Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) for the treatment of patients suffering from treatment-naïve…
In an important update on the stock market, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) updated the Google Glass. Google’s latest update for Google Glass offers nice improvements fans will really appreciate. Such improvements include the ability to reach up to 20 contacts through voice, communication switch capabilities, a currency converter, and more. Google Glass gets some serious…
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) recently released its long-awaited guidelines on how bitcoin businesses and individual users will be taxed in Australia. The guidelines are similar in nature to those issued by Singapore in January, which received a mixed response from the bitcoin community. In summary, bitcoins will not be regarded as ‘money’, and will…
Facebook(NASDAQ FB), which censors news and spys on its users, faces a limited fine in Europe as a Vienna court advances the case, giving Facebook 4 weeks to respond. The book 1984 by George Orwell, when it was first released in 1949, described a world few thought possible: a controlling government monitors not only individual…
Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) is rumored to offer the iPhone 6 in three different storage options including 128GB capacity. One thing iPhone users could always use is more storage. If the latest Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) report is correct, fans may get what they wish with the iPhone 6. G for Games recently highlighted a set…
