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Walmart buys Jet.com for $3 billion, the Wilson X Connected Football is a $200 Internet of things football, new rules for vaping are in effect today, Pokemon Go crosses $200 million revenue in one month, Bitfinex is going to distribute its losses from getting hacked among all users. All this on Crunch Report Read More... →

Posted by larry.kimConversion rate optimization (CRO) has been around since the beginning of the web. Historically, a lot of the time and attention has been spent on the on-page elements — headlines, copy, calls-to-action, forms, and design — to increase conversions. Although optimizing on-page elements to maximize conversions still can and does have tremendous value, isn't there a better way forward? Absolutely! There are several ways to increase your conversion rate by as much as 5x. But the smarter way t... →

It’s an open secret that the Internet of Things (if we must call it so) is pretty terrible, whether in standards, ineroperability, or security. Good security, though, you don’t really expect in a smart light bulb or coffee maker. A smart front door lock, however, really shouldn’t be quite this easy to hack. Read More... →

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Sorry purists: New players of classic NES games on the upcoming micro NES Classic Edition system from Nintendo won’t have to rely on barbaric codes that recall progress, or single session playthroughs to beat games. Speaking with French language radio show La Terrasse ÉNERGIE (via IGN), Nintendo of Canada comms person Julie Gagnon told listeners that the console will provide players… Read More... →

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To say there are a lot of molecules out there is kind of an understatement. So searching for one or two in particular is like looking for a needle in a galaxy-spanning haystack. Fortunately, the science of machine learning and the irrepressible need for humans to swipe left and right on things make the search a lot easier, as Harvard and MIT researchers have found. Read More... →

A year ago, startup valuations hit a 12-year peak as the numbers of companies joining the billion-dollar-plus club soared. Today, those numbers are looking far more run of the mill. So suggests a new survey published by law firm Fenwick & West, which analyzed the venture financings of 195 Silicon Valley-based companies over the second quarter to draw its conclusions. Among the… Read More... →

Rumors have been flying for over a week that Rackspace was for sale, but today instead of the whole kit and kaboodle, the company announced it was selling its Cloud Sites web hosting unit to Liquid Web. The fact that Liquid Web is itself a cloud web hosting company would seem to make the two a perfect match, allowing the company to expand its business through acquisition. The two… Read More... →

Rumors have been flying for over a week that Rackspace was for sale, but today instead of the whole kit and kaboodle, the company announced it was selling its Cloud Sites web hosting unit to Liquid Web. The fact that Liquid Web is itself a cloud web hosting company would seem to make the two a perfect match, allowing the company to expand its business through acquisition. The two… Read More... →

Ever since the acquisition of the first “Ag Unicorn,” a flood of new digital agriculture startups has been trying to turn investor interest into market traction. Bayer’s recent $62 billion bid to buy Monsanto to create a global agrochemical giant and China National Chemical’s proposed $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta show that the big ag players are hungry for growth… Read More... →

The White House (led by United States Chief Information Officer Tony Scott) has been pretty vocal about using technology to improve how government operates. They want to make sure code helps, not hurts, government agencies, and that the U.S government can use technology just as effectively as a private company can. In March the White House issued a blog post detailing their intentions to… Read More... →

Non-Profit groups and NGOs are now invited to apply for exhibit space in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco on Monday, September 12 or Tuesday, September 13. TechCrunch’s diversity program Include serves as a platform to provide startup and tech access for underrepresented groups. This year, we are formalizing the inclusion of Non-Profit Groups and NGOs in line with the… Read More... →

GM’s putting its Cruise acquisition to good use in Arizona: The self-driving car startup acquired by the automaker in March is trialling its tech on public roads in Scottsdale. Cruise tweeted about the autonomous testing expansion, which uses Chevrolet Bolt all-electric vehicles, and which adds to the core fleet of testing vehicles already operating in San Francisco. We’re… Read More... →

Twilio, the most successful tech IPO to date in 2016, released its Q2 earnings today after the bell. Immediately share prices increased in after-hours trading. The cloud-communications company reported revenue of $64.5 million and a loss per share of $0.08. The numbers released are stronger than expectations. Analysts had expected a loss of $0.14 per share on revenue of $58.22… 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...... →

Seriously, go. Enjoy yourself. It’s Monday. We’ll still be here when you get back. It’s bound to be a long week. The world is coming apart at the seams. Your boss won’t notice if you play a round or two of Bubble Bobble from the comfort of your own browser (Firefox seems to work best on my end). We can’t vouch for the quality of all of the Amiga titles that… Read More... →

We’re about to enter an era of true drone magic. With smarter systems, better materials and powerful cameras we’re gaining access to a world once only available to Estes rocketeers and jet pilots. Nowhere is that more clear than with the Yuneec Typhoon H, a camera platform that is also a drone that is also incredibly fun to fly. Read More... →

Come to TechCrunch’s Disrupt SF conference to hear how your company can win at and adapt to the Facebook News Feed. We’ll have Facebook’s VP of Product Management for News Feed Adam Mosseri about what gets seen and what doesn’t, and how to take capitalize on its frequent algorithm changes. Mosseri has been working on News Feed since 2008 and now he runs it. When… Read More... →

8 августа 2016 года ритейлер Walmart объявил о покупке компании Jet.com за $3 млрд. Jet.com работает меньше двух лет, а клиентов завлекает благодаря агрессивной рекламе. Компания ещё не стала рентабельной, но ещё до запуска привлекла $220 млн инвестиций. Редакция vc.ru изучила зарубежную прессу и выяснила причины сделки.... →