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Virtual reality: the wild west; the new frontier; the land of opportunity. Barons, cowboys, gunslingers and outlaws all vying for their voice by rushing for content gold in this unbridled sphere of influence — but they are stumbling in the thicket of the emigrant trails. The path to creating virtual reality content has been identified, but has yet to be defined. Manifest Destiny. Welcome… Read More... →

Глава Федеральной антимонопольной службы (ФАС) Игорь Артемьев заявил, что он лично добился исключения из рекламы «Газпрома» фразы «национальное достояние» в качестве описания компании. Об этом сообщает «Интерфакс».... →

Российская компания Krawlly и проект iBank Global совместно с венчурным фондом Deep Knowledge Ventures планируют запустить биржу профилей, где банки смогут «поторговаться» за клиентов. Об этом сообщают Банки.ру со ссылкой на CEO Krawlly Александра Неймарка. Площадка будет представлять виртуальную базу данных, виртуальный market place, на котором клиенты-банки смогут получить доступ и, соответственно, доступ к профилям потенциальных и действующих клиентов. Биржа будет собирать информацию о банковских профиля... →

FEATURE: As press at CES, you don’t so much cover the entire show floor like at other events, as much as you lay claim to a specific chunk of turf and roam that section for the entire duration of the show. If you’re lucky, by the end of the week you’ll have seen 1/10th of what […]... →

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In what’s becoming something of a tradition for the online retailer, Amazon has again dropped the cost of its Amazon Prime membership to celebrate the success of its Amazon Studios division at an industry awards show. Specifically, the company is touting its two new Golden Globe wins for “Mozart in the Jungle” by temporarily discounting Amazon Prime to $73 starting on… Read More... →

Компания «Яндекс» запустила баннерную рекламу «Яндекс.Браузера» с заголовком «Минуточку внимания!», в которой попросила пользователя «ничего не делать» 60 секунд. На странице открываются разные варианты мошеннических баннеров, часто появляющихся в интернете. Идею компания разработала совместно с агентством Leto, которое реализовало проект.... →

Chinese Web company Baidu is announcing today that it is releasing key artificial intelligence (AI) software under an open-source Apache license. The WARP-CTC C library and optional Torch bindings are now available on GitHub, by way of Baidu Research’s Silicon Valley AI Lab (SVAIL). The connectionist temporal classification (CTC) approach dates back to 2006, when […]... →

Euclid Analytics plans to help more companies track customer traffic in their retail stores after raising a $20 million Series C. The funding will be used to acquire clients, add new employees, and build Euclid’s location analytics platform. Read More... →

Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001, which makes the crowd-sourced encyclopedia 15 years old this week. To mark the milestone, the Wikimedia Foundation has revealed the most-edited articles since Wikipedia’s inception. Much has changed at Wikipedia since its foundation a decade and a half ago. The website is drastically different, there are native mobile […]... →

Журналист Стивен Леви посетил центр тестирования, где Google испытывает свои бесплотные автомобили, и рассказал, как устроена система проверки машин. Редакция vc.ru выбрала самые интересные моменты материала.... →

Skype today launched a preview version of Skype integration for Slack. The app essentially lets you easily make a Skype voice or video call directly from within Slack. To set up the integration, visit skype.com/slack and click on the “Add to Slack” button. You’ll be asked to confirm the team you want to integrate with: […]... →

As Netflix continues to ramp up its global credentials, the video-streaming company is going all out to stop you watching content that’s not officially available in your own region. Netflix is now available in 190 countries, and with that many of its original shows and exclusive programming will be available universally. However, the fragmented nature […]... →

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Last week, NASA was awarded a patent for a new type of squishy, amorphous robot that could one day slither and roll around other planets. Amorphous robots can passively change their shape and because of their enclosed nature they’re less susceptible to damage from small particles. These unique abilities make them particularly useful in dusty and sandy environments. Dust… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Join this live webinar and hear from top marketers how marketing automation is ratcheting up demand generation, leads, conversions, and revenue. CMOs from Stonyfield Farm and Arizona’s famous Casino Del Sol Resort will be on the panel to discuss real world applications and opportunities with VB Insight’s Andrew Jones.  Register here for free. In case […]... →

Alternative movie streaming service Mubi is starting the year with some big news. While Mubi has always been a nearly-global service, the company is launching its service in China in the coming months. The startup also announced that Huanxi Media, Mubi’s partner in China, will invest $50 million in total for both the Mubi China subsidiary and the global Mubi service. Read More... →

Dashlane, a password manager application that competes with the likes of 1Password and LastPass, among others, has just rolled out a significant update which not only gives the software itself a new look-and-feel, but also makes it capable of automatically updating your passwords on over 500 websites, thanks to the additional support for 300 more sites that’s included in this release.… Read More... →

The family of a U.S. man killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Jordan is suing Twitter for “knowingly” allowing ISIS to attract new recruits, propagate information, and raise funds through the social network. 46-year-old Lloyd Carl Fields Jr., a Florida-based contractor, was one of two Americans killed at an international police training center in […]... →

PipelineDB announced the release of PipelineDB Enterprise today. The product is the first commercial version of the open-source product the company released last summer. PipelineDB is built on a new way of looking at SQL databases, thinking about streams of data rather than data at rest in big silos, co-founder Derek Nelson explained. He says the company made a big bet on this type of… Read More... →