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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... →

На суде между Oracle Corp. и Google прозвучали интересные российскому ФАС цифры — они полезны для расчёта штрафа Google, вменённого поисковику за противодействие на Android «Яндексу».... →

What is it with politicians and encryption? There are now two bills in different U.S. states, one in California and one in New York, proposing that smartphones sold in the state must be able to be decrypted on demand by either their manufacturer or OS provider. Read More... →

Japan's Toshiba plans to sell part of its chip business as it aims to recover from a $1.3 billion accounting scandal, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.... →

VCs have avoided solar deals ever since Solyndra became a four-letter word. But while their attention has strayed, the industry has been on a tear. In 2010, U.S. solar installers hit a milestone of 1 GW per year. Five years later, they’re installing more than 1 GW per month. This tremendous growth has fed a swelling herd of solar unicorns populated by the likes of SolarCity, SunEdison… Read More... →

Google appears to be doubling down on virtual reality as they look to begin building “multiple” consumer hardware devices, according to new VR job postings on their site. Google’s current consumer VR offerings are confined to its Google Cardboard program, which allows consumers to experience rudimentary virtual reality with a simple system involving cheap headsets attached… Read More... →

Without any notice, Blue Origin made history once again when they completed a successful launch and landing of a suborbital rocket yesterday. What made this flight particularly notable was that they used the same rocket that had been launched into space on a flight in November. The recovered New Shepard rocket launched from Blue Origin’s test site in West Texas, brought a capsule to… Read More... →

GUEST: Live chat has become ubiquitous as a sales and support tool for software as a service (SaaS) or cloud based services. Entire businesses have been built around providing live chat, such as Olark (which my company uses) or Intercom. As the CEO and founder of a SaaS business (Sendwithus.com), I had very little question about […]... →

Financial technology has never been a more exciting or innovative category — especially in New York City. Oddly, tech is not the driving force in many of these ventures. The Blockchain and Bitcoin notwithstanding, most of what we’re seeing now is financial product evolution and the unbundling of the large bank. Most of these companies could have been built 20 years ago. Read More... →

GUEST: There’s no school for product management — no degrees, diplomas, or certifications. And no line on your resume will get you a job as a PM, which is great but also terrifying, because chances are you’re going to be utterly unprepared. One year ago, I was hired at FreshBooks as a product manager and tasked with guiding […]... →

E-commerce проект встроен в обновлённое приложение ВКонтакте под Windows. Остальные мобильные OC пока в планах соцсети.... →

Robots are everywhere. They help lawyers make decisions, they sweep up after our parties, and now they can help you figure out how to invest your money. In fact, an Atlanta-based company called iAllocate is using artificial intelligence to suggest where you should be stashing your millions. “Currently, iAllocate.me provides investors of all levels a DIY set of tools to not only… Read More... →

GUEST: Get ready for customer service via text-messaging. Google is apparently working on an interactive and automated chat app and Facebook announced its Messenger-based customer service initiative last year. Then, just this week, Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced that it was dropping its subscription fee and would instead monetize by letting companies use the messaging service to interact […]... →

Survios is demonstrating a two-player cooperative virtual reality first-person shooter game dubbed Raw Data. The demo is one of the first to show that VR can be a multiplayer experience, which could be a critical component is making VR take off as a more social experience. VR is expected to be a $30 billion industry […]... →

GUEST: Today marks the one-year anniversary of Box’s IPO.  After a 10-month wait from its original S-1 filing, the offering was initially touted as a success. Headlines like “Box Stock Soars 70% At IPO” seemed to declare, “See… Unicorns Are REAL!” Unfortunately, the $23.23 closing price that day would be the high-water mark for Box shares. […]... →

Человека который теоретически мог вовремя остановить YouTube, но не смог этого сделать, подозревают в недееспособности.... →