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It knows when you’ve been sleeping, it knows when you’re awake, it knows when your kids spilled Rice Krispies next to the couch and covered the spill with the dog. The new Roomba 980 is a round robotic vacuum with a new twist. While previous models got around by bumping into things and coming to the edge of stairs, the new 980 uses a low-res video camera to “map”… Read More... →

How can any company compete with iPad when it comes to being the preferred tablet for children, thanks to the App Store’s large selection of educational apps and age-appropriate games? Amazon’s strategy, to date, has to make a more affordable tablet for the young ones, complete with kid-friendly software pre-installed, while also eliminating parents’ concerns over… Read More... →

In a frenzy of hardware updates, Amazon unveiled the latest iteration of its flagship Fire HD tablets. The new tablets, far more likable than Amazon’s misguided Fire Phone, feature a few new things: a 7.7mm-thin body, a higher quality screen, more storage space, better batter life, and a faster processor. With this release, Amazon has targeted Apple’s position as the default family […]... →

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. BlaBlaCar smashes France’s VC record with $200M round, $1.6B valuation BlaBlaCar, the Paris-based ride-sharing service, announced today an astonishing funding round of $200 million. The amount blew past reports last week that the funding […]... →

Издательство ARTCOM консолидирует активы в новой компании, в которой экс-владелец Forbes больше не является собственником.... →

Twitter объявил, что персональный дайджест твитов Highlights теперь смогут получать пользователи сервиса во всём мире. Функционал по-прежнему доступен лишь владельцам Android-устройств. Highlights представляет собой сводку интересных твитов, доступную на 35 языках. Эта функция была запущена в приложении Twitter для Android в апреле 2015 года, и до сих пор воспользоваться ею могли только англоязычные пользователи. Today we're rolling out Highlights on Android globally — delivering the most interesting cont... →

Amazon has announced a number of interesting improvements to their Fire HD and tablet line today, improvements that bump the processor speed and tweak the styling of the Fire HD 8- and 10.1-inch line and drops the price of the original Fire to $49 (or a six-pack for $250). The Fire HD tablets have long had high-resolution screens and solid processors. Now, however, the company has moved… Read More... →

Актер снялся в новой рекламной кампании сотового ритейлера... →

A few months ago, I wondered out loud if Twitter was missing the boat by not charging for its custom emojis. I mean, brands want to spend money on ads, I bet they’re salivating over having their own custom emoji. Wonder no more. Coke has gotten its own custom emoji (previously called hashflags), the company shared with me. Until now, Twitter has only introduced these custom emojis for… Read More... →

Just two months ago, I wrote about seed funding for GitLab, a startup that provides open-source software for managing source code repositories. Today the startup is back at it, announcing a new $4 million series A round. All of the new money came from previous investor Khosla Ventures. “They’re really on a roll!” as a […]... →

Fundera, the online credit marketplace that helps small business secure loans started by GroupMe cofounder Jared Hecht, has today announced the close of a $11.5 million Series B funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity with participation from existing investors including QED Investors, Khosla Ventures, and First Round Capital. Alongside the funding, SGE’s Scott Feldman and… Read More... →

GitLab, the open source Git-based collaboration platform for developers, today announced that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures. The YC-backed company, which offers both a free community edition, a free SaaS version and a paid enterprise edition of its service, says it will use the additional funding to accelerate growth and expand its global operations. Read More... →

С помощью нового сервиса пользователи смогут получить персональный дайджест самых интересных твитов на 35 языках ... →

The day of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) in mobile gaming has arrived. So says Spacetime Studios, a startup that is releasing Call of Champions today after more than two years of development. Like Super Evil Megacorp’s Vainglory that preceded it, Call of Champions is a big test as to whether the lucrative MOBA category on the PC […]... →

История о том, как бизнесмен распрощался с сетью после полувека партнерства... →

Amazon just took the wraps under the latest Fire TV, and just like the leak stated, it sports 4K video and improved voice search thanks to integrated Alexa support. Best of all, the new and improved Fire TV will still sell for the same price as its predecessor. The Fire TV packs a new 64-bit quad-core processor and a dedicated GPU. Combined with a new codec called High Efficiency Video… Read More... →

Overtime, a social network for sports fans created by the team behind viral game studio OMGPOP, is launching today to provide a better outlet for fans to create, share and debate all things sports. Amidst a sports media world dominated by network TV, Overtime wants to give all fans the ability to create and consume their favorite sports content in the form of 10-second videos and… Read More... →

Компания ARTCOM Media, входящая в группу ACMG и подконтрольная бизнесмену Александру Федотову, приобрела издательский дом Axel Springer Russia, который выпускает российскую версию журнала Forbes. Бывший владелец издательства, Axel Springer SE, не собирается продолжать работу в России, передаёт Forbes.... →

Breather, the on-demand private room service has raised $20M led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. The series B brings Breather’s full raise to $27M. This round also had participatin from Real Ventures, RRE Ventures, Slow Ventures and SOS Ventures. Valar will join the board. The Breather rooms were set up as “secret places” within cities like New York that allow you to… Read More... →

Портфельная компания Биофонда РВК «Семиотик» вышла на рынок Индии и заключила с местной компанией Yashraj Biotechnology Ltd. соглашение  о поставке  исследовательского углеводного микрочипа (гликочип) для количественного определения гликан-связывающих белков. Об этом Firrma сообщили в РВК. Гликочип «Семиотик», представляет собой тонкую пластинку из пластика, содержит библиотеку полисахаридов (гликанов). По данным компании, на чипе можно расположить до 600 гликанов и с их помощью диагностировать около сотни ... →