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Hulu is bringing VR content to Oculus Rift headsets, the company announced this morning. Through the company’s Hulu VR app, launched earlier this year for Samsung Gear VR devices, viewers will be able to access over 30 original VR programs, as well as stream Hulu’s entire 2D library in an immersive 3D environment and watch Live Nation concerts. Along with the launch on Oculus… Read More... →

DraftKings and FanDuel are in talks regarding a potential merger, according to a new report from Bloomberg. While the companies have been in discussions for a few months, the report notes that no final transaction has been agreed to and the deal may still fall apart. If a deal were to happen, it would make total sense. Read More... →

Docker’s container-style approach to distributing and running apps on any platform has been a big boost to helping patch up some of the fragmentation in the world of Linux. Now, a new package format hopes to have the same effect for smaller apps that need to speak to each other, or simply get updated. Snaps — a packaging format Canonical introduced earlier this year to help… Read More... →

Starting today, advertisers will be able to advertise against Pinterest users that have visited their sites — giving retailers a powerful new tool that is available in other advertising suites that will help them follow users as they browse around the internet (including on Pinterest). With visitor retargeting, advertisers can place a Pinterest conversion tag across their sites, which… Read More... →

A great phone doesn’t need a great back story. But it certainly doesn’t hurt. The world wasn’t exactly desperate for another player or a new spin on Android when OnePlus partnered with Cyanogen to announce the One in April 2014 (a measly five months after launching the company), but the company managed to build a passionate online following while impressing the pants… Read More... →

You can now read and send old-school text messages from inside Facebook Messenger for Android. This is Facebook’s surround-and-conquer strategy for getting people to switch from SMS to Messenger. With this global roll out of the SMS feature, Facebook is touting ease, as you won’t have to jump back and forth between chat interfaces if your friends are split between them.… Read More... →

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Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Botpult, который позволяет создавать чат-ботов для Telegram и сообществ во «ВКонтакте». Передаем микрофон.... →

Что делать, если бытовые расходы нельзя оплатить со счета юрлица... →

Sixgill, a self-proclaimed ‘cyber intelligence’ SaaS startup that analyses the Dark Web, is launching publicly today and announcing that it has closed a $5 million funding round led by Elron, an Israeli holding company dedicated to building technology companies. Read More... →

Zenefits today is laying off another 9% of its staff — or 106 additional people — and offering its existing employees a buyout offer as it continues its transition following former CEO Parker Conrad stepping down amid a ton of turmoil. The news was in a memo issued by David Sacks to the company’s employees, which was first reported by BuzzFeed. In February, the company said… Read More... →

Sling TV, Dish’s internet-based streaming TV service for cord cutters, has rolled out a number of changes to coincide with its debut on Apple TV, announced yesterday at Apple’s WWDC keynote. The company also launched a dozen Viacom channels across both its service tiers, including popular additions like Comedy Central, BET, MTV, Nick Jr., Spike and more. The Sling TV app is… Read More... →

Ибрагимов ушёл из Runa Capital «по политическим разногласиям» ещё во время крымского кризиса, но американцы всё-таки узнали о существовании «руновца Ибрагимова» — правда лишь сейчас.... →

I don’t know about you, but I suck at cooking — and that’s despite the fact that my parents sent me to some bougie cooking camp when I was younger. These days, as an “adult,” I would have to use my own money (gasp!) to take a cooking class, which, depending on where I decided to go, could cost at least $100. That’s where SaltedEats, an on-demand… Read More... →

Компания Rusbase приобрела у «Виадео Индепендент Медиа» (Viadeo) издание RB.ru, которое в апреле 2016 года объявило о приостановке своей работы в связи с закрытием российского офиса Viadeo.... →

Обозреватель vc.ru изучил историю миллиардера Теда Тернера, который создал первый круглосуточный новостной канал CNN, основал международные соревнования «Игры доброй воли» и выиграл несколько крупных парусных регат.... →

Website creation platform Squarespace is introducing new analytics features for its e-commerce businesses. As explained to me by Director of Product Natalie Gibralter, Squarespace’s Commerce product was originally designed for businesses who saw e-commerce as a “secondary goal” of their website — say, a restaurant selling gift cards or a musician selling merchandise. Read More... →

Онлайн-издание «Медуза» запустило сервис консультаций «Фабрика», в котором владельцы и менеджеры СМИ смогут получить помощь в развитии своих проектов. Стоимость консультаций начинается от 150 тысяч рублей.Издатель «Медузы» Илья Красильщик в разговоре с vc.ru отметил, что поводом к созданию «Фабрики» стал «вал просьб» от других СМИ.... →

Немецкий научный и интеллектуальный проект NeuroNation, с русским основателем Яковом Футорянски, начал работу в России. Об этом Firrma сообщили в NeuroNation. NeuroNation – это веб-сайт и мобильное приложение, позволяющее каждому зарегистрированному пользователю получить доступ к курсам, которые, по словам создателей стартапа, развивают разные стороны работы мозга: память, внимание, интеллект. NeuroNation применяется не только для развития умственных способностей здоровых людей, но и помогает при реабилитац... →

Кто и зачем уже второй раз пытается продать одну из старейших в мире интернет-компаний.... →