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Microsoft today shared details about some of the features it is working on for its Edge browser this year. The news focuses on developers, but a lot of what was unveiled also naturally trickles down to the user. Because this is a developer update, Microsoft naturally talks about EdgeHTML, the browser’s rendering engine. Edge and […]... →

VB WEBINAR: Missed it? You can still access our webinar that shared new and essential tactics for keeping app users engaged (and profitable)  — from onboarding to opt-ins. Get the info you need from our expert panel. Access the webinar on demand right here. A brand new year means a brand new opportunity to revise your mobile app strategy […]... →

3D Touch was just a first step. AppleInsider has spotted a new patent that would add a proximity sensor layer into your iPhone display. It would open up a brand new field of interactions for your phone with new hovering gestures. Read More... →

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is due for reauthorization and the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee introduced the first draft of the FAA bill today. While the efforts to reform the air traffic control system will likely take center stage in the discussion around the bill, it also includes a number of items around the commercial use of drones. While the bill represents… Read More... →

GUEST: Congratulations to co-founders Ben Medlock, Jon Reynolds and the entire SwiftKey team — makers of the world’s smartest mobile keyboard application – on their acquisition by Microsoft. Rise of AI and natural language processing (NLP) in software SwiftKey represents a new wave of mobile-first, artificial intelligence-enabled productivity software that will impact nearly every incumbent in the field. We’re […]... →

Олег Тиньков опубликовал видеозапись своего интервью с советником президента по вопросам интернета Германом Клименко. Редакция vc.ru ознакомилась с разговором и публикует наиболее яркие цитаты.... →

Instagram today announced that it began running its first 60 second video ads, starting with T-Mobile and Warner Brothers. Until now, the maximum length of for video ads was 30 seconds, already longer than the 15-second videos users are allowed to post. Instagram tells me that “We recognize that advertisers have a variety of creative resourcesand want to bring more choice to help them… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Totspot, a marketplace to buy and sell children’s cloths, announced today that it closed a $1.5 million seed investment led by Seven Seas Venture Partners. GGV Capital, 500 Startups and Structure Capital also participated. The mobile marketplace says it aims to help moms sell and restock their kids closet. However, as cofounder and CEO Vijay […]... →

Основатель и основной акционер крупнейшего российско ритейлера «Магнит» Сергей Галицкий будет продавать по 1-1,5% компании в год, пишут «Ведомости» со ссылкой на финансового директора сети «Магнита» Хачатура Помбухчан. Вырученные деньги предприниматель потратит на собственные проекты, среди которых озеленение Краснодара.... →

Earlier this week, Samsung rolled out support for ad blocking in the new version of its web browser for mobile devices, the Samsung Internet Browser. Third party developers quickly responded by launching ad-blocking mobile apps that work with the browser. Now those developers are finding their apps are being pulled from the Google Play, and their updates are being declined. The reason? It… Read More... →

Remember Thunderstrike 2? Last summer, Xeno Kovah and Trammell Hudson unveiled a serious zero-day vulnerability in OS X letting malware creators completely brick your Mac without any way to reset it to its factory status. And it looks like Apple didn’t just fix the vulnerability — it has also hired the team behind this exploit to work on security. Read More... →

Texas Hold ’em is one of the most popular card games in the world. Yet one company is looking to shake up a formula that began more than a century ago. Earlier this week, Mediarex Sports & Entertainment launched a new poker site called HoldemX in an early testing phase. The company is using this […]... →

Trans*H4CK, a series of hackathons for transgender and gender non-conforming people, recently launched a Q&A web series featuring trans people in tech. I recently sat down with Trans*H4CK founder Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler to chat about diversity, racism, unconscious bias and more. Below is our conversation, which has been mildly edited for clarity. Megan Rose Dickey: What is diversity? Dr. Read More... →

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student looking to attend the hottest conference in startups and technology? We have set aside a number of tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt NY exclusively for students, and you can snag one for just $300 with a valid university ID and your current transcripts. Read More... →

Online real estate site Zillow today announced that it has acquired Naked Apartments for $13 million in cash. While the name makes it sound like some kind of kinky cleaning service, it’s actually an apartment rentals platform with a focus on New York City. The acquisition is expected to close in the next few weeks. This marks Zillow’s fifth consumer brand acquisition and the… Read More... →

Genentech is looking to reach out to the startup community with a new competition called the Quest Award offering $50,000 in prize money for technologies that are fighting cervical cancer. Read More... →

Another European startup exits to an American tech giant. Predictive keyboard app maker SwiftKey, based in London, confirmed today it has sold to Microsoft. Sources put a price-tag of $250 million on the deal, although neither SwiftKey nor Microsoft are confirming a figure. Read More... →

In the name of making Silicon Valley more transparent when it comes to diversity, Intel released a lot of data in its global diversity and inclusion report, building on its earlier report that 43 percent of the company’s new hires have been women and underrepresented minorities in the past year. Intel’s goal was to hit […]... →

Стартап Appnow.com, позволяющий компаниям создавать и продвигать мобильные приложения, привлек $2 млн от нескольких иностранных частных инвесторов, которые объединены под юридическим лицом голландской компании Maxforсing ВV. Источник, близкий к одной из сторон сделки, сообщил Firrma, что инвесторы получили от 5% до 7% сервиса. Привлеченные средства пойдут на диверсификацию рынков продаж. Планируется запустить 15 новых направлений и предоставлять услуги стартапа Appnow медучереждениям, отелям, фитнес-клубам ... →

YouTube will premiere its first original movies and series for YouTube Red on February 10. The main draws behind YouTube Red — the site’s recently launched subscription service — were always ad-free viewing and the promise of original content. Until now, though, there was no original content, so if you subscribed to Red, you basically paid Google $9.99 to remove ads (and… Read More... →