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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 […]... →

Comparably, the Glassdoor-like platform for self-reporting employment and compensation data, has released some data around culture at tech companies. Within a couple of weeks of launching, over 2,000 people have submitted data around what it’s like working at their respective companies in tech, if they believe they’re paid fairly and if they’re satisfied with their equity stake. Read More... →

Economic experts are trying to figure out a question that just two decades ago seemed ridiculous: If 90 percent of human jobs are replaced by robots in the next 50 years — something now considered plausible — is capitalism still the ideal economic system to champion? No one is certain about the answer, but the question is making everyone nervous — and forcing people to dig… Read More... →

I never owned a lot of music. As a kid, everyone around me would talk about their latest CD purchases, but I preferred engaging with the latest tracks and classic hits when artists would combine them with other media like music videos, film, and — eventually — video games. The classic Nintendo rhythm game Elite Beat Agents […]... →

I never owned a lot of music. As a kid, everyone around me would talk about their latest CD purchases, but I preferred engaging with the new tracks and classic hits when artists would combine them with other media like music videos, film, and — eventually — video games. The classic Nintendo rhythm game Elite Beat […]... →

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Most people are terrible at shooting video. Any longer than 15-seconds and it will probably be boring. That’s why Instagram capped videos at a quarter-minute when it launched the feature in 2013. Yet today it extended the length to 60 seconds for user-shot or uploaded videos. That’s why I have a hunch that Facebook and Instagram are preparing to launch a more powerful set of… Read More... →

This morning, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen Group of America, charging that it “deceived customers with the advertising campaign it used to promote its supposedly ‘clean diesel’ VWs and Audis,” according to the FTC press release. As I’m sure you recall, these are the vehicles that were caught cheating on emissions tests in… Read More... →

Сервис для поиска попутчиков BlaBlaCar с осени 2016 года начнёт взимать комиссию с пользователей, рассказал vc.ru представитель компании Сергей Авакян-Ржевский. Таким образом, компания запускает процесс монетизации.... →

VB WEBINAR: Missed it? Imagine every piece of data about a customer, or a potential customer, at your fingertips. Find out why top marketers say that investing in a marketing cloud solution can help you unlock the full promise of data-driven marketing.  Access the webinar right here. Two-thirds of the executives VentureBeat surveyed for its recent report on […]... →

VB WEBINAR: Imagine every piece of data about a customer, or a potential customer, at your fingertips. Find out why top marketers say that investing in a marketing cloud solution can help you unlock the full promise of data-driven marketing.  Watch right here. Two-thirds of the executives VentureBeat surveyed for its recent report on marketing clouds say, that despite the […]... →

Израильская компания Beamr приобрела американский стартап с российскими корнями Vanguard Video(поставщик видеокодеков HEVC и H.264) и привлекла инвестиции на сумму $15 млн от фонда Disruptive Growth, Marker, Innovation Endeavors и председатель совета директоров компании Alphabet Эрик Шмидт. Об этом сообщается на сайте Vanguardvideo. Сумма приобретения Vanguard Video на разглашается. Vanguard Video основана выпускницей ЛЭТИ Иреной Тертеровой. Стартап предоставляет видеокодеки  HEVC и H.264, позволяющие сжима... →

For his most recent cover of Bob Dylan’s Just Like a Woman, Jeff Buckley’s creative team has pulled out all the stops. Dropping today is an interactive music video with a gabazillion possible iterations for the viewer to explore, creating a unique listening experience every time. In Buckley’s new video, the listener can click on various panels of the video to change the story… Read More... →

Выходцы из поглощённой студии Any Void научили мобильную разновидность Яндекс.Карт искать без интернет-подключения по сохранённой векторной карте.... →

Маркетолог Рустэм Хайрэтдинов о том, почему провалились продажи YotaPhone и как можно было бы исправить ситуацию.... →

Разработчики «ВКонтакте» ввели функцию «Показать наиболее интересные» в мобильной версии соцсети, сообщил операционный директор компании Андрей Рогозов. В течение месяца поддержка этой функции должна появиться в мобильных приложениях «ВКонтакте».... →

Google Fiber may be the holy grail of Internet service for many, but many people still rely on landlines for everyday communication purposes or emergency use. In order to allow its subscribers to sever connections with the old local ISPs and telecoms completely, Google will soon offer home phone service for Fiber subscribers. Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — система inCust, позволяющая подключить покупателей к дисконтному клубу с персональными настройками системы лояльности. Клиент распознается по номеру мобильного телефона, информация о накопленных бонусах и акциях приходит ему по SMS. Передаем микрофон.... →

Google today announced Fiber Phone, a home phone service powered by “much of the same technology as Google Voice.: Fiber Phone is an optional $10-per-month add-on for Basic, Gig, and Gig TV customers. Google says the service will eventually be available in all of its Fiber cities. More to follow... →

Google today announced Fiber Phone, a home phone service powered by much of the same technology as Google Voice. Fiber Phone is an optional $10-per-month add-on for Basic, Gig, and Gig TV customers. Home phone service — is this an early April Fools’ joke? “Haha, definitely not,” a Google spokesperson told VentureBeat. Fiber Phone includes […]... →