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With seven transactions totaling $150 million, including the $90 million financing for new unicorn Anaplan, the first two months of 2016 have been quiet on the funding front for inside sales. The future will tell us if it is a reflection of the overall technology slowdown, or if we have reached an investment peak that precedes industry consolidation. […]... →

“Nature’s ready-made robot platforms.” That’s how a new paper from researchers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University describe insects — it’s excellent shorthand for the level of “playing god” we have attained, whether you find it fascinating or abhorrent. Read More... →

Want to know if you have the “athlete gene” or if you’re actually related to the weirdos who claim you as a family member? Get your collection tubes ready, citizen scientists, Bento Lab’s DIY DNA analysis kit is here and ready for the in-home lab. Normally you’d order a kit somewhere like 23andMe, spit in a tube and mail it off for results in six to eight weeks. Read More... →

San Francisco-based Branch International, or Branch.co, raised $9.2 million to bring digital financial services to mobile phone users in Sub-Saharan Africa. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round. Branch’s free-to-download Android app is a kind of “branchless bank for the next generation,” says founder and CEO Matt Flannery. Read More... →

На момент запуска в нём участвует родственный для Google сервис Uber и должен присутствовать Gett. Машины Яндекс.Такси не учитываются.... →

Apple today made the first release in the Safari Technology Preview, a program that gives developers early access to new builds of Safari that use “upcoming Web technologies.” The new software can run on Macs right alongside the regular version of Safari, Apple says in the release notes — just as Chrome Canary can run […]... →

“Ex-con” isn’t normally something you find on a founder’s resume. But Google employee Wael Ghonim went to jail for sparking the Egyptian Revolution. Now he might be wearing some golden handcuffs instead, as his startup Parlio just became Quora‘s first acquisition. Parlio’s goal was to spread knowledge — a similar mission to Quora. But rather than… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Without a unifying marketing cloud, you’ll be left in the land of silos by companies who are gaining share through omnichannel strength. Join our panel to find out how to choose the best marketing cloud solutions, and how to implement them for success. Register here for free. The rise of mobile has changed the way we […]... →

This week on Bullish, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the queen of Imgur, a.k.a. Sarah Schaaf, head of community at Imgur. We talked about IRL communities versus digital communities, what it takes to build and sustain virtual communities, and the role these places have in our society. “At this point, people are finding their people and finding their homes online,” Schaaf said. Read More... →

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

If you just spent $599 on an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, you probably don’t want start ripping into it with a screwdriver. Thankfully, we can all let other people handle that. The Oculus Rift is moderately easy to repair, according to the crowdsourced repair-guide site iFixit. The company posted its teardown of the head-mounted […]... →

If you just spent $599 on an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, you probably don’t want start ripping into it with a screwdriver. Thankfully, we can all let other people handle that. The Oculus Rift is moderately easy to repair, according to the crowdsourced repair-guide site iFixit. The company posted its teardown of the head-mounted […]... →

Пользователи Uber в ближайшее время смогут общаться с поддержкой сервиса напрямую через приложение, а не по электронной почте. Об этом говорится в сообщении компании.... →

Фонд сооснователей соцсети «Вконтакте» Льва Левиева и Вячеслава Мирилашвили Vaizra Investments и компания ТМТ Investments вложились в российско-американский сервис доставки парфюмерии по подписке Scentbird. Об этом Firrma рассказал директор по инвестициям TMT Investments Артем Инютин.  Для ТМТ Investments инвестиция стала повторным вложением в Scentbird. В новом раунде стартап привлек $2,8 млн. В сделке участвовали основатель Reddit Алексис Оганян, Майкл Сейбел (Seibel) из Socialcam, Тихон Бернштам из Parse... →

In an article in The Information, Fadell said that he didn’t think Dropcom cofounder and CEO Greg Duffy had “earned” the right to report to him directly. Fadell also explained away an exodus of Dropcam staffers by suggesting they were subpar. “A lot of the employees were not as good as we hoped,” he told The Information. It was “a very small team… Read More... →

It’s easy to get caught up in the new, cool thing aspect of transportation tech and apps, but there’s some real social benefit and freedom to be found here. Take, for instance, Moovit’s latest upgrade. The public transportation app recently added features to make it easier for blind users to take transit using VoiceOver (iOS) and TalkBack (Android) integration. The app… Read More... →

As promised, Microsoft today started shipping its $3,000 HoloLens development kits. In addition to sharing that bots are coming to the new platform, the company also released a HoloLens emulator, which lets developers test holographic apps on their PC without the need for a physical HoloLens. You can download the emulator now directly from here. […]... →

As promised, Microsoft today started shipping its $3,000 HoloLens development kits. In addition to sharing that bots are coming to the new platform, the company also released a HoloLens emulator, which lets developers test holographic apps on their PC without the need for a physical HoloLens. You can download the emulator now directly from here. […]... →

Руководитель бюро BuzzFeed в Сан-Франциско Мэт Хонан написал очерк о генеральном директоре Google Сундаре Пичаи. Журналист провёл в общении с ним три месяца — наблюдал за его поведением и пытался понять его взгляды. Редакция vc.ru приводит адаптированный перевод материала.... →

Такси-сервис Gett объявил о приобретении приложения для вызова лондонских кэбов Radio Taxis, с помощью которого принимают заказы более половины традиционных лондонских кэбов. Об этом сообщает Evening Standart. Сумма сделки не разглашается. По данным издания, Gett заплатит за английское приложение «несколько миллионов фунтов стерлингов». Сделка находится на стадии утверждения акционерами Mountview House Group, управляющей компании сервиса Radio Taxis. Приложением Radio Taxis пользуются около 11,5 тысяч водит... →