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LinkedIn (LNKD) revealed today during its Q4 2015 earnings report that it now has 414 million members, a 3.43 percent increase from last quarter’s results. “In the quarter, cumulative members grew 19% to 414 million, unique visiting members grew 7% to an average of 100 million per month, and member page views grew 26%,” said […]... →

LinkedIn today announced in its earnings statement that it has acquired Connectifier, a startup with technology for helping recruiters find talent. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “The acquisition of Connectifier, announced this afternoon, will further strengthen our core products and accelerate our product roadmap, leveraging powerful machine learning-based searching and matching technology to help […]... →

Posted by BaileyMezThe abundance of apps within the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store makes them both great and scary places to run a business. Despite the plethora of choices, however, a brand can find a home and thrive in the app stores.However, it is the job of the app publishers and marketers to make that mission a reality through (a) higher engagements and conversions amongst app store visitors, and (b) a viable ASO plan for long-term retention in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. ... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

“Growth hacking” is a term that people seem to think means “magically market any product or company for free.” I wrote a post called What is growth hacking? to clarify the difference between efficient, effective marketing and mythical marketing pixie dust, yet still people don’t seem to understand. Before I give you three tips for powerful, nearly free marketing,… Read More... →

Meet Soundsgood, a French startup that wants to make it easier to publish playlists on the web. While it’s never been a better time to create a playlist on a streaming service and share it with readers and followers, everybody uses a different streaming service. Soundsgood works with Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, SoundCloud with more integrations in the works. Read More... →

WhatsApp has released an update that increases the number of people you can have in a group chat. Before today, the messaging service limited you to 100 people, but now that has more than doubled to 256. First noticed by NDtv, this update is available to both iOS and Android app users, but not other platforms like […]... →

The TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off is headed to Boston and Atlanta, and time is running out to apply to participate. Ten companies from each glorious city will have exactly sixty seconds each to pitch their product to a panel of expert VC judges and the audience. Judges will hold a quick Q&A following each rapid-fire presentation and ultimately determine a winner. First place gets a table… Read More... →

According to nine-term San Diego Congressman, Darrell Issa, the 21st century has started everywhere…. except Washington DC. Read More... →

У Google и вымышленной корпорации The Show, притягательной для активного тинейджера, примерно 90% общего.... →

Every few months, Microsoft shares Windows Store numbers to help developers figure out what is worth investing their time and energy into. Today, the company unveiled the latest numbers, and for the first time disclosed downloads across all Windows devices and operating systems by category. The conclusion? Unsurprisingly, games dominate. Microsoft also shared that over […]... →

Tango’s new CEO isn’t wasting any time making changes to reverse the declining fortunes of the messaging app company. Co-founder Eric Setton, who made the jump from Tango CTO to CEO one month ago, announced this week that the company is splitting its service into two to rediscover the core chat experience that made it successful. Read More... →

Box announced a new product today called Box KeySafe that should help simplify encryption key management, putting it in reach of small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) who require encryption, but want to avoid the complexities associated with Box’s higher end Enterprise Key Management product. Many highly regulated industries have wanted to move to the cloud, but security and… Read More... →

You’re going to need a large area to enjoy the full capabilities of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. VR watchers have always known this. But now, they’re finally getting the specifics. HTC has uploaded the user guide for its Vive PRE development kit, which is the latest version of the head-mounted display, and one it’s sending […]... →

Epic Games is unveiling a new virtual reality edition of its Unreal Engine game-development tool today that enables you to create a video game from within VR. The move shows that VR, which is expected to be a $30 billion market by 2020 according to tech advisor Digi-Capital, has the power to transform how we create things. […]... →

French startup La Belle Assiette just raised another $1.5 million (€1.3 million) to expand its services. The company has become a leading on-demand chef service in Europe, and is now looking at other opportunities in the events catering industry. Read More... →

Implementing unconscious bias trainings at tech companies has become a thing over the last year or so. Part of that is thanks to Paradigm, a consulting startup that work with tech companies like Slack, Airbnb and Pinterest to help formulate strategies around diversity and inclusion. Paradigm CEO Joelle Emerson recently stopped by TC’s studio to chat with me about those unconcscious… Read More... →

CoreOS‘s container runtime competitor rkt hit version 1.0 today and according to the company, it’s now ready for production use. Version 1.0 introduces a number of new security features and, going forward, any changes to the command line interface and on-disk format will be backwards compatible. Rkt currently supports both applications packaged as CoreOS App Container images and… Read More... →

Foursquare is not a consumer social app business, it’s a data company. And only when it admitted that to itself and revalued as such was it able to pull in more capital and keep chugging. Today at LA’s Upfront Summit, Foursquare’s lead investor from Union Square Ventures Fred Wilson stuck up for the startup while trying to make people understand how it’s… Read More... →

It’s imperative to find and develop systems that enable higher levels of participation. Read More... →