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It can take a lot to build a positive habit — whether that’s stretching every morning, drinking enough water or remembering to go on a run. Kayla Matheus and Laura Day hope to make that a little easier with a small robot that sits on your table or desk called MOTI, which is currently running a Kickstarter campaign. But how would that help? Basically, the duo want to try to… Read More... →

Fabrice Mishiki wanted to create a social media tool to help connect influencers, fans, and friends together in a way that hadn’t been done before. He created Tuurnt. The app starts with your traditional social sharing system. You take videos or photos and post them. Your friends can reply with their own videos and, if you get enough responses, the video stays up and popular for longer.… Read More... →

Smartphone accessory brand Anker is mostly known for its battery packs, chargers and other popular gizmos for gadget fans. In addition to its tech-on-the-go brand, it today announces the launch of Eufy, a new brand for a line of products aimed to make your home life a bit more high-tech. One of the company’s inaugural products is RoboVac 20, a curiously named intelligent light switch. Read More... →

Looks like that was fast.  According to a report published this afternoon by CNBC, former Google GV CEO Bill Maris is talking with investors about raising his own fund, with “preliminary plans” to raise between $350 million and $500 million. We haven’t been able to confirm the report just yet; we hope to update this post shortly. Maris founded GV, formerly known as… Read More... →

Things are starting to get a bit crowded in the world of automated home brewing, with startups like PicoBrew, Brewie and BrewBot all more or less vying for the same small sliver of space. And while these machines have raked in their share of dough through crowdfunding efforts, it seems pretty likely that actual retail interest be enough to maintain all comers. Alchema, on the other hand,… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

Журналист Остин Франк опубликовал в блоге Hackernoon статью о том, почему больше не стоит ждать от Apple революционных новинок. По его мнению, компания стала зрелой и теперь предпочитает не рисковать, а поддерживать нынешний статус. В свое время так поступила и Microsoft. Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод материала.... →

I’m a big fan of massages, so I stopped dead in my tracks when I came across a company in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 Startup Alley earlier today. Taiwan-based U-Gym is a deep layer muscle massager that you can wear while exercising. U-Gym uses medium-frequency electrotherapy to stimulate your muscles, nerves and meridians. The company says it can help with muscle stiffness and… Read More... →

Andela, a company working to bring the top 1% of African tech talent to engineering teams in need of capable, skilled developers, will eventually invest in the startups from those who complete its four-year program. According to Andela co-founder and COO Christina Sass, speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, the company has a broader agenda beyond simply connecting businesses with… Read More... →

Музыкальный сервис Spotify достиг отметки в 40 млн платных подписчиков, сообщил основатель и глава компании Дэниэл Эк (Daniel Ek). Полгода назад этот показатель был на уровне 30 млн человек.... →

New York City’s transit authority is understandably jumpy about the Galaxy Note 7. A week or so after the FAA issued a strongly worded warning asking travelers not to check or fly with Samsung’s new phablet, the MTA is following suit. The organization hasn’t officially banned the device, but it has issued the following warning over social media this week: MTA customers… Read More... →

13 сентября в закрытом профессиональном Facebook-сообществе PR_Russia появилась публикация актрисы театра Et Cetera Марины Дубковой, которая просила помочь с поиском PR-менеджера. Запись быстро распространилась по соцсети благодаря многообразию задач соискателя при низком гонораре. Девушка просила «запустить и продвигать социальные сети», достигнуть миллиона подписчиков в Instagram, помочь со съемкой роликов, придумать концепции, сценарии, проанализировать конкурентов, регулярно создавать «вирусы» и многое ... →

The days of startups being able to hit the ignition and, Uber-like, accelerate away from the law are done. The regulation disruption party is over. That was the loud-and-clear message coming out of a panel discussion grappling with on the intersection of red tape and entrepreneurship here at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Read More... →

Корпорация «Роснано» зарегистрирует российско-китайский фонд прямых инвестиций, а также его управляющую компанию на Каймановых островах. Налоговой экспертизой структуры фонда займется ООО «ПрайсвотерхаусКуперс» (подразделение PWC). Об этом пишет «Интерфакс» со ссылкой на документы по закупке «Роснано». В фонде планируется создать одну или две SPV-компании в юрисдикции Люксембурга. Сумма контракта с PWC составит 2,2 млн рублей. ООО «ПрайсвотерхаусКуперс» в течение 20 дней подготовит для «Роснано» налоговые з... →

Партнёр американского коммуникационного агентства Ovid Хизер Томас пишет, что специалисты часто совершают ошибку, начиная подготовку к презентации со слайдов. По её мнению, следует обращать внимание на особенности компании, для которой готовится презентация. Писатель и спикер TED Саймон Синк утверждает, что многие проблемы возникают из-за волнения.Редакция vc.ru узнала у представителей российских агентств Little Big Agency, Publicis Group, Grape и компании InspiRational , каких ошибок стоит избегать во врем... →

За репертуар у китайцев отвечают уже двое выходцев из российских онлайн-кинотеатров — ранее директором стала Ольга Филипук из Ivi.... →

$29 will get you a Stilla if you act fast. The startup’s simple security system hit Indiegogo about a week or so ago, and it’s already managed to pull in around $44k, courtesy of more than 600 backers. The little pebble-shaped device’s strongest selling point is its simplicity. It’s got an accelerometer, a small speaker (or will in its final version, at least), a… Read More... →

Connected car startup Vinli has accumulated a lot of traction since it started shipping 10 months ago, following a launch at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2014. The company began by offering a hardware dongle for vehicle diagnostic OBD-II ports, but has since expanded to focus on its software platform, which makes it possible or app makers to target their products to connected vehicles. Now,… Read More... →

For a brief moment, the sleaze and smut of old school sleaze and smut returned to the streets of Manhattan, albeit in a decidedly 21st century form. Since launching earlier this year to much fanfare by New York mayo Bill de Blasio, the hundreds of Internet kiosks designed to replace the city’s pay phones have been a source of much handwringing among city officials, particularly along… Read More... →

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