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14:30 10.04.2016

Can Israel build big, sustainable companies?

For all the “Start-up Nation” fanfare, Google’s acquisition of Waze – Israel’s highest profile start-up exit to date – was valued at just $1.1B. And, while Israel officially has two Unicorn companies on the CrunchBase list (more if you count companies like Taboola and WeWork), only a handful of Israeli companies have actually exited in the billion dollar range. Read More... →

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12:15 10.04.2016

Американская компания Aetna решила доплачивать сотрудникам $500 в год за здоровый сон

Руководство американской компании Aetna, специализирующейся на медицинском страховании, приняло решение доплачивать сотрудникам $500 в год за здоровый сон. На ситуацию обратило внимание издание CNBC.... →

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11:34 10.04.2016

Марк Цукерберг показал внутреннюю версию Facebook с дополнительной функциональностью

Издание The Verge обратило внимание на анонс видеосервиса Facebook Live, проведённый Марком Цукербергом 6 апреля 2016 года. Журналисты заметили, что в видеоролике генеральный директор соцсети демонстрирует специальную версию приложения Facebook с дополнительной функциональностью, предназначенную для использования сотрудниками компании.... →

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08:12 10.04.2016

Warner Music reaches settlement with social network VK.com for use of songs

VK.com, a Russian social network that claims around 100 million unique monthly active users, has settled a legal battle with Warner Music Group (WMG) out of court. Both parties have signed a confidential agreement that puts and end to any further legal action arising from the Resolution of the Court of Appeals on March 11, […]... →

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04:12 10.04.2016

Tesla Model 3 preorder frenzy should have Chevy Bolt EV green with envy

ANALYSIS: More than 325,000 potential buyers have put down $1,000 apiece for a Tesla Model 3 electric car that they won’t get for two years, if not considerably longer than that. Which must frustrate the electrification team at General Motors deeply. The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV with more than 200 miles of range and a starting […]... →

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03:44 10.04.2016

GifGrabber re-emerges as Giphy Capture

It looks like some of the $55m Giphy raised recently is burning a hole in its pocket: GifGrabber is now part of the Giphy family, and the new version of the app turned up in the Mac App store today. Along with a name-change, the new version has a new capture system for high-definition GIFs, new editing controls making it easy to caption, resize and trim GIFs, and a revamped user interface. Read More... →

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02:00 10.04.2016

The future of the car is not about propulsion

I’m impatient to see breakthroughs in cars. I have high expectations for what Apple will do and respect for what Tesla has already done. I agree with Peter Thiel on the we-were-promised-jet-cars-but-got-140-characters thing, and with Larry Page who worries that Silicon Valley doesn’t throw the ball down the field enough. Read More... →

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01:13 10.04.2016

Smarter funding: How to get the backing that best fits your startup

GUEST: When going from $0-10 million in sales, most tech entrepreneurs think there’s only one path to raise growth capital for their startups: selling equity in their business. It’s a model that has been reinforced by several decades of tech companies feeding on a steady diet of equity money. This equity model creates a cycle for […]... →

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00:05 10.04.2016

The Ocean Rift in virtual reality is like relaxing in an IMAX theater

With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, I feel like I’ve got an IMAX theater in my home. And the most relaxing VR experience I’ve seen so far is Ocean Rift. With Ocean Rift, you are immersed in an underwater world in VR. It has lifelike habitats that are both wondrous to look at and […]... →

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23:10 09.04.2016

Why big data needs a unified theory of everything

GUEST: As I learned from my work in flight dynamics, to keep an airplane flying safely, you have to predict the likelihood of equipment failure. And today we do that by combining various data sets with real-world knowledge, such as the laws of physics. Integrating these two sets of information — data and human knowledge — […]... →

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22:02 09.04.2016

Huawei P9 photos and first impressions: Fantastic phone with annoying software

REVIEW: Huawei unveiled its latest flagship phones earlier this week, and after months of leaks and rumors, we finally found out what the Chinese electronics giant has been cooking up. It turns out Huawei has been working on not one phone, but two — the P9 and P9 Plus. If you missed the memo, here’s a […]... →

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22:00 09.04.2016

The delayed revolution in digital financial services

Technology has transformed how we work, communicate and travel. In contrast, modern digital technology has not yet transformed financial services. Open data is the key to change in this sector of the economy. The time has come for the financial services industry to join the open data revolution. Read More... →

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21:07 09.04.2016

A year investing in European startups: Here’s what I’ve learned

GUEST: Last year, I moved to Europe to work in a growth stage venture capital fund. Having invested in tech companies in India and the US before, I expected the European tech ecosystem to be much smaller in comparison. However, the last year has been eye-opening. The European tech industry has more scale and intricacies than […]... →

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20:18 09.04.2016

What downturn? 11 companies became unicorns in Q1

With no IPOs taking place in the first quarter of 2016, much attention is now focused on unicorns. Will they be able to maintain their billion dollar valuations, or will they would be picked off one at a time, succumbing to valuation markdowns and volatile public markets? Even with a healthy resetting of many tech company valuations underway, eleven firms attained unicorn status […]... →

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19:22 09.04.2016

Analysts are overlooking how much AR and VR are about to change our lives

GUEST: Over the last few months, Goldman Sachs, DigiCapital, and ABI Research. have all released projections for the augmented reality and virtual reality market. The projections range from the Goldman Sachs low end of $80 billion to the DigiCapital high end of $120 billion. I tend to agree with DigiCapital — the high-end projection. As objective as I […]... →

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18:30 09.04.2016

CEO Gabe Leydon on why Machine Zone renamed itself and launched its real-time cloud platform

Gabe Leydon, chief executive of Machine Zone, made some news this week as he renamed his company MZ and announced he would license the company’s core infrastructure for running mobile games. In a new strategy, MZ is licensing its RTplatform, a platform that can enable handle many millions of people to communicate and interact in […]... →

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18:00 09.04.2016

The funny things happening on the way to singularity

People often ask me about the impact of 3D printing on jobs. Will the technology be a job creator or destroyer? The short answer is, it will take more jobs than it makes — and 3D printing is not alone. Technology will eventually make work obsolete. Our big problems are going to be figuring out how to survive the transition, then figuring out what to do with all that free time. Read More... →

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16:42 09.04.2016

Как продавцы зарабатывают в Facebook миллионы на некачественной одежде и собирается ли соцсеть с этим бороться — Отчёт Buzzfeed

Издание Buzzfeed представило отчёт, в котором рассказало о том, как китайские продавцы обманывают пользователей Facebook, продавая им некачественную одежду. Представители социальной сети отметили, что занимаются решением проблемы — в том числе, рассматривают введение новой политики размещения рекламных объявлений. Об это сообщило само издание.... →

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16:05 09.04.2016

Armageddon will have to wait: The market for unicorns is not falling apart

GUEST: Fidelity Investments last week again marked down the valuations of some of the highest-flying unicorns in its portfolio. Not surprisingly, the front-page news stoked the current narrative that the market for late-stage venture-backed companies is falling apart. A look at two different sets of numbers tells an entirely different story. More companies rising than falling […]... →

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16:00 09.04.2016

Dear Facebook, why are Facebook Comments so unremittingly terrible?

For long months now, Facebook Comments have been riddled by some of the most transparent, eye-roll-inducing “I make a good salary working from home” spam you’ve ever seen. Every mail service can filter it out; but Facebook? Home to cutting-edge AI research, massively scalable services, some of the smartest software people in the world? Nope, spam appears to be beyond their… Read More... →

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