В интернете

... →

We’ve heard a lot about software eating the world; now a company that has built its business around food is now eating up a software startup. Restaurant Brands International, owner of Burger King and Horton’s, is acqui-hiring the team from Brewster — the service that lets you unify address books from disparate apps into a cohesive whole. Founder Steve Greenwood and his team… Read More... →

VB INSIGHT: We’ve tracked nearly $3.8 Billion in funding, acquisitions, and IPOs for over 80 tech startups and over 250 VC’s in Q3 of 2015 and want to share the findings. It’s the most comprehensive data and insights available on the aggregated marketing technology list at VB Profiles. The growing list includes well over 2100 companies, over […]... →

A quick reminder for all and sundry that 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 pitch at the event. If you’d like to tell the world what you’re up to, please fill out this form. The first prize winner will get a table at TC Disrupt… Read More... →

Happy Friday! To soothe you from the hectic bustle of the fall work week and transition you into a peaceful, potentially football-filled weekend, we come bearing the TechCrunch Gadgets podcast. All that said, it isn’t the most uplifting 30 minutes of conversation had among colleagues, as we discuss the ludicrous Keurig Kold and our diminishing patience for new wearables. We discuss… Read More... →

It’s Friday, and sometimes when we try to wind our week down something winds us back up. Today, it has to do with the app that a lot of us use the most on iOS…iMessage. Guys, /me works in iMessage. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?! pic.twitter.com/GpwtK7gsxE — ⚒ Chris Messina ⚔ (@chrismessina) October 23, 2015 Yes. You can use /me in a conversation. /me did not know… Read More... →

Основатель интернет-издания  «Цукерберг позвонит» Андрей Загоруйко ушел из проекта. Об этом он написал на своей странице в Facebook. По словам Андрея Загоруйко, в последнее время он отвечал за коммерческую часть проекта. Он отошел от операционного управления коммерческим отделом и передал все дела совладельцу издания Владиславу Цыплухину. Чем Андрей Загоруйко  будет заниматься дальше не сообщается. «Весной 2014 года мы объединили усилия с Vladislav Tsyplukhin и командой Tjournal.ru, разделили обязанности и ... →

Often, off-grid rural villages in places like Africa have their electricity generated by energy devices, like solar panels and batteries, donated by non-profit organizations and charities. The problem, however is that model is not sustainable and relies of yet more charitable hand-outs. What’s required is to make clean energy scale in self-supporting way. Luckily the rise of the mobile… Read More... →

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 […]... →