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Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, December 18, at 1:00pmPT. Chat with the Gillmor Gang during their live broadcast recording session on Chat Center Gillmor Gang on Facebook Our sister show, G3, on Facebook Entire archives of G3 on Ustream Read More... →

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...... →

The United States Department of Justice is pursuing a criminal investigation around Uber’s May 2014 data breach, Reuters, citing “sources familiar with the situation,” reported. Last May, Uber’s database was breached by an unknown third party, and revealed the names and license plate numbers of about 50,000 drivers throughout the country. Uber confirmed the data… Read More... →

When I think about the excitement around virtual reality, I sometimes imagine a large group of investors and designers leaping on a careening bandwagon in which the driver has been shot and the brakes have come loose. Don’t get me wrong — all of the money and creativity leaping into the medium is a good […]... →

(Reuters) — Facebook Inc is offering employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters at least $10,000 to move closer to the office, a reflection of the challenges many tech companies face in the increasingly expensive and congested San Francisco Bay area. To qualify for the payment, which the social networking firm started offering in the last […]... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Spark Capital leads $15M round for San Francisco drone startup Lilly Camera drone startup Lilly announced today that it’s raised $15 million after hosting a crowdfunding campaign on its site. While announcing the new funds, the Times […]... →

SAN FRANCISCO (by Joseph Menn and Dan Levine for Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing a criminal investigation of a May 2014 data breach at ride service Uber, including an examination of whether any employees at competitor Lyft were involved in the episode, sources familiar with the situation said. Earlier this year, […]... →

With the holiday season in full swing, we’re looking forward to everything CES has to offer in the new year. But we’re also prepping for more gift-giving, following along with the TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide. And because we can’t help ourselves, there is also a bit of Star Wars discussion there at the end. This week’s episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast is brought to… Read More... →

If you’re looking to build your own Christmas tree out of plastic this year, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve collected my five favorite 3D printers that you should be able to order and receive before or on Christmas. While it might be tough to get one or two of these at such short notice if the ones you love want to do some 3D printing you can do no better than these five. Read More... →

This week in our communities, users are recounting the changes we saw in 2015 and speculating about what lies ahead. SEO is a wild world, and each year seems to bring new challenges and changes. On WebmasterWorld, users are debating the split between mobile, desktop, and app traffic. On SEO Chat, users are wondering if link building is finally dead or dying. News updates from Threadwatch indicate that mobile page... [Read More...] The post What Will SEO Be Like in 2016? Weekly Forum Update appeared first on... →

SPONSORED: As mobile, social media, advertising, and online payment technologies have grown and adapted, they have combined to create a perfect storm of engagement, content, and commercial opportunity that has changed the way in which consumers interact with brands and each other.... →

It’s no secret, we love startups. And yet, finding the perfect gift for a startup lover is challenging. The great thing is that some of our favorite startups are now making cool hardware products. This year, instead of buying yet another Apple gadget, look no further, we’ve rounded up eleven gifts. These aren’t Kickstarter campaigns. All these gifts are shipping today. Need… Read More... →

Cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) today that its AWS IoT service for working with data from Internet-connected devices is now generally available. Amazon first announced the beta launch of AWS IoT at the AWS re:Invent conference in October. Part of the appeal of the service is that it abstracts away underlying compute and […]... →

Компания Adobe выпустила приложение Adobe Post для оформления фотографий на профессиональном уровне. По словам разработчиков, оно соединяет в себе функции таких инструментов, как Adobe Slate и Adobe Voice, и нацелено на всех пользователей, желающих красиво оформлять свои фотографии, а затем делиться ими им в социальных сетях, пишет Techcrunch.... →

Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Metanautix, a big-data focused startup that came out of stealth in 2014. The company was backed by $7 million in capital, including cash from well-known venture firm Sequoia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to TechCrunch’s prior coverage of Metanautix, the company’s external funding came in majority at the time of… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: At Pinterest, that company with a popular app for pinning images and other content to boards, much of the source code is written in the longstanding Python programming language. But in the past year, a few of the company’s software engineers have called on a young language called Elixir. Pinterest’s notification system now uses Elixir […]... →

The robots at RE^2 robotics are tricksy devils. In this video a pair of robot manipulators carefully cut out a snowflake-shaped piece of paper with a pair of regular scissors – a feat that, if truly assessed in the context of future technology, should give us pause. Sure this robot is wishing us a happy winter solstice with its jolly decoration but what happens when these arms become… Read More... →

Since the debut of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, which introduced support for a new, animated type of photo called Live Photos, a number of apps have launched to help iPhone owners do more with those moving images, including turning them into GIFs, save storage space by deleting the Live Photos and more. Now one of the first movers in this space, Lively, has rolled out a couple of notable… Read More... →

This week, tech companies geared up for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere with a bunch of fun Easter eggs like this phonesaber from Google, WhatsApp was ordered to shut down in Brazil, and we got more information about the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. These are our best stories of the week. Read More... →

Google is no idiot. It knows people are searching the Internet for information about U.S. presidential candidates. So Google went over to the White House and filmed a video of the place. It’s more immersive than your average video, though. It’s a 360-degree virtual reality video. If you have an Android phone, you can watch […]... →