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К концу года HP запустит в продажу промышленные 3D-принтеры.... →

12 мая в Экспоцентре прошла конференция AdTech Russia, на которой рекламодатели и агентства обсуждали новые рекламные технологии.... →

Posted by JamesAgate[Estimated read time: 9 minutes] For the most part, articles on content promotion focus on launching new content. Today I want to focus on getting the most out of (and in some cases, breathing new life into) existing content. We frequently see clients that have a variety of content assets already. Where possible, I always advocate using what's on hand over indiscriminately pumping out new content. For the following exercise, we need to start by identifying the content assets; we’ll be lo... →

They also talked a big game. When SoFi raised a whopping $1 billion from Softbank last year, CEO Michael Cagney told Bloomberg: “I’m looking at over $1 trillion of market cap from the banks, and I think it’s all vulnerable. Fast forward to today, and it’s online lenders who suddenly look like sitting ducks. In an SEC filing yesterday, Lending Club, which announced… Read More... →

To anyone familiar with doing business in Europe, it really is no surprise that the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Commission — Referred to as the Article 29 Working Party — rejected the EU/US Privacy Shield data transfer agreement. Europeans believe personal privacy is a fundamental right of all people, similar to the way people in the United States believe… Read More... →

Keita Takahashi, creator of the famously bizarre ball-rolling game Katamari Damacy, has a new title, but it’s not for the PS4 or Xbox One — you’ll need a Project Tango compatible device to play this one. Read More... →

Putting body cameras on police seems like a net good for everyone involved, but how to deploy them and what the subtler effects will be are questions that would be better to answer sooner or later. Otherwise, as a new large-scale study shows, we risk making things worse — body cameras could actually increase incidents of violence. Read More... →

We’re hearing from multiple sources that Down to Lunch has met with investors about a potential financing round. Down to Lunch became a bit of a darling during its rise thanks to its dead-simple approach: signal to your friends that you’re interested in getting lunch, drinks, or whatever else and figure out who’s up for it. This is a simple concept, but in reality fills… Read More... →

Over the past few years EyeSight has been establishing a name for itself by bringing gesture control to a series of computing platforms from mobile devices to smart eyeglasses. Today’s announcement brings the company’s technology to the format where it arguably makes the most sense: virtual reality. The company isn’t letting out much info on the project. I reached out to… Read More... →

Oracle and Google are back in the courtroom again — the same court they started in back in 2010, when Oracle first sued Google over the company’s use of 37 Java APIs in its Android operating system. The case, first decided in favor of Google, bounced up to an appeals court and was reversed, then appealed to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case. Now Oracle’s… Read More... →

SocialRank is a startup that helps brands, agencies and celebrities understand their social media followers — not just in aggregate, like most social analytics services, but on an individual level. Today it introduced more features as part of a new SocialRank Premium plan. As a refresher: SocialRank helps customers find things like their “most valuable” followers on Twitter… Read More... →

Facebook appears to have been blocked in Vietnam as a part of a government-imposed crackdown on social media, amid public protests over an environmental disaster attributed to toxic discharges from a steel complex built by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics. Dissidents are blaming wastewater from the steel plant for a mass fish death at aquatic farms and in waters off the country’s… Read More... →

One day a year, Google gathers all sides of the industry to show off everything the company has been cooking up for the past twelve months. From all new Android to automated automobiles, it’s the day they unveil everything they’ve worked so hard (with varying degrees of success) to keep secret. Tomorrow is that day — Google’s I/O Keynote. So what will we see? We… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

Ever felt like you were being watched online? You know, like when you read something about New York, and the next site you visit shows you ads for New York hotels? As it turns out, on my computer, there were more than 130 companies tracking my every move. These companies are basically engaging in mass surveillance. Read More... →

Сервис по поиску и бронированию авиабилетов OneTwoTrip запустил квест «Кудаблин? Тудаблин!» для пользователей соцсетей с более чем тысячей подписчиков или друзей. Участники должны заполнить анкету и выполнить задание, а победители отправятся в путешествие по выбранному читателями городу, чтобы разгадывать загадки на местах. Компания планирует отправлять в поездки от двух до шести человек в месяц.... →

Редакция vc.ru на основе открытых источников выяснила, что думают о роли образования в жизни западные ИТ-предприниматели. Одни считают, что учёба в университете переоценена, а другие убеждены, что это ключ к жизненному успеху.... →

Apple rolled out a new version of iTunes this week which introduced an updated design, including modified navigation and the return of the left sidebar. However, under the hood, the new software also includes a fix which aims to address the troubling issue of iTunes deleting some users’ music files from their computer. Complaints about iTunes and its poor integration with Apple Music… Read More... →

Oracle and Google continue to fight it out in a retrial over $9 billion that Oracle claims Google owes it for using its Java code in its popular Android mobile platform. And in the process, we’re also hearing details about other companies that may not have been known before. Today it was the turn of Amazon, which Oracle today said ran Java in its Kindle Paperwhite, but only after… Read More... →

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