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It’s not just the impending 2016 political theater or our own paranoid imaginings. Silicon Valley really has been buzzing more about the role of government policy in business innovation, and the crescendo will persist long after our next POTUS is decided. Read More... →

On-demand home service provider Handy has raised $50 million for its Series C round of funding led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. The company says that this new investment will help solidify its position as a market leader in the home services space across the United States and the United Kingdom. Other investors in this […]... →

Imagine you’re a squishy cube. Imagine you need to climb a hill. How do you do it? With your tongue(s), of course. Researchers at CSAIL at MIT have created a little cube robot that can propel itself around by swiping at surfaces with metal tongues. The tongues turn around an axis and stick out briefly, jettisoning the robot into space for a moment as it rolls over obstacles. While the… Read More... →

Global Marketing News - 2nd November 2015 Global growth slows for leading social platforms Both Twitter and Line have seen big slowdowns in their user numbers. The micro-blogging site Twitter now has 307 million monthly active users, an increase of just 3 million users on the previous quarter. This amounts to a year-on-year increase of just 8%,... →

В 2014 году сооснователь и генеральный директор Oracle Ларри Эллисон покинул свой пост и занял в компании должность директора по технологиям. Обозреватель vc.ru изучил историю крупнейшего производителя программного обеспечения — преодоление кризисов, агрессивные поглощения и дебаты основателя с Биллом Гейтсом.... →

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When Megan Gaiser was named CEO of Her Interactive in 1999, she didn’t consider herself a business person. She had risen to her position on the creative side of film and games. And she used that as a strength, to manage her company in a different and more human way. She found that managing During […]... →

В Qiwi объясняют потерю терминалов действиями Центрального Банка России (недавно ЦБ внезапно™ обнаружил, что 92% бизнеса платежных терминалов — обнал).... →

There has been consolidation, collapse and other troubles among some on-demand home services startups, but others seem to be cleaning up in their wake. Handy — a platform for on-demand housekeeping and other services like furniture delivery and assembly via an app that connects tradespeople with customers — is announcing today that it has raised $50 million in new funding… Read More... →

Торговая площадка eBay предоставила возможность всем российским магазинам продавать товары через ее сайт. Для этого компания запустила сервис eBaymag, рассказали vc.ru в eBay.... →

Pandora is expanding into podcasting. This morning the music streaming company announced an exclusive partnership with the popular podcast Serial. Starting November 24, Pandora will have all of Serial season one available for streaming. Unfortunately for fans, there’s still no word on when season two will emerge. Serial is a spin-off of the radio program This American Life that chronicles a […]... →

Finding the right insurance plan is tough enough when you have to sort through the options provided your employer. But what if you’re choosing from the public option (also known as “Obamacare”)? The bureaucratic process that awaits you can be daunting, but a new service has launched which seeks to not only find you a […]... →

Онлайн-кинотеатр запустил русскоязычный сервис в странах СНГ и в Грузии... →

A young man named Matt Burns and I will be in St. Louis very soon and we want to see you. Yes, you. You, the person reading this right now. You are very special to us. So let’s meet in St. Louis! We will hold the first TC Pitch-Off on Tuesday, November 17th at the PBR Cowboy Bar on 601 Clark Avenue. #202. St. Louis, MO 63102. You can register here. We are looking for some companies to… Read More... →

Эксперты AMarkets оценили сделку в $25-40 млн.... →

I'm here today with a reminder about an all-important truth when it comes to content strategy: research is everything. When I evaluate copy and content strategies, I often see what amounts to copycat content . Not that these people are stealing. No. Typically,... →

Яркие примеры использования «креативных данных» в рекламе... →

Expanding on the success of the Amazon-created sales holiday Prime Day earlier this year, Amazon announced it’s now launching a dedicated Black Friday Deals Store where Amazon Prime members will get early access to some of the best discounts. The Deals Store itself is open to all consumers, as the holiday shopping season begins with some early forecasts already predicting record numbers. Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Fastlane Ventures вышел из сервиса знакомств Теамо.ру. Его долю выкупила сеть знакомств Wamba (в России более известна как Mamba.ru). Об этом Firrma сообщили в Теамо.ру. Сделка состоялась между основным инвестором Теамо — Fastlane Ventures и ЗАО «Мамба». Wamba выкупила проект полностью. Сумма и остальные подробности сделки не раскрываются. После покупки, Теамо.ру будет и дальше развиваться как самостоятельный сервис знакомств для серьезных отношений. Планируется, что команда проекта продолжит... →

Долгие годы на просторах рунета развивался профессиональный ресурс для разработчиков DTF.ru — в некотором смысле закрытый клуб индустрии. Сегодня сайт почти не поддерживается. Ментор рубрики «Рынок игр» Сергей Бабаев поговорил с организатором выставок «ИгроМир» и ComicCon Russia Максимом Масловым и основателем DTF.ru Александром Федоровым, о том, как и зачем создавался сайт, о неудавшейся сделке с Rambler, создании собственной военно-исторической игры, переделе игрового рынка, организации конференций и даж... →