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SEATTLE — Philip Rosedale wants to build the Metaverse, the virtual reality experience depicted in the Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash so many years ago. His first-generation attempt to do so was Second Life, the virtual world created by his former company Linden Lab. Now, as head of VR startup High Fidelity, Rosedale showed off […]... →

The game is afoot for social networking as the landscape continues to change. Read More... →

Today following the bell, Yelp reported its third-quarter financial performance, including revenue of $143.6 million, and earnings per share of $0.03, calculated using non-traditional metrics. Investors had expected Yelp to post revenue of $141.42 million. Shares of the popular online reviews service are up sharply in after-hours trading, current north more than 7 percent. The company fell… Read More... →

Today PayPal beat expectations with Q3 non-GAAP earnings of $0.31 per share on quarterly revenue of $2.3 billion. Analysts were anticipating earnings of $0.29 on $2.27 billion. Its user numbers are up too, from 169 million last quarter to 173 million now. Since going public at the beginning of the quarter, PayPal has worked to prove its […]... →

At the market’s close, GoPro reported a miss on its Q3 earnings, posting an adjusted $0.25 per share on $400.3 million during the period. Those figures compared to street expectations of a $0.29 per-share profit, and revenue of $433.6 million. Updating Read More... →

Forget that Google Fiber went down in Kansas City during the World Series last night, the service is speedy as all hell. Today, the Fiber team announced the exploration of 3 new locations: Oklahoma City, Jacksonville and Tampa: We’re inviting Oklahoma City, OK, Jacksonville, FL and Tampa, FL, to explore bringing Google Fiber to their communities, as we did last month with three other… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, November 11th at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free.  To say that marketing tech is hot is like telling you that an active volcano is a bit warm to the touch. The volume of deals has been exploding, totaling more than $10 billion in fundings since the start of […]... →

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

Гендиректор студии Progress Engine Алексей Поимцев объявил о закрытии проекта «Миллиметрика» — неофициального мобильного приложения для «Яндекс.Метрики», работающего на iOS и Android. Компания хотела продать проект «Яндексу», но не договорилась о цене.... →

Two Bit Circus, the traveling tech spectacle, scores $6.5 million in funding... →

Picture this. You have a publishing deadline looming. And you are fresh out of ideas. Your audience, one you've built on the back of a predictable publishing schedule, is expecting an article tomorrow morning. What will you do? Fortunately, The Lede hosts Jerod Morris and Demian Farnworth have an answer for you. One that they regularly practice, and one that is explained in a recent Whiteboard Friday video by Rand Fishkin.... →

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has announced that its global developer program FbStart is rapidly growing, with the number of participating startups having grown 61 percent in the past five months. The company also revealed that starting today, it’s rolling out a new sharing feature for developers. Oh, and one more thing: Facebook announced the dates for next year’s […]... →

Одна из возможных причина - в политике техдира Михаила Парахина, не оставлять разработку на аутсорс, говорит CEO компании-разработчика.... →

For ten years, you've made YouTube an incredible place-a global community of over 1 billion people that gives anyone the power to create something that everyone can watch. The good news is, that isn't changing. The free, ad-supported YouTube isn't going anywhere. And we've got some more good news. Starting today, YouTube Red goes live in the U.S., giving you a new way to watch YouTube, while still supporting your favorite creators. With a YouTube Red membership,... →

Today Facebook gathered reporters before its FbStart developer event to provides updates on the social network’s platform including a version of the “Share To Facebook” tool that mimics composing a status update on Facebook itself and doesn’t require a seperate login. Facebook also announced 7200 startups are now in its FbStart program that gives out free third-party… Read More... →

Google today announced that the Android version of Google Keep, its free task-management app, will allow users to draw on images that are saved in notes. The new feature of the app wasn’t immediately working for me on Android. But Google did provide a link to the app in the Google Play Store in the […]... →

Google is continuing to aggressively expand its fiber optic network to more cities around the U.S. Today, the company invited Tampa, Jacksonville, and Oklahoma City to join its Fiber service. Now, the three new cities will have to decide whether they want to bring in Google’s “gigabit speed” fiber optic network. Once a city accepts the invitation, they have a […]... →

There’s a connected gadget for just about anything these days. Why should flossing be any different? Flosstime, launched on Kickstarater with a $15,000 goal, is a smart floss dispenser that is mounted on the mirror to help build daily flossing habits. It’s pretty simple: Flosstime sits on the mirror of the bathroom and dispenses the right amount of floss when you press a button… Read More... →

Chris Michel talks about the similarity between photographing the North Pole and being an entrepreneur, his learnings from being fired as CEO of his first company, similarities and differences between the dot-com days and now, and the value of long-term relationships Read More... →

You could be blogging, podcasting, working YouTube, or creating any other type of content. Or ' you might just be looking to craft the perfect message to land more customers and clients. You may have heard of creating personas or avatars as a smart way to better understand how to communicate with your prospects, but blown it off as some artificial marketing exercise.... →