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The virtual reality space may grow to be the next major social space for far-flung friends to dive into and hang out. Starting tomorrow, users on the Gear VR platform will be able to create their own user profiles and search for friends who they can interact with in virtual space. The company announced in a blog post an effort (very similar-sounding to one from AltspaceVR) called Social… Read More... →

Cloud file syncing and sharing software company Box today reported strong financial figures for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016, which ended on January 31. Box reported a $0.26 million non-GAAP net loss on $85 million in revenue for the quarter. Analysts were expecting a loss of $0.29 per share on $81.77 million in […]... →

Square has released the numbers from its first quarter as a public company, bringing in $374 million in total net revenue, up 49 percent annually, and a gross payment volume of $10.2 billion, an increase of 47 percent from the previous year. It had a net loss per share of $0.34. Furthermore, revenue from its […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Back on February 14th, Google’s self-driving car had its first fenderbender to occur while the car’s AI was in control. The Associated Press managed to get footage of the accident from the bus’ own cameras and… well… it’s (fortunately for all involved) about as mundane as the original accident reports made it sound. At one point, the bus driver appears to… Read More... →

Google today announced that it’s retiring Melange, a website and a piece of software that it has used for many years to run the Google Summer of Code, a program that gives stipends to university students who work on open-source software projects. The Melange site is home to many, many projects that students have worked […]... →

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... →