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Thousands of cabs make their way through the streets of London. Hundreds of buses pick up and drop off passengers. Trucks carry their cargo. They are, of course, autonomous; like Google’s self-driving car, they all move without a driver. This vision is almost a cliche. Everyone is already talking about a future where professional drivers are unemployed and all vehicles will drive… Read More... →

(Reuters, Alastair Sharp and Nick Zieminski) – China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd has taken a $50 million stake in Kik Interactive, an investment that values the Canadian mobile messaging company at more than $1 billion, Kik said on Wednesday. Kik, a Waterloo, Ontario-based company whose chat platform is popular with U.S. teens, has long said it […]... →

Links on Google's mobile search results are now expandable. According to the British SEO who pointed this out over the weekend, the change is about device unification and search dominance.... →

East Palo Alto sits in between Facebook and Google’s Silicon Valley campuses. But, despite their close proximity, they’re typically considered to be two different worlds. Formerly known as the murder capital of the country, East Palo Alto has double the unemployment rate of its neighbor to the west. And one-third of its residents don’t have more than a high school… Read More... →

myTarget не смог удержать от ухода Дмитрия Школьникова, главу API в платформе. Директор по продажам мобильной рекламы всей Mail.Ru Group Никита Фоминов тоже предпочёл оставить холдинг.... →

Okay, this one’s a little surprising: Anova, maker of an automated sous vide cooker, has acquired startup Get Fresh, and Get Fresh CEO Stephen Svajian has been named CEO of Anova. I wrote about Get Fresh back in 2013, when it was trying to help hardware makers promote their products by connecting them with consumer reviewers. Looking back, Svajian told me that Get Fresh’s… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, August 26 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free.  Let’s say you text back and forth with a friend, switch to voice to quickly clarify some arrangements, meet up later face to face, and then follow up the next day with an email and Facebook […]... →

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

Kik, the Canadian company behind the messaging app of the same name has announced $50M worth of funding from one of its partners, China’s Tencent. The deal brings the company valuation into unicorn territory (the $1 billion mark.) Here’s what Kik’s CEO, Ted Livingston, had to say about the investment: Today we’re announcing that Tencent, maker of WeChat (Weixin), has… Read More... →

Well it turns out that people who are willing to drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on gadgets like to use gadgets to spend more dollars. An exclamation point-laden report released today from Wristly, an organization that Apple has cited in the past, detailed the pretty impressive impact that Apple Watch has had on adoption of the Apple Pay service. The data, which comes from a… Read More... →

Intel pulled up the curtain to unveil the newest products and updates. Here’s a rundown of what went down today at the 2015 Developer Forum. Intel CEO says computing rests on three big assumptions Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich opened his keynote speech at a big developer event with a focus on three big assumptions. Computing […]... →

Has something changed with the algorithm for Apple’s spelling safety net? Read More... →

If you don't have a system in place for promoting your content, you're really missing out. Fortunately, Hit Publish host Amy Harrison has you covered. Today, we're going beyond hitting the publish button. You've taken time to research, write, and publish high-quality content your audience is going to love. The mistake you don't want to make is to think hitting the publish button is the final step " because really, it's just the beginning.... →

Stories are the oldest form of human engagement, so marketers love them. As the morning’s speakers told the audience at VentureBeat’s GrowthBeat conference today in San Francisco, you can put the story into the pitch, you can put the pitch into the story, or you can make the brand’s data a part of everyone’s stories. […]... →

Intel teamed up last year with watch maker Fossil Group to create wearable electronic devices such as smartwatches. Now the products are coming to the market soon. Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich and Fossil Group executive vice president Greg McKelvey announced a trio of new watches at the Intel Developer Forum event in San Francisco. […]... →

Intel has gone Hollywood. The world’s biggest chip maker teamed up with United Artists today to create a contest for the inventor who can make the best wearable computing device. Mark Burnett, chief executive of United Artists Media Group, announced the new TV show, dubbed “America’s Greatest Makers,” alongside Intel CEO Brian Krzanich today during […]... →

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. BuzzFeed expands into TV and movies with $200M NBCUniversal investment After weeks of rumors, listicle-loving BuzzFeed has confirmed that entertainment giant NBCUniversal is making a $200 million equity investment in the new media company. […]... →

Microsoft today announced support for backups of files and folders on PCs running Windows 10 through the Azure Backup cloud service. It’s a natural extension of Azure Backup following the launch of Windows 10 last month. Once you’ve connected a PC running Windows 10 to Azure Backup, you can back up data to the cloud […]... →

Today's guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, blogger, consultant, coach at Systems Scientist, podcaster, and author of Owning It: Embrace the Best and Worst Parts of You to Thrive in Life and Business . She is the founder of Mydzik Media, the host of The Off-Road Millenial podcast, where she talks about the future of work and millennial entrepreneurship, and she writes about personal branding and life-work balance for her personal site.... →

The space game is hot and only the strongest are going to survive. One Canadian company feels like its in a good spot to succeed, having just been awarded the patent for a “space elevator.” Back to the how’s and what’s in a second…the company, Thoth Technology, took an aggressive shot at Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the process of announcing the news by way of its… Read More... →