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VB EVENT: Mobile video has become a huge market, and it’s only getting bigger. People are using their mobile phones to publish video on places like YouTube and Facebook, but they’re also using their phones to watch billions of videos a day. At some of the top video hosting sites alone — SnapChat, Facebook, and YouTube — we’re seeing […]... →

Glispa, a global performance marketing firm, announced today that it has acquired MoneyTap and relaunched its ad mediation platform under the name Ampiri. Berlin-based Glispa has been expanding its ad monetization offerings as part of bid to become a full-service marketing platform for mobile app and game developers. According to market researcher eMarketer, the worldwide mobile ad […]... →

Pornhub, one of the most popular adult entertainment sites in the world, is getting into the VR biz. The company will be teaming up with BaDoinkVR, which has already been creating premium VR adult content for quite a bit, to add a new “virtual reality” content section to its site. The company announced the news via a mostly SFW infomercial-like launch video. The company says… Read More... →

Back in October, we reported that Checkr — a San Francisco startup that runs employee background checks and vets potential hires by way of an API — was raising north of $30 million as it expanded its business beyond the 300,000 checks per month it already does for some 3,000 tech companies including Uber and Instacart. Today, Checkr is formally announcing that round: it has raised… Read More... →

The promise of virtual reality is that it can make you feel like you’re anywhere, so — naturally — most people want to feel like they’re under an attractive naked person. And I think the Internet might start carrying that kind of content. Pornhub is positioning itself as a go-to source for the future of […]... →

В Яндекс.Навигаторе появились голосовые оповещения о камерах, авариях и ремонтных работах, ведущихся на дороге. Теперь водители могут получить всю эту информацию, не отвлекаясь от процесса вождения. Навигатор даже сообщит, какая скорость разрешена на том или ином участке. Голосовые оповещения работают при движении по построенному маршруту. Предупреждение о камере звучит в том случае, если водитель превышает скорость на 15 км/ч и больше или впереди камера контроля полосы общественного транспорта. А если на ... →

IAB Russia анонсировало конкурс в сфере цифровой рекламы... →

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It appears that Google is working on a third-party keyboard for iOS that would allow search functionality directly within the keyboard itself, according to The Verge. Casey Newton reports that the keyboard will have swipe functionality, letting users run their finger from one letter to the next instead of tapping out each individual letter. Apple opened up third-party keyboards in June 2014… Read More... →

Сервис по вызову такси Uber подал в суд на своего индийского конкурента — Ola. Американская компания обвиняет индийскую в причинении ущерба бизнесу путём создания фейковых акаунтов для ложных заказов в Uber. Иск Uber Technologies к Ola Cabs зарегистрирован в Высшем суде округа Дели, пишет Bloomberg.... →

Шотландский инвестфонд Baillie Gifford купил 2,6 млн акций российской интернет-компании «Яндекс», говорится в отчете корпорации. По данным на 1 марта 2016 года, пакет фонда в компании составляет около 7%. Теперь Baillie Gifford владеет  22,3 млн акций класса А российской компании. По данным Nasdaq, стоимость пакета составляет $340,6 млн. Также основатель «Яндекса» Аркадий Волож увеличил голосующую долю в компании с 39,8% до 47,21%. Это произошло за счет того, что часть акционеров компании конвертировали их ... →

Want to make your P90D about 20 percent faster? Sure, no worries. Tesla is now allowing P90D buyers who skipped the insane Ludicrous Mode upgrade at the time of purchase to add it to their vehicle for $10,000. The company claims the upgrades will drop the car’s quarter mile time to 10.9 seconds and 0-60 time to 2.8 seconds. For, you know, those times you’re late to your… Read More... →

By opening up its application program interface to Bandsintown (the first of several planned integrations with different partners), Ticketmaster hopes to solve the industry’s nagging problem, which North American President, Jared Smith, said was ignorance about when an event is occurring. Read More... →

Рейтинг возглавили Rolex, The Walt Disney Company и Google... →

Visionary VR has raised $6 million to make it easier for developers to create accessible stories in virtual reality. VR is expected to be a $30 billion market by 2020, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital. But it’s going to take a lot of effort to make that happen. Los Angeles-based Visionary VR wants to make […]... →

From baby boomers to Generation X to millennials, it seems that each generation faces a new set of problems that they believe to be tougher to solve than those faced by the former generation. Baby boomers grew up during the height of the Cold War, Gen Xers took the brunt of the recession and millennials are burdened with more student debt than ever before. Read More... →

Research marketplace Science Exchange is now $25 million richer. The startup hooking researchers up with service providers just pulled in that amount in Series B funding, putting the total raised at $40 million. Maverick Capital led the round, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, OATV, Collaborative Fund, YC Continuity Fund, TEDMED CEO Jose Suarez, Sam Altman, Steve… Read More... →

You don’t need to quit your job to start making money from playing games. Esports Hero is a fresh startup in the competitive-gaming space, and it has raised $1 million in financing to expand its real-money cash tournaments. Esports Mogul, an Australian investment group, led the round. With this influx of cash, Esports Hero is hoping […]... →

With the help of the designer of Tamagotchi and Transfromers toys, Jumo is trying to breathe new life into the “toys-to-life” category that combines physical toys with digital games with a new title dubbed Infinite Arms. The characters are giant robots with all sorts of weapons that can be attached to them, much like the […]... →