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Google 9 марта представила Developer Preview мобильной операционной системы Android N (кодовое название). Ожидалось, что Google представит новую ОС на своей майской конференции разработчиков, пишет TechCrunch.... →

Stowaway Cosmetics is a startup taking on the $60 billion dollar makeup industry by selling pint-sized lipsticks, blushes and foundations direct to consumers. Chelsa Crowley and her co-founder Julie Fredrickson started the company after realizing they never used up all their makeup before it expired. Crowley had an extensive background in the cosmetics industry working for Mac and Bobbi Brown… Read More... →

It’s a tough world out there for on-demand startups — confusion around the W2 vs. 1099 conversation, tough margins, and customer service are but a few of the initial obstacles for these companies. Add in the necessity of huge amounts of up-front capital and it’s an uphill battle at best. But trust me, the on-demand economy will survive and eventually prevail, and 2016 might… Read More... →

So, you’re cruising down the highway with your latest fare, making money whenever you choose to turn on your engine. But that 1099 economy you’re so fond of should come with a warning: Steep Drop-off Ahead. Why? Because with the gig economy comes an entire set of income volatility issues — and if you’re not being smart about it, the state of your financial health could… Read More... →

Happy birthday, Super Mario RPG! The Super Nintendo classic (which had the subtitle Legend of the Seven Stars in the U.S.) came out in Japan on March 9, 1996, which makes it 20 years old today. Made with Square (now known as Square Enix), the developer behind the successful Final Fantasy role-playing series, Super Mario […]... →

Attivio, a Newton, Massachusetts-based startup that promises to “accelerate data discovery,” announced today that it closed a $31 million financing round. The investment, the startup said, will help the company to meet investors’ expectation of turning profitable “later this year.” “Our increased investment underscores our belief that Attivio has game-changing capabilities for enterprises that have yet […]... →

We’ve heard relatively little from Steve Chen since he joined Google Ventures after parting ways with Chad Hurley, his co-founder at YouTube and more recently Avos. It turns out that alongside some commendable philanthropic projects, he’s also been quietly working on a new startup: Nom.com, a live, interactive video community and app for foodies that presents a mix of… Read More... →

Пермский стартап Promobot, который разработал робота для работы с клиентами, создаст в Китае совместное предприятие с компанией Keysi Microelectronics, а также с участием местного правительства. Как рассказал Firrma один из основателей Promobot  Алексей Южаков, сейчас партнеры выбирают место для реализации совместного соглашения и строительства производства.  В течение пяти лет в предприятие планируется вложить более $10 млн. Предприятие будет заниматься адаптацией Promobot для китайского рынка и производст... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис MoyGrafik, в котором можно вести графики работы сотрудников, фильтровать их по подразделениям, должностям и участкам и совместно редактировать данные. Передаем микрофон.... →

EXCLUSIVE: It may be very arcane to most of us, but graphics startup Otoy has come up with a breakthrough that should help game developers create much more beautiful games that can run across different hardware platforms. In a nutshell, Otoy reverse-engineered Nvidia’s general purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) software, known as CUDA, to run on […]... →

Julie Desk, the French startup that’s developed a ‘virtual assistant’ to automate the email back-and-forth typically associated with scheduling meetings and appointments, has picked up a further €600,000 in funding. Read More... →

A few months ago, Google pivoted Google+ away from being a basic social network and put a focus on content curation instead. To reward the most interesting and active users on its service, Google today launched the Google+ Create program. Google says that since it launched the redesigned Google+ in November, the number of Collection follows has more than doubled. This means more people… Read More... →

Обозреватель vc.ru изучил историю жизни одного из богатейших в мире инвесторов Уоррена Баффетта, его методы ведения бизнеса и благотворительную деятельность.... →

Google today announced that it is joining the Open Compute Project (OCP), a five-year-old project founded by Facebook and a number of other companies that aims to drive IT infrastructure development forward through open source hardware. For Facebook, for example, this has meant open sourcing how it builds some of its servers and other data center hardware. Over the last few years, Google… Read More... →

Google today announced that it’s joining the Open Compute Project (OCP), an organization through which Facebook and other companies have shared designs for their data center infrastructure in order to accelerate cross-company development and adoption of leading-edge technologies. The arrival of Google in the OCP is a bit surprising. Facebook followed Google to build its […]... →

Twitter wants to make it easier for you to explore links featured in tweets displayed in any of its Moments. The company has added AMP support which allows you to go right to articles, blog posts, videos, etc. that a featured tweet is referencing. By doing so, you won’t have to wonder what to do […]... →

Cisco announced it has purchased Synata, a search startup that allows users to search across on-premise or cloud repositories simultaneously. Cisco plans to integrate the Synata technology into its Spark communications platform (which should not to be confused with Apache Spark). While Cisco usually reveals purchase prices, for some reason it chose to keep this one to itself.… Read More... →

Gordon Ramsay will be damned if his chef’s game isn’t the best mobile celebrity title on the market. He’s been working on it for the better part of two years with Glu Mobile, the company that made Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and is trying to corner the market on celebrity titles in the $30 billion mobile […]... →

Сооснователь YouTube Стив Чен (Steve Chen) и ведущий инженер видеохостинга Виджай Карунамурти (Vijay Karunamurthy) запустили сервис для кулинаров Nom, с помощью которого можно организовать прямую видеотрансляцию приготовления блюд. Об этом пишет VentureBeat.... →

Twitter is shifting toward mobile services, and now it’s teaming up with one of the most popular game-development engines to expedite that transition. The social-networking company announced today that it is integrating Fabric, its suite of development tools, into the Unity software toolkit. This means that developers can now build hooks to Twitter from directly […]... →