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Israel is creating a new generation of game startups. One of the promising new companies is Jelly Button Games, whose Pirate Kings mobile game has generated more than 50 million downloads since 2012, even though it hasn’t been aggressively marketed on a global basis yet. The $30 billion mobile gaming business has made it possible […]... →

A lot of people are excited to hop into a car one day and read emails and tweets as the car drives itself, and you, to work. It would cut down on the anxiety we all feel during our daily commutes, as well as keep the roads safer. Google’s self-driving project is leading the pack, and a recently granted patent signals that the company is trying to pick off some of the issues… Read More... →

Мессенджер WhatsApp, принадлежащий социальной сети Facebook, начал блокировать в своём Android-приложении ссылки на сервис Telegram. «Whatsapp начал подвергать цензуре ссылки на Telegram в своем приложении для Android (то есть, для ~ 80% пользователей)», – сообщил сегодня, 30 ноября 2015 года, Павел Дуров в Twitter’е. Напомним, что в сентябре текущего года ошибка в работе Facebook привела к тому, что пользователи социальной сети некоторое время не могли передавать в личных сообщениях ссылки на официальный... →

Сергей Рыжиков, генеральный директор «1С-Битрикс», рассказал в блоге «Битрикс24» о том, как перевел свой дом на потребление солнечной энергии: выбор оборудования, эффективность этой системы и подключение к городской сети как к неограниченному аккумулятору. Редакция vc.ru публикует материал с разрешения автора.... →

When we first met the team building the LucidCam, they aimed to raise $100,000 on Indiegogo. They found their 264 backers to get them there. Their goal remains to bring the ability to shoot immersive virtual reality content with a camera that fits in your pocket. And at a reasonable price ($299). I caught up with Lucid’s CEO, Han Jin, to see what’s next. TC: You hit your goal.… Read More... →

Meteor Development Group, the startup behind the popular Meteor JavaScript framework, announced today that it will be rolling out a new Developer Edition of its Galaxy service for building and hosting apps that use Meteor. It’s convenient because it’s priced by the hour, not on a monthly or annual basis. “[W]e know the current price […]... →

Meet Sylaps, a voice-over-IP startup that lets you start phone calls without giving out your phone number. Sylaps is all about making it as seamless as possible to start a phone call with people you don’t know. Read More... →

Microsoft today announced the release of Dynamics CRM 2016, the latest version of its customer relationship management software (CRM). Available both as a cloud service and on-premises software, Dynamics CRM 2016 comes with features Microsoft has picked up through its acquisition of two companies, FieldOne, a provider of software for managing the activity of service […]... →

SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Stubhub. Anyone who manages at a startup or tech company knows how difficult it is to hire the right talent. From Silicon Valley to Austin, Boston to New York, competition has made this task even more difficult. It takes longer to find great talent, and the need to fill […]... →

Though the lines have blurred around Cyber Monday, as retailers have extended their online discounts and savings both before and after the traditionally large online sales day, Cyber Monday is still on track to break records this year. According to new data released this morning from Adobe, the firm expects this Cyber Monday to be the largest online sales day ever with $3 billion in sales by… Read More... →

«Яндекс» разместил ссылки на свои приложения в специальном разделе на сайте wi-fi.ru, который является стартовой страницей при использовании Wi-Fi в московском метро, сообщает РБК. При этом у самого «Яндекса» возникли вопросы к партнёру о том, как должен выглядеть их совместный проект.... →

Bitcoin is currently enjoying what politicos call a boomlet — a small bump that, while perhaps not impressive on a historical scale, is certainly notable. For bitcoin at the moment, this means a price spike that has put the cryptocurrency into its highest territory in a year. That, combined with a small rise in global interest and what seems to be the highest transaction volume in… Read More... →

Amazon showed off a brand new Amazon Prime Air video yesterday. While this is an interesting to see that the project is still alive and moving forward, there’s something even more interesting with this drone concept. You can’t help but think that Amazon is trying to boost its holiday sales and public image with Prime Air. Read More... →

Microsoft has partnered with Autodesk to make its HoloLens device more useful in the way that we design products. The Redmond, Wash.-based company has built-in support for Autodesk’s Fusion 360 within its augmented reality headset to provide designers an innovative way to build 2D and 3D objects. “When we first saw HoloLens, we immediately sensed the […]... →

Редакция vc.ru изучила рекламные ролики брендов к Рождеству, среди которых есть трогательные мини-фильмы, стилизованные под мюзиклы видео и мультипликационные зарисовки.... →

OPINION: Motorola or LG? It’s not an easy question to answer this year, at least when you’re comparing the Moto X Pure Edition (also known as the Moto X Style) against the LG G4. At first glance, they’re actually more similar than you might expect (same CPU, GPU, memory, etc.), though there are some important differences […]... →

Swatch and Visa have announced a partnership to enable NFC financial transactions using the the Swatch Bellamy wristwatch. The watches, which Swatch announced in October, are arguably minimalist and are named in honor of American author Edward Bellamy who foresaw credit and debit cards in 1888. The system is already working in Asia thanks to a partnership with China UnionPay and Bank of… Read More... →

8 декабря в 20:00 по московскому времени пройдет вебинар «Что такое контекстная реклама и как с ней работать в Wizard.Sape». Ведущие — аналитик Wizard.Sape Юрий Софин и эксперт по контекстной рекламе и аналитике Константин Найчуков. На мероприятии Вы узнаете,… Читать далее →... →

У "Яндекса" появился отдельный раздел на сайте wi-fi.ru - посадочной страничке бесплатного метро московской подземки. Правда, не совсем в том формате, в котором рассчитывал поисковик. Ссылки на сервисы "Яндекса" располагаются рядом с разделом "Новостей", каждый сервис можно сразу скачать: РБК в "Максиме" рассказали, что это коммерческий проект с "Яндексом": "В рамках проекта были подобраны приложения «Яндекса», которые могут быть полезны пользователям Wi-Fi в метро".... →

These are some monster-size revenues for a small mobile game company. Mino Games revealed to GamesBeat that its free-to-play mobile release Mino Monsters 2 is already generating $1.7 million a month in revenue. It came out for iOS and Android on October 8. This makes it a hit in a mobile market worth an estimated […]... →