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Ben Jackson, whose résumé includes work at Vice Media and The  New York Times, is launching a startup advisory firm called For The Win. Jackson was most recently Vice’s director of mobile apps, where he said he created the mobile apps team and built nine apps, as well as the company’s first unified content API. He’s also worked at the iOS lead at Longform and as a… Read More... →

“Is that what they really look like?” “Did they Photoshop the pics of the house we’re renting?” “Is this actually what I’m buying or just a photo ripped off the Internet?” These are the questions Truepic wants to answer with the startup’s photo verification technology. Today Truepic unveils its SDK for embedding its tech in other products… Read More... →

According to a study conducted through heartbeat measurement app Cardiogram and the University of California San Francisco, the Apple Watch is 97 percent accurate in detecting the most common abnormal heart rhythm, when paired with an AI-based algorithm. The study involved 6,158 participants recruited through the Cardiogram app on Apple Watch. Most of the participants in the UCSF Health… Read More... →

So let me just say really quick that I really dislike Bitmoji. Everything about it/them. The one thing that’s good about Bitmoji is that the user really can easily customize a representative avatar, even if the results are universally terrible in every way. Fortunately Google has just blown Bitmoji out of the water with a genuinely excellent alternative. Unfortunately, it’s only… Read More... →

With more than 30,000 clients and $750 million in assets under management, Toronto-based investment platform Wealthsimple continues to grow both in its home market and in the U.S. To bolster that growth, the company has raised an additional $37 million ($50 million Candian) in funding from Power Financial. Read More... →

Операционная система Tizen от Samsung заняла 19% рынка «умных» часов, опередив Android Wear, чья доля составила 18%. Об этом свидетельствуют данные агентства Strategy Analytics.... →

Почему в США процветают Amway, Herbalife и другие MLM-компании.... →

Компания Apple выпустит полноценное приложение iTunes в магазине приложений Windows Store, сообщили представители Microsoft на конференции Build 11 мая 2017 года.... →

Microsoft doubled down on its commitment to what it called “mixed reality” today at its Build developer conference, revealing motion controllers that work closely with VR headsets from Acer. With a $399 bundle containing all you need coming later this year, it could be one of the more affordable ways out there to get into the VR game. Read More... →

HoloLens, Microsoft’s advanced “mixed reality” headset will launch in China later this month. The device, which started shipping to developers in the U.S. and Canada last year and has since expanded to nine countries in total, which China soon becoming the tenth. While some pundits expected that Microsoft would launch a new version of the HoloLens at its Build developer… Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you 500 Startups Demo Day today, May 11th at 12:00pm to 5:00pm PT. As a global seed fund and startup accelerator, 500 Startups invests in various technology around the world. 500 Startups is holding a Demo Day today for their Batch 20 companies. The theme for this batch is Summer of Love. This group of 41 companies comes from 10 countries representing over… Read More... →

Story Remix позволит работать над одним и тем же роликом с разных устройств... →

Холдинг Veon намерен ежегодно вкладывать в развитие собственной интернет-платформы по $100 млн. Об этом в ходе телефонной конференции для инвесторов сообщил CEO холдинга Жан-Ив Шарлье. «Мы планируем инвестировать примерно $100 млн ежегодно в эту платформу в течение следующих нескольких лет», – цитируетТАСС слова Шарлье. Он отметил, что сумма эта весьма небольшая, если сравнивать ее с совокупными инвестициями холдинга в ключевой телеком-бизнес. Интернет-платформа Veon – это мессенджер, позволяющий обменивать... →

Here is a surprise: at its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Apple’s iTunes will come to the Windows Store by the end of the year. The iTunes app will have full iPhone support and users will essentially get the same iTunes experience from the Windows Store app that the existing Windows app currently offers. Why is this a big deal? Windows 10 S only runs Windows… Read More... →

Топ-менеджеры издания Life запустили сервис для продажи рекламы во «ВКонтакте».... →

Twitch is now going to stream PBS’s “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Yes, the classic kids’ show is being made available to the mostly adult users of the Amazon-owned video game streaming site. Why? Well, a couple of reasons. For starters, Twitch already has a deal with PBS Distribution which has allowed it to stream a number of classic TV programs, including… Read More... →

Microsoft на конференции Build 11 мая 2017 года представила видеоредактор с технологиями машинного обучения Story Remix и осеннее обновление системы, которое называется Fall Creators Update.... →

Речь идет о проекте Минздрава, который разрешает врачам оказывать медицинскую помощь через интернет... →

Restaurants depend on the sale of alcoholic beverages for 60 percent of their revenue. This means that knowing what happens to liquor after it’s put on the shelf behind the bar is critically important to bar owners. Today, connected-device startup Nectar is launching a pour spout and stopper equipped with ultrasound technology to give bar owners eyes on this valuable inventory. To… Read More... →

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could simply take your videos, photos and music and tell an application to turn those into a nice video presentation? With Windows Story Remix, that’s what Microsoft is trying to attempt. This new application, which will launch with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update later this year, combines all of the new features in this upcoming version of Windows… Read More... →