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07:51 08.04.2016

Uber agrees to pay $25 million for misleading California customers

(Reuters) – Uber agreed to a $25 million settlement to end a civil lawsuit in California that accused the ride-sharing company of misleading customers about the strength of its background checks on drivers, prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco said on Thursday. Uber must pay $10 million within 60 days, and the remaining $15 […]... →

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05:35 08.04.2016

Here’s how PlayStation’s gaming boss deals with light leaking into his Oculus Rift headset

The Oculus Rift is one hell of a piece of hardware, but it does have one weird shortcoming: some light leaks in around the nose area. Thankfully, one of the brightest minds in the industry has stepped in with a … well, he’s calling it “a solution.” Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida jumped on […]... →

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05:05 08.04.2016

Here’s how hard it is to make a mixed-reality trailer for HTC Vive VR games

Virtual reality is a difficult technology to demonstrate to people, but mixed reality is changing that. That doesn’t mean it’s an easy thing to pull off, though. To promote the launch of Job Simulator and Fantastic Contraption for the HTC Vive VR headset, videographer Kert Gartner has helped those developers create videos that show real […]... →

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04:30 08.04.2016

VR headsets to generate $895M in revenue in 2016

Market researcher Strategy Analytics said it expects global virtual reality headset revenues will reach $895 million in 2016. About 77 percent of that value will be accounted for by newly launched premium devices from Oculus, HTC and Sony. These three brands however will only account for 13 percent of volumes in 2016 as lower priced smartphone-based […]... →

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04:00 08.04.2016

HTC details plans to roll out Vive virtual reality headset to retailers in June

HTC announced details of how it will roll out the HTC Vive virtual reality headset to retailers. HTC said that the new VR product — which lets you immerse yourself in a virtual environment — will debut in Microsoft Stores and GameStop locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. That information will no doubt spread fast […]... →

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03:50 08.04.2016

Oculus is OK with free-to-play on Rift, but even a VR ad startup doesn’t like that idea

Two high-end virtual reality devices have launched, and now we live in a world where we need to figure out how these headsets fit into our lives. And, at least when it comes to the top-of-the-line models, that probably won’t include a lot of in-game advertising. Oculus VR told developers at the Game Developers Conference […]... →

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03:34 08.04.2016

Hands on with Reddit’s new smartphone app

“Finally” is one of those words that gets overused in tech news stories, but I think it’s fair to say that it’s taken a pretty long time for Reddit to release its first official, native apps for iOS and Android. Until now, the company has made do with Alien Blue, which started out as a third-party app before being acquired by Reddit in 2014. But as Sarah Perez… Read More... →

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03:06 08.04.2016

How to Make the SEO Case to Small Businesses - Whiteboard Friday

Posted by randfishBelief in the process can be the make-or-break factor when it comes to convincing small businesses they need SEO. Overcoming skepticism can be daunting, but there are strategic ways to go about pitching your case to potential clients that will smooth the way for you. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers a 5-step process to making the SEO case to those small and medium businesses that need a little extra push to help you help them.

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03:06 08.04.2016

How to Make the SEO Case to Small Businesses - Whiteboard Friday

Posted by randfishBelief in the process can be the make-or-break factor when it comes to convincing small businesses they need SEO. Overcoming skepticism can be daunting, but there are strategic ways to go about pitching your case to potential clients that will smooth the way for you. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers a 5-step process to making the SEO case to those small and medium businesses that need a little extra push to help you help them.

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02:50 08.04.2016

Andy Jassy is finally named CEO of Amazon Web Services

Amazon today announced that the head of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Andy Jassy, has finally been promoted to chief executive of that Amazon business unit. AWS is now the market leader of the public cloud business, and Jassy has been the face of it. Now Jassy is getting his very well deserved CEO title. Meanwhile, […]... →

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02:39 08.04.2016

GoPro goes all-in on VR without a winning hand

Flat video is so last century, and GoPro is pulling out all the stops. Through a series of product launches — most recently the new Omni — the company signals that it has your back in the battle against bi-dimensional consumption of moving pictures. The strategy confirms the obvious — i.e. that it knows which way the wind is blowing. But I think it’s too little, too late. Read More... →

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02:34 08.04.2016

Student-designed ‘Femtosats’ aim to bring cost of satellite deployment below $1,000

Got a grand burning a hole in your pocket? You could get a new laptop — or you could send this tiny, palm-sized satellite to space. That’s what a team of engineers at Arizona State hope, anyway: their “Femtosats” are meant to be as cheap a space-bound platform as has ever been devised. Read More... →

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01:52 08.04.2016

A lot of secondary buyers are apparently coming from overseas

We told you early last month that secondary businesses have been inundated with sellers in recent months, and that’s not expected to change anytime soon. Nary a tech company went public in the first quarter. There’s also the issue of falling valuations, which has both institutional and individual shareholders nervously deciding whether to hang on to their holdings or get rid… Read More... →

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01:00 08.04.2016

The second round of Disrupt NY Hackathon tickets are now available

May is right around the corner, and soon thousands of innovators, investors and entrepreneurs will make their way to Brooklyn for TechCrunch Disrupt. While the main event may be the conference that runs from May 9-11, one of our favorite parts of Disrupt is the Hackathon that takes place the weekend before. We’re thrilled to announce that the second wave of free tickets to the Hackathon… Read More... →

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00:54 08.04.2016

Mashable cuts staff as it shifts focus from politics and world news

Mashable founder and CEO Pete Cashmore (pictured above) announced layoffs today in a company-wide email that he also posted on LinkedIn. As part of the cuts, Executive Editor Jim Roberts and Chief Revenue Officer Seth Robin will be leaving the company. Politico reports that the layoffs affected about 30 staffers, including its entire political reporting team, plus “most of its global… Read More... →

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00:28 08.04.2016

Now’s your chance to try Signal’s desktop Chrome app

The desktop version of Edward Snowden’s favored end-to-end messaging system, Signal, is now available to anyone who wants to check it out. Open Whisper Systems announced the desktop version back in December, but until today it was invite-only. Read More... →

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00:15 08.04.2016

HTC Vive is experiencing shipping problems, and the company is finally talking about it

Virtual reality tech finally works and consumers are buying into it, but the biggest hurdle now is figuring out shipping logistics. The HTC Vive VR headset is the latest device to suffer delays, and the Taiwanese manufacturing company has taken to its blog to answer some questions that its frustrated customers are asking. In the update, […]... →

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00:07 08.04.2016

The Sacramento Kings just held the NBA’s first startup pitch competition

At a game on Tuesday night, the Sacramento Kings held the National Basketball League’s first ever pitch competition. Four local companies (which were already narrowed down from 32 semi-finalists, and about 100 applicants) pitched to the entire stadium, which voted on Twitter for the winner. QuickLegal, an on-demand legal advice service, won the competition and took home a $10,000… Read More... →

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23:45 07.04.2016

Sen. Franken wants to know what Oculus is doing with its Rift user data

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has some questions for Oculus. The U.S. senator sent a letter this morning to Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe to inquire about how his virtual reality company is utilizing and sharing customers’ personal data. While Sen. Franken called VR technology “an exciting development,” he also expressed concern with how the company is collecting user personal… Read More... →

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23:44 07.04.2016

Unlike Google Translate, Microsoft Translator for iOS now works offline

Microsoft today announced that its Microsoft Translator app for iOS devices can now translate text and images from one language to another even when you’re offline. The app already supported this functionality on Android, and the competing Google Translate for Android could work offline, too. But in this case, Microsoft has beat Google to the […]... →

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