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GUEST: I have always held a reverence for Silicon Valley as the global epicenter for innovation in technology. But greatness usually comes with tradeoffs, and Silicon Valley’s profound success naturally breeds a kind of provincialism as it relates to culture. It’s time to tear down the Valley’s walled garden and allow in a few outside ideas […]... →

В октябре 2015 года «ВКонтакте» представила сервис личных сообщений для сообществ, который позволяет администраторам групп напрямую общаться с пользователями. Разработчики-фрилансеры Сергей Голубев и Богдан Соболев поделились с vc.ru найденным ими текстом с описанием обновлений сервиса, которое включает в себя интеграцию с внутренним CRM и HelpDesk-системами компаний.Пресс-служба «ВКонтакте» отказалась давать официальные комментарии относительно материала.... →

GUEST: In recent years, several Israeli cyber-security companies have made the transition into becoming market leaders by going public on NASDAQ, including such world renowned firms as Check Point, CyberArk, Imperva, and Varonis. At Jerusalem Venture Partners, we see some 90% of the startups in the local cyber-security space and have invested in 15 of them. […]... →

Bloomberg literally backs the disruptors. Read More... →

REVIEW: Exploding Kittens kaboomed its way to the top of the paid-apps category in its first few days on the Apple iTunes App Store. That was an auspicious debut, coming after the tabletop-card version was a big hit last year. And it owes it all to a brilliant name and a concept of playing a Russian roulette card game with […]... →

GUEST: It’s 2016, and marketers still have trouble personalizing their outreach to customers. Only five percent of marketers have a predictive understanding of the customer journey, and only 31 percent say they use customer data to provide better experiences. Just 19 percent of marketers personalize their app strategy, and yet personalization is life or death to […]... →

Google has changed the way the Android operating system handles permissions for game players so that it becomes a lot easier to sign players up for transactions. Google (which is changing its formal name to Alphabet) said today it is changing permissions for Google Play games by altering the model for games applications programming interfaces. […]... →

Gillmor Gang – Frank Radice, Keith Tere, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, Sunday January 24, at 10amPT. Gillmor Gang LIVE chat on Chat Center Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Our other show from Gillmor Gang Studios – G3 – on Facebook G3’s archives on Ustream Read More... →

"Аномально сильно сжимаем окно браузера по горизонтали" — сверху выползает модуль Яндекс.Директа.... →

GUEST: 2015 was a busy year for sales technologies in terms of innovation. The sales stack is growing strong, and I added 40 new companies to my Inside Sales Landscape (see below). We also saw validation from the financial community and incumbents that the sales stack is real. InsideSales.com and Apptus officially became pure play Unicorns, […]... →

There are more than 300 cybersecurity companies operating in Israel, making it an industry second only to the U.S. in size. In 2014, exports by Israeli cybersecurity companies reached $6B, equating to approximately 10% of the global cybersecurity market. In 2015, we expect that percentage to increase as the number of startups grew almost 25% over 2014, with 81 new cybersecurity startups founded. Read More... →

Самые популярные и обсуждаемые тексты уходящей недели на vc.ru — в традиционном воскресном дайджесте.... →

In March 2014, The Economist published Banking without banks, declaring that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms were set to disrupt banks and other traditional sources of capital by directly connecting borrowers to individual lenders. In the past few years, the so-called P2P lending industry has certainly experienced tremendous growth, with origination volume doubling annually, reaching… Read More... →

Автор издания Buro 24/7 Ирина Ефремова съездила в Сан-Франциско и взяла интервью у сооснователя Periscope Кейвона Бейкпура — о причинах успеха сервиса в России и мире, интеграции с Twitter, планах и о другом. Редакция vc.ru публикует отрывки из материала.... →

Well, do I have the deal of the century for you! Investors – the smartest investors in the world – are throwing billions at it! The price can only go up! People are flocking from around the globe to get their share! Time is very limited, so you have to act now! It’s so exciting, I even forgot how to use normal punctuation!!! Then there’s the crash and suddenly, the… Read More... →

Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million. There is now a compelling argument for ambitious programmers to live off hackathons: They can forget the long-term slog of building a startup and instead focus on the fun part — the first… Read More... →

В 2015 году Google отключила более 780 миллионов ненадлежащих объявлений — это на 49% больше, чем годом ранее. По данным компании, если бы человек тратил на каждое из их только одну секунду, у него ушло бы 25 лет на то, чтобы посмотреть их все. Издание Adweek опубликовало список типов рекламы, от которой Google активнее всего избавлялась в 2015 году.... →

A wearable chair called Archelis (meaning ‘walkable chair’ in Japanese) is designed for surgeons, allowing them to sit during surgery...... →

Since the 1950s, virtual reality (VR) has been hovering on the periphery of technology without achieving accepted mainstream application or commercial adoption. Since 2012, VR startups have raised more than $1.46 billion in venture capital, including more than $100 million in funding during the last four consecutive quarters. In the abstract as well as the applied, modern education is poised… Read More... →

“Один сайт хорошо, а два лучше!” / Древняя seo-мудрость / А 8 своих сайтов в ТОП10 ещё лучше. И тут не надо объяснять почему. Но как это сделать так, чтобы не нарушить правила поисковых систем, не попасть под фильтр аффилиата и получить почти весь трафик из поиска по важному запросу? Некоторые магазины используют разделение проекта на несколько составляющих (отдельные сайты), чаще всего это коммерческий и информационный. Например, коммерческий сайт — это интернет-магазин или агентство (например, туристическ... →