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Yahoo Inc's board of directors on Friday is in the third and final day of meetings that could decide the future of one of Silicon Valley's most prominent but troubled companies.... →

Big cities like San Francisco and New York are digital meccas, home to many of the world’s largest technology startups — and to hordes of smartphone-toting, app-using consumers. But when it comes to making a name for themselves, many of the companies hoping to influence these techie urbanites are going decidedly analog. In these cities, and others, it’s hard to miss the… Read More... →

Here’s hoping you had a happy turkey day! I’m sure by now that your refrigerator is cleared of leftovers, right? We took a break last week, so this week we’re rounding up two weeks in one! In our title story, Microsoft has announced big plans for Bing in the future. We’ll also visit search competitor Yandex and touch on some new features they introduced to their webmasters last week. In... [Read More...] The post Ante Up – Microsoft Goes “All In on Search”: Weekly Forum Roundup appeared first on Internet Ma... →

If you are thinking of going global, you may be interested in what Singapore has to offer. Having been consistently ranked by The World Bank as the world’s easiest place to do business, Singapore has embarked on an ambitious vision to build itself into a Smart Nation. It wants to bring together entrepreneurs, researchers, academics […]... →

The rise of the edtech industry has completely transformed the K-12 experience for students. But what about teachers? Shouldn’t technological innovation be used to improve teacher performance, just as it is doing for students? With a recent shift in education policy and reform focusing on teacher evaluation and accountability, this is a hole in the education technology market with… Read More... →

During its PlayStation Experience (PSX) event in San Francisco today, Sony unveiled some new information about the PlayStation VR and showed off some new titles. Unfortunately we’ve gotten no more information on dates aside from early 2016. However, the games we saw during today’s keynote look fantastic. Read More... →

Sony’s Richard Marks showed off the Sony PlayStation VR virtual reality system at the PSX fan event in San Francisco. Debuting next spring, the PlayStation VR is Sony’s entry in the hot field of VR, which is expected to be a $30 billion business by 2020. Marks’ two-person demo didn’t work as planned, but it […]... →

Tim Schafer from Double Fine Productions announced two remastered games will be coming to PS4 and PS Vita at the PlayStation Experience 2015 in San Francisco. Day of the Tentacle Remastered and Full Throttle Remastered are to reach both Sony consoles in March 2016. Day of the Tentacle first came out in 1993 and is […]... →

GUEST: As a CTO with one of the largest technology teams in Los Angeles, I do a lot of hiring. I am asked all the time what I look for in hiring talent — especially given the highly competitive technical recruiting environment. In the past, my response to “what is the ideal candidate” has typically been: […]... →

And we’re back, with the second of three posts on having success with code bootcamps. Having explored whether coding bootcamps work for hiring top tech talent (hint: the answer is yes), we turn to tips for hiring bootcamp grads. From my experience, here are the top hiring lessons your company needs to learn. Read More... →

5 декабря состоялась церемония Venture Awards Russia 2015, организованная медиа-проектами Firrma и RusBase. В номинации новый игрок года (NEW PLAYER OF THE YEAR) победил фонд RBV Capital. Персоной года (PERSON OF THE YEAR) стал Сооснователь и управляющий партнер Runa Capital Дмитрий Чихачев. Посевным инвестором года (SEED INVESTOR OF THE YEAR) – Altair Capital. Kорпоративным фондом года (CORPORATE FUND OF THE YEAR) стал фонд QIWI Venture. Инвестирующий не в IT (NON IT VENTURE OF THE YEAR) — I2BF Global.  Ст... →

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Taschek. Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Tuesday, December 4, 2015. The Gang abandons tech for presidential politics as Trump turns TV into his own private social network. Plus, the latest G3 with Mary Hodder, Halley Suitt Tucker, Francine Hardaway, and Tina Chase Gillmor. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor… Read More... →

GUEST: You don’t have to look far to find a study comparing the “abysmal” testing scores of U.S. students to their counterparts around the world. Despite our best efforts to change test rankings, overall test results in the U.S. haven’t changed much since the 1970s. I’d been an educator for more than 25 years, and that […]... →

Our Disrupt London hackathon is officially underway. More than 1,000 people have registered to compete — by this time tomorrow, they’ll form teams, build new products and present them on-stage. We’re in a new venue this year, the Copper Box Arena, originally built for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The doors opened at 12:30pm, but before then, the most dedicated hackers braved… Read More... →

GUEST: The buzz around artificial intelligence, or AI, has been growing strong over the past year. We’ve never been closer to unlocking the benefits of this technology. 2016 will see new kinds of AI-powered devices as we make progress on one of the most difficult challenges in AI: getting our devices to understand what they are […]... →

A recent discussion on the tech IPO market yielded the comment “all IPOs this year were down rounds.” Square’s recent IPO priced below its last private offering, spurring Khosla (a Square investor) partner Keith Rabois to comment to The Wall Street Journal that “the steroid era of startups is over.” But the data on IPO down rounds, a concept we first reported on… Read More... →

GUEST: On its best days, the venture business offers a glimpse of tomorrow — a look at how things will be when our kids grow up. The chance to help those new technologies and markets take shape is one of the reasons I became an investor, and that drive has only intensified with time and experience. […]... →

Писатель Питер Московиц опубликовал заметку о том, почему и как мобильные приложения и интернет-сервисы способствуют удорожанию жизни и «вымиранию» городов. По его мнению, наличие сервисов по доставке чего угодно убивает локальные заведения — кафе, рестораны и магазины, — а вместе с ними и городскую жизнь.Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

An update to Google search rolling out to mobile users is putting a greater emphasis on music and media, including recommendations on songs, TV shows, movies, and more. Now, when searching for things like singers, actors, films and other related items, Google will return enhanced results that provide information like lyrics, covers, or song recommendations for music searches, as well as details… Read More... →

Jompeame (Jumpstartme in Spanish) is a new crowdfunding site aimed at helping the impoverished in Latin America. “Our mission initially is to change the lives of at least 5 people in this condition every week, in every country we expand to,” said co-founder and CEO Katherine Motyka. The site is currently raising money to launch formally but they’ve already raised $25,000,… Read More... →