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Google has developed an open source project called the Crisis Info Hub dedicated to providing refugees with important information on their journey to safer countries. When used, it’ll provide information on nearby lodging, transportation, medical facilities, and more in what appears to be a compact way that doesn’t consume a lot of the device’s battery […]... →

Online shoppers looking to spice up their wardrobe on a more regular basis can now download a new app from Le Tote, a “Netflix-for-clothing” type of service backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and others, which launched to the public this week. From the app, you’ll be able to access Le Tote’s online catalog of over 150,000 pieces of clothing and… Read More... →

The fallout from YouTube Red, its forthcoming ad-free subscription service, is already underway. Today, the majority of ESPN’s video content has been pulled off of YouTube in the US, as the sports network currently can’t participate in the YouTube Red service due to rights issues surrounding its content. Though TechCrunch can now confirm that parent company Disney does have a… Read More... →

22 октября композитор и саунд-дизайнер Константин Чубаков опубликовал на YouTube клип с песней о плохом бренд-менеджере транснациональной корпорации, раздающем указания команде. Ролик быстро распространился в Facebook среди представителей рекламного рынка. Редакция vc.ru узнала у Чубакова, для чего он написал песню, как проходил процесс ее создания и кто ему помогал.... →

Steve Ballmer may no longer be CEO at Microsoft, but his love for the company he led for 14 years lives on. Indeed, after being in the news just last week for unveiling he owns 4 percent of Twitter, Ballmer is now making headlines for his comments regarding Amazon and Apple. Amazon has been under […]... →

Why should you, a tech person, care about Omega creating something called the Master Chronometer Certification? Well, first let me tell you what’s up. So nice watches are usually Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronometers (COSC) certified. This means they’ve been tested for accuracy in various positions. Here’s the breakdown on the certification: Each uncased movement… Read More... →

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, announced today that it has allocated $1 million to dole out grants to support free and open-source software projects around the world. “Mozilla is a part of the open source and free software movement. We were born out of this movement,” Mozilla chairwoman Mitchell Baker wrote in a […]... →

This has been quite a few past couple of weeks for Twitter, with a new CEO, a renewed double-down promise to developers, love to its employees (after some “tough love” by way of layoffs), Ballmer being in for 4%…and more. The street agrees, with Twitter stock jumping up 5% today: Twitter, which is a notoriously volatile stock, for a variety of reasons (including lack of… Read More... →

OpenClassrooms is one of the leading MOOC platform in France, and it signed an interesting deal with the French Government. Starting today, if you are unemployed, you get a free premium account on OpenClassrooms. Read More... →

C 1 января 2016 года телеканал 2x2 (принадлежит холдингу «Профмедиа», который входит в «Газпром-медиа»), сообщили «Коммерсант», «Ведомости» и издание Live Plus со ссылкой на собственные источники. По неподтверждённым данным, частоты канала займёт новый проект ТНТ.... →

Meet Solid, a brand new service to help you with your meetings, before, during and after they take place. Coming from the team behind Wisembly, Solid is perfect for smaller meetings and smaller companies. Here’s how it works. Read More... →

Coke’s old slogan was “It’s the real thing.” And that’s a good thing to keep in mind when coming up with promotions and marketing programs that are targeted at gamers. Balancing authenticity and advertising was the subject of a fireside chat at our recent GamesBeat 2015 conference, where GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb interviewed Twitch’s Greg Vederman […]... →

It’s very thin pickings for fans of physical Qwerty keyboards in these touch-sensitive mobile times. But for those few who remain hung up on the caress of plastic keys under their fingertips there’s soon to be one more option to consider — given the BlackBerry Priv has just gone up for pre-order in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., with shipping slated to start on November 6. Read More... →

Weeks after debuting its curated channel, Moments, Twitter is testing out paid-for content through Promoted Moments. “We’re seeing how powerful this experience can be for diving into meaningful narratives — and since Twitter’s inception, brands have told some of the very best stories on the platform,” the company said in a blog post announcing the ad program. […]... →

Редакция vc.ru решила узнать, что публикуют в своих профилях в Instagram известные российские и зарубежные предприниматели и представители ИТ-индустрии. В сегодняшнем выпуске — сооснователь и бывший генеральный директор «Кинопоиска» Виталий Таций.... →

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup. This week, we reviewed anticipated games like Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate and Minecraft: Story Mode, we talked to Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale, and Dean Takahashi experienced Israel’s gaming scene. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: Two decades of work and […]... →

Last week, we got a confirmation from Valve that the Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows would enable gamers to use their Xbox One controllers wirelessly on a Steam Link and Steam Machine device. But this isn’t the case. Valve has corrected its original statement, and it now says that wireless-controller dongle for the Xbox […]... →

Twitter представил новый инструмент для встраивания серии твитов на сайты Twitter Publish. С его помощью несколько твитов за раз можно опубликовать на любом сайте в виде красивой подборки – Embedded Grid. Для этого созданную с помощью TweetDeck или Curator коллекцию твитов нужно загрузить в Twitter Publish (publish.twitter.com) и вставить на сайт полученный код. Готовая подборка будет выглядеть вот так: A Collection on Twitter Сервис Twitter Publish уже используется внутри компании для создания материало... →

Вступив на должность директора по маркетингу сервиса по поиску и размещению аренды жилья Airbnb в 2014 году, Джонатан Милденхолл заявил, что компания стремится стать новым «супербрендом» с многочисленным сообществом.Редакция vc.ru изучила рекламную, маркетинговую и PR-стратегию компании на разных каналах — в наружной рекламе, видеороликах, соцсетях и в рамках собственного сервиса.... →

This week’s headlines saw reviews of the new Nexus phones and Surface devices, the rollout of iOS 9, updates from the ongoing public dispute between Theranos and the Wall Street Journal, and much more. On Bullish we brought in Revel System’s CEO Lisa Falzone to talk about the payments industry, and the TC Cribs team visited Credit Karma’s HQ. These are the top stories to… Read More... →