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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 […]... →

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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 […]... →

В мае 2015 года мессенджер Snapchat достиг отметки в 100 миллионов пользователей в день — это примерно десятая часть аудитории Facebook (936 миллионов), а сам стартап оценивается в $15 миллиардов. Редакция vc.ru разобралась, как менялись предпочтения аудитории соцсети и какие причины могли послужить популярности сервиса.... →

Posted by Ben Fried, VP and CIO (Cross-posted on the Google and Your Business Blog .) Last year we introduced Google Domains in the U.S. to make it easy for your business to get online with a domain name and website. We wanted to make finding, buying and managing domains for your business simple, and we partnered with best-in-class website builders like Blogger, Shopify, Squarespace, Weebly and Wix to help you create your site - no technical experience required. Since then,... →

Android Auto does not phone key automotive data back home, Google says. This comes after Motor Trend stated Porsche opted to not include Android Auto in the new 991/2 as Google’s system collects and transmits back to Google information such as vehicle speed, throttle position, coolant and oil temp, engine revs. Google’s official statement. Steering this story straight – we… Read More... →

Today we're announcing the release of AdWords API v201509. Here are the highlights: Improved batch processing . The new BatchJobService supports all of the same operations as MutateJobService , but offers additional features such as support for creating dependent objects using temporary IDs, better error reporting, improved performance, and a much higher limit on the number of operations per job. Check out the accompanying guide to get started.... →

Today's episode of Confessions of a Pink-Haired Marketer might seem like a "soft" topic, but it also ties tightly to serious pragmatism about how to reach your goals " and more to the point, what reaching your goals is going to do for you. Everyone wants a little more success, and everyone has goals they're aiming for, but the quality of your life can be greatly influenced by the kinds of goals you chase.... →

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley, Julie Wainright from TheRealReal and co-founder of unicorn startup Slack Stewart Butterfield discussed the frothiness of the market and the possibility that Silicon Valley is indeed facing a second bubble at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in downtown San Francisco today. Talk of a possible bubble pop has been going on for a good decade now and… Read More... →

On-demand delivery startup Postmates just launched a new product called Pop to sling lunch to people in 15 minutes or less. For now, it will only be available to people based in San Francisco’s South of Market Street area during lunch time, but the plan is to expand into other locations, offer delivery in additional hours of the day, and eventually deliver more than just food in the… Read More... →

Postmates is looking to take on UberEats and other on-demand food delivery services with an express offering of its own. The company today unveiled Postmates Pop that will deliver pre-prepared (but freshly made items) right to you within 15 minutes for just a $1.99 delivery fee. Starting every weekday at 11am and going until the […]... →

The Internet of Things  (IoT), or making everyday objects smarter and connected, could bring electronic brains to more than 1.9 billion devices by the year 2020, according to a forecast by the tech analyst firm Linley Group. Linley Gwennap, founder of the Linley Group, told the crowd at the company’s annual chip conference that the […]... →