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The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. In an amendment to the bill filed by Senators Heller and Cantwell, the Senate committee instructs the FAA to create rules for delivery drones within the next two years. It’s worth noting that the bill is still working its way through the… Read More... →

Munchery, the on-demand meal delivery startup with over $117 million in funding, has lost Pascal Rigo, who came on board to Munchery as chief customer experience officer just five months ago. Rigo had formerly spent three years at Starbucks as SVP of food, after the coffee giant bought La Boulange, the bakery chain Rigo founded in 1996. Rigo resigned because he didn’t share… Read More... →

VB EVENT: Google and Amazon may be top dogs in their respective industries, but they both face challenges when it comes to mobile. Google is the largest ad company in the world, and it earned that status by dominating search. It sells ads to brands wanting to reach Google’s users. Lately, though, people are spending more time […]... →

Digital document signatures have really expedited sales. No longer do we have to print out the document, sign it, and either scan or fax it back to the original sender. But while this capability may be a godsend, there’s one problem a new startup called GetAccept wants to highlight: It still is not enough for actually closing the […]... →

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s counterintuitive to think that covering your eyes and ears with a screen and speakers can lead to awesome interactions with your friends, but Sony has demonstrated that it’s true. PlayStation VR engineers took the stage at the Game Developers Conference today to show off a multiplayer experiment built around social interactions. […]... →

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, aka the Woz, shared his feelings about the Apple Watch today in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session. His feelings were, well, not the most positive. Here’s how he put it: I worry a little bit about — I mean I love my Apple Watch, but — it’s taken us into […]... →

The maker movement is hot. Worldwide, there are about 2,000 maker spaces and 26% of cities in the U.S. have them. I sat down with Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan to learn about what’s driving the movement and where it’s headed. “I think it’s a bunch of things,” Kaplan said. “One, access to all these technologies is getting super cheap. It used to be you had to… Read More... →

17 и 18 марта 2016 впервые в самом сердце мира технологий – в Сан-Франциско – пройдет конференция Droidcon. Участников ожидает более 50 ведущих экспертов в области Android разработки, выставка высоких технологий и устройств, а также Startup Alley. Среди спикеров представители Google, Intel, Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram и других компаний. Традиционно Droidcon является крупнейшей конференцией, посвященной всем аспектам операционной системы Android для мобильных устройств, телевидения, автомобилей, и... →

В мае 2016 года мобильные алгоритмы Google начнут придавать ещё большее значение такому сигналу, как степень адаптивности сайта к мобильным устройствам. Это означает, что влияние сигнала на позиции сайтов в мобильной выдаче заметно усилится, а его значимость для поисковой системы – повысится. «В прошлом году мы начали использовать адаптивность сайта к мобильным устройствам в качестве сигнала ранжирования в мобильной выдаче. Сегодня мы сообщаем, что в мае приступим к постепенному запуску обновления результа... →

A number of startup studios are in the midst of a years-long experiment, providing back-end assistance, office space, and mentoring to talented, ambitious people in order to create a startup with them, often based around their expertise. Betaworks was the first to try it, opening its doors roughly nine years ago. Others, including New York-based Expa; Science, based in L.A., and Roniin… Read More... →

Last week I sat down with apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak to hear about his newest creation, Silicon Valley Comic Con. The event, which will be held this weekend at the San Jose Convention Center, will play host to celebrities like Michael J. Fox, William Shatner, and Stan Lee. Woz and his team says they expect almost 30,000 attendees throughout the weekend. The convention will also feature… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: A Google Update Brewing...... →

I bought an Apple Watch six months ago. This was no casual purchase. As an Apple fan, a watch collector and with more than 20 years of experience in the design innovation space, I had extremely high expectations of the purchase. While I have enjoyed the stylish Apple Watch’s features and functions, I have occasionally felt frustrated with the overall experience, for two, admittedly… Read More... →

В Иране заблокировали международную версию российского поисковика «Яндекс» — yandex.com, свидетельствуют данные ресурса blockediniran.com. При этом региональные сайты компании, в том числе yandex.ru, доступны, пишет «Коммерсантъ» со ссылкой на пресс-атташе посольства России в Иране Максима Суслова.... →

It’s finally here. After teaming up with Michael J. Fox to tease us with self-lacing Nike Mags on Back To The Future day in October, Nike has finally announced a mass production shoe that will feature real-life power laces. Meet the HyperAdapt 1.0. Announced today at the Nike Innovation Summit, the HyperAdapt 1.0 will be the first shoe to take advantage of Nike’s adaptive… Read More... →

Многие из вас в курсе, что в арсенале Wizard.Sape есть инструмент сканирования сайта и выявления ошибок, мешающих занять ТОПовые позиции – Технический анализ. У нас хорошая новость: по многочисленным просьбам, технический анализ теперь… Читать далее →... →

It’s time to take wearable devices to the next level. Plume Labs and DigitasLBi have teamed up for an interesting experiment. What if pigeons could fly around London with tiny backpacks to measure air pollution during peak hours? I’m not sure if they were drunk when they thought about this idea, but 10 pigeons are currently flying above London for the next 3 days to do just that. Read More... →

In just three months, Mozilla hopes you will be able to try out Servo, its new browser engine. The news was first revealed in a Google Groups posting, and we reached out to Mozilla for more information. “This June, Mozilla Research plans to release the first tech demo of Servo, a next-generation browser engine focused […]... →

Sony announced yesterday that its PlayStation VR headset costs $399 when it launches in October. And that move has gone over well with industry analysts, who expect this to be a $30 billion market by 2020. “I like the price point, but it doesn’t include all the necessary components, like the camera [and controller],” said Joost van Dreunen, an analyst […]... →

В начале марта 2016 года потерявшая большую часть своих средств компания Powa Technologies объявила о продаже двух своих подразделений. Судьба третьего направления пока неизвестна. Издание Business Insider рассказало, что стало с некогда одним из самых дорогих британских стартапов, а британский финансовый эксперт Тони Крэддок порассуждал, в чём причина падения компании.... →