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CMS-платформа WordPress выпустила версию 4.4.2 и настоятельно рекомендует пользователям обновить свои сайты. В новой версии исправлены две уязвимости безопасности и 17 ошибок. Полный список изменений доступен по ссылке. Скачать WordPress 4.4.2 можно на сайте. Если автоматическая установка обновлений отключена, этот процесс также можно запустить вручную из панели управления платформы. Напомним, что версия WordPress 4.4 вышла в декабре 2015 года. В числе основных нововведений в ней значатся адаптивные изобра... →

Россиийские правообладатели после «вечной» блокировки Rutracker намерены добиваться разделегирования домена сайта. Об этом «Известиям» сообщил гендиректор Национальной федерации музыкальной индустрии (НФМИ, объединяет Sony Music, Universal Music, Warner Music и других) Леонид Агронов.... →

Эксперты составили рейтинг самых амбициозных российских стартапов... →

Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — проект Unlockd, который предоставляет пользователям смартфонов скидку на сотовую связь в обмен на просмотр рекламных баннеров.... →

Пользователи заметили, что функция «Добавить в индекс» в инструменте «Просмотреть как Googlbot» в Search Console теперь требует подтверждения через капчу. Для подтверждения того, что пользователь – не робот, достаточно клика. На днях также стало известно, что инструмент «Просмотреть как Googlebot» предназначен только для проверки страниц из основного индекса и не ускорит индексирование изображений на сайте. Напомним, что Google запустил новую форму защиты от ботов «No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA» в декабре 2014 го... →

Новое исследование от нашей юзабилити-лаборатории, посвященное не столько пользовательскому (user experience), сколько клиентскому (customer experience) опыту

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Вице-президент ICANN Михаил Якушев уверен, что правовых возможностей блокировать домен нет.... →

Самый дорогой в мире стартап обновил логотип и айдентику... →

В США появится омбудсмен, который будет работать с жалобами от европейцев... →

Actor Robert Kazinsky plays the role of Orgrim Doomhammer in the upcoming Warcraft movie, but he’s spent plenty of time in Azeroth before working on the film. The performer, who previously played the role of Sean Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, said that World of Warcraft saved his life. In an interview on Conan, Kazinsky said that […]... →

Владимир Ханумян закрыл сделку с американской Sony Pictures Television... →

Popcorn Time, an app for streaming video torrents, just got a new web version: Popcorn Time Online. Unlike other attempts to bring Popcorn Time into the browser, this one is powered by a tool called Torrents Time, which delivers the movies and TV shows via an embedding torrent client. Oh, and the developers have released […]... →

Eventually the whole Shoedazzle / Birchbox etc business model (get outfits, try them out, keep what you like, return the rest) would make it to the men’s market and we’ve seen many such models launch. The twist is that this time is personal, with (I never really believe this, but let’s go with it) an online personal shopper picking out a style for you every time. But I digress. Read More... →

When Salesforce announced it was buying quote-to-cash vendor SteelBrick for $360 million at the end of last year, it came as a surprise. CEO Marc Benioff offered some insight into why he made the purchase at today’s Salesforce Lightning CRM launch event. The move has to be seen in the light of comments made at a Dreamforce press event last fall with Keith Block, who was named COO today. Read More... →

Healthcare investments are booming, and don’t seem to be slowing down. According to CB Insights, digital health funding hit nearly $5.8 billion in venture funding last year, surpassing the previous record of $4.3 billion in 2014. One of the top venture firms, GV (previously known as Google Ventures) recently came out with their year in review, revealing that more than one-third of… Read More... →

Augmented reality could change the way humans interface with everything. And Microsoft knows that, for Americans, football is everything. The Windows company released a promotional video today that reveals its vision for how the HoloLens AR head-mounted display might expand the way people enjoy content like professional football. The Super Bowl is Sunday in Silicon Valley, and […]... →

Microsoft is understood to be acquiring London-based Swiftkey, the startup which employed artificial intelligence to create a ground-breaking predictive smartphone keyboard, according to sources. The Financial Times is reporting that the deal is “around $250m”. TechCrunch understands the figure is just under that amount. The companies are understood to have been in talks for a… Read More... →

Legacy Republic is removing a big hurdle in its photo digitizing process — putting photos in the mail. YesVideo launched its Legacy Republic initiative back in 2014. The idea is to recruit a freelance workforce of so-called Legacy Makers who help families digitize their photos. Through digitization, the company says it can preserve memories and make it easier to share those pictures… Read More... →

Super Mario Maker is a blockbuster hit for the Wii U home gaming console, according to Nintendo. And maybe that is because the create-your-own Mario game is so powerful that you can even build a computer inside of it. Mario Maker player Trousers designed a level called “Run a Tiny Computer!” using the popular Nintendo […]... →

Microsoft has acquired SwiftKey, a company that built an intuitive keyboard for iOS and Android (but not Windows Phone) devices, according to a new report today. Microsoft paid around $250 million to do the deal and is set to announce it later this week, the Financial Times said. SwiftKey announced a $17.5 million funding round […]... →