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Bionic hands startup Open Bionics now makes Iron Man and Elsa-themed hands and arms for the smallest of amputees – kids. Open Bionics hopes to get kids excited about their prosthetics with designs from Marvel, Frozen and Star Wars. “[Kids] won’t have to do boring physical therapy, they’ll train to become heroes,” reads the Open Bionics website about the… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, October 28 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register now for free! When marketers talk about frankenstacks, they’re referring to the labryinthian maze of solutions — aka challenges — they face in meeting today’s insatiable demand for actionable analytics into their audiences. Building on legacy platforms, integrating external vendors, cobbling it all together can become nightmarish. Add in the myriad data […]... →

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users visiting popular torrent site Kickass Torrents (KAT) are seeing a malware warning today. Whether you’re going to http://kat.cr or https://kat.cr, you’ll get a message cautioning you to go no further. This issue only affects those browsers because Google’s Safe Browsing is flagging the site. The service powers similar security […]... →

It has never been easier for customers to buy software. A couple of clicks or taps, depending on your device of choice, and you can be up and running with even the most sophisticated enterprise business applications. The result of all of those fast, easy transactions is impressive: According to Goldman Sachs, SaaS revenue is predicted to reach $106 billion in 2016, a 21 percent increase… 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. Segment raises a $27M round to expand its ‘partner ecosystem’ Segment, a service that lets users collect consumer data for analytics and marketing, announced today that it closed a $27 million funding round. […]... →

UberSELECT, Uber’s higher-end car offering has finally rolled out to those in San Francisco. The service allows folks in the 7×7 to choose luxury cars for their ride, including BMW 3-Series, Audi A4, and Mercedes C-Class, according to a post on Uber’s blog. UberSELECT rolled out to other cities around the world such as Toronto and Seattle earlier this year but was not… Read More... →

OneGo promises to give subscribers unlimited flights for a monthly fee. I first wrote about the company in June — at the time, its offerings were limited to a West Coast flights. More recently, it’s added plans covering the different regions of the United States, as well as a nationwide plan for $2,950 per month. Read More... →

REVIEW: When you pick up Motorola’s new Moto X Pure Edition, you think to yourself, “This isn’t a bad phone.” It’s got some weight to it. It certainly feels like a dependable companion. The bright screen seems to render every detail of a picture. Apps respond to input quickly. Sound from the front-facing stereo speakers comes […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Dell Inc. has filed confidentially for an IPO for its SecureWorks cybersecurity unit, TechCrunch has confirmed. The IPO is anticipated to happen before the end of the year. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, SecureWorks could be valued at up to $2 billion. The report said that SecureWorks is working with Bank of America and Morgan Stanley to manage the IPO. Dell acquired SecureWorks… Read More... →

Some entrepreneurs think that (more) money will solve all their company’s problems. Read More... →

In a lengthy “Ask Me Anything” session on Hacker News, Y Combinator chief executive Sam Altman took on all comers to respond to questions about applying for a spot in the group’s winter 2016 batch of startups. However, the discussion also focused on startup life in general and also the organization’s newly founded Research lab (YCR), […]... →

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. If you’ve noticed that Google Drive and all of the apps that save to it are acting a bit shaky today, you’re not alone. Google updated their Apps status page to show that the company is looking into reported issues. It’s showing up as a “service disruption” so nothing is down completely. What do you mean Google Drive is… Read More... →

Подборка лучших материалов на Rusbase за неделю... →

Did you miss us? The Gadgets Podcast has been fully interrupted by TC Disrupt and subsequent TC Meetups in various cities, but what is dead may never die. Or, put more simply, we’re back. Today, we’re discussing the latest news out of Google and Microsoft, which includes plenty of hardware: phones, gaming consoles, tablets, and I hear there is even a special new pen. We discuss… Read More... →

Google Docs is throwing error messages for us here at VentureBeat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We’ll update this post as we hear more.... →

The history of media streamers has always trended towards the cheap and powerful. The first streamers, essentially massive Windows PCs with some media tricks built-in, were toys for enthusiasts. Then the Apple TV, Boxee, and Roku started making media streaming boxes into commodities thanks to smaller electronics and a race to the bottom. Now, with the $99 Fire TV we have reached the epitome of… Read More... →

В этот поистине драматический день для "КиноПоиска" и пресс-службы "Яндекса", есть всё-таки и хорошие новости.... →

In May, Google began allowing iOS developers to implement App Indexing so signed-in users can open content surfaced from mobile apps directly in Google Search (via the main Google app and via Chrome, or even installing iOS apps if they don’t have them). These indexed links were made available to “a small group of test […]... →

Originally Posted on the Adometry M2R Blog This is a guest post by Brian Sim, Product Marketing Manager, Marin Software Attribution is sometimes perceived as being too complex, too technical, and too cold. However, when you look beyond the advanced-level math that goes into attribution algorithms and consider consumer behavior and buying tendencies, the importance of attributing revenue across the customer purchase path becomes very apparent.... →