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SAN FRANCISCO — Most of the room of game-industry insiders raised their hand after Spry Fox founder Daniel “Danc” Cook asked them if they own more than 10 games on the PC software portal Steam. Smiling, Danc told them “you don’t matter.” For years, mobile gaming has fended off the idea that is for “casual” […]... →

Google today added a new section to its Transparency Report that focuses on the use of encryption on Google’s own sites and across the web. The company says over 75 percent of requests to its own servers are now using encrypted connections (though traffic to YouTube is not included in this report). Across Google’s products, Gmail and Google Drive are leading the move to using… Read More... →

David Lapter, formerly of Fab.com and MakeSpace, is moving on to Dashlane to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Dashlane is a password management service that helps users keep track of their passwords, as well as helping with safe online transactions through a Dashlane digital wallet. Lapter started out his career at a boutique strategy firm called Parthenon, where he served for nearly… Read More... →

We’re excited to announce the launch of our first artificial intelligence-powered news bot on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram. We teamed up with Chatfuel to build the bot, and after a month of development we’re thrilled to show it off to the world. If you are already on Telegram, you can check out the bot by following this link (or search for “techcrunchbot”… Read More... →

As the primaries heat up in the race to see who will be in contention to become the next U.S. President, Google is now surfacing more information about the candidates directly in the main search results page. While Google already showed some details like candidate statements on topics such as taxes, national security, and immigration, […]... →

This past week I made it my mission to see what was going on in downtown Manhattan. A well-timed email here, a hastily-caught train there, and I found myself at the headquarters of Priority Cycles — a NYC-based bicycle startup, which got its wheels on Kickstarter back in 2014. Raising over $565k for their original city bike, called the Classic, resulted in the birth of a niche… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Content isn’t just about filling funnel — effective content should push your audience to action that shows concrete results. Join VB’s free webinar and panel of content pros to unlock the secret of creating content that inspires customers to action. Register here for free. WeddingWire, a leading global marketplace that provides wedding-minded consumers with a host of planning tools and connects […]... →

Just in time for “Mega Tuesday,” Google has rolled out new features to Google Search that will allow you to better track the primaries and learn more about the candidates. One new addition provides easy-to-understand campaign finance information, so you can see things like which percentage of funds come from SuperPACs versus individuals, or which industries are more heavily backing… Read More... →

Samsung на фестивале South by Southwest (SXSW) в Техасе представила мобильную социальную сеть для создания фотоколлажей Waffle.... →

Сооснователь сервиса для поиска работы в европейских ИТ-компаниях Devs.lt Александра Дивова написала для vc.ru об опыте переезда в Литву и впечатлениях от местного стартап-сообщества.... →

Unity Technologies showed off some game porn today at its press event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. This means that it showed some really cool demos with eye-popping visual effects. The company says the demos show that the game engine that “democratized game development” has grown up and is capable of being […]... →

Google reportedly is working on building its own Uber competitor, and while some believe that this will come in the form of a fleet of autonomous cars, there is a more immediate option for how Google can position itself more prominently in Uber’s world: by searching and aggregating everything that the wider on-demand transport landscape has to offer. Today, Google announced that… Read More... →

Microsoft wants to show you that it can do cover shooting without Epic. Gears of War 4’s beta is coming April 18 for players who qualify for “early access,” according to Microsoft. This is a test of the first new release in the series for the Xbox One and Windows 10, and this early trial […]... →

Unity Technologies is announcing two new versions of its game development software at the Game Developers Conference today. The San Francisco company also said that it has a 30 percent share of the top 1,000 revenue generators among mobile games. Unity is trying to democratize game development, enabling anybody to make games. And it is plugging […]... →

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But Prêt d'Union doesn't exactly sound Italian. That's why the company is working on a rebranding effort as well. From day one, Prêt d'Union is going to be called Younited Credit in Italy. younited-credit.it and younited-credit.com already redirect to pret-dunion.fr. A whois query tells us that younit Read More... →

Google today updated the Google Maps mobile app with support for fare estimates and pick up times for five new ride hailing services: 99Taxis in Brazil, Ola Cabs in India, Hailo in the U.K. and Spain, mytaxi in Germany and Spain, and Gett in the U.K. The new functionality is rolling out “over the next […]... →

Inbox by Gmail, Google’s next-gen email client for Gmail users, includes a number of features that aim to make handling your incoming messages easier. One of the best of these has long been Smart Reply, which uses Google’s machine learning intelligence to look at your email and suggest three possible (and very short) answers. Until now, this feature was only available in the… Read More... →

Фильтрация выдачи поисковиков работает в России с 1 января 2016 года по "закону о забвении". К ссылкам из "Реестра запрещённых сайтов" это вмешательство в поиск отношения не имеет.... →

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