В интернете

Sometimes generating leads is about finding connections wherever you can. “I went to school at X too!” “X is a great cause, my brother has done some work with them also.” And so on and so forth. The problem is braving the firehose of information available online to find these connection points easily and quickly. YC-backed Nova is an email analytics platform that also… Read More... →

If you need to turn your dumb watch into a smartwatch and don’t mind a parasitic ring of plastic attached to your analog timepiece, then Victorinox and Acer have you covered. The Cybertool offers multiple timezone displays, activity monitoring, and call and message notifications that appear on the ring around the watch. A Help function transmits your current GPS coordinates to a… Read More... →

The creators of a buzzy but controversial mobile game called Stolen, which let users buy and sell Twitter profiles as if they were trading cards, proactively shut their application down after responding to criticism that its game mechanics allowed for abuse and bullying. The company then revamped its concept, taking into consideration the opinions of anti-bullying experts, to release a kindler… Read More... →

Zynga has put its San Francisco headquarters up for sale, confirming a report today from the San Francisco blog SFist. The social mobile game company’s headcount is down around 2,300 or so, significantly down from its peak above 3,500 people. That means it doesn’t need as much space as it once did. Zynga acquired the space, which […]... →

We’ve given you an extension, and if you’re still procrastinating on getting Disrupt New York 2016 tickets at the lowest possible price point, the time to act is now. Extra early-bird tickets are on sale now through February 24 at the deeply-discounted price of $1,795 per ticket. That’s a full $1,200 off the final retail price of $2,995, and $200 less than they’ll be if… Read More... →

According to Phocuswright, an independent travel and tourism research firm, the global travel market was worth US$1.3 trillion in 2015. The cut in Asia Pacific (APAC) was US$367 billion; of that, the online travel segment was 32 percent of the pie, which totals around US$117 billion. Read More... →

Billing platform for enterprises Aria Systems announced last week that it closed a $50 million investment. Rembrandt Venture Partners, Madison Bay Capital Partners, and Hercules Technology Growth Capital joined the round as new investors. Aria said that “investor interest was fueled by Aria’s continued enterprise success across verticals, including automotive, entertainment, high tech, medical and telecommunications, as […]... →

Battery Ventures led an $18 million investment for ecommerce analytics startup Reflektion, while private investors Marc Benioff and Ray Lane followed. The San Mateo, California-based startup, which has clients like Disney, HBO, Converse, and Uniqlo, says its Individualized Commerce technology enables retailers to capture, analyze, and respond to shoppers’ preferences in real time. Reflektion has raised at […]... →

Twitter is launching a new mobile application for developers that use Fabric, its development platform, that enables them to track the health of their apps. Tracking the health of an app can be particularly tricky when away from a computer. Developers often need to rely on dashboards and other tools to ensure that things are running smoothly, which don’t lend themselves well to mobile… Read More... →

FreeWrite, a smart typewriter that originally launched on Kickstarter as the Hemingwrite, is finally ready for the spotlight. Last year at CES the company showed us a prototype, and we were impressed. As a refresher, the device is a single-purpose computer designed just for writing. FreeWrite packs a E-Ink screen, full-size mechanical keyboard, and internal storage for over one million pages… Read More... →

RallyBound has acquired Chorus, adding the app development firm to its ranks to help the nonprofit-focused online marketing startup extend its reach. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Chorus’ team will be used to develop native iOS and Android apps for RallyBound’s SaaS-based fundraising platform. Chorus was founded in 2010 by Nick Rongione […]... →

Investment app Robinhood has added a feature that it says will provide short-term credit to you while your bank transfer is being completed. Robinhood Instant, as it’s called, aims to remove the time delay that occurs between investments due to settlement periods and bank transfers. Instant is made up of two key components: instant deposits and instant […]... →

Twitter today is announcing the availability of a mobile app for its Fabric mobile development toolkit. The app is immediately available on both iOS and Android. No longer will app developers need to rely on their desktops and laptops in order to check on the health of their apps, find out the number of monthly […]... →

Google добавил AMP в результаты мобильного поиска. Страницы этого формата отображаются в новостном блоке и выводятся по любому запросу, который вызывает его показ: [trump], [google], [waze], [obama] и т.п. Как видно на скриншотах ниже, они не всегда представлены в виде карусели: Официальный запуск AMP ожидался 24 февраля 2016 года. Однако компания решила начать его на день раньше. В русскоязычной версии поисковика мобильные страницы с ускоренной загрузкой пока не появились. Напомним, что Google запустил... →

TechCrunch is holding a Meetup and Pitch Off during Mobile World Congress, on the evening of Wednesday, Feb 24. The event is now SOLD OUT. Attendees will see around 8 startups pitch to win tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt in New York. These will be 2 minute pitches, with no slides. We’ll be joined on stage by our judges, Natasha Lomas (Writer, TechCrunch), Ingrid Lunden (News Editor… Read More... →

Геймдизайнер Nival Анатолий Шестов опубликовал в своем блоге перевод очередной лекции курса «Принципы игрового баланса» игрового дизайнера Яна Шрайбера, который работал над такими проектами, как Marvel Trading Card Game и Playboy: the Mansion. Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод с разрешения Шестова.... →

WhatsApp has now launched an official Android beta testing program. The move could expand the Facebook-owned company’s ability to reach a broader range of testers by making it easier to sign up to trial new versions of the WhatsApp software. Meanwhile, on WhatsApp’s side, it should be simpler to distribute new releases and features as they become available. Of course, WhatsApp… Read More... →

Call of Duty and Candy Crush Saga are now married. Activision Blizzard today completed its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Network, the maker of Candy Crush Saga. The combined company will have more than 500 million users, as it extends its grasp from console games like Call of Duty to King’s Saga mobile titles. For […]... →

Facebook wants to get everybody online, whether that’s through regular networks or high-flying drones. But to do that, it has to know where people actually are. The best population maps available today aren’t precise enough for Facebook’s needs. So instead of waiting for somebody else to build a better map for it, Facebook decided to take high-res satellite images and use… Read More... →

Wakie, the ‘social alarm clock’ that lets you be woken up by a complete stranger, is pivoting the concept to enable you to connect via phone call on any topic. Read More... →