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Last week, toward the end of a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, GGV Capital managing director Hans Tung took the stage to interview one of his portfolio CEOs, Peter Szulczewski of Wish. With an increasingly boisterous crowd as their background, Tung managed to ferret out lots of fascinating  information from the highly personable Szulczewski, who looked very much the part of… Read More... →

PREVIEW: Ashes of the Singularity is a real-time strategy that uses all the brains in your computer’s processor and graphics chips to render as many as 100,000 moving objects on the screen at the same time. That lets you stage huge land battles for the control of planets in an intergalactic war. The game from Stardock and […]... →

If you’re sick of running out of paper checks and stamps or hassling with routing numbers to send zero-fee payments, you can bank on Checkbook. The startup today launches its digital check service where you can send anyone a check with just their email address, and they can deposit it immediately online to get their money or even print it out. What’s remarkable is that… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: This is our closest look yet at Huawei’s upcoming flagship phone. Thanks to a person who was given some hands-on time with the device, VentureBeat is able to share some of the premiere photographs of Huawei’s flagship — the Huawei P9 — expected in the first half of 2016. The individual, who requested anonymity, also shared full specs […]... →

It looks like Apple isn’t the only tech giant battling against authorities over privacy issues and court orders. Today it emerged that Facebook’s vice president in Latin America, Diego Dzodan, was detailed by police in Brazil in connection with an ongoing investigation involving WhatsApp, a messaging app owned by Facebook. Facebook has hit back claiming it cannot provide… Read More... →

Just in time for Super Tuesday, the AP has launched a new tool in partnership with Google and Twitter that helps voters visualize what people are saying about the current elections, candidates and issues, as well as how that interest has changed over time. Effectively, the product, called AP Election Buzz, is a lot like a political-focused Google Trends tool mashed up with Twitter data.… Read More... →

Правительство России потратит до 5 млрд рублей из внебюджетных источников на поддержку разработки и продвижение российского программного обеспечения, следует из антикризисного плана на 2016 год, подписанного 1 марта премьер-министром РФ Дмитрием Медведевым. Ответственными за поддержку отечественных ИТ-проектов назначены Минкомсвязи и Минфин.... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Delivia, который позволяет интегрироваться со службами доставки, подсчитывает сроки и стоимость доставки и анализирует ее экономические показатели. Передаем микрофон.... →

Today at 1pm EST representatives from Apple and the FBI will give testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. The hearing is titled “The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy,” and will be streamed live on YouTube. The hearing will cover the events surrounding the FBI’s request for Apple to unlock the iPhone of the San… Read More... →

It’s been three years since Livefyre acquired social aggregator Storify, and the company hasn’t really made major waves in the service — until now. Livefyre announced today the launch of Storify 2, an upgrade to the real-time storytelling product that now provides improved workflows and collaboration tools to streamline live blogging for large news organizations. […]... →

Facebook called the detention of its vice president for Latin America on Tuesday an "extreme and disproportionate measure" stemming from a case in Brazil involving its messaging service Whatsapp, which operates separately from the Facebook platform.... →

Директор по торговле ETF в компании JonesTrading Дейв Лутц рассказал изданию Bloomberg, какие книги читают или советуют прочитать специалисты по торговле и трейдингу с Уолл-стрит.... →

Google today rolled out a refreshed look-and-feel for its Developer Program Policy Center, aimed at making its guidelines for app developers easier to locate, read through, and understand. The revamp includes a visual makeover utilizing Google’s own, colorful “Material Design” to organize the policies by themes like “Restricted Content” or “Privacy and… Read More... →

Обозреватель vc.ru изучила ситуацию на digital-рынке книг: что происходит с электронными книгами, как создаются краткие содержания и на чем зарабатывают сервисы, которые дают авторам возможность издавать свои произведения самостоятельно.... →

After years of development and demos, virtual reality’s moment of truth is approaching. And that’s pretty exciting for Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, which Facebook bought for $2 billion in 2014. Luckey has been touting the virtues of VR for several years, and he was out again at Microsoft’s Xbox spring showcase to […]... →

FEATURE: Pokémon is a multimedia giant, but it all started with one man. That would be Satoshi Tajiri, who created developer Game Freak and the initial idea that would become one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Sales for the series has reached over 200 million, but […]... →

Организаторы музыкального фестиваля Rock in Rio будут распространять билеты при помощи технологии российского стартапа Radario. Как сообщили Firrma в Radario, контракт был подписан на эксклюзивных правах. Ранее Rock in Rio сотрудничал с компаниями Ticketmaster и Eventim по продаже и распределению билетов. Теперь билетные компании будут получать квоты билетов (билетную информацию к продаже) от организатора фестиваля Rock in Rio через единое ядро российской компании Radario. Rock in Rio будет также продавать ... →

Entrepreneurs in developing nations have redefined the words “bootstrapping” and “disruptive,” creating all kinds of businesses that solve major societal problems. These solutions affect hundreds, thousands and sometimes millions of people, and are often developed with few resources and scarce funding. For me, it’s impossible to think about these two (sometimes… Read More... →

Roger, the walkie-talkie style voice messaging app created by a team of ex-Spotify engineers, has landed on Android. Read More... →

New Yorkers, what are you doing tonight? Whatever it is, drop it and buy tickets to the New York TC Meetup. We’ve got an amazing lineup for tonight, and we’ll be at Output Williamsburg, which is where the cool kids hang out. Trust me. To start out the show, we’ll be having a little fireside chat with Susan Lyne of BBG Ventures, and then we’ll head straight into the… Read More... →