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Twitter is making an update to its recently released polling feature; instead of a default 24-hour timeframe, poll lengths can range from five minutes to seven days. Launched in October, the company also touted the success of polls, announcing that 1.7 billion votes have been cast so far.  The news comes as Twitter shares sink to a  record low, with investors expressing concern about… Read More... →

Jawbone has raised a new round of funding, bringing in $165 million from The Kuwait Investment Authority to fund its operations. The company also revealed that its chief operating officer Sameer Samat will be leaving to take another job at Google. However, he’ll remain both as an advisor and investor. First reported by Re/code, Jawbone has […]... →

Microsoft today announced updates to its support policy for Windows on certain types of computer processors. The changes show Microsoft wanting Windows 10 to be running on the latest silicon. The news is particularly important to Microsoft’s longtime partner Intel. The 14-nanometer Intel Core sixth-generation chips codenamed Skylake first showed up on the market last […]... →

The number of U.S. gamers who watch esports has grown 100 percent over two years, according to a national study by market researcher Frank N. Magid Associates. The study showed that fans are into watching competitive video games such as the online strategy games League of Legends and Dota 2, team shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and […]... →

According to the United Nations, the earth will house an estimated 9.7 billion people by 2050. Consequently, more food will need to be produced over the next four decades than has been produced over the last 10,000 years. And with more than 99.7 percent of global food coming from land, and most of the arable land already accounted for, increasing yields per surface area is essential. Read More... →

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One continue to build substantial audiences of gamers willing to spend cash, and 2015 is proof of that. The game industry made $13.1 billion in revenue from new hardware and software sold at U.S. retailers, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group reported yesterday. That matches the $13.1 billion consumers spent in 2014. […]... →

Spotify does a great job at helping users find music they’ll, thanks to features like its popular “Discover Weekly” playlist filled with personalized recommendations, and sections that point you to trending tracks and new releases. But over the years, it’s moved away from its earlier emphasis on music discovery through your social network, which leaves room for other… Read More... →

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Twitter has announced that it has updated its polling feature, giving users the ability to customize how long the polls lasted for. By default they were 24 hours, but now it can be modified to run as short as 5 minutes or as long as seven days. This comes after the company revealed that more than 1.7 […]... →

The 9th Annual Crunchies are almost upon us. On February 8, people from some of the best and brightest startups around will descend upon San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House to take part in an event that’s best described as the Oscars of startups and technology. Read More... →

We’re a matter of weeks away from seeing Nintendo software on non-Nintendo devices. The publisher’s first smartphone game is coming in March, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima wrote in an editorial for Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun (via industry analyst Serkan Toto). Kimishima wrote this piece to detail his plans for the company over the next 12 […]... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Офлайн» — история Андрея Бойцова и Михаила Хоробрых, создавших научно-производственное предприятие «Роял-Карбон», которое занимается разработкой деталей из углепластика для различных отраслей промышленности. Материал подготовлен совместно с РВК и GenerationS.... →

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Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we picked the 10 best RPGs of 2015, the PlayStation 4 continues to outsell the Xbox One, and Psychonauts 2 finished its crowdfunding campaign. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: Worldwide game revenues weren’t too shabby in 2015 Who wants a gamified […]... →

Российские предприниматели в ближайшее время смогут продавать свои товары китайским покупателям через торговую площадку JD.com. Об этом vc.ru сообщили представители «Почты России», которая является партнёром проекта.... →

VB EVENT: We’re pleased to introduce our first two speakers for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May 4 at the scenic Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito, California. This event is about the global business of gaming, which is growing in so many ways and becoming a bigger part of the entertainment […]... →

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As many noted when Apple released its beta version of iOS earlier this week, one of the mobile operating system’s newest features, a nighttime reading mode with reduced blue light emissions, looked awfully familiar. The ability to adjust the screen brightness on iOS devices is something software maker F.lux has been developing for years. Its technology, which even briefly worked on… Read More... →

Welcome back to another community round-up! It was a busy week in the SEO community with two big news stories. First, Panda has been added to Google’s core algorithm; second, Google’s core algorithm has been updated. It’s important to note that those are two different stories – Panda has not been updated. Yet. Besides discussion about the core algorithm and Panda, we’ve got some great tips about mobile optimization, URL... [Read More...] The post Panda, Algorithm Updates, and SEO Tips: Weekly Forum Update a... →

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