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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...... →

Oakland, Calif.-based Edyn  started selling a new, smart gardening device this week, an internet-connected water valve that lets users irrigate their food, flowers or lawns automatically. The Edyn Water Valve uses data from the company’s Edyn Garden Sensor, a soil sensor, along with local weather systems, to adjust the moisture levels in the soil. If a user wants to, they can… Read More... →

Editor’s note: This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter, a buyer’s guide to the best technology. This is a condensed version of several Wirecutter guides; you can find links to the full guides in the discussions below. Quick survey: How much time have you spent setting up your starred channels and notifications in Slack? How often have you rearranged the home screen on… Read More... →

As someone who has worked in technology his entire adult life, I can say the following with complete conviction: Somewhere at this moment a young entrepreneur is developing a product, service or business model that will transform the way our world thinks, works, plays, communicates, dates, sleeps or wakes up the day after. He or she doesn’t live in the Valley and probably has no intention… Read More... →

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‘Has he threatened you with a gun?’ Is one of the questions a woman will be asked when she’s downloaded the domestic abuse counseling app My Plan. “This scenario is more common on college campuses than we’d like to believe,” said the app’s co-founder, Nancy Glass. Glass, who is a professor and associate dean for research at the Johns Hopkins School… Read More... →

San Francisco-based Tally Technologies Inc. raised $15 million in Series A venture funding, to launch an app that promises to help people maintain good credit while avoiding fees, charges and other credit card affiliated pains. Shasta Ventures led the Series A investment in Tally, joined by the company’s earlier backers Cowboy Ventures and AITV. Silicon Valley Bank also invested.… Read More... →

Председатель совета директоров «Русских фондов» Сергей Васильев о выступлении заместителя председателя «Банка России» Сергея Швецова на конференции Национальной Ассоциации Участников Фондового Рынка. Сегодня на конференции НАУФОР с интересом слушал Сергея Швецова, зампреда Центробанка, главу нашего мегарегулятора. По сути, Сергей сейчас основной идеолог регуляторных реформ, на фондовом рынке, поэтому прислушиваться к нему очень важно чтобы понять какие же ветры дуют у нас там наверху? Сетуя на малое количес... →

TechCrunch is please to bring you Alchemist Accelerator‘s demo day live from PARC, a Xerox Company. Alchemist is one of those rare programs that focuses on enterprise startups. These aren’t your parents enterprise companies. Pitches today will span products that help businesses leverage drones for delivery, keep food fresher with RFIDs, personalize the cost of healthcare,… Read More... →

This week I ended up with an advance copy of Influence Central’s new report called Kids & Tech: The Evolution of Today’s Digital Natives. The report—which is a subsection from a larger, ongoing study of 500 women across the USA—details findings on the way that kids are using technology and reveals several interesting insights. The highlights include: The… Read More... →

Google has been slowly building virtual reality-focused functionality into the YouTube app over the past year with support for 360-degree video formats, stereoscopic video, 3D audio and general Google Cardboard support. Today, YouTube, the “world’s largest collection of VR videos,” teased a complete VR-centered design that will be coming to Daydream-enabled phones. The… Read More... →

Having spent a good deal of time flying UAVs like DJI’s Inspire 1 and Phantom 4, I like to consider myself experienced with drones. So when I came across Horizon Hobby’s Vortex 250 Pro racing drone, I didn’t think twice that it was labeled for “the experienced pilot”. I thought I’d take off, hover around my house, maybe snap some photos or videos. Boy was… Read More... →

Руководство Dropbox приняло решение о сокращении льгот для сотрудников, — сообщает издание PC. Редакция vc.ru собрала несколько случаев, когда компании также решили сэкономить на бонусах.... →

The Play Store is coming to Chrome OS, Google announced at its I/O developer conference today — and with that, you will soon be able to install and run virtually any Android app on your Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. It’s no secret that Google has been working on this project for quite a while now. You were already able to run a few Android apps on Chrome OS before, too. This new… Read More... →

It’s been a big month for trucking innovations. In addition to Otto’s autonomous truck announcement, there’s the unveiling of Nikola Motor Company’s electric long-haul rig concept. The Nikola One, as it’s called, has “6×6 all-wheel drive,” with 800-volt AC motors and regenerative braking at all wheels. And a whopping 2000 horsepower, compared to… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Timestore, который позволяет автоматически регистрировать клиентов антикафе или коворкинга и рассчитывать стоимость их пребывания в заведении, составлять аналитические отчеты и делать email- и SMS-рассылки. Передаем микрофон.... →

До конца весенней сессии в Госдуму планируется внести законопроект о легализации медицинских услуг через интернет. Об этом сообщает ТАСС. Документ разрабатывался Институтом развития интернета (ИРИ), Фондом развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) и компанией «Яндекс». Были привлечены сенаторы и представители медицинского сообщества. В данном законопроекте будет урегулирован вопрос квалификации и идентификации медработников, а также обработки данных о состоянии здоровья пациента медучреждениями и интернет-провайде... →

A Los Altos startup called Afero raised $20.3 million in a new round of venture funding to secure connected devices, from toys and arcade games to medical equipment. The company’s technology works even when WiFi isn’t, employing 4GLTE and other radio sensors. Afero works with large hardware makers who install the startup’s proprietary chip in their IoT devices or components.… Read More... →

Music blasting into your ear-holes not immersive enough for you? Rhapsody’s new VR app brings you as close to the music as you can get without getting sprayed with spit, sweat and god knows what else that gets flung about on a music stage these days. Available on Android and iOS, Rhapsody’s VR app has a modest but rapidly growing library of immersive music experiences. Read More... →