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VB EVENT: Jill Soley, VP of marketing at customer support software company Freshdesk, has joined us as one of our participants at the sixth annual VentureBeat Mobile Summit on April 4-5. The event focuses on strategies business leaders are using to drive significant mobile growth. Executives will discuss the best practices for acquiring, engaging, and nurturing users. One key theme is in-app […]... →

HBO announced today it would be expanding its streaming footprint with the launch of standalone streaming services in Brazil and Argentina, which are set to go live before the end of 2016. These join the recently announced standalone service arriving in Spain, also before year-end, as well as the network’s streaming services that are live now in 9 countries worldwide, including the… Read More... →

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, in the first-ever such program offered by the federal government.... →

Председатель совета директоров холдинга Alphabet (материнская компания Google) Эрик Шмидт назначен главой совета по инновациям при министерстве обороны США, говорится в заявлении ведомства от 2 марта.... →

Star Wars: Battlefront has some new heroes, but we’re using the term loosely. Developer DICE revealed details today on the online shooter’s next expansion, Outer Rim. Notably, the downloadable content adds Sullustan pilot Nien Nunb as a hero for the Rebels and the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo for the Empire. It alsos introduce new locations […]... →

Google today announced that Google Docs, the Web and mobile app for composing Web-based documents, is getting a few new templates. These are in addition to the document templates Google introduced last year. But the new ones are special, Google will tell you, because they were developed by organizations that people actually know, including GV […]... →

Home furnishings site Dot & Bo is expanding into workplace design, with the launch of Dot & Bo for Business. The e-commerce startup will be offering a free styling service to other startups and businesses, who are looking to find the right vibe for their offices.       In an industry where nap pods and slides are commonplace, a comfortable work atmosphere has been considered a… Read More... →

The U.S. Department of Defense is rapidly ramping up its cyber efforts to combat the operations of terrorist organization ISIL, or ISIS. Speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter yesterday described the importance of disrupting ISIL’s communications networks and their use of the Internet for propaganda and recruitment. “It’s the […]... →

Another chance to participate in TechCrunch Include Office Hours is here. On March 18th, Santi Subotovsky and Alison Wagonfeld of Emergence Capital will join TechCrunch editors to provide advice and feedback to startups. Launched in 2014, Include is TechCrunch’s diversity program, aimed at facilitating opportunities for underrepresented groups in tech to take their startups to the… Read More... →

Вице-президент по продукту сервиса для изучения английского языка LinguaLeo Артем Логинов рассказал vc.ru о последних тенденциях во freemium-модели, объяснил, как Valve трижды зарабатывает на одной и той же функции и какие игровые механики стоит перенять интернет-сервисам и приложениям.... →

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... →