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Posted by MiriamEllisWhy proper onboarding mattersImagine getting three months in on a Local SEO contract before realizing that your client’s storefront is really his cousin’s garage. From which he runs two other “legit” businesses he never mentioned. Or that he neglected to mention the reviews he bought last year. Worse yet, he doesn’t even know that buying reviews is a bad thing. The story is equally bad if you’re diligently working to build quality unique content around a Chicago client’s business in Wic... →

NASA is spreading the dough around like a pastry chef. Today the agency announced $50 million in grants to nearly 300 different recipients, from small engineering firms to big-time research institutions. And then it truly shelled out, awarding a $193 million contract to Universities Space Research Association in Maryland. Read More... →

If you think Facebook will get rich on Oculus, you better be patient. Mark Zuckerberg said on the Q1 2016 earnings call saying he sees VR as a long, long-term bet rather than a way to make a quick buck on 3D games. “This is early and it’s going to take a long time. There’s a lot of hype around this.” He explained that while VR, like AI and Internet connectivity are… Read More... →

Facebook’s “family of apps” strategy is a wild success. While some might have expected it to roll Instagram into Facebook and leave chat in its main app, keeping Instagram independent and splitting off Messenger into a companion app has helped it solidify itself as more than just a ubiquitous utility, but as a downright addiction. Today on the Q1 2016 earnings call, Mark… Read More... →

Первый цикл профессиональных конференций Digital April пройдет 28 и 29 апреля в г. Белгород в БГТУ им В.Г. Шухова. Эксперты и топ-менеджеры российских компаний в области интернет технологий расскажут об актуальных трендах в e-commerce, а специальный блок мероприятия будет посвящен основам управления репутацией и PR в социальных сетях от Дмитрия Сидорина. На Digital April выступят: Александр Григорьев (Ingate) Алексиев Иван (Jolien Production) Дмитрий Сидорин (Sidorin Lab) Список будет пополняться, следите ... →

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As a venture investor for the last 20 years, George Zachary has witnessed plenty of trends develop and fizzle. Yesterday, we talked with him about what he’s seeing right now, and among the newest wrinkles he noted were a growing number of Chinese investors who’ve grown aggressive about getting into Series A deals, and who seem to be playing by their own rules. Our chat… Read More... →

The payments giant that is PayPal posted strong Q1 earnings today, counter balancing some of the weaker showings from other tech stocks yesterday and outstripping the overall growth rate of e-commerce, in its own words. Following in the footsteps of its former parent, which also posted strong results for Q1, PayPal posted revenues of $2.544 billion with non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.37… Read More... →

Facebook отчиталась по итогам первого квартала 2016 года. За три месяца компания заработала $5,38 млрд, что в полтора раза больше показателя начала 2015 года ($3,54 млрд).... →

DeWalt, a name familiar to anyone who loves power tools (and who doesn’t?), is jumping into the mobile market with the rugged MD501. It’s waterproof, has a good variety of high-end features, and looks like you could use it to pound nails. Read More... →

Facebook today, as part of its earnings release, said it would add a new class of non-voting stock for the company, which will keep Zuckerberg in control of the company.. “This proposal is designed to create a capital structure that will, among other things, allow us to remain focused on Mr. Zuckerberg’s long-term vision for our company and encourage Mr. Zuckerberg to remain in… Read More... →

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

Facebook continued its winning streak as other tech companies floundered, reaching 1.65 billion monthly users and surpassing estimates in its Q1 2016 earnings report with $5.38billion in revenue and $0.77 earnings per share. It grew 3.77% from 1.59 billion users last quarter, and did well coming off the the Q4 holiday period’s $5.841 billion in revenue. Analysts expected $5.25 billion… Read More... →

With the U.S. knee deep in what has been an unusual presidential primary season, many eligible voters are highly engaged in the process. But the number of Americans heading to the polls each election has been declining for the last 50 years, which helps explain a push by election officials to deploy technology that simplifies the process of, and increases participation in, elections. Read More... →

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act, sending it on to the Senate and from there, hopefully anyhow, to the President. The yeas were swift and unanimous. Read More... →

Pan-European train travel booking website Loco2 has launched its first app, letting iOS users book and pay for trips via their phone. Launching an Android app is also on its roadmap for this year. Read More... →

So you wanna buy a startup? But how do you get the deal signed and roll their team into yours? Consulting behemoth Ernst & Young wants to have the answers and rule M&A advisory services in Silicon Valley. So today it acqhired Tasman Consulting, Bay Area specialists in integrating acqhires and acquisitions into their new parent companies. Tasman’s founders Niki Lee and Shari… Read More... →

Get ready for lots of virtual cubes in virtual reality! Minecraft: Gear VR Edition is now available on the Oculus Store for $6.99. The blocky blockbuster was met with major fanfare when it was revealed last month that it was landing on the Gear VR.  I had a chance to try it out and wasn’t overtly impressed, but it is undoubtedly a major development to have such a triple-A title landing… Read More... →

27 апреля временно приостановивший приём платежей в пользу ИП и физических лиц платёжный агрегатор «Робокасса» анонсировал скорое восстановление функциональности системы. Редакция vc.ru предлагает читателям обсудить в комментариях, какое платёжное решение от российских разработчиков стоит выбрать ИТ-компании для обработки платежей на своём сайте.... →

I’ve officially been at TechCrunch for a week and a half now, which I’ve been informed is the hot sauce anniversary. You know, the one where GE sends you a bottle of scientifically-engineered hot sauce made from peppers with names like the Trinidad moruga scorpion, Carolina reaper and the only slightly less ominously named ghost pepper. And I’ve been assured that the only… Read More... →