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Соцсеть «ВКонтакте» заблокировала группу MDK для пользователей из России по требованию суда из-за оскорбления чувств верующих. Окончательное решение о блокировке сообщества было принято ещё в феврале 2016 года.... →

Gene editing is going to fundamentally change our lives and how we traditionally think about health throughout the first half of the 21st century. The question isn’t “When will gene editing become a significant reality for the majority of the world?” The truth is, this is neither science fiction nor a prediction — gene editing is happening now. Read More... →

It’s no secret that San Francisco tech loves ping pong. Table tennis has become a must-have for programmers stepping away from their computers to blow off steam. Indeed, it’s most startups first luxury purchase. According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, a dip in table tennis sales is also an indicator of when cash flow is low. It’s an interesting move for SPiN… Read More... →

As a late Friday coda to this week’s news of Nokia’s old feature phone business getting sold on once again, today Nokia quietly confirmed that it is laying off 1,032 employees in its home market of Finland. The cuts will come across all business units. On top of putting the news out in the evening on the very last day of the week, the announcement was further downplayed by… Read More... →

Senator Elizabeth Warren has some choice words for Uber, TaskRabbit, Alfred, and all the other companies taking part in the “so-called gig economy,” as she put it in a speech Thursday for the New America Foundation’s annual conference. She isn’t against them by any means, but urged both the companies and lawmakers to make labor-friendly changes: “No worker should… Read More... →

We’re hearing from multiple sources that there’s a new fund coming out of Betaworks, and Twitter is chipping money into it. Twitter is investing at least $10 million in the new fund, according to one source. We don’t know the total size of the venture. In the past, Betaworks has focused on smaller seed investments and has stayed away from outsized funds. Another previous… Read More... →

There is no shortage of advice when it comes to which tools software companies should use to run their businesses. We’ve all come across numerous “Top 100 resources for startups”-type posts at least once as we Google our way to entrepreneurial success. But after reading just one of them, it’s not hard to go from “I have no idea what’s out there” to… Read More... →

Ad targeting startup Metadata is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. Co-founder and CEO Gil Allouche said the company’s technology offers an effective way for businesses that sell to other businesses to find and target new potential customers through advertising. Companies connect their Salesforce and other CRM accounts, then Metadata uses third-party data to help… Read More... →

Ajay Agarwal leads the West Coast team for Bain Capital Ventures, which he joined 13 years ago, meaning he has seen some market zigs and zags. We caught up with him earlier this week over coffee to get his thoughts on what’s happening out there right now. Our chat has been edited for length. TC: Bain Capital Ventures opened its first office in the Bay Area five years ago;. Now you have… Read More... →

Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, May 20 2016, starting at 1pmPT/4pmET. Our live chat stream during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang’s Facebook page HERE G3’s archive on ustream G3’s Facebook page HERE Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Motorola’s RAZR surely stands as one of the most recognizable phones of yesteryear (although myself I preferred the Samsung Trace) — and while the brand has been desultorily maintained by Verizon, a new video from Lenovo suggests a more serious throwback device is nearly at hand, so to speak. Read More... →

In the wake of the passing of Title III of the JOBS Act, crowdfunding equity platform FlashFunders has relaunched its site with new features. The new features allow users to crowdfund investment under Form C, which allows for up to $1 million in a single Series from anyone, not just accredited investors. FlashFunders launched on the scene a little under one year ago, offering a web-only way… Read More... →

Paul Bragiel, the venture capitalist who made an unsuccessful run at qualifying for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics as lone member of the Colombian cross-country ski team, is forming a new, San Francisco-based venture firm with his brother, Dan, according to an SEC filing that shows they are targeting $10 million for their debut effort. The outfit is called Bragiel Brothers. We’ve… Read More... →

It’s Friday, so you can probably spare a few minutes to watch a heartwarming little 360-degree animated film, the latest in Google’s “Spotlight Stories.” This one, entitled “Pearl,” takes place entirely inside a beat-up ’80s sedan, and traces the story of a girl and a guitar. Read More... →

Венчурный фонд FinSight Ventures, запущенный группой «Финам» и компанией «Скагит Инвестментс», инвестировал в интернет-компанию «Налогия», которая предоставляет ряд сервисов в области налогообложения физических лиц. Сумма вложений не раскрывается.  Средства пойдут на усиление команды, повышение удобства пользования сервисом, запуск маркетинговых кампаний и дальнейшее развитие интернет-сервиса «Налогия». По данным ЕГРЮЛ, 12% ООО «Налогия» принадлежит «Финам Лимитед», 12% — «Скагит Инвестментс Лимитед»,19,... →

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard much about Project Ara, but Google wasn’t going to let an I/O go by without shedding a little more light on the much discussed (and formerly Moto-centric) modular smartphone platform. After highlighting the latest updates from Projects Soli and Jacquard, the company showed off an impressive working developer edition of the phone to… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — мессенджер Blank, в котором текст сообщения передается собеседнику по буквам одновременно с тем, как второй участник разговора его набирает. В мессенджере нет кнопки «Отправить» и не хранится история переписки. Передаем микрофон.... →