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Slack was being cheeky when yesterday it said voice chat would start testing “very, very soon”. Today the new “Calls” feature starting rolling out on Slack for desktop. It lets you start a private Slack Call or launch a conference call in a channel that anyone can join with a click. And in keeping with Slack’s lighthearted style, once you’re chatting, you… Read More... →

At a time when everything is being made “smarter,” the time has come for a smart receipt. That note you receive in paper format or electronically after making a purchase hasn’t really evolved for decades, and merchants are losing out on a potentially valuable touch point. FlexReceipts enables retailers to exploit this proof of purchase with […]... →

The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the formation of a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board, with the idea of improving the department with help from people in the private sector from Silicon Valley and other areas. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s umbrella company Alphabet, will be the chair of the board. He […]... →

В 2015 году телеканал ТНТ и оператор МТС разработали кроссмедийную рекламную кампанию, которая позволила увеличить охват аудитории до 25 миллионов человек (на 25% по сравнению с обычными роликами на ТВ). Об этом vc.ru рассказали представители ТНТ.... →

VB WEBINAR: The VC landscape for martech remains one of the hottest areas of investment. In this essential webinar, our VB analyst and panel of venture capitalists will fill you in what’s getting commitment from investors — and what you need to do to do get their attention. Register here for free. The venture capital landscape in 2016 is looking like […]... →

Объем рынка электронной коммерции в России в 2015 году вырос на 16% по сравнению с 2014 годом и достиг 650 млрд рублей, в долларовом выражении, наоборот, сократился на 28% и достиг $13,9 млрд.  На внутреннем рынке e-commerce было совершено 160 млн покупок, что на 10% больше по сравнению с предыдущим годом. Выросли продажи товаров для досуга, домашних животных и детей, одежды, обуви и продовольственных товаров. Спрос сократился на электронику, бытовую технику, косметику и парфюмерия. Объем трансграничных про... →

Международная риелторская компания Savills опубликовала ежегодный рейтинг наиболее дорогих для проживания и работы городов (Live/Work Index). Москва заняла 13 место по затратам международных компаний на проживание и работу топ-менеджеров.... →

Медиа-коммуникационный союз (МКС) подготовил поправки в закон «О связи», которые предполагают введение обязательной идентификации пользователей мессенджеров, сообщают РБК и RNS, в распоряжении которых оказался текст поправок. Также в документе говорится, что провайдеры и операторы связи будут обязаны отключать мессенджеры по требованию «уполномоченного федерального органа исполнительной власти».... →

GoTenna, a Brooklyn-based startup behind a portable personal antenna for smartphones, announced today that it caught a $7.5 million investment. Walden Venture Capital led the series A round, followed by MentorTech Ventures and Verizon subsidiary BBG Ventures. The investment, the startup says, will be used to grow its team and product pipeline in order to meet […]... →

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned mobile messaging service that recently hit 1 billion users worldwide, is today rolling out a much-anticipated feature to its apps on iOS and Android devices: document sharing. Though the company hasn’t yet made an official announcement, a number of WhatsApp users have seen the feature pop up alongside other sharing options, like photo or video sharing,… Read More... →

When it comes to online advertising, one concern publishers, agencies, and marketers share is in determining where programmatic ads are being displayed. Everyone wants to get their money’s worth, but what happens when ads are served on sites where brands don’t have an audience? Pathmatics offers actionable data from across the industry in order to promote […]... →

Want to develop for Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality platform but don’t want to pay $3,000 for the developer kit? Until now, it looked like you were out of luck, but as Microsoft announced today, you will soon be able to use a HoloLens emulator to write your applications even if you don’t own the actual hardware. The emulator, as well as all of Microsoft’s other… Read More... →

Cisco continued its buying spree today as it announced its intention to acquire Israeli chip designer Leaba Semiconductor for $320 million. Cisco sees this acquisition as a way to advance its hardware catalog with highly advanced chip technology. “By combining Leaba’s semiconductor expertise with the Cisco engineering team, we will accelerate our plans for Cisco’s… Read More... →

GoTenna, the device for people who want to stay connected when they don’t have cell signal, has found a natural launch partner — outdoor equipment retailer REI. Daniela Perdomo, goTenna’s CEO and co-founder, told me that REI has signed on to be the startup’s exclusive retail launch partner. For the next three months, the only place you’ll be able to buy goTenna,… Read More... →

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Plane is a new social app from Tim Allison, who previously founded Cupple, the relationship app acquired by YC alumni Pair (which since re-branded to Couple and was sold to Life360). Born out of Allison’s own frustrations, after he moved countries, Plane is pithing itself as ‘social icebraker’, and lets anybody post a short location-based message — called a… Read More... →

Recruitment services giant CareerBuilder is expanding into the background screening realm today with the acquisition of Illinois-based Aurico. CareerBuilder is perhaps better known to most people for CareerBuilder.com, one of the biggest recruitment websites in the U.S. But the company also offers a range of human resources (HR) services to employers, covering job listings, sourcing, […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: We live in the age of the never-satisfied, always-mobile customer. That is just one of the statements I can confidently make after ingesting thousands of pages of mobile marketing and consumer attitude research over the last few months. Consumers want more, cheaper, faster, and better. Even when you give them what they want, they’ll ask […]... →

Поиск реальных конкурентов в поисковой выдаче является достаточно сложной задачей. В этом посте я расскажу, как мы решили эту проблему и покажу возможности нового сервиса. Поиск сайтов, которые находятся по тем же поисковым запросам, что и Ваш сайт не является достаточным условием того, что именно этот сайт будет Вашим конкурентов. Например, Wikipedia высоко ранжируется по многим коммерческим запросам, но совершенно не является конкурентом для остальных сайтов. Другая важная проблема — это поиск сопоставимы... →

Voice mail is so last century. The idea of phoning someone then leaving a rambling message when they don’t pick up seems decidedly antiquated in the age of instant connectivity, where friends, family, colleagues and others can be easily reached with a text. Voicemail is so over, in fact, that large corporations like JP Morgan and Coca-Cola have ditched the service entirely. If only… Read More... →