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Airbnb received 188 requests for users’ data from governments around the world in the first six months of this year, according to the company’s first-ever transparency report. The home-sharing company provided data in response to 82 of those requests. Airbnb is publishing a transparency report as part of its Community Compact, an initiative to make the company more transparent to… Read More... →

Chris Moore is an increasingly rare breed. At the founding of Redpoint Ventures 17 years ago, Moore joined as an associate and — unlike today’s associates who often are cycled in and out of venture firms — he was made a partner, ultimately leading deals in a number of companies that have gone on to sizable exits, including Auditude, acquired by Adobe; Right Media,… Read More... →

In the movie Moonraker James Bond has to fight a madman with his own fleet of Space Shuttles. The movie was made in 1979, a golden age for government-subsidized spaceflight. Back then the thought that a man like Hugo Drax could afford a fleet of shuttles was ludicrous. The thought that private businesses could send anything bigger than a breadbox into orbit was silly. Sure the sight of Jaws,… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

We’re thrilled to announce that you can catch a glimpse of all the Disrupt SF 2016 Startup Alley companies on our Startup Alley hub. In addition to being a great resource for investors, the site is also mobile-friendly so you can easily view info on all of your favorite Alley companies right from your mobile device at the conference. Read More... →

Every Star Wars fan’s dream is to be there – to inhabit the rich world created by Lucasfilm and the creative minds behind the epic films and their surrounding media universe. ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, is working to make those dreams come true. Read More... →

Пользователи старшего возраста не хотят видеть новости в лентах социальных сетей, в то время как молодёжь узнаёт обо всём происходящем в мире именно оттуда. При этом самая молодая аудитория соцмедиа активно взаимодействует с новостными публикациями и оставляет комментарии к ним. К такому выводу пришли исследователи из Spot.IM. Согласно результатам опроса, 66% пользователей в возрасте от […]... →

Microsoft is working with Liebherr’s appliance division to rebuild the refrigerator and make it smarter, faster, strong; well, maybe just smarter. The new collaboration between the two will see Microsoft provide computer vision technology, via its Microsoft Cognitive Services Computer Vision API, to let the fridge identify objects contained within. Why would you want a fridge that knows… Read More... →

This week, what would have been Facebook’s first satellite was destroyed in a Falcon 9 explosion, Facebook changed its Trending Topics layout and new information about the Dropbox password breach was unveiled. Read More... →

It’s pretty odd that even while people are chatting about producing the VR video’s crazy theoretical future with 8K resolution per eye, stereoscopic rendering and light field ready footage, I’m still here struggling to keep Louis C.K. clips from buffering on my mobile phone. In order for VR to be successful, companies are going to need to start correcting some of the… Read More... →

When I arrived at Qihan’s IFA booth, a rainbow colored trio of Sanbots were performing choreographed moves to some unrecognizable pop song. Because, well, when you want to get people to stop at your both in the middle of a giant show full of gadgety distractions, you pull out all the stops. The plucky little robot has flipper arms, a pair of wheels for feet and a body chock full of… Read More... →

The world of edtech is strange and full of apparent contradictions. Venture capital investment has exploded since 2010, hitting an all-time high of $3.1 billion in 2015, with private equity and strategic acquisitions pushing this number even higher. Dozens of startups, if not more, vie for the attention of presidents and provosts. If you look at adoption rates by schools, just one category… Read More... →

Состояние основателя и руководителя компаний Tesla Motors и SpaceX Элона Маска за сутки снизилось на $779 млн — до $8,3 млрд. Это может быть связано с проблемами при проведении сделки по приобретению Tesla компании SolarCity, пишет Bloomberg.... →

When I first covered Fleex, it was a neat little video player that let you learn English using your favorite movies or TV shows. Since then, Reverso has acqu-hired the team behind Fleex and now plans to relaunch the language learning platform with a new killer feature — Netflix shows. Maybe I’m biased because it’s basically how I learned English, but I think watching all… Read More... →

Google’s A.I. technology may be capable of putting on a trippy art show, thanks to its neural network-powered DeepDream computer vision program. But when Google turned its machine learning technology to the world of fashion via its new experiment “Project Muse,” the results were less than compelling. Designed in partnership with European e-commerce company Zalando,… Read More... →

Около половины всего времени, которое американские пользователи проводят в интернете, приходится на долю мобильных приложений. Если принимать в расчёт взаимодействие со встроенным мобильным контентом на различных экранах, то время, отведённое на работу с приложениями, достигает 60%. Об этом сообщает агентство comScore со ссылкой на результаты очередного исследования. Для сравнения: в июле 2014 года пользователи из […]... →

We took a break last week, but don’t worry; we’re back and we’ve got some big news to make up for it! Google changed their local review schema guidelines this week and Threadwatch has links to the full story. We’ve also got two stories from WebmasterWorld and Threadwatch about Google’s new policies for what it calls “intrusive interstitials.” Along with that, one of our SEO Chat gurus has a new... [Read More...] The post Let’s Talk About Review Schema Guidelines and Interstitials – Weekly Forum Update appea... →

To the thousands, nay, millions who were holding out for a Windows 10 fridge before upgrading, we’ve got some pretty great news straight from the IFA show floor. Granted, it’s still just a prototype with no firm release date, but here you go. LG put a fully functioning Windows 10 tablet on the door of a fancy new icebox. And it’s a massive tablet, at that – measuring… Read More... →

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This is a LIVE recording session of The Gillmor Gang – today with: John Taschek, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Today’s LIVE recording starts at 9:45am. Our live chat stream during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang’s Facebook page HERE G3’s archive on ustream G3’s Facebook page HERE Read More... →