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(Reuters) – A businessman from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors including Boeing, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. Su Bin, 50, faces a maximum five-year sentence for allegedly conspiring with two other people in China to obtain sensitive military […]... →

Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is laying off 25 percent of its staff amid increased financial concerns. This situation has been coming. Last year, we reported the company was in some trouble and had turned to debt funding and loans, as well as traditional investor cash, “in order to stay afloat.” Read More... →

Венчурный фонд AddVenture вложил ещё 250 млн рублей в онлайн-сервис заказа уборки Qlean, сообщает «Коммерсант». До этого AddVenture инвестировал 70 млн рублей в Qlean в прошлом году. Доля фонда в компании не раскрывается. Известно, что контроль остается у основателей. Средства пойдут на региональную экспансию в города-миллионникии маркетинг. Qlean также планирует консолидировать рынок уборки в России. Сервис предлагает клининговым компаниям присоединиться к нему в формате франшизы или M&A. Qlean также намер... →

Российский венчурный фонд AddVenture инвестировал 250 млн рублей в онлайн-сервис по заказу уборки квартиры Qlean, рассказали «Коммерсанту» представитель Qlean Злата Николаева и управляющий партнёр фонда Максим Медведев.... →

Видеосервис создал подразделение Megogo Distribution... →

Ритейлер вдвое сократит портфель собственных торговых марок... →

Dublin-based currency exchange marketplace CurrencyFair has raised €8 million (about $8.9 million) in a new funding round led by Octopus Ventures and appointed new chief marketing officer Nils Andén. New investor Proxy Ventures and previous investor Frontline Ventures also participated in the round. Andén comes to CurrencyFair from Maltese online gambling operator Unibet where he […]... →

Gobi Partners has partnered with Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhard (MAVCAP), which claims to be the country’s largest venture capital firm, to launch a $14.5 million fund dedicated to seed-stage companies in Southeast Asian. Read More... →

NASA has released close-up images of the dwarf planet Ceres, the biggest object in the asteroid belt, revealing new details about its mysterious bright spots. These images were taken by the Dawn spacecraft, which left Earth nearly a decade ago. Dawn was the first mission to reach a dwarf planet and the first mission to orbit 2 distinct extraterrestrial objects (it orbited Vesta in 2011).… Read More... →

Социальная сеть ВКонтакте выпустила большое обновление своего фотосервиса Snapster. В новом приложении Snapster 2.0 пользователям доступен новый вид публикаций – «комнаты», представляющие собой тематические сообщества трёх типов: личные - для публикации собственных снимков, а также приватные и публичные - с возможностью публикации фотографий несколькими авторами для неограниченного числа подписчиков. С помощью Snapster 2.0 можно: – делиться фотографиями и общаться с другими людьми; – создавать приватные... →

“Food, housing, healthcare, transportation. Life essentials made better and more affordable.” These are the types of startups that partner Paul Buchheit said were demoing today at Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Day 2. Yesterday, we covered the first 60 startups from the batch, and picked our 7 favorites. Buchheit went on to say about today’s big aspirations… Read More... →

(Reuters) – The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyberattacks in 2012 and 2013 on several U.S. banks and a New York dam, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against about a half-dozen Iranians, said […]... →

As strange as it may seem, only a small percentage of Americans can legally invest in most startups today. Under long-standing rules governing who qualifies as a so-called “accredited investor,” only quite wealthy individuals (those make at least $200,000 in annual income or have $1 million in assets, excluding their home) can buy shares in a fast-growing, privately held company. Read More... →

Posted by SimonPenson[Estimated read time: 20 minutes] Introduction and background The how-to process Setting up your team Free downloads and help guide Content marketing has an image problem. Like all potentially transformational opportunities, the world sees something glistening and jumps in head first to claim a piece of the next "goldmine." The ensuing digital gold rush that follows often creates a stampede to be first, rather than best, and normally strategic thinking is usurped and instead replaced wi... →

Posted by SimonPenson[Estimated read time: 20 minutes] Introduction and background The how-to process Setting up your team Free downloads and help guide Content marketing has an image problem. Like all potentially transformational opportunities, the world sees something glistening and jumps in head first to claim a piece of the next "goldmine." The ensuing digital gold rush that follows often creates a stampede to be first, rather than best, and normally strategic thinking is usurped and instead replaced wi... →

Shyp announced today that it has laid off 8 percent of its “teammates” in an effort to propel the on-demand shipping and courier service towards profitability this year. It declined to provide specific numbers about the departures, instead referring VentureBeat to chief executive Kevin Gibbon’s post on LinkedIn. The layoffs impacted the entire organization, including […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: Google has quietly been building a new live streaming app called YouTube Connect, VentureBeat has learned. This service highlights the company’s efforts to double down on live video while also placing it in a position to compete directly against Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live. YouTube Connect will be available on both iOS and Android devices. Google did […]... →

BMW was among the first auto manufacturers to introduce integration with iPhones in 2011. Now, five years later, the company has at last announced at the New York International Auto Show that BMW Apps will integrate with Android devices. The first three apps to work with the iDrive system in the 2016 BMW 7 Series are all about the music: iHeartRadio, Pandora, and Spotify. So far, it’s… Read More... →

GUEST: There are many reasons to found a startup — and many reasons to work at a startup. But there’s only one reason your company got funded: Liquidity. The good news To most founders a startup is not a job, but a calling. But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. Traditional lenders (banks) […]... →

If traveling first class is just a teensy bit too plebeian for you, JetSmarter has you covered. The company lets you book a private jet from your smartphone, and announced today it is expanding into Europe, with scheduled routes between London, Nice, Paris, Geneva and Moscow. JetSmarter claims it is the fastest-growing private jet company in the world. Read More... →