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Пользователи заметили, что Google тестирует новую красную метку в результатах мобильного поиска. Нововведение призвано выделить новости, освещаемые в режиме реального времени. В настоящее время прямые трансляции с места событий – распространённый формат среди журналистов. Теперь у отдельных пользователей такого рода контент в поисковой выдаче Google выделяется красной меткой с надписью «Live». Ниже – скриншот эксперимента: Как видно на изображении, заголовок статьи также содержит слово «Live». Напомним,... →

I gave a talk and then did two breakout Q&A sessions at EO Alchemy 2015. It was a lot of fun and many of the questions were thought provoking to me, which I enjoy greatly. One of them caused me to pause and answer extra deliberately. Near the end of the second breakout session, I […]... →

The average city-poke thinks about farm labor as the last of a dying breed of worker — replaced by $700,000 combines and all sorts of fancy technology that enables a farmer to do more than granddad imagined, and with little dust or manure involved. Things have changed. What has not changed is the need for farm worker management and safety. Read More... →

Posted by Carson-WardA friend of mine recently asked me to review and explain a series of site recommendations sent over by a well-known digital marketing agency with roots in SEO. We talked through the (generally good) recommendations for content and search optimization, and then we got to this:"* Mobile accounts for 53% of your traffic. We recommend building a mobile-friendly responsive website. Google recommends using responsive design so that your site looks good on all devices, and it may help increase... →

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration has backed away from seeking legislation that would give U.S. law enforcement agencies access to individuals’ encrypted messages, the White House said on Saturday. “We are actively engaged with private companies to ensure they understand the public safety and national security risks that result from malicious actors’ use of […]... →

From the Grexit crisis to the recent block size split debate, Bitcoin frequently finds itself at the center of regular news cycles. As the debates about its price performance, volatility and political implications continue to mount, beneath it all lurks the less obvious but fascinating undercurrent of Bitcoin’s brand equity — and how it continues to evolve under the auspices of… Read More... →

(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co said hundreds of its flights were delayed because of problems on its website, phone lines and airports on Sunday. In a statement on its website, Southwest said intermittent technical issues “are impacting website performance in creating new bookings and requiring us to process some customers manually as they arrive for […]... →

The big hurdle for Tinder would mean coming to terms with the reality of how people use and perceive their product. To adopt a safe sex message would mean accepting their cultural role as a “hookup app,” something the company has only ever sought (sometimes preposterously) to disavow. Read More... →

GUEST: Data sharing is at the heart of how we do business today. We’ve come to expect that we can easily collaborate with co-workers, customers, vendors, etc. across the globe, on our own terms, with plenty of resources at our fingertips to facilitate our needs. It’s something we take for granted — we don’t even think […]... →

In the early 1960s, Scottish engineer James Goodfellow was given a problem to solve. A colleague had invented a way to insert a card into a machine and get money out. Goodfellow’s task was to figure out a way to ensure that only the card’s legitimate owner could use these new “ATM” machines to obtain cash. So he created the personal identification number, what we call… Read More... →

GUEST: Companies from Apple to genetic testing company 23andMe regularly hit the headlines for their ability to enable aspects of the next wave in healthcare. And yet there is so much more going on underneath the surface that is creating investment opportunities. Small privately held companies and ideas bubbling up from universities are also attracting attention […]... →

Watson, IBM’s supercomputer best known for winning Jeopardy in 2011, is now a chef, too. IBM pinged a bunch of the world’s top chefs, then added a dash of their knowledge and a large clump of all the cooking, food and chemical compound data they could pull from the ether to make Chef Watson, a supercomputer program that aims to give us weird and wonderful recipes beyond what… Read More... →

It’s just about here. Our GamesBeat 2015 conference takes place on Monday and Tuesday. We’ve lined up the royalty of the game industry for our event, which carries the theme of “A Game of Thrones.” These are the conquerors who will dominate territories such as mobile, console, PC online, virtual reality, augmented reality, and beyond. I’ve spent […]... →

Сооснователь The Untitled Venture Company Константин Синюшин опубликовал несколько тезисов о состоянии венчурного рынка в России.  Оригинал... →

REVIEW: Chromecast Audio is a palm sized streaming jukebox on a Steel Reserve budget... →

The PC industry had a big week. Microsoft debuted several news devices built to run its new Windows 10 operating system, garnering a more-positive press cycle than I anticipated. The software giant also announced that 110 million devices now ran the new operating system, a number that it seems proud of. The glow stemming from all of that was tempered a few days later by the release of new… Read More... →

With the recent announcement of Amazon Flex and rumblings about Uber expanding into delivery, all eyes are looking at the category, wondering who will win? Read More... →

Веб-разработчик и сооснователь компании-организатора хакатонов Fhacktory Эдриен Джоли опубликовал в своём блоге на Medium заметку о том, почему он предпочитает не брать трубку, когда ему звонят. Автор назвал семь причин, по которым он не хочет общаться по телефону с большинством звонящих.Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

GUEST: Oculus Rift. The Pebble Smartwatch. Hidden Radio 2. These are just some examples of ideas funded by crowdfunding. Imagine how much more money could be raised if companies could offer equity in exchange. That desire, to change the law to allow for investment crowdfunding, is what I have heard from entrepreneurs from across the country over […]... →

FEATURE: One of the worst things that a virtual reality game can do is ignore you. Facebook’s Oculus VR repeatedly touts the importance of having a sense of presence, which means tricking your brain into thinking you’re actually in another world when you put on a VR headset like the Oculus Rift. But when you’re staring […]... →