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See you tonight! We’ll be meeting at 7pm in the MakeOffices space in the Loop. There will be some free beers and chicken sandwiches. We’ll hold a pitchoff at 8pm and close up at 9pm and perhaps we can go carousing afterwards. The pitch-off will be very cool. I’ve already picked nine contestants and we have two VC judges. First place winners of the pitch off will get a table… Read More... →

A couple of months after taking to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in Brooklyn to show off their neuropriming headset,  Halo Neuroscience revealed that a number of Olympic athletes from various countries have been using the system to prep for next month’s Rio games. According to the hardware startup, track and field stars Hafsatu Kamara of Sierra Leone, Mikel Thomas of Trinidad and… Read More... →

Аналитическая компания App Annie подсчитала доходы Pokemon Go. После релиза в Японии ежедневная выручка популярной игры выросла до $5 млн.... →

A bit more than a year after Automattic acquired WooCommerce, the popular service that turns any WordPress website into an e-commerce store is now integrating with Square. While this kind of integration doesn’t sound groundbreaking on paper, it has bigger implications when it comes to bridging online stores with offline purchases. Read More... →

Well it took a while, but Twitter for Android users can finally enjoy the their tweets when the sun dips past the horizon, throwing the world into darkness. Yes, Twitter has added a “Night Mode” to its official Twitter for Android app. Long have we suffered with a Twitter usable window tied to the arc of the sun across the sky – and iOS users suffer still, for no… Read More... →

И добавил, что на подготовке к проведению в России ЧМ по футболу «с точки зрения готовности IT-инфраструктуры» законопроект Яровой не скажется... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — бот Etlgr, который позволяет получать уведомления о новых входящих письмах в электронной почте в реальном времени и отвечать на них с помощью Telegram. Передаем микрофон.... →

A Tel Aviv-based startup called Propsera has raised $7 million in new venture funding to build out systems that will monitor and help farmers improve the health of their crops, and optimize their operations. Bessemer Venture Partners led the Series A round. Prospera CEO and co-founder Daniel Koppel said agriculture professionals have plenty of tech at their disposal today from soil and… Read More... →

Facebook needs you to fill its News Feed, Oculus Rift, and Gear VR with 360 content. So today it put all the hardware and software designs of its Surround 360 camera on Github, after announcing the plan in April. Thanks to cheeky instruction manual inspired by Ikea’s manuals, you can learn how to buy the parts, assemble the camera, load the image-stitching software, and start shooting… Read More... →

Министр связи и массовых коммуникаций Николай Никифоров усомнился в целесообразности переноса сроков вступления в силу «антитеррористического» пакета законов, внесённых Ириной Яровой, сообщает ТАСС.... →

Bellabeat, the maker of a line of health trackers aimed at women, has sold over 400,000 units of its first health tracker known as the Leaf – a name given to the device because of its leaf-like shape which can be worn on the wrist, as a brooch, or pendant. Today, the company is rolling out its next generation tracker called the Leaf Urban. The update gives the wearable a more modern… Read More... →

Fallout 4, I can’t quit you. At least, not while Bethesda continues adding content, like today’s launch of the Vault-Tec Workshop add-on. The $4.99 DLC brings players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC the ability to create their own Values, stock it with furniture and fill it with residents to mislead and mistreat. For those unfamiliar with the series, Vaults in Fallout are… Read More... →

Инвестиционный директор фонда InVenture Partners Евгений Тимко рассказал vc.ru, как известные музыканты, спортсмены и актеры участвуют в деятельности стартапов: занимаются продвижением, становятся послами брендов, инвестируют в компании или запускают собственные.... →

20 июля 2016 года генеральный директор производителя электрокаров Tesla Элон Маск рассказал о планах компании на ближайшие годы: предприниматель упомянул производство электрических грузовиков и автобусов, а также рассказал о планах по развитию каршеринга.Сотрудник Стэнфордского и нескольких других университетов Вивек Вадуа в колонке для издания The Verge объяснил, почему стратегия, предложенная Маском, «не так безумна, как кажется». Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод заметки.... →

LinkedIn, now on the way to becoming a part of Microsoft, is putting some more firepower into its sales product: the company has acquired PointDrive, a startup that has built a service that lets salespeople share content with prospective clients to help seal the deal. Terms of this deal are not being disclosed. PointDrive was based out of Chicago and had no VC funding disclosed in… Read More... →

We’re all familiar with Dr. Neil Clark Warren, the CEO and founder of eHarmony and the star of all the dating platform’s TV commercials. But Dr. Warren is finally resigning as CEO, though maintaining his position as Chairman of the Board. In his stead, eHarmony’s Brand Marketing VP Grant Langston will be stepping up to the helm. Langston joined eHarmony in 2000 as a writer… Read More... →

Один из крупнейших российских продавцов digital-рекламы компания Vi заявила о создании подразделения «Vi Плазма», которое будет заниматься развитием нового рекламного направления. Таргетированную рекламу будут демонстрировать на экранах прямо перед пассажирами такси. Об этом сообщает издание Sostav.ru.... →

When I was in high school, a friend of mine wanted to brew his own beer and his setup involved a bath tub and a lot of food safety risk. Alchema, a new Kickstarter project, shows just how far home-brewing has come in a relatively short time, and also rides the wave of interest in cider, or what I like to call “drinky fruit.” Alchema CEO and co-founder Oscar Chang wanted to make… Read More... →

Surprise – BlackBerry is back. The once mighty and always business-minded smartphone maker has returned with its followup to the PRIV. The Canadian hardware company’s second Android handset features a 5.2-inch full HD display, in place of BlackBerry’s trademark physical keyboard. The rather formally named DTEK50 runs Android Marshmallow coupled with a slew of security… Read More... →

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