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Just because Microsoft sold its mapping cameras to Uber doesn’t mean Microsoft doesn’t like cameras showing roads. Today Microsoft announced a new addition to Bing Maps: up-to-date snapshots of traffic. The footage is coming from more than 35,000 cameras in 11 countries, including the U.S. and Spain. All you have to do is click on […]... →

With virtual reality now becoming an actual thing with the launch of the Samsung Gear VR and the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR in the wings ready to launch, analyst SuperData thinks the future for headset manufacturers is looking really green. How green? According to a report on SuperData’s website, our current environment of mobile and experimental […]... →

Google’s fun little project called “Paint The Town” for their self-driving cars is a great way to connect with communities. It takes trust to allow vehicles that drive themselves for the most part, and Austin seems to be trusting Google quite a bit. I just want to say this, if I were to ride around in Google’s self-driving car, I want mine designed by Austin… Read More... →

Publishing analytics provider Parse.ly wanted to find out where web traffic for 2015’s top news stories came from — search engines or social networks. The company found that social media continues to account for a large and growing portion of traffic, depending upon the content of the news story. Parse.ly tracks and analyzes the site traffic […]... →

Secure messaging app SOMA announced the launch of group voice and video calling for up to four people. Users can now use the app to video chat with up to four friends from phones running both iOS and Android. According to the company, it is the only app to offer encrypted group video calling for free. Read More... →

Ubiome – a three-year-old startup that sequences the collected microbes in the human body and sells $89 kits to anyone wanting to understand their own microbiome better — is doing something fairly unusual. The San Francisco company, which has so far raised $6.5 million from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, is launching an AngelList Syndicate in order to fund other microbiome… Read More... →

Even as immigration advocates push for increases to the H-1B visa quotas, calls for reform to the existing system are growing louder — from legislators and immigration advocacy groups alike. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Dick Durbin, a ranking Democrat, introduced a bill that would limit outsourcing of jobs by requiring companies to first attempt to hire U.S. citizens. Read More... →

Posted by gfiorelli1Disclaimer: Much of what you're about to read is based on personal opinion. A thorough reflection about RankBrain, to be sure, but still personal — it doesn't claim to be correct, and certainly not "definitive," but has the aim to make you ponder the evolution of Google. Introduction Whenever Google announces something as important as a new algorithm, I always try to hold off on writing about it immediately, to let the dust settle, digest the news and the posts that talk about it, invest... →

London-based food delivery startup Deliveroo has gobbled up another $100 million in funding, as the startup announces its first launch markets outside of Europe. The series D round was led by DST Global and Greenoaks Capital, with additional contributions from Accel, Hummingbird Ventures, and Index Ventures. Deliveroo has been on a major growth drive in […]... →

It was only in July that Deliveroo raised $70 million in Series C funding, but today the London-headquartered company has announced that it’s been dining at the VC table again. Read More... →

Федеральная антимонопольная служба (ФАС) опубликовала предписание по делу о снижении «Тинькофф банком» ставок на пополнение вкладов, открытых зимой 2014-2015 года. Документ обязывает компанию отменить решение о понижении ставок, а также вернуть недополученные средства всем клиентам, которых затронуло это изменение.В «Тинькофф банке» не согласны с решением ФАС. В банке отметили, что ни один клиент не пострадал от снижения ставок.... →

The 9th Annual Crunchies are right around the corner, and if we’re going to give out any awards to the great startups out there, we need your help. We need to know who to give the coveted Crunchies out to this year, so be sure to nominate your favorite startups to help us narrow down the field to the best and brightest startups around. Read More... →

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the biggest public cloud infrastructure provider, today announced the availability of a new service called EC2 Dedicated Hosts. The feature can help companies run the software they pay for with licenses on multiple Amazon virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical server. This is in contrast to the usual pattern of […]... →

The future of wearables could be inked on your skin. Chaotic Moon, a software design and development firm based in Austin, Texas, is developing a high-tech tattoo made of components and conductive paint to create circuitry to basically turn you into a cyborg…er collect health and other biometric data from your body. Chaotic Moon’s tattoo kit is in the nascent prototype stage right… Read More... →

LiquidText, the annotation and document reader app developer for iOS (and a critical darling that has been one of Apple’s selected apps in its store nearly since its launch), has launched a new version with features for the new iPad Pro. Read More... →

This week's SEJ Wrap-Up is about AdWords' brand new tools , as well as psychology in marketing. The post SEJ Wrap-Up: Google Rolls Out SMS Remarketing & Learn About Sustainable Link Building by @megcabrera appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

More people in India now have access to free Internet services now that Facebook has greatly expanded the reach of its Free Basics app in the country. The company’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced that everyone in India can now access health, education, job, and communication services through his company’s Internet.org app — for free. […]... →

Today, Microsoft’s Skype released a really fun video with Christopher Lloyd, aka Doc Brown of Back To The Future. In it he answers a bunch of questions from folks who are dressed up for the viewing of Back To The future. It’s actually quite touching, and a reminder of how powerful the movie has been for our generation…and for generations to come: Christopher Lloyd joined… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

As one of TechCrunch’s resident 20-somethings, I know firsthand that we’re not the easiest group of people to shop for. Do we want electronics, clothes, or stuff for our first post-college, real life apartment? To help you out, here are a list of 11 awesome gifts that any college student, grad, or newly-employed person would be thrilled to receive. Read More... →