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Rob Leathern is hoping to help publishers embrace ad blocking, and he’s doing it under a familiar name — Optimal.com, which was previously the social ad company where Leathern was founder and CEO. Brand Networks acquired Optimal (okay, so not exactly the same name, but really, really close) in 2013. Leathern left six months later, though he stayed on the Brand Networks board… Read More... →

The people want what they want and they want bigger phones. Apple’s sales record has been gangbusters since the introduction of its larger iPhone 6, 6 Plus and iPhone 6s phones. Samsung also offers several bigger phones, as do LG, Motorola and many others. Apple and Samsung take up the lion’s share with 66 percent of the market, much of it with the new bigger smartphone… Read More... →

The releases keep on coming for Facebook’s Messenger service. Today the social networking company has announced that it has added new features designed to help you share more during the holiday season. Starting today, Facebook has made its Photo Magic face recognition tool available globally (except for those in Canada and in the European Union) to help ensure […]... →

Social-sharing and scheduling tool Buffer has acquired fellow California-based company Respondly, a startup launched in 2014 by Favstar founder Tim Haines. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This acquisition sees Buffer broaden its reach beyond social media publishing and into customer service, marking a notable evolution for the company. Buffer’s raised around $4 million […]... →

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Radically transparent social media scheduling firm Buffer, which does stuff like publish its staff salaries and publicly detail its company revenue, has announced its first major acquisition — buying social media customer support tool Respondly for — wait for it — an undisclosed amount… Read More... →

Украинский фотобанк получит $5 млн от ЕБРР и ТМТ Investments... →

Федеральная антимонопольная служба (ФАС) признала ООО «Т2 Мобайл» (бренд Tele2) виновным в нарушении закона «О защите конкуренции» за акцию «Сезон охоты», в рамках которой пользователям мобильной связи предлагалось сообщать о «нечестных» действиях своего оператора. Об этом сообщил «Интерфакс» c заседания комиссии ведомства.... →

Обобщили цифры о пользователях, рекламе и социальных сетях, которые публиковали весь год... →

EXCLUSIVE: India is starting to come into its own as a center of game development and a big new market for games. SuperMonkeyFun wants to be on the forefront of that trend by developing games that take people into the new medium of virtual reality. The company wants to put India on the map as part of the […]... →

Google today announced its search engine has started indexing HTTPS pages by default. More specifically, Google Search now crawls HTTPS equivalents of HTTP pages, even when the former are not linked to from any page. HTTPS is a more secure version of the HTTP protocol used on the Internet connecting users to websites. Secure connections […]... →

SPONSORED: Entering into 2015, I saw we were getting lots of people through the door, but not enough of them were buying. For that matter, some of them weren’t even thirsty!... →

Счетная палата России провела проверку использования средств федерального бюджета, выделенных на создание Иннополиса в 2012–2013 годах, сообщает «Коммерсант». В создание Иннополиса было вложено 4,7 млрд рублей из федерального бюджета. В результате проверки, СП РФ выявила, что Иннополис финансировался в ущерб других госпроектов, что при наличии госсредств с основным подрядчиком строительства расчеты до сих пор не завершены и что контроль использования бюджетных ресурсов «на должном уровне» не ведется. Надзор... →

А еще авторы этого пластыря уже договорились о проведении клинических испытаний гаджета... →

Apple announced a series of changes to its leadership team this morning, including, most notably, the promotion of Jeff Williams to COO, a role that had not been filled since Tim Cook became Apple CEO in 2011. Williams, who joined Apple in 1998, was named VP of Operations in 2004 and currently oversees the Apple Watch program. In addition, Apple says it’s expanding VP of Worldwide… Read More... →

In November, Google through its copyright legal director Fred Von Lohmann announced it would offer legal support on the basis of fair use to a select group of content creators on YouTube that receive copyright claims. Videos, which in Google’s view constitute fair use will remain live in the United States and be featured in the YouTube Copyright Center. Read More... →

Funnely, a startup that helps e-commerce companies automate and improve their ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram, has raised $988,000 in a seed round led by Verizon Ventures. The product uses businesses’ customer data to create and target ads. The goal is to effectively reach consumers throughout the sales funnel, whether it’s first getting their attention through lead… Read More... →

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With the Microsoft HoloLens, an augmented reality headset, the Redmond-based firm is trying to get developers excited about its potential as early as possible, opening a HoloLens experience section in the company’s new 5th Avenue retail store in Manhattan. The HoloLens isn’t the same as virtual reality platforms like Oculus or the Samsung Gear VR. Instead, the HoloLens projects… Read More... →

Society isn’t ready to take a medium seriously until it can provide certain things. The first, and most obvious, achievement is it must work with porn. Virtual reality passed that benchmark a long time ago, and it seems to have no problem revisiting it over and over again. So what’s the next trial that virtual reality […]... →