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Google is releasing the monthly security update for its Nexus Android devices today and with it, it is also announcing a list of the security vulnerabilities it has patched in this release. This month, the update includes patches for eight critical bugs, including one that affects the infamous libstagefright library, which has already seen its fair share of well-publicized vulnerabilities.… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — конструктор «Анкетолог», в котором можно по шаблону создать опрос, собрать ответы с помощью пользователей сервиса или на своём сайте — и получить наглядно представленные результаты. Передаём микрофон.... →

A propaganda application developed by the Islamist fundamentalist group the Taliban was live on the Google Play store for two days before being booted, raising questions about Google’s app review process, which today includes a combination of human editors and algorithms. The app’s content, written in the Pashto language, included statements and videos from the Taliban, which… Read More... →

Curiously-named Australian wine site Vinomofo announced today that it’s raised its first major round of funding, $19 million (AUD $25 million), from fellow Aussie Blue Sky Venture Capital. Vinomofo says it raised the funds to expand its self-described “most epic wine site on the planet” for “wine-loving mofos” into New Zealand, the U.K., Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and […]... →

The reality is that merely checking a March Madness bracket puts not only the employee at risk, but also the entire enterprise. Read More... →

Расположена она в центре Берлина. Арендаторам даже разрешается бесплатно пользоваться велосипедом... →

Target’s top-rated shopping app Cartwheel is today becoming more useful to those who are looking to save money at checkout. The company says the app has been expanded to support digital coupons from manufacturers – meaning shoppers can save dollars on a wider range of products, as opposed to percentage discounts off select products, as before. Cartwheel, of course, was already… Read More... →

Университет Иннополис заработал 754,5 млн рублей в 2015 году. 535,9 млн рублей принесли партнёрские взносы и пожертвования, что в 2,5 раза больше, чем в 2014 году. Об этом Университет сообщил в своем годовом отчете. В 2015 году Университет получил доход от субсидий и грантов и на сумму 179,4 млн. рублей. Доход от продажи образовательных услуг составил 15,8 млн.рублей. По итогам 2015 года вузу удалось выиграть 16 заявок на получение грантов в размере 451,96 млн.рублей с перспективой финансирования до 2017 го... →

Google значительно обновил Руководство по оценке качества поиска (Search Quality Rating Guidelines), предназначенное для асессоров. Основные изменения: Из документа полностью удалён раздел, посвящённый вспомогательному контенту. В предыдущих версиях руководства Google уделял значительное внимание этому контенту и его влиянию на качество сайта. По мнению Дженнифер Слэгг (Jennifer Slegg) из TheSEMPost, данное изменение связано с желанием Google привести в соответствие опыт мобильных пользователей и десктопны... →

«ВКонтакте» запустит единый агрегатор товаров и услуг, где будут собраны все предложения, размещённые с помощью сервиса «Товары». Об этом заявил директор по электронной коммерции соцсети Юрий Иванов, передаёт RNS.... →

BlackBerry Priv owners are being given the opportunity to help the company test builds of the impending Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrade, as part of a public beta program. Space in the program is quite limited, however, with initial slots being completely filled less than an hour after the blog post announcement was published. The program […]... →

Europe’s refugee crisis is proving all but impossible for the region’s politicians to tackle without being sucked into an inglorious mire of prejudice — leaving desperate people fleeing conflict-torn countries to be shunted towards the margins or even sent back to the places they were fleeing in the first place. Read More... →

Not one of the 2016 presidential candidates stands out when it comes to ensuring that common sense technology and entrepreneurship policy will prevail. In the absence of these issues receiving the attention they deserve, what follows is the speech we can only hope one of the candidates will give: Read More... →

WeWork, the co-working real estate startup valued north of $5 billion, is launching WeLive, a residential rental building that offers flexible renting and a nicely packaged set of amenities. The new program launches for New York (at 110 Wall Street), the same building where WeWork has its main space in the Financial District, as well as DC, a 2221 S. Clark Street in Arlington. The spaces… Read More... →

Расходы ИТ-университета «Иннополис» в 2015 году выросли более чем в полтора раза — с 382,5 млн до 643,2 млн рублей. Увеличение расходов связано с ростом количества студентов, преподавателей и открытием новых лабораторий, следует из отчётности вуза.... →

Jay Vijayan, who spent four years years as the chief information officer of Tesla Motors, and who served as its VP of IT and business applications for a year before that, left the company in January to form his own Bay Area startup. Vijayan isn’t talking yet about that company. (This reporter reached out to him last Monday and he hasn’t responded.) But his departure comes at an… Read More... →

Сам Брэнсон дистанцируется от сделки и говорит, что «в печали»... →

Meet Stae, a New York-based startup that wants to make cities and tech startups work together. Major cities are getting denser and facing bigger challenges. And yet, innovation is coming from private companies. These companies are starting to have better insights about how a city works compared to local governments. Read More... →

For some, the stock market can be a tricky and seemingly dangerous place. Even with apps like Robinhood, that make buying and selling stock super simple, users still have skin in the game. With Vestly, you get the same fun of playing the stock market without putting up any money. Here’s how it works: Users log on to the platform and give up some basic information, via a required… Read More... →

Techies Project, a photo and interview project that launched today, explores the personal stories and experiences of hundreds of underrepresented people in tech. You might recognize people like Tristan Walker, founder and CEO of Walker & Company Brands, and John Maeda, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers. You will probably also learn about someone doing amazing work… Read More... →