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Агентство стратегических инициатив (АСИ) на ближайшем наблюдательном совете представит президенту РФ Владимиру Путину систему онлайн-мониторинга за бизнес-климатом в субъектах федерации, сообщают «Известия».  Проект представляет собой дистанционную систему оценки и обучения чиновников. Обучать чиновников будут бизнесмены, которые добились результатов в той или иной сфере. Должностные лица смогут отслеживать улучшения в регионе. Предприниматели из конкретной области будут оценивать вице-губернаторов, отвечаю... →

It is self-evident that ensuring public safety is a city’s job. In a sane world a public official would never choose between reducing sexual assault and reducing drunk driving. Ridesharing policy is increasingly being framed as either/or brinksmanship, presenting a false choice. I reject that polarity, and I urge you to as well. Read More... →

Wealthfront, the robo-advisory wealth management service, is offering a tool of its own to help people get a window into the money they’re losing on fees. Read More... →

Startups.co has been busy buying services like like Zirtual and Clarity.fm to build a network of connected products for entrepreneurs. Next up: Zana, a site that says it’s “democratizing entrepreneurship.” The acquisition was reported last week by Columbus Business First. Startups.co CEO Wil Schroter told me today that the deal was a mix of cash and stock, with a price in… Read More... →

Uber is going to ease up on some of its driver-screening requirements in California in order to make room for people convicted of nonviolent crimes, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today. Under Proposition 47, a California ballot measure that passed in 2014, people with low-level, nonviolent felonies for things like theft, check fraud and possession of drugs can apply to remove… Read More... →

GoPro’s stock dropped 23.34 percent to 10.87 Wednesday afternoon after the company announced its Q4 was worse than expected. The stock was already trading at an all-time low. The stock briefly jumped to 11.20 before trading was halted. The company has a market cap of about $2 billion in after-hour values. This came after the company announced it expects fourth quarter revenue will be… Read More... →

Медиакомпания Hearst Shkulev Digital запустила сайт по поиску и выбору недвижимости в регионах N1.RU. На сайте размещены объявления порталов, входящих в сеть Regional Network Hearst Shkulev Digital, таких как НГС, Е1.ru, NN.ru. В ближайшее время к порталу будет присоединена база городов сети Rugion и других региональных ресурсов. На ресурсе можно искать недвижимость по карте, через каталог жилых комплексов и новостроек, сравнивать цены на похожие варианты и просматривать объявления из разных разделов в одно... →

If you enjoy a bit of the old Weed O’ Gandalf then you’re going to get a kick out of these smoking systems by PrintABowl. This company makes specially -designed smoking paraphernalia that is 3D printed using a ceramic molding method. While the bongs themselves aren’t 3D printed – that would be a bit difficult given the state of things – the molds used to make them… Read More... →

GoPro has announced that it has reduced its workforce by 7 percent in an effort to “better align resources to key growth initiatives.” This news comes at the same time as its weak guidance for the fourth quarter, where it provided preliminary financial results of $435 million in revenue — Wall Street analysts expected $520 million. The […]... →

GrabTaxi, the billion-dollar ride on-demand service that rivals Uber in Southeast Asia, is opening its first office in the U.S. as it seeks to widen its hiring efforts. Read More... →

Gamers have a new place to gather on Twitter. The social network has launched @TwitterGaming, a new way to discover, follow, and join conversations about gaming. The new handle shows that gaming is just getting too big to ignore. Thousands of gaming-related tweets are already sent on Twitter each day. “Whether folks are discovering a new […]... →

There has never been a more exciting time for technologists and developers worldwide. The number of active development languages and frameworks, as well as development tools and learning avenues, continues to soar. Despite all these resources at our fingertips (or perhaps because of this abundance), it may not be obvious where industry trends are leading us. In my role as a coding bootcamp… Read More... →

For the past century, the price and performance of computing has been on an exponential curve.  And, as futurist Ray Kurzweil observed, once any technology becomes an information technology, its development follows the same curve, so we are seeing exponential advances in technologies such as sensors, networks, artificial intelligence, and robotics.  The convergence of these technologies… Read More... →

ScribbleLive has figured out which people, brands, products, and categories commanded the most attention at the 2016 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week. The company analyzed data from more than 100 million articles from news, blog, and social media sources to identify what grabbed the most attention. The CES […]... →

Despite a late arrival to the wearables market, Apple claimed the top spot in terms of device sales, according to new research from Juniper out this week, which stated that the Apple Watch accounted for over 50 percent of smartwatch sales in 2015. Even more impressive is the fact Apple’s Watch only launched at the end of April – meaning it claimed the majority of the market… Read More... →

In a letter sent Wedesday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) sought to raise questions regarding Google’s use of data gathered from their EdTech initiatives. While I commend Google’s foray into education technology (“EdTech”), I am concerned about the extent to which Google may be collecting K-12 students’ personal data and using… Read More... →

A new version of Bluetooth wireless networking could have a much longer range and allow you to control many devices. In a demo at the 2016 International CES in Las Vegas last week, San Jose, California-based chip maker Cypress Semiconductor showed that you could use the Bluetooth smart mesh to turn on or off all […]... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Zerto closes a $50M round Data company Zerto announced today that it closed a $50 million series E round. IVP’s Claltech led the investment, followed by Access Industries, 83North, Battery Ventures, and Harmony […]... →

As promised, Microsoft has open-sourced the core components of Chakra, the company’s JavaScript engine that’s used in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. The project, dubbed ChakraCore, has been released on GitHub. Aside from powering Microsoft’s browsers, Chakra also helps power Azure DocumentDB, Cortana, Outlook.com, TypeScript, Node.js in Windows 10 IoT Core, as well as universal […]... →

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the first build of 2016. The main focus of this build is structural improvements to OneCore, the shared core of Windows across devices. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Microsoft is still building Windows 10, this means […]... →