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There is still life in the unicorn funding world. The swath of negative articles in the past six months about the coming demise of unicorns apparently didn’t keep investors from joining the bandwagon. Even funds like Fidelity, which saw major mark-downs in its portfolio, made one investment in the period. We also saw Accel Partners raise a $1.5 billion late-stage fund — up […]... →

There is still life in the unicorn funding world. The swath of negative articles in the past six months about the coming demise of unicorns apparently didn’t keep investors from joining the bandwagon. Even funds like Fidelity, which saw major mark-downs in its portfolio, made one investment in the period. We also saw Accel Partners raise a $1.5 billion late-stage fund — up […]... →

You can’t time travel to a future when Oculus has already delivered your headset, but you have some other options available — if your bank account is healthy. The consumer version of the Rift that started arriving yesterday to people who backed the original crowdfunding campaign is going for more than $1,100 in multiple eBay […]... →

You can’t time travel to a future when Oculus has already delivered your headset, but you have some other options available — if your bank account is healthy. The consumer version of the Rift that started arriving yesterday to people who backed the original crowdfunding campaign is going for more than $1,100 in multiple eBay […]... →

30–31 марта 2016 года в Москве, в центре Digital October, состоится одиннадцатая конференция eTarget-2016, посвященная новым технологиям в интернет-маркетинге. Традиционно eTarget — первое в году профильное мероприятие, на котором представляют новые инструменты и сервисы, а также отмечают главные тренды. В этом году на конференции основной акцент будет сделан на работу с большими данными, оптимизацию контекстной и таргетированной рекламы, а также работу с мобильной аудиторией, чья доля продолжает расти.  Пр... →


Управляющая компания «Русское инвестиционное общество» (УК РИО) приобрела 15% стартапа Timescenery, которая представляет конструктор путешествий и планов на каждый день. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Оценка Timescenery составила $4 млн. Планируется, что сделка будет закрыта в апреле 2016 года. Доля будет приобретена через венчурный фонд, находящийся под управлением «РИО» — «РИО Венчур 15». Средства пойдут на выход на международный рынок и дальнейшее развитие компании. Стартап сфокусирован на рынок Ев... →

Ebay announced this afternoon that it’s acquiring an auto industry technology company known as Cargigi, a large provider of advertising and marketing services on a number of popular free classified websites, like Craigslist and others. Deal terms were not revealed, though eBay described the acquisition as “small.” Cargigi’s team of 30 will join eBay as a result, and… Read More... →

With Strata + Hadoop World kicking off, it’s always fascinating to step back and look at the contents of the sessions as a way of understanding what’s happening in the world of Big Data. For those of you who have attended this conference for the more than five years that the event’s been kicking, you’ve likely seen it transform from an arena for software developers… Read More... →

Renaissance Capital, the IPO research firm, has published a new report about the first quarter of this year, and, as you might expect, it doesn’t paint a pretty picture. For starters, it notes the U.S. IPO market hit the lowest levels in the first quarter since the financial crisis of late 2008. It notes that not a single deal priced outside of the health care sector (which… Read More... →

GitHub today announced the launch of Saved Replies, a feature that allows users to save messages that they commonly use to respond to pull requests and issues that other users file. “This can save you a ton of time typing and posting the replies you use most frequently,” GitHub employee Ayman Nadeem wrote in a […]... →

GitHub today announced the launch of Saved Replies, a feature that allows users to save messages that they commonly use to respond to pull requests and issues that other users file. “This can save you a ton of time typing and posting the replies you use most frequently,” GitHub employee Ayman Nadeem wrote in a […]... →

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

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC just released a letter addressed to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, urging him to repeal the provisions of House Bill 2. H.B. 2 gets rid of non-discrimination ordinances and effectively writes discrimination against LGBT people into the state law of North Carolina. More specifically, it forces transgender students in public schools to… Read More... →

As expected, Dropbox and Adobe are announcing today that people can now open PDF documents stored in Dropbox using the Adobe Acrobat Reader app on Android devices. This lets users of the apps sign, highlight, annotate, and comment on files from Dropbox from within Acrobat Reader. The integrations are the result of a partnership between […]... →

As expected, Dropbox and Adobe are announcing today that people can now open PDF documents stored in Dropbox using the Adobe Acrobat Reader app on Android devices. This lets users of the apps sign, highlight, annotate, and comment on files from Dropbox from within Acrobat Reader. The integrations are the result of a partnership between […]... →

Razer’s Ripsaw is far from the first game capture card, but it leapfrogs the competition nicely and takes aim at a growing population of streamers who are willing to pay good money for an easily set up solution with industrial-strength capabilities. Read More... →

Фотосервис Instagram увеличит продолжительность публикуемых видеороликов с 15 секунд до одной минуты, говорится в официальном блоге компании.... →

Facebook may be looking to get into the digital wallet game, according to source code uncovered by The Information. Some of the commands discovered in the latest version of Facebook’s Messanger app include “pay in person”, “pay directly in Messenger when you pick up the item” and “no cash needed”. The company declined to comment, […]... →

Facebook may be looking to get into the digital wallet game, according to source code uncovered by The Information. Some of the commands discovered in the latest version of Facebook’s Messenger app include “pay in person,” “pay directly in Messenger when you pick up the item,” and “no cash needed.” The company declined to comment, […]... →

VB EVENT: Mobile commerce is exploding, with researchers at Gartner and Forrester predicting the market to reach $1 trillion in the U.S. alone within the next decade, from around $100 billion today. Seeing that opportunity, companies with mobile apps are trying to ride that wave early and stake out their share of the growing pie. For some companies, the goal is to […]... →