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19:48 08.05.2016

This chat bot pretends to be you so you can keep up with your friends

Too busy to keep up with your friends? There’s a chat bot for that. Read More... →

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19:47 08.05.2016

CrowdBuilder is a new app that’s taking on the fragmented event promoter market

According to the research firm IBISWorld, there are currently more than 65,000 event promoters in the U.S., most of who have limited geographic reach. Even including the industry’s largest player, Live Nation Entertainment, the biggest companies in the space account for no more than a quarter of industry revenue, estimated to be $23 billion annually. A new app, CrowdBuilder, plans… Read More... →

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19:42 08.05.2016

Helpinghand.club uses Uber to send homeless people to shelters

Coders stayed up all night at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon this weekend in Brooklyn, New York. With just 24 hours to build something meaningful, it was no easy task. But four gentlemen met at the event and decided to build an app that could help keep homeless people off the streets and give them the care that they need. Called Helpinghand.club, the app routes Ubers to nearby shelters,… Read More... →

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19:41 08.05.2016

This Disrupt hack brings hand-tracking to the Gear VR

One of the biggest limitations of mobile VR at the moment is the lack of input. Google Cardboard is gathering some fixes via sensors from companies like PMD, but Angel Say wanted to make that solution available on the more high-powered Gear VR platform so at this weekend’s TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon he strived to bring hand-tracking to the Gear VR. Samsung’s Gear VR is… Read More... →

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19:32 08.05.2016

MenuMe turns menu text into photos

At the TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 hackathon, a team of engineers from MasterCard teamed up to create an app that can help travelers visiting a foreign country better understand what food is being described on a menu. Just by pointing their phone at the restaurant’s menu, the app will recognize the text and translate that into an image of the food item in question which is then overlaid… Read More... →

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19:21 08.05.2016

911bot is a chat bot that could save your life

When you find yourself in an emergency situation, it’s hard to know what to do. And even if you do, panic can take over. 911bot, a product built at the Disrupt Hackathon here in New York, aims to help you out in a pinch. The Facebook Messenger-based chat bot lets you report emergencies to the authorities through a quick image-based interface. And as your report is sent through the system,… Read More... →

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19:05 08.05.2016

Want to know who to vote for? IBM’s Watson Elections will make an emotional decision for you

Sad, mad, glad, confused about the presidential race so far? Well, if you are really lost on who to vote for IBM may have a solution for you, depending on your mood. Watson Elections, one of the surprisingly few political applications for IBM’s supercomputer, debuted on stage this morning at TechCrunch’s Disrupt Hackathon in Brooklyn, New York to help us decided the best… Read More... →

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18:55 08.05.2016

Лучшее на vc.ru за неделю: Редизайн YouTube, спящий на заводе Элон Маск и Telegram-бот для «Рокетбанка»

Самые популярные и обсуждаемые тексты уходящей недели на vc.ru — в традиционном воскресном дайджесте.... →

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18:00 08.05.2016

Universities can’t solve our skills gap problem, because they caused it

The class of 2015 graduated with an average of $35,000 in student loan debt, the most in history. And yet, executives and hiring managers continue to complain about their inability to fill skilled positions in their companies. This is the skills gap, and we’ve been talking about it for more than a decade. So why aren’t universities addressing this problem? Because they can’t. Read More... →

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13:54 08.05.2016

Почему умные люди не чувствуют себя счастливыми — Интервью автора книги «Если ты такой умный, то почему несчастлив?»

Журналист The Atlanctic Джо Пинскер поговорил с профессором Университета Остина (штат Техас) Раджем Рагхунатаном о его книге «Если ты такой умный, то почему несчастлив?» Учёный убеждён, что многие люди несчастливы из-за того, что придерживаются устаревших взглядов на мир, и каждый день борются за выживание вместо того, чтобы заниматься тем, что им по душе.... →

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12:50 08.05.2016

Google's Mother's Day Logo Has Shoes

This year, the Google Mother's Day logo goes with shoes. Why...... →

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10:45 08.05.2016

Бессмертие, квантовые компьютеры и универсальные переводчики: 12 технологий, которые изменят мир — Подборка Business Insider

Издание Business Insider опубликовало подборку из 12 проектов Google, Facebook, Microsoft и других компаний, которые в ближайшем будущем могут существенно изменить устройство жизни людей.... →

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08:54 08.05.2016

Uber and Lyft shutdown in Austin after voters defeat Proposition 1

Today voters in Austin, TX went to the polls to weigh in on Proposition 1, an attempt to overturn a bill requiring mandatory fingerprint-based criminal background checks for new Uber and Lyft drivers in the city. The results are in, and with 56 percent of total voters voting against Prop 1, the proposition failed to pass. This means that the bill requiring fingerprint-based background… Read More... →

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06:00 08.05.2016

The next AI is no AI

Artificial Intelligence is starting to turn invisible from the outside in — and vice versa. The exact effects and workings of AI technologies are becoming more challenging to perceive and comprehend for humans. Even the experts themselves don’t always fully understand how an AI system operates. Read More... →

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05:22 08.05.2016

The Disrupt NY Hackathon kicks off in Brooklyn

Disrupt NY, welcome to Brooklyn. TechCrunch’s big conference has moved out of Manhattan, into Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood. The hackathon that opens the event got started to 12:30pm today, with attendees given less than 24 hours to form teams, build products and prepare a presentation for our judges. They’ll compete for a number of prizes including tickets to Disrupt itself.… Read More... →

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04:50 08.05.2016

Google Testing Black Instead Of Blue Links In Search Results

Google is testing showing black links in their search results listing pages instead of the typical blue links. Google has red links in Google China, but has never had other colors being used for the blue links in other regions...... →

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04:00 08.05.2016

Bots, Messenger and the future of customer service

In the 1970s, CFOs sat with CEOs and devised ways for upset consumers to not be able to get compensation easily. They put up automated phone systems and arcane and inflexible policies and rejoiced at how little the company had to “give up” to complaining customers. And this system worked… until social media gave every average “Joe” the same power as society’s… Read More... →

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02:00 08.05.2016

How to keep your investors invested

You did it. You secured your funding. Good for you. You tirelessly developed, pitched, sold, maybe even danced a little. Not a song and dance, but a display of passion, commitment and promise. You successfully instilled the confidence investors need to see before signing on the dotted line. Now that you’ve earned this faith and raised that critical cash, it’s time to consider the… Read More... →

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00:00 08.05.2016

Meet the robot that pretends to listen

We’ve all done it. Cornered at a party by some bore talking about his unimaginative app that will “change the world.” All seemingly convincing excuses to leave have already been used by the rest of the group. The last refuge of the rude scoundrel — the smartphone — is in your jacket pocket in the cloakroom all the way across the room. So you just have to suck it… Read More... →

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23:17 07.05.2016

Apple’s new site lets you create a custom “Shot on iPhone” ad for Mother’s Day

Last week Apple released the latest iteration of its “Shot on iPhone” campaign. The new ad was developed for Mother’s Day, and features a slideshow of pictures and videos of moms and their kids. Now, a week later, Apple launched the aptly-named website momsshotoniphone.com, which lets you create a custom version of the ad that has a photo of you and your own mom. The… Read More... →

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