Cloudflare: 150B pageviews/month, 30GB of log data/minute, and more surfers than Facebook

"It's like a giant game of Risk," Prince says as he talks about trying to put servers in Turkey, which is hard, and settling for Bulgaria, which is the gateway to the country.

Google tried to resist FBI requests for data, but the FBI took it anyway

Google filed a petition resisting government requests to provide private information about its users, but last week a U.S. judge rejected the petition and ordered the company to comply with secret demands.

New doggie fitness band may change veterinary industry

You've heard of fitness trackers for humans, but today one emerged for dogs. It delivers data about your pup's to your phone -- and to your vet's office as well.

Bloomberg enters world of venture capital with $75M fund

Bloomberg is launching a new $75 million venture capital fund to support early-stage companies. The fund will be called Bloomberg Beta and will invest in startups that are "producing insights from data" and "making the experience of work better."

The top 25 film schools, ranked by ‘big data’

Top-ten-of-everything site Ranker had a novel idea for rating and ranking the best film schools in the country: check which ones graduate the most successful filmmakers.

Raindance Technologies gets $20M to improve genetic testing, signs deal with Myriad Genetics

"Imagine all diagnostics some day being reduced to a simple blood test," said CEO Roopam Banerjee, who believes Raindance products are a "step in that direction."

Facebook usage data reveals just how ‘depressingly stereotypical’ your life probably is

By take a deep look at people's Facebook habits, Wolfram Alpha makes it clear that most Facebook users lead extremely conventional lives.

SRCH2 launches ‘Google-like’ tech to fix enterprise search

Newly-launched startup SRCH2 is not focused on standard web search, a space inhabited by Google and Bing, but is offering a new take on 'enterprise search.'

Evolv pulls in $15M to prevent the ‘wrong person ending up in the wrong job’

Evolv's "big data" tech to increase workplace productivity and tenure has attracted the attention of investors.

‘Big data’ startup Sociocast conjures $1M, opens up ‘Prediction API’ to SMBs

"Big data" and analytics startup Sociocast has raised $1 million in new funding, which it will use hire new stuff and to beef up its flagship Prediction API product.

Firebase’s scalable backend makes it ’10 times easier’ to build apps

Firebase's cofounder James Tamplin (pictured, left) wants to make the process of developing an app "ten times easier," so he built a product that will do the hard work for you.

Taking its data and going home: Facebook action forces Yandex to shut down mobile app

Yandex shut down its social search app today, soon after Facebook pulled the plug on the app's data access.

Ed-tech startup says its Netflix-like recommendation tool will get you through college faster

With its acquisition of Degree Compass, well-funded startup Desire2Learn is exploring how predictive analytics can reduce the time it takes for students to graduate college.