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Blockchain, blockchain, blockchain! It’s not the bitcoin anymore, right? Right (probably.) Join me at Disrupt London where I’ll be talking to Steve Waterhouse of Pantera Capital, Vitalik Buterin of Ethereum, and Austin Hill of BlockSteam. If anyone can make sense of the blockchain vs. bitcoin argument, it’s these guys. Waterhouse is an entrepreneur who is now partner at… Read More... →

If you’re an avid user of Google Hangouts at work, then this update will make you happy. Google Apps for Work users were able to invite outside guests to video calls as of last year, but the team has upped the anti, making a Google account unnecessary to join in: Starting today, we’re making this feature even more useful by removing the requirement that guests have a Google account… Read More... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Alibaba names Gobi Partners its investment manager for $130M Hong Kong startup fund China’s ecommerce giant Alibaba on Thursday named Gobi Partners its first investment manager for a new HK$1 billion ($130 million) not-for-profit […]... →

Шведский фонд Vostok New Ventures инвестировали  $4 млн в российский сервис по онлайн-продаже авиабилетов OneTwoTrip. Об этом говорится в отчете фонда за 9 месяцев 2015 года. Сделка состоялась в третьем квартале 2015 года. Остальные подробности сделки не раскрываются.  По данным открытых источников, OneTwoTrip привлек в марте 2015 года $8 млн от неизвестного инвестора. На данный момент компания привлекла $33 млн В конце августа стало известно, что OneTwoTrip поменял стратегию развития. Новым гендиректором ... →

Цена состоявшегося сегодня размещения стартапа по приему платежей Square составила $9 за акцию. Это ниже ожидаемого диапазона в $11 - $13, и значительно ниже цены в $15.46, которую прошлой осенью заплатили инвесторы последнего раунда, включая J.P. Morgan.... →

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan have donated $20 million that’ll go towards helping getting American classrooms better Internet and connecting students to the rest of the world. The couple provided a gift to the Education SuperHighway group as part of their mission to provide more opportunities for people to access […]... →

О сделке стало известно из финансовой отчетности инвестора... →

Facebook is now working on a new super-fast Ethernet switch to move data around its server farms, an executive announced today. The new Wedge 100 will offer 32 ports capable of delivering 100 gigabits per second, said Jay Parikh, Facebook’s vice president of global engineering and infrastructure, at the Structure conference today. Other networking hardware […]... →

Google Fit has been largely overshadowed by Apple’s personal health data aggregation platform, HealthKit, but at least it’s starting to add some new features. Google announced today that, at long last, Google Fit can intake data from other popular fitness and food tracking apps like MyFitnessPal, Fatsecret, Lifesum, or LoseIt. It’ll bring also sleep data from […]... →

The organizers of MIGS 15 paid my way to Montreal. Our coverage remains objective. MONTREAL — Canada has a unique place in the game industry. It has multiple hubs across several cities that have become strong in both traditional and new digital game development talent. But the nation is weaker than other centers of gaming […]... →

Meet Omixy, a stealth startup that has been working on improving the medical check-up in Europe. It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel like Theranos. Instead, Omixy is all about making it as seamless as possible to track your health over time. Read More... →

Does your content receive eight shares or less? If so, your content is "failing," according to a recent industry study. I discussed BuzzSumo's study during last week's SEO Copywriting Certification training call. The author of the study, Steve Rayson, analyzed over one million posts and noticed a surprising trend. Popular, branded sites such as Hubspot saw a sharp .... →

В свете первичного публичного размещения компаний Square и Match Group, проходящего на этой неделе, инвестиционный аналитик компании «Фридом Финанс» Шамиль Курамшин написал для vc.ru колонку, в которой объяснил, почему инвесторам не стоит бояться замедления рынка IPO.... →

The economics of Moore’s Law for Intel are solid. Investors can breathe a sigh of relief. That’s the word from Bill Holt, executive vice president of technology and manufacturing at the world’s biggest chip maker, speaking at the Intel investor day at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Moore’s Law, formulated in the 1960s […]... →

They say the fastest way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. If that person is a chef of sorts, then kitchen gadgetry is a must-have on their holiday wish list. Be the one to bring home the bacon, so to speak, and give the gift of kitchen tech this season. Who knows? Maybe you’ll reap the benefits at the recipient’s next dinner party. Read More... →

From the far-reaching design impact made by Apple’s Jony Ive to the leadership of Sundar Pichai at Google, the tech space – and quite literally the world – would not be the same if countless world-class engineers, entrepreneurs, designers and disruptors hadn’t taken a leap of faith and brought their talents stateside. Read More... →

In an effort to expand its original video content, including movies and TV series, Amazon announced this morning the launch of a free, cloud-based screenwriting software program called Amazon Storywriter. In addition, the company says it’s expanding to include drama submissions, and will no longer take a free option on scripts submitted to the Amazon Studios website. Previously,… Read More... →

Social news aggregator Nuzzel is unveiling version 2.0 of its website and app — a version that CEO Jonathan Abrams described as “Nuzzel for Everyone.” Nuzzel previously worked by creating a feed of the most-shared stories from the people you follow on Twitter. You can still create that personalized news feed, but the service no longer requires a Twitter login. Instead, you… Read More... →

Состояние сооснователя и гендиректора Twitter Джека Дорси выросло на $950 млн после выхода на IPO его компании Square. Подсчеты произвело издание Fortune.... →

Anyone who’s ever missed a show because of a change of plans, will welcome a new update to SeatGeek’s platform. Starting today anyone can sell tickets on SeatGeek’s ticket marketplace. SeatGeek is a digital bazaar for concert, sports, and performance tickets. It aggregates from a variety of marketplaces including Telecharge and Spectra, but prior to today customers weren’t able to post tickets for […]... →