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If you’ve ever had trouble determining which photos to upload to your dating profile, Coffee Meets Bagel says it has found a solution. From now on, users can A/B test photos, by uploading two options and letting other users vote on which is best. Coffee Meets Bagel has been polling daters and found that 54% of the time people pass on “bagels,” the reason is photo-related.… Read More... →

If you’re tired of news apps that all look the same, you’ll want to take a look at the iPhone app that Quartz just put out. Read More... →

It looks like the creed really does need a break. While reporting its financial results for the third quarter of 2015-2016, publisher Ubisoft admitted that its Assassin’s Creed franchise is beginning to lose interest from consumers. It also confirmed that the franchise will take a break and not see a main series release in 2016. […]... →

Artificial intelligence startup Diffbot announced today that it scored a $10 million series A round led by Tencent, Felicis Ventures, and Amplify Ventures. The Palo Alto-based company says its technology “uses computer vision and NLP algorithms to extract and structure any web page into the world’s largest structured database… with no human curation or oversight.” Diffbot’s […]... →

HBO’s move to offer a version of its service aimed cord cutters has inspired other premium cable TV networks to do the same, including, most recently Showtime which debuted its standalone streaming service last summer, and later brought it to Hulu. Today, Cinemax is testing the waters, too, and is now making its content available for the first time to those who don’t subscribe to… Read More... →

The latest treasure trove of ancient software to hit the Internet Archive is a swathe of games, shareware, and productivity tools from Windows 3.1. Dating from the early 1990s, Windows 3.1 was a notable step in the evolution of Windows as an operating system, and Software Library: Windows 3.x revives more than a thousand programs […]... →

The mainstream is starting to consume virtual and augmented reality experiences, but we’re only at the start of what will be a long and iterative transition to a new interface. Read More... →

Microsoft is giving all sort of goodies to anyone who buys the digital version of Quantum Break, a third-person shooter that allows the player to manipulate time. Digitally preordering the title for Xbox One so will give you a free copy of the PC version of the game. Microsoft also revealed that the PC version […]... →

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Компания ru-Net Леонида Богуславского повторно инвестировала в провайдера мобильных платежных услуг Payleven. Объём раунда D составил $10 млн. В сделке также приняли участие  Holtzbrinck Ventures, B Cinque, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) и MePay. Всего стартап привлек около $51 млн. На что конкретно будут потрачены средства не говорится. В компании заявляют, что в дальнейшем продолжат международную экспансию, разработку новых продуктов и привлечение новых пользователей.  Впервые Ru-Net инвестировала в Payl... →

Роскомнадзор обратился с официальным письмом к стриминговому сервису Netflix, потребовав от него соблюдать российское законодательство. Об этом заявил глава ведомства Александр Жаров, передаёт «Интерфакс».... →

В ночь на 11 февраля в Москве задержали администраторов музыкального сообщества «E:\music\ в соцсети «ВКонтакте» Михаила Меерова и Абдулу Керимова. Об этом говорится на странице сообщества.... →

EXCLUSIVE: When you think of hot startup communities, it is too easy to start the list at Silicon Valley and stop right there. But then you’d be missing out on a whole world of opportunity. Denmark has a community of over 240 budding “next big thing” candidates, and some incredible recent success stories, including Unity Technologies — which has […]... →

If StarCraft is a bit out of your league, En Masse might have a solution. The publisher, which is responsible for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Tera, announced a new real-time strategy game today, Battleplans. While RTS games usually require a lot of practice and patience to learn, En Masse claims that Battleplans will […]... →

Since the Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia’s new democracy has struggled to enact prudent economic policy to provide employment and opportunity for its young, growing population. Unemployment is currently at 15 percent, with one-third of jobless youth being university graduates. To overcome the education-employment gap, young Tunisians are taking matters into their own hands. Talented,… Read More... →

VB EVENT: In 2016, there will be 2 billion smartphones worldwide, and users will spend more time on them than they do watching TV. Reaching this audience presents expected – and surprising – opportunities for nearly every business. Now in its ninth year, MobileBeat 2016 is the place where leaders from the most forward-looking brands and technology […]... →

Рынок звукозаписи проделал длинный путь от продаж грампластинок с записанными на них композициями до продаж альбомов исполнителей в интернет-магазинах и музыкальных сервисах.Обозреватель vc.ru разобралась в основных тенденциях и узнала о работе звукозаписывающих компаний в мире развивающихся технологий.... →

SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by MaxPlay. Virtual Reality is ushering in an era of amazing new experiences, but it also introduces a variety of new challenges that require innovative solutions. One such challenge is the “power hungry” nature of Virtual Reality applications. VR pushes the envelope in graphics and simulation, so much so that […]... →

In recent months, Vevo has been working to extend its brand from being best-known as the provider of original music videos on YouTube to being a service for music discovery in its own right. The company in November rolled out an upgraded iOS experience as a part of this larger vision, and has today extended that experience to Android and Apple TV. Similar to the iOS version, the new Vevo… Read More... →