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Guardant Health, a three-year-old, Redwood Shores, Ca.-based company whose non-invasive genomic sequencing test for cancer requires just two vials of blood, has raised nearly $100 million in Series D funding roughly one year after closing on $90 million for its Series C round. The financing was led by OrbiMed Advisors, with earlier backers participating, including Khosla Ventures, Sequoia… Read More... →

In this post I'll explain what evergreen content is, look at some examples and stats from Search Engine Watch, and demonstrate how the creation of evergreen content can reward the extra effort required.... →

В конце 2015 года мы расспросили самых активных бизнес-ангелов о том, в какие технологии верят. Сегодня своим видением поделится Виталий Полехин.  Какие направления для инвестирования вы считаете перспективными в интервале 3, 5 и 10 лет, соответственно?  5 лет – слишком большой срок для венчурной индустрии в наши дни. 10 лет – вообще фантастика и космос. А вот в течение 3 лет мы станем свидетелями того, как наша обычная жизнь очень сильно изменится под влиянием технологий. Поэтому наиболее перспективными, я... →

Amazon has officially entered the semiconductor market with the news that it is selling its own-brand of ARM-based chips to manufacturers. U.S. tech companies went transatlantic on more than a few occasions last year in search for innovation, but one of the more curious cases was when Amazon headed to Israel and snapped up Annapurna […]... →

Oculus co-founder admits he screwed up Rift price-point messaging, explaining in a Reddit AMA that when he said “that ballpark” he had been thinking about the ‘all in’ cost of the headset — which requires a gaming PC to power it… Read More... →

ANALYSIS: Back in the summer of 2013, facing a modest shareholder revolt, Apple chief executive Tim Cook did one of the more remarkable things I’ve seen in years of writing about corporate compensation: He volunteered to rewrite the rules for the restricted stocks units he had already been granted. He was under no obligation to do […]... →

Федеральная торговая комиссия США обязала разработчика серии игр для развития когнитивных способностей Lumosity компанию Lumos Labs выплатить штраф в размере $2 млн за введение пользователей в заблуждение. Об этом сообщает NBC News.... →

PushDoctor, the U.K. ‘on-demand’ service that enables you to have a video consultation with a doctor, has raised $8.2 million in funding — money it plans to use to develop the data side of its offering to improve the way it integrates with other healthcare providers and to significantly bolster marketing. Read More... →

В 2015 году Apple заплатила своему генеральному директору $10,3 млн... →

Alibaba’s CEO Daniel Zhang — not to be confused with its better-known founder and executive chairman Jack Ma — this week vaguely laid out the Chinese ecommerce titan’s expansion strategy for 2016 during a speech to employees at its Hangzhou headquarters. “Global import, rural e-commerce, and top-tier cities are the three key battlefields for Alibaba in 2016,” Zhang […]... →

Netflix shocked the tech word (and excited investors) with an unprecedented global expansion into 130 countries yesterday. That move means that the video streaming service is now available in 190 countries, so the chances are you, dear reader, are eligible to use right now — unless you happen to live in China, North Korea, Syria or the Crimea. Read More... →

Oh, Switzerland, you seem to have it all: fine chocolates, fondue, goats with bells around their necks. But what you don’t have is a sense of how to beat smartwatch makers without looking silly. To wit: meet the H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Alps watch (they probably meant the “alps” to be a play on “apple,” if you catch my drift.) This watch is supposed to be a… Read More... →

A regulatory filing from Apple on Wednesday revealed that CEO Tim Cook earned just $10.3 million in 2015, versus about $25 million for Apple’s other executives. Meanwhile, as of September 26, Cook is sitting on about $310 million of unvested Apple stock, based on today’s trading price of about $100 per share. That stock is due to […]... →

It’s been a doom-and-gloom week for Yahoo. First it shuttered its premium video hub, Yahoo Screen, and then we learned that it’s facing a class action lawsuit for sending unsolicited text messages to users. But as of late Wednesday, reports are flying that Yahoo is preparing to lay off 10 percent of its workforce — […]... →

Today was a historic day for Facebook-owned Oculus VR as the virtual reality company began accepting pre-orders for its inaugural headset. Within hours, the first shipment of Oculus Rift devices sold out with preorders being delivered a month or so after the initial March 28 ship date. In an effort to capitalize on the attention […]... →

There are plenty of services out there that promise to sync up your devices to form a surround sound speaker system. But AmpMe, an app that launched out of Montreal three months ago, claims to be the only one that can work across both iOS and Android. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur and angel investor Martin-Luc Archambault and has grown to over one million downloads in… Read More... →

“We’re giving every Star Wars fan the power of the Force,” said Sphero CEO Paul Berberian. He stopped by the TechCrunch stage at the Consumer Electronics Show today to show off the company’s Force Band, which will allow people to control the company’s BB-8 robotic toy with gestures. When pressed on how it worked, Berberian first said that “the Force works… Read More... →

This week, we’re bringing you not one, not two but three episodes of the TechCrunch Gadgets podcast, live from CES. Every morning, we look back at the news coming out of the show. In case you missed it this morning, have a look at this morning’s show to get our take on the Oculus Rift pre-orders, the new Fitbit Blaze and other wearables, and a preview at the interviews we’ll… Read More... →

No more getting red at the beach! L’Oreal has come out with a new product that will warn you if you’re about to get sunburned. The new skin sensor, known as My UV Patch, was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. It looks like a heart sticker and it can be worn for several days. It’s also free. The sticker was made by L’Oreal’s… Read More... →

The Oculus Rift will be sold with a $599 retail price. And Oculus is taking a wash on the hardware. Oculus Co-Founder and VP of Product, Nate Mitchell, revealed to TechCrunch’s Jordan Crook earlier today that the company is selling the hardware at cost in an effort to kickstart the VR ecosystem. This is on top giving away 7,000 Oculus Rift units to early Kickstarter backers. At $600,… Read More... →