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Zynga has returned again to the Electronic Arts well of talent. The social mobile game company has named former EA executive Frank Gibeau as its new chief executive. Zynga made the announcement today, after Gibeau served for seven months on its board of directors. Mark Pincus, the founder and prior CEO, now becomes the executive […]... →

Scrolling through the @shopboxfox Instagram account is enough to notice the clean-cut aesthetic: feminine, driven, artistic. However, the ladies behind LA’s BOXFOX, Chelsea Moore, Sabena Suri and Jenni Olivero, are channeling much more than their social media accounts let on; they are enhancing strategy and technology to make one of life’s favorite moments, gift giving, easier and… Read More... →

Алишер Усманов, Владимир Скоч, Фархад Мошири, Иван Таврин и Иван Стрешинский, которые являются акционерами USM Holdings, в 2014 году создали фонд для инвестиций в технологические компании. Объём фонда $1 млрд, сообщает РБК. По данным издания, фонд инвестирует «преимущественно в азиатские» компании. Доли инвесторов в фонде распределяются пропорционально долям в USM Holdings. Алишеру Усманову принадлежит 48% USM, 30% акций у Владимира Скоча, 10% — у траста главы совета директоров USM Фархада Мошири, по 3% акц... →

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer gave a passionate defense of encryption today, saying his coming stood with Apple in its legal battle with the FBI. He made his remarks during a keynote address at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. “There is no technology better than encryption,” Smith said. “Despite the best intentions, the path to… Read More... →

A newly launched “tweak store” called Extensify wants to offer iOS users an alternative to jailbreaking their devices, by offering a simpler way to install modified versions of popular third-party applications like Snapchat, YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp, Vine, Instagram and others. Unlike with some of the jailbreaking efforts in the past, the Extensify app – basically an… Read More... →

Ashes of the Singularity looks like a technical tour de force. In this real-time strategy (RTS) game for the PC, you’ll be able to take direct control of a full army, with as many as 100,000 combat units on the screen at the same time. A title like this doesn’t come along every day, and […]... →

Pouring petrol on the bonfire of news tech, Google announced that it has invested more than $30m into projects spanning the European news tech scene. The fund’s goal is to ‘help stimulate innovation in digital journalism’ over the next three years, Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO said. This batch of investments is the first from a €150m ($167m) fund the company announced… Read More... →

Oh what a tangled web we weave … when we’re playing and watching Quantum Break. I discovered that the story behind the big Xbox One and Windows 10 video game coming from Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment is very complicated. That’s the hallmark of Remedy, which made memorable story-based games such as Alan Wake and Max Payne […]... →

Акционеры USM Holdings (Алишер Усманов, Владимир Скоч, Фархад Мошири, Иван Таврин и Иван Стрешинский) создали инвестфонд объёмом $1 млрд, предназначенный для инвестиций в технологические компании. Об этом сообщает РБК со ссылкой на представителя USM.... →

26 февраля на площадке ФРИИ Сити Холл директор по распространению технологий «Яндекса» Григорий Бакунов рассказал, зачем компании сотрудничество с ФРИИ и какие стартапы ей интересны. Редакция vc.ru публикует основные тезисы выступления.... →

Facebook is tweaking its News Feed algorithm when it comes to what’s live versus recorded. The company announced that with more people consuming Live videos, it’s looking at making this format a “new content type” that’s different from normal videos you upload later. It’s first steps involves featuring live videos streamed through Facebook higher in the […]... →

Despite many healthcare insurers having decried Obamacare as the end of days, the truth–as measured by both stock prices and revenue results–is the nation’s largest healthcare insurance companies have been steadily growing. Read More... →

At Kik, we’ve been thinking about the coming bot revolution for a long time. We first launched a basic bot platform a year and a half ago, and millions of users have been chatting with Kik bots ever since. Other messengers, such asTelegram and Slack, have been doing their own work with bots. Now, Facebook […]... →

Pebble’s latest smartwatches are now a little less cash. The Time Round is $199 and the Time is $149. At these prices, the Pebble sits more comfortable among its competition. Fitbit’s new Blaze costs $199 and Garmin’s Vivoactive is $219. At $149 rather than $199, the Pebble Time should look a bit more attractive to its target consumers. After all, the Time is a smartwatch… Read More... →

Big changes are coming to Disney Infinity. Previously, a new version of the (according to the market research group NPD, most popular) “toys to life” game would come out every year. Those would support new playsets and characters, but they wouldn’t work with older editions of Disney Infinity. Now, future figures and playsets will all work […]... →

It doesn’t matter if it was Live if you missed it. And Facebook knows that people watch actually Live streams 3X longer than saved ones. So it’s changing the News Feed to prefer on-going broadcasts. Twitter’s big advantage with Periscope is that they’re both inherently real-time platforms. Periscopes generate notifications for all your followers there, and show up… Read More... →

Pebble has made a handful of announcements today as the hardware startup looks to increase uptake of its popular smartwatch. The price of Pebble Time, which first went on sale last July, has been slashed from $199 to $150, while the Pebble Round, which went to market last September at a price of $249, will […]... →

Венчурный фонд Life.Sreda открыл коворкинг в Сингапуре. Пространство будет разделено на две части. В одной части будет находится команда Life.Sreda и его портфельные стартапы, в также проекты акселератора InspirAsia. Во второй части смогут расположиться любые финтех-проекты. Фонд не будет брать денег за работу в коворкинге.   Коворкинг занимает 3 200 квадратых футов (примерно 297,6 кв.м). Одна из целей открытия коворкинга в том, чтобы все, кто заинтересован в финтехе мог прийти и пообщаться с людьми из этой... →

Полиция Бразилии арестовала вице-президента Facebook по Латинской Америке Диего Хорхе Дзодана, пишет The Wall Street Journal. Задержание связано с нежеланием компании вадать следствию информацию о данных пользователей соцсети.... →