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Онлайн-библиотека «Флибуста», заблокированная летом 2015 года, запустила бота в мессенджере Telegram, который присылает пользователям книги в ответ на запрос.... →

A medtech startup called AliveCor today unveiled what may be the first medical-grade EKG band for the Apple Watch, the Kardia Band, pending its FDA clearance. The product is intended to help wearers detect cardiac arrhythmia conditions that can cause stroke, as well as indicate whether your heart rate and rhythm are normal. The band works with an accompanying Apple Watch application,… Read More... →

Ninja Theory is making a highly realistic viking psychological thriller called Hellblade. At the center of it is a woman warrior, Senua, who is battling madness. The game studio showed off an amazing demo today at Epic Games’ briefing at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. In the demo, actress Melina Juergens played Senua in […]... →

Microsoft today announced that its browsers will stop supporting the RC4 cipher over HTTPS connections next month. The change to Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 will come as part a cumulative security update on the next Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of every month): April 12, 2016. RC4 is a stream cipher designed in […]... →

Microsoft wants developers to use Xbox Live to facilitate budding esports and pro-gamer scenes. The company announced today that it is incorporating a new tournaments feature geared toward developers into Xbox Live. Xbox product manager Jason Ronald took the stage at the Game Developers Conference today in San Francisco to detail how Microsoft is working […]... →

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Three years after launching a $100 million initiative to create a Watson-inspired tech platform that finds “commercially viable solutions to the continent’s grand challenges,” Watson’s African equivalent—Lucy—is shaping up and IBM’s Africa research facility is more defined in structure, team, and projects. Read More... →

Epic Games has gathered momentum in the past year as it made its Unreal Engine for game development available for free, said Tim Sweeney, chief executive of Epic, at a session at the Game Developers Conference today. Epic is an important company in the game ecosystem, not just as a leading game developer but as […]... →

Консультант по мобильному маркетингу Егор Карпов написал для vc.ru колонку о том, какие инструменты эффективнее всего использовать для продвижения мобильных приложений в странах СНГ.... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис «Ноосферус», который проверяет риск сделки, формирует вердикт о надежности продавца и дает рекомендации. Передаем микрофон.... →

Google представил отчёт относительно использования HTTPS 100 самыми популярными веб-сайтами (за исключением интернет-ресурсов компании).  По оценкам Google, на эти сайты приходится около 25% мирового веб-трафика.  Ниже – список самых популярных сайтов, использующих безопасный протокол по умолчанию. В рейтинг также попали самые популярные веб-сайты, использующие современные технологии HTTPS, и прочие популярные веб-сайты. В компании отмечают, что полному шифрованию трафика препятствуют различные технические... →

Немецкий автопроизводитель Porsche выплатит своим сотрудникам премию в размере до 8,9 тысяч евро каждому за рекордный рост продаж машин, сообщает Reuters со ссылкой на представителей компании. Агентство отмечает, что решение принято, несмотря на «дизельный скандал» вокруг Volkswagen, материнского концерна Porsche.... →

Marketing startup Terminus announced yesterday that it snagged a $7.5 million funding round. The investment, $5 million in equity and $2.5 million in venture debt, was led by Edison Partners. “Terminus is taking Marketing Automation to the next level with Account Based Marketing, which allows customers to engage on their preferred channels (mobile, social, web, […]... →

If your site isn’t easy to use on mobile, Google penalizes it by ranking it lower on its mobile search results pages. To give publishers even more of an incentive to offer mobile-friendly pages, Google today announced that, in May, it will increase the importance of having a mobile page, and sites that are not mobile-friendly will rank even lower than before. Read More... →

Twitter today launched its app on Windows 10 Mobile. The company has effectively updated its universal Windows app to support not just desktops and tablets, but phones as well. You can download the new app now from the Windows Store. A handful of devices have already shipped with Windows 10 Mobile (the Lumia 950, 950 […]... →

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For nearly a year Jawbone and Fitbit have been in the courts and Jawbone just threw down new allegations. In a motion to amend the original filing, Jawbone wants to add a new defendant to the case that formerly worked at Jawbone but defected to Fitbit, bringing a host of confidential information along with her. Jawbone also now contends that this person, along with previously named… Read More... →

Основатель российской компании-производителя чехлов для iPhone со встроенным кардиографом CardioQVARK Александр Ежков рассказал vc.ru о создании проекта, клинических испытаниях и получении сертификации Apple. Чехол стоимостью 8,5 тысяч рублей позволяет пользователю самостоятельно снимать кардиограмму, приложив пальцы к специальным датчикам.... →

More bad news for LivingSocial, the beleaguered commerce platform that competes with the likes of Groupon in offering deals on events and services local to its users. Today, LivingSocial announced that it would lay off 160 employees, which the company tells me is just over 50% of its current staff. As part of that, it’s shutting down its customer services operations in Tuscon, AZ,… Read More... →

Two industry veterans have started a $50 million venture capital fund to invest in early-stage virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality startups. Marco DeMiroz, former chief executive of PlayFirst, and Tipatat Chennavasin, former head of mobile game maker Big Head Mode, have started the Venture Reality Fund to fund innovative companies across a wide […]... →