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After years of ridiculing the cloud, Oracle has been taking the cloud a lot more seriously recently, and it quietly purchased StackEngine last Friday as part of an effort to boost its public cloud. StackEngine, which is based in Austin, Texas had a very brief announcement on its website linking to Oracle.com. It simply stated that the database giant had purchased the startup and all… Read More... →

Posted by Alan_ColemanBy now, we're all pretty used to Knowledge Graph results in the SERPs. But what could it mean when Google offers the ability to make a purchase, a call, book an appointment, or otherwise convert customers within those results? In this video blog, Alan Coleman speculates about a potential 100% conversion rate in the SERPs and raises the question of Google's role in an increasingly app-centric world. Video transcript In this video blog, I’m going to talk to you about a key trend we’ve no... →

Gojimo, an app that helps U.K. high school students prepare for exams, has picked up a further $1.8 million in funding, bringing total raised by the 2013-founded startup to just over $3 million. Read More... →

SegNet is a new system created by the University of Cambridge that can “read” a road and assess various features including street signs, road markers, people, and even sky. The system looks at an RGB image of a road and then classifies different layers using a Bayesian analysis of the scene. From the release: The first system, called SegNet, can take an image of a street scene… Read More... →

Well, Boston Dynamics is at it again. The Google-owned robot maker today posted a YouTube video of its technology for the first time in nearly a year, and this time it’s more silly than scary. “Happy holidays from Boston Dynamics,” a woman in a Santa suit says, as she’s sitting in a sleigh with wheels […]... →

Nutanix, a company that sells data center hardware that combine elements of servers and storage arrays, today filed a form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, officially kicking off the process to go public. The company says it aims to sell a maximum of $200 million in the initial public offering. Shares of […]... →

A report in the Wall Street Journal claims that Google is working on yet another mobile messaging service, with a heavy focus on artificial intelligence. The platform would include a number of so-called “chatbots” for responding to user queries, according to the report — sort of an “OK Google” for in-chat assistance. The effort is allegedly […]... →

One of the most asked questions about the Oculus Rift is “when are we getting them?” and the founder of the company continues to update those who are waiting patiently. According to a series of tweets from Palmer Luckey, the Rift is on-target to ship in Q1. @PalmerLuckey Preorders are coming soon after new year. Enjoy a stress-free holiday, we won't launch preorders… Read More... →

Airplane ridesharing startup Flytenow today announced that it is shutting down after a court recently upheld the FAA’s power to regulate what does (and does not) constitute a commercial aviation operation. Flytenow wanted to bring together private pilots and those who wanted to fly with them. From the get-go, though, Flytenow and similar startups like Airpooler were going to run into… 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 Internet is rife with articles espousing digital trends in every shape and form: video is still going strong, IoT, live streaming and “super real-time.” But trends are just that: trends. Today’s hottest thing is tomorrow’s old news. Google Glass anyone? Read More... →

(Reuters, Sneha Teresa Johny) — Google is said to be in talks with automaker Ford Motor Co to help build the Internet search company’s autonomous cars, Automotive News reported, citing a person with knowledge of the project. The contract manufacturing deal, if finalised, is expected to come during the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las […]... →

Step by step, GitLab, the startup behind the GitLab open-source software for managing source code, is becoming more competitive with GitHub, the company well known for hosting source code for many applications. Today GitLab announced the availability of a new feature, GitLab Pages, for customers who pay for the premium Enterprise Edition. GitLab Pages is […]... →

Пользователи приложения для оплаты парковки в столице «Московский паркинг» пожаловались на обнуление своих счетов в системе, пишет РБК. Администрация сервиса списала проблемы на «технические неполадки»... →

The worldwide adoption of smartphones has turned mobile gaming into a mammoth business. This was the year that mobile gaming revenues reached $30 billion and that China generated more money for that sector than any other nation — even the United States. But those aren’t the only big milestones and changes to come to this space, […]... →

It’s been a pretty awful year to be a unicorn in 2015. Box and Square went public this year at significantly less than their last private valuation, Box at a 30 percent discount and Square at a 40 percent discount. Meanwhile, Gilt Groupe, a New York-based online shopping destination for designer clothing, is in talks to be bought for $250 million. That’s less than the $268… Read More... →

Who said making money in the stock market is easy? In a year the market was essentially flat, a few tech stocks had a really tough time staying afloat. Companies like Twitter, Groupon, and Yahoo all suffered at the hands of the public markets. Click through to read about nine of the worst performing public technology companies of 2015. And, check out part one which highlighted some of… Read More... →

Last week, on an internal conversational thread here at TechCrunch, the staff began chatting about some of female founders who’ve made a major dent on the tech scene in 2015, and the thread quickly became a very long and involved one. The following are some of the people who popped immediately into mind. This list is in no way comprehensive, though, so please do reach out to us… Read More... →

REVIEW: 2015 was the slowest year for tech IPOs since 2009, when the Great Recession was coming to an end. Only 23 tech companies braved the market, down 58 percent from 2014. Together, they raised $4.2 billion, less than one-seventh of the IPO proceeds in the previous year. Of the companies that did go public, some fared better […]... →

It seems like 2015 was the year of the “emoji.” I mean, a damn emoji was the “word of the year.” This year is ending with a massive bang on the App Store thanks to Kim Kardashian and her…assets. Fire up the App Store on your devices and here’s what you’ll see for the top paid app: The app, KIMOJI, costs $1.99. What do you get? Well, emojis having to… Read More... →