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I’ll be in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, August 10, to hold a night of pitches and open mic shenanigans so bring your guitar and pitch deck. The event will be at O’Toole’s 4796 W Broad St, right off I-270. We’ll start at 7 p.m. sharp with pitches, so get there after work. And at 8 p.m. we’ll have an open stage with live music – I’m going to play with… Read More... →

The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, August 5, 2016. The Gang is polled on Google’s AMP attack on the Web, the percentage of time desktop v mobile, whether deep linking on Apple TV represents the new binge in media. And Trump meets FourSquare walk-in data on G3: Mary Hodder, Halley Suitt Tucker, Francine Hardaway,… Read More... →

Разработчик под названием Pris Ma опубликовал в App Store два приложения, внешне копирующие cервисы Prisma и Telegram. На совпадение обратил внимание глава Progress Engine Алексей Поимцев.... →

Driverless cars and ridesharing are poised to bring about the next big tectonic movement that technology provides for the human experience. In much the same way that the mobile phone has transformed the way we live, autonomous vehicles and transportation sharing promise to change the way we move. Read More... →

It’s custom; it’s tradition; it’s dogma; it’s a cargo cult. It is well-intentioned, but all too often, ill-advised. It’s done because it is the thing one does. It wastes your time, shackles your mind, kills your productivity. It is the ritual that so many software developers suffer silently through, every day It is the daily stand-up. I say to you: no more! Before… Read More... →

Основанный в конце 90-х годов семейный проект Виталия и Ольги Муравьевых вырос из малого бизнеса в одно из крупнейших кондитерских производств в России – кондитерскую фабрику «Победа». Президент компании Виталий Муравьев написал для vc.ru колонку, в которой поделился опытом развития бизнеса.... →

Разработчики Twitter делают ставку на общение потребителей и компаний посредством прямых сообщений, а не твитов. С этой целью в мобильной версии сервиса на страницах аккаунтов компаний тестовом режиме запустили более заметное для пользователей окно сообщений. Активное окно прямых сообщений в видимой части страницы можно обнаружить в аккаунтах таких компаний, как: @AppleSupport, @Uber_Support, @BeatsSupport, @ATVIAssist (Activision […]... →

Летняя Олимпиада 2016 года проходит с 5 по 21 августа — в этот период компаниям без статуса спонсора запрещено распространять любую информацию об Играх и использовать торговые знаки соревнований в коммерческих целях. Журналистам нельзя использовать GIF-изображения, сделанные на основе контента Олимпиады и вести собственные прямые трансляции с помощью стриминговых сервисов.Маркетинговая активность разрешена только официальным спонсорам Игр и информационным партнёрам. Редакция vc.ru собрала рекламные ролики, ... →

Корпорация Apple приобрела стартап Turi. Проект специализируется на создании технологий машинного обучения и разработке искусственного интеллекта. Подробности сделки не сообщаются, однако по данным отдельных источников, Apple может заплатить за Turi до $200 млн. Cтартап, основанный профессором Вашингтонского университета, специализируется на создании приложений с применением искусственного интеллекта и машинного обучения. Продукты, разработанные компанией, автоматически масштабируются под […]... →

Tech unicorn and sharing economy darling Airbnb has informed the State of Delaware that it’s raising another heap of cash. TechCrunch independently verified that Airbnb indicated in a 28 page filing on July 28th that it has plans to bring in additional late-stage capital. Almost a year after its last raise of $1.6 billion, the company is said to be adding $850 million to its… Read More... →

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The wait is over for many Pokémon Go fans in Asia, after the smash hit game went live in 15 new countries in the continent. Read More... →

Spotify launches Release Radar, Deliveroo raises $275 million in a series E, Facebook tests opening camera at top of the news feed and MSQRD filters, Amazon launches Prime Air – its own cargo planes for making deliveries faster, Nike releases a $1,200 pair of glasses, and the Olympics started today. All this on Crunch Report Read More... →

There are new regulations that will lower the barriers to entry for the commercial operation of drones. The challenge for the Federal Aviation Administration has been to establish a framework of rules to regulate how small unmanned aircraft systems (small UAS, or drones) can be used safely in the U.S. air space without undermining the growth of innovative drone-based technology solutions. Read More... →

The 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge has concluded, and the winning team — Carnegie Mellon University’s ForAllSecure — is taking home the $2 million grand prize. What’s that you say — what’s the Cyber Grand Challenge? I’m glad you asked! Read More... →

The Washington Post announced today that it will use artificial intelligence to report key information about the Olympics. The software will contribute The Post’s coverage of Rio 2016 by posting raw data and short updates, while a team of human reporters will provide readers with analysis and more in-depth articles. Heliograf, as the team calls its robot reporter, will take… Read More... →

Previously known as the starting point of the Pony Express and the place where Jesse James died and Eminem was born, St. Joseph, Missouri now has a new claim to fame, as the home the future of fast food. It’s a future that apparently includes lots of touchscreens and, for a limited time, unlimited fries. The self-stylized “McDonald’s of the Future” joins a recently… Read More... →

Google’s self-driving car project is losing Chris Urmson, who served as the unit’s CTO and lead technical resource after going the company from Carnegie Mellon. Urmson has considerable status among roboticist in the world of autonomous vehicles, but said in a Medium post announcing his departure that he was “ready for a fresh challenge,” without specifying what… Read More... →

One of these days we’re going to see aircraft go electric, just as cars are — but not for a while. In the meantime, we can’t slack off when it comes to the research that will make it possible. NASA has announced five research projects that may help make planes more efficient and green. Read More... →