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Funky physics and controls make mobile games fun. You tap against gravity in Flappy Bird, fling on a trajectory in Angry Birds, and press to maintain momentum in Tiny Wings. So when two of Facebook’s top designers left to build their own apps, they wanted to bring a new gesture to gaming…and let worms, not birds, be the stars. Pinchworm sounds simple but its the mapping of the controls… Read More... →

24 мая Google представила сразу несколько новых функций для брендов, которые пригодятся при работе с мобильными устройствами. Компания ввела локальную рекламу в Google.com и Google Maps — бренд может заплатить за показ своего объявления о ближайшей к пользователю точке.... →

Российский сервис зацикленных видео Coub прошёл отбор в американский акселератор стартапов Y Combinator. Об этом vc.ru сообщили сооснователи компании, Игорь и Антон Гладкобородовы.... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — приложение для знакомств XQuest, в котором пользователь может записать на видео вопрос для других участников, оценить их видеоответы и выбрать понравившегося игрока. Передаем микрофон.... →

Placemeter helps businesses and municipalities measure what’s happening in front of their stores, on their streets and in their parks. In its first iteration, the service, which relies on real-time video feeds, was able to quantify the overall number of objects that it saw and distinguish between pedestrians and vehicles. Now, the service is getting significantly smarter. By default… Read More... →

Through the power of smart sensors and the magic of the cloud, parched children is on its way to become a thing of the past — at least, if the Gulülu team have anything to say in the matter. The company’s bottle, launching on Kickstarter today, is the newest, most high-tech weapon in the battle to get their kids to imbibe enough liquids throughout the day. Read More... →

Andrew Bachelor (better known as King Bach on Vine, where he has over 15M followers) has just launched Bachify, his own iOS-based photo editing app. The genesis of the app was an issue anyone who is a heavy social media user faces – there isn’t one app that provides a comprehensive photo editing experience. Bach explained that he “always had to go to multiple editing apps… Read More... →

Требуются региональный директор в языковую школу и маркетолог в финансовый сервис.... →

Говорят, что 3D-печать позволила снизить затраты на рабочую силу на 50%, если сравнивать с традиционными методами строительства... →

Twilio stormed into the telecoms market several years ago with a set of services that turned core communications features once controlled by carriers, like text messages and phones numbers, into API-based services that any developer could easily customize and use in whatever app or site she or he chose. Today, the company is unveiling its next step in its bid to take on more telecoms… Read More... →

Twilio today announced the launch of its add-ons marketplace. Using these add-ons, developers who use Twilio’s API to power the messaging features of their apps and services can easily combine Twilio’s services with those of its partners. “This the beginning of Twilio’s marketplace,” Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson told me. He noted that Twilio already… Read More... →

Food delivery startup Zesty is rolling out its office catering service beyond San Francisco to locations throughout the Silicon Valley peninsula, and has brought on two food and hospitality executives to support its expansion. Joining Zesty as Director of Food is Nate Keller, formerly Executive Chef at Google who oversaw its growth from 400 to 400,000 employees, and was the founding executive… Read More... →

The risks for businesses associated with storing and processing the personal data of their customers are growing as data volumes continue to increase and regulators sharpen their claws over data protection. But those risks are of course just another startup opportunity. Read More... →

Банк ВТБ снизил процентные ставки по кредитам для малого бизнеса и индивидуальных предпринимателей с годовым оборотом выручки до 300 млн рублей. Об этом сообщает ТАСС. Ставки снизятся на 1 п.п. в зависимости от срока и лимита кредитования. Снижение распространится как на новые кредитные заявки, так и заявки, находящиеся сейчас на рассмотрении. Как сообщает РБК, в середине апреля 2016 года 30 коммерческих банков получили 824 млрд рублей. В обмен на выданные средства кредитные организации должны будут ежемеся... →

Today Twitter redefined its laws of physics. But while it’s posed as a simplification of the 140 character rule, the change will reshape information density, conversation style, and self-promotion in the app. If you want to know what’s happening and why, read TechCrunch’s detailed breakdown. Here, we’re going to examine the how, as in how this will impact the Twitter… Read More... →

Google’s AdWords is getting a makeover. The search giant announced today that they have made several updates to make its advertising tools more suitable for mobile. With an emphasis on location-related mobile searches, a category that Google says is growing 50% faster than other searches, the company is introducing new local search ads across Google.com and Google Maps. If a customer… Read More... →

Amid the shift of commerce to online stores like Amazon, one huge segment of the industry has been overlooked: dollar stores. Many assumed that’s because with retail price points that low, there’s little room for profitability – after all, if dollar stores could be a successful online business, wouldn’t they already be hugely popular? Actually, they might be heading… Read More... →

Такси-сервис Gett привлёк $300 млн от автоконцерна Volkswagen для развития в США и Европе. Об этом vc.ru сообщили представители Gett.... →

Scoop, a corporate carpooling service that works with companies like Tesla, Twitter and Cisco, has raised a $5.1 million round of funding led by Signia Venture Partners with participation from Index Ventures, BMW i Ventures and Workday Corporate Ventures. Scoop was founded by brothers Jonathan and Robert Sadow (pictured above), who respectively worked at Google and Bain & Company.… Read More... →

While it may seem like we just wrapped up in the Big Apple, TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 will be here before you can say “how do you do, fellow kids?” We will once again be giving college students the chance to buy deeply discounted tickets to Disrupt SF, so all you undergrad and graduate students out there can check out the hottest startup show in Silicon Valley, even on a ramen budget. Read More... →