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More ad-blockers means more content moving to paid (and privacy-guaranteed), and more consumers eventually paying. Read More... →

Riddle me this. Why won’t people just ignore Twitter’s new Moments tab? How will Moments make money? Will Twitter pay publishers that create them? Today Twitter launched Moments, its way to easily follow current events that could help it seduce new users and revive those who never got hooked. But there’s a lot of uncertainty about what it will mean for Twitter’s… Read More... →

Такси-сервис Gett запустился в пяти новых российских городах, включая Сочи, Ростов-на-Дону, Самару, Екатеринбург и Красноярск. Об этом vc.ru сообщили представители компании.... →

6 октября создатель мессенджера Telegram Павел Дуров подвёл итоги второго этапа конкурса для Android-разработчиков Telegram Challenge с призовым фондом в 2 миллиона рублей.... →

GM and Ford released statements to TechCrunch indicating that in their vehicles, Android Auto has very limited access to vehicle information. This comes after claims published by Motor Trend magazine that stated Porsche opted to not include Android Auto over the data collected by Google’s in-car infotainment system. Read More... →

This week’s Cribs episode takes us to the pup-friendly headquarters of peer-to-peer dog sitting platform DogVacay. Sometimes referred to as “the Airbnb for dogs,” DogVacay’s office space is next to where Hollywood produces many of the industries blockbuster hits in Culver City, California. The office dog is a now a part of many office environments, but it’s a… Read More... →

We are constantly bombarded by nonlinear success stories: The Facebook-MillionsOfDownloads-Airbnb-10,000Followers-ExponentialGrowth-AcquiredFor$200M-Snapchat-Uber-Zilla is stomping through our tech magazines/Twitter feeds/life every day. Our poor brains. We can’t help it, but this becomes the baseline for success. This is what our brain holds ourselves accountable to. Read More... →

Edward Snowden said he wants to return to the United States — even if that means serving jail time. The former government contractor fled the U.S. in 2013 after he leaked classified NSA documents to reporters. Snowden said in an interview with the BBC that aired Monday that Department of Justice officials had not responded to his offer. 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. Code42 raises $85M to prevent company data from being held hostage Code42, a security startup that recently raised $85 million in investor funding, is focused on preventing just such a scenario. The endpoint security […]... →

Today Microsoft made major news with the announcement of the Surface Book, the Band 2, the Surface Pro 4, the Surface Pen, the Lumia 950, 950 xl, and the Lumia 550. Below is a list of everything Microsoft announced. Microsoft unveils wearable holograms in HoloLens, taking applications for devkit today Microsoft kicked off its big hardware event with wearable […]... →

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

Author and Fast Company Editor Joe Berkowitz stopped by The Writer Files this week. His latest, a humor book titled You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life , lands this October. He took a break from his busy schedule to rap with host Kelton Reid about how he survives the harried life of a big city journalist. In addition to his work for Fast Company, Joe's writing has been featured in The Awl, Salon, The Village Voice,... →

YouTube has rolled out a notable – and clearly, divisive – update to its iOS application which introduces Google’s now-familiar “Material” design style to the application alongside a handful of new video editing features. The latter, which is somewhat reminiscent of the tools found in iMovie, allow users to trim their clips as well as add filters and music prior… Read More... →

Skurt, a startup that delivers rental cars to you, just raised a $1.3 million seed round from Upfront Ventures, Hipmunk CEO Adam Goldstein, Wonga founder Errol Damelin, Whisper President Mark Troughton and GoodRx Co-founder Scott Marlette. Skurt, which positions itself as doing for car rentals what Uber did for taxis, has agreements with independent car rental companies that have an excess… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this webinar on demand. Watch here for free. Your startup probably doesn’t have much expertise on tax compliance. Your startup should probably do something about that. Like, now. Let’s say you’re a Silicon Valley-based startup with a cool new solution for selling movie and event tickets online. Odds are, your sales efforts will start locally. […]... →

GUEST: In the five years since Apple introduced iPhone owners to the mobile personal assistant called Siri, we humans have grown much more comfortable using our own words to take command of devices. In this age of big data, analytics, and constant surveillance, it’s the least that we can do to push for balance in the […]... →

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that it has plans to give drone operator SkyPan, an aerial photography firm, a record $1.9 million fine “for endangering the safety of our airspace.” According to the FAA, SkyPan illegally operated its drones between 2012 and 2014 and in the process, repeatedly violated not just the FAA’s rules, but also operated… Read More... →

Microsoft today unveiled the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, the company’s flagship Windows 10 computers. As their names imply, the former is an iterative release and the latter is a completely new product. At first glance it may not seem like there’s much difference here: These are both lightweight productivity 2-in-1 computers. They both […]... →

If you send an email newsletter but worry you might be making mistakes or getting on people's nerves, this episode of Hit Publish is for you. Email marketing is a powerful, intimate way to reach your readers and nurture leads. But it's something a lot of business owners struggle with. What should you write about? How can you increase your chances of getting your email opened and read?... →

Facebook has launched a new feature for its photo-editing suite of tools that gives you the ability to draw/scribble right on a photo before publishing it to the social network. In a way, it’s reminiscent of what people could do already within Snapchat, minus the ephemerality, of course. Within Facebook’s iOS and Android apps, select […]... →