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CHICAGO (By Nathan Layne) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with Amazon in using drones to fill and deliver online orders. The world’s largest retailer by revenue has for several months […]... →

Following the bell this afternoon, First Data reported its third-quarter financial performance, its first quarterly report since it recently went public. The company’s debut was generally regarded as a modest disappointment. Shares of First Data only recently managed to cross back over their IPO price. 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. Sequoia leads $15M investment for Israeli startup Signals Group Data analytics company Signals Group announced today that it took in a $15 million investment in a round led by Sequoia Capital. The Israeli startup […]... →

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

The dream of building a business around digital products and services is as old as the Internet itself. Unfortunately, the early days of "digital commerce" were overpopulated with snake oil promises and "Online Cash Machine" hype. Fortunately,... →

A cycle starts when hype of a technology leads to big investments in that technology, which in turn creates more hype. Real-world use of the technology by customers can get lost in the cycle. Investors and vendors in the fintech industry have heaped plenty of hype on “mobile wallets” — products, often built by wireless carriers and banks, with a stored value of money accessed… Read More... →

Vinod Khosla has stepped down as a director of the San Francisco-based payments company Square as it prepares to go public. Media outlets Business Insider and Forbes reported on the news earlier today, citing an amended SEC statement. Khosla confirmed the development shortly afterward on Twitter, writing “It has been a privilege to serve on Square’s board with @Jack. I look forward… Read More... →

Today's guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is a speaker, a bestselling and award-winning writer, a brand consultant, and an entrepreneur. She became an answer to Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy questions after being fired from her job as a web designer for blogging stories involving her colleagues. She is now the Founder of, and professional blogger at, Dooce. She has been a part of the Internet writing community for 14 years and has created targeted content for global brands,... →

MasterCard wants you to be able to make purchases with everything from wearables to key fobs, so its bringing the technology behind Apple Pay to more devices. Today, the company announced at Money2020 it’s partnering with a variety of appliance makers to make internet connected devices capable of payments. This new service is the next phase of a […]... →

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Корпорация Microsoft запустила сайт для пользователей MacBook, которые переходят на ее ноутбук Surface Book. Об этом пишет VentureBeat.... →

Lyft is now officially operating at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, making it the first car-hailing service to do so. This comes about a week after the Clark County Commission said Lyft and Uber could begin the application process for temporary licenses at McCarran, and about a month after the Nevada Transportation Authority gave both Uber and Lyft permits to operate in the… Read More... →

Издание Business Insider опубликовало серию наиболее заметных роликов Nike, начиная с 1988 года. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала и приводит последние проекты компании в России и мире.... →

If an Editor-in-Chief takes responsibility for all aspects of her content creation, can she ever relinquish control? People want control when they're emotionally attached to outcomes; they want a final result to align with their preferences and therefore (desperately) attempt to shape a situation in their favor. However, do strict preferences create the most productive work environment and maximize your chances of creating your best work?... →

SEJ news and updates about how SEO disrupts analytics, Google's new Tech Entrepreneurship Nanodegree, and top posts for the past week. The post SEJ Wrap-Up: How #SEO Disrupts Analytics, Google Introduces Tech Entrepreneurship Nanodegree by @megcabrera appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

The online video delivery platform Brightcove today announced new technology that defeats software that blocks video ads on desktop and mobile devices. The ad-blocking capability is part of Brightcove Lift, the company’s ad optimization solution, which helps companies maximize the revenues they see from video ads placed on the desktop and mobile. Brightcove provides an HTML5 video player […]... →

We now know definitively that the Surface Mini was real. “It was like a Moleskine. It was awesome,” the excitable Microsoft executive Panos Panay told Wired today in a story on Microsoft’s Surface Book convertible laptop, which is now available for sale. The thing is, the Surface Mini — which could have competed with Apple’s […]... →

Everyone wants to offer same-day delivery these days, and apparently, the artisan marketplace Etsy is no exception. Today, Etsy announced the debut of a new pilot program called Etsy ASAP which allows Etsy shoppers on web and mobile the ability to request same-day and next-day deliveries from sellers in the New York City metro area, for an additional fee. The deliveries themselves are being… Read More... →

Time and time again, B2B marketers have heard, "Facebook doesn't work for B2B". That statement could not be further from the truth. What B2B marketers should ask themselves is; am I truly engaging my Facebook audience by sharing things they want to see and interact with? Facebook can be an incredibly powerful tool, if used correctly. In fact SteamFeed found that 60% of all social media traffic to B2B websites comes from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. So,... →

TEL AVIV — I traveled to Israel for the first time last week to get a good look at the country’s $1 billion game industry. Israel is the home of more than 200 game companies, not including a number of marketing technology companies that are critical for supporting monetization at free-to-play mobile game companies. The […]... →