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Yesterday, Kanye West took to Twitter to announce the launch of both his new album and season three of his ultra-popular fashion brand, Yeezy. The brand will debut its latest duds and kicks at a star-studded fashion show/concert today at 4 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: With marketing covering more territory and tasks than ever, marketing clouds are becoming indispensable. But figuring out where to start and how to choose can make walking on hot coals a more attractive undertaking. Join us for this quick one-hour webinar and learn what platforms are considered the best — and how they’ll help you edge out the competition. Register here for free. It […]... →

No one wants to go to a car dealership. We’re in the era where everything can be done online, so it’s crazy you can’t buy a new car straight from the web. Every site and startup that claims to help you do that just dumps you on a contact form to request more info or a meeting with a car dealer. But Drive Motors does exactly what you imagine should already happen. It’s… Read More... →

Соцсеть отошла медиахолдунгу в результате покупки Viant - компании, разрабатывающий рекламные технологии.... →

Центробанк призвал банкиров подготовиться к появлению систем для финансового рынка, основанных на технологии blockchain, уже в 2017-2018 году. Об этом пишет RNS со ссылкой на высказывание зампредседателя ЦБ Ольги Скоробогатовой на встрече с представителями коммерческих банков.... →

With SPDY, Google laid much of the groundwork for what later become HTTP/2, the next-gen version of the HTTP protocol that is responsible for sending websites to your browser. Now that HTTP/2 is an official standard, Google is getting ready to deprecate support for SPDY in its Chrome browser and as the company today announced, starting May 15, Chrome will no longer support SPDY. That… Read More... →

Дейтинг-сервис Badoo, основанный российским предпринимателем Андреем Андреевым, оказался самым скачиваемым приложением из своей категории в мире. По данным аналитической компании App Annie, его скачивают чаще, чем Tinder.... →

Обозреватель журнала Forbes Парми Олсон написала о том, как массовое распространение ботов обещает превратить мессенджеры в универсальный инструмент. На примере канадского Kik и других сервисов она показывает, как приложения для обмена сообщениями меняют торговлю и сферу услуг. Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод статьи Forbes.... →

PayPal’s first acquisition after it separated from eBay in 2015 was of a young startup called Modest, which had built a platform for small businesses to integrate buy buttons across third-party apps. Now, PayPal is taking the wraps off a new product that will integrate Modest’s technology. PayPal Commerce — as the new service is called — launches today in closed… Read More... →

Twitter today announced that it has released a tool called Screengrab that makes it easy for applications to take screenshots of Android applications. Screengrab integrated with Twitter’s Fastlane developer tools, and it’s available now on GitHub under an open-source Apache license. “A picture is worth a thousand words. Your screenshots need to reflect the best […]... →

Google today announced it will drop support for SPDY on May 15, 2016 (the company’s previous timeline was “early 2016“). SPDY, which is not an acronym but just a short version for the word “speedy,” is a protocol developed primarily at Google to improve browsing by forcing SSL encryption for all sites and speeding up […]... →

Ever since its launch, one of the most common feedback metrics is liking a photo. This carried over with the introduction of videos. However, in an effort likely to provide a better engagement measurement to content creators, specifically the “Instagram stars” and also brands eager to leverage the photo-sharing app, Instagram announced that it’s launching […]... →

Компания Lenovo запустила сайт Moto Russia, на котором представлены четыре новых смартфона Motorola и «умные» часы Moto 360. Официальные продажи устройств в России начнутся 1 марта 2016 года, сообщает «Газета.ru». Они будут доступны в розничной сети «Мегафона», а также в «Связном» и «Евросети».... →

Foursquare just announced a partnership with Delivery.com to enable Foursquare users to order food, alcohol and groceries for delivery right from the Foursquare app. The integration is made possible thanks to a mobile commerce platform called Button, which also works with companies like Uber, Airbnb and Ticketmaster. For you, this means that you can just pop open the Foursquare app, discover… Read More... →

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One of gaming’s biggest video sites is looking at its success during 2015. Twitch revealed its 2015 retrospective today, and the game livestreaming company highlighted its enormous scale and growth as well as its passionate community. The company revealed that it has 550,000 people tuned in on average at any one time — and those […]... →

Video is booming on Instagram with watch time up 40% in 6 months, so now it’s trying to lure the best video makers and marketers from competitors like Vine and YouTube. Over the next few weeks, Instagram will begin showing the view counts on videos where the Like number used to be. though you can still click through to see the heart count. Like on Facebook, 3 seconds counts as a view.… Read More... →

Группа американских фондов Vanguard Group стала владельцем 5,9% акций разработчика софта EPAM. Это следует из информации, размещенной на сайте Комиссии по ценным бумагам США. В настоящий момент одна акция компании EPAM продается за $57 на фондовом рынке. Таким образом, рыночная стоимость приобретенного пакета фондом Vanguard Group составляет $170 млн. Согласно газете «Коммерсант», Александр Добкин, глава и основатель EPAM, на июль 2015 года владел 5,48% акций компании (2,688,119 акций), по данным на 31 дека... →

Геймдизайнер Nival Анатолий Шестов опубликовал в своем блоге перевод шестой 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.... →

Ubisoft’s most reliable annual franchise is starting to slip, and the company is looking to shake things up moving forward. The French publisher generated $638 million (532 million euros) in sales during its fiscal third quarter, which ran through December 31. Those revenues were down from the $681 million (600 million euros) the company was […]... →