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As the latest year of the future folds into the next, the most bombastic/annoying/entertaining of CEOs sets his gaze on the technologies that will define the wireless space and the company he is at the helm of. Just as he did last year, T-Mobile CEO John Legere published his list of predictions for tech in 2016. Though most of his predictions won’t… Read More... →

When it comes to phones, the word “flagship” was tossed around a lot in 2015. We saw it get attached to devices that are priced at the midrange, as well as certain top-performing devices that were priced far lower than the usual “flagship” phones. Read More... →

Remember Carrier iQ? In the years before Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA, the name and its software became synonymous with creepy, unseen monitoring of everything that you do on a smartphone on behalf of carriers and phone makers — allegedly in the name of better user experience. Now the company appears to be no longer. TechCrunch has confirmed that AT&T has… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Life.SREDA инвестировал в филлиппинский финтех-стартап Ayannah. Компания привлекла $1 млн в раунде А. Также в сделке приняли участие 500 Startups, лондонская венчурная компания Blue Compass и другие инвесторов. Стартап разрабатывает 2 продукта – Sendah Direct и Sendah Remit. Первый представляет собой SaaS-платформу для ритейлеров, которым предлагает такие услуги, как внутренние переводы, онлайн-кредиты для игр и другие. Sendah Remit – это SaaS-платформа для международных и внутренних переводо... →

Docker today announced that Ian Murdock, a member of the startup’s technical staff and a former Sun and Salesforce employee known for founding the Debian Linux operating system, has passed away. He was 42. A cause of death was not provided in the blog post announcing the news. Docker declined to comment. Murdock’s Twitter account […]... →

Редакция vc.ru собрала десять новостей 2015 года, которые были наиболее интересны читателям. Материалы отсортированы по количеству просмотров.... →

If I told you that the hottest person on social media right now is a rap producer telling fans that eating egg whites and drinking a gallon of water a day is the key to success, would you believe me? What if I told you that the same person regularly has over 2 million people view each of his snapchats, with the first 500,000 people watching it within 5 minutes of him posting? Read More... →

In another end-of-year list, Facebook has compiled its team’s favorite in-house hacks of 2015. It’s well-known that the social networking company has a healthy hacking culture, one which has produced ideas such as the Like button, tagging, the early version of what is now Facebook Messenger, and others developed by employees during their free time. […]... →

As promised earlier this fall at Twitter’s developer conference Flight, the company’s long-neglected Mac application has been updated today with a host of new features that put the app more on par with Twitter’s other applications for mobile and web. Specifically, the revamped Mac app now includes support for things like inline video playback, GIFs in the timeline,… Read More... →

At long last, Twitter has updated its Mac app with a new look. If the design doesn’t feel all that fresh to you, there’s a good reason for that. Twitter announced this redesign two months ago during its developer conference. The unveiling was a bit frustrating, as the company declined to announce a release date for the app. […]... →

Despite rebranding its free Internet.org ‘walled garden’ of apps plan in India under the new name of “Free Basics,” Facebook remains in direct violation of an open internet. Facebook’s first attempt with Indian carrier Airtel was rolled-back soon after its release in April thanks to huge public outrage on social media, ironically. Read More... →

If you’re in the tech world, then you know exactly what Slack is and does. As you eek outside of our little techosphere, you might get some puzzled faces when you talk about your favorite work communication tool. To that end, the company debuted a new TV commercial which is quite adorable, and is called “Animals!” Yes, there are animals in it. Have a look: And yes, you… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: LG’s next flagship smartphone, the 2016 LG G5, will be its most premium handset to date, according to a person briefed on the company’s plans. The all-metal handset will borrow elements from past G-series devices as well as LG’s most recent flagship, the V10, while also bringing several new features to the table, the source said (who […]... →

Uber is in the market of helping you get from point A to point B, regardless of whether you’re using its app. That’s the main benefit of its rides-based API that was released in March, and so far, it seems to be meeting the company’s expectations. The company has not only been participating in hackathons, […]... →

How do you really know that the food or medicine you’re about to ingest is what the package label says it is? With the LinkSquare from Stratio, you can actually run a test to get confirmation. Stratio is unveiling its new LinkSquare infrared scanner for food, pharmaceuticals, materials, and physical objects at the 2016 International […]... →

Apple wants to show consumers how its devices – including Macs, as well as mobile devices like iPhones and iPads – can be used to create art. Specifically, its latest pushback at the dated concept that mobile devices aren’t tools for creation, the company is planning to host a series of workshops in Apple stores that will teach people how to shoot professional-quality… Read More... →

The folks at Nvidia, the world’s largest maker of stand-alone graphics chips, are good at numbers. So I talked to them recently about their expectations for virtual reality gaming. They showed me some demos of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality headsets, powered by a PC using Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan X graphics […]... →

Европа выполнила функции Мосгорсуда и Роскомназдора, которые могли бы заблокировать "пиратский" сайт с торрентами ещё в октябре 2015, но не сделали этого.... →

It looks like another chapter is in the works for Hem, the home design startup headed by Jason Goldberg that first emerged as a pivot from the Fab.com design marketplace in 2014. We’ve heard from multiple sources that Hem.com has been trying to sell itself and that Vitra, a high-end furniture company based in Switzerland, is currently in the frame to buy it. From what we… Read More... →

Apple, Google, and Microsoft have very different app development strategies, in alignment with their respective business models. Last year, we took a look at the trio’s app stores to see how the three develop for each others’ competing platforms. We’re doing it again this year to see what, if anything, has changed. Up until last […]... →