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ANALYSIS: Apple invented the smartphone (even though it didn’t). It also invented the tablet … or maybe not. Now, it looks like it might invent virtual reality. Apple has hired virtual and augmented reality researcher Doug Bowman, according to The Financial Times. Bowman was working as a computer science professor at Virginia Tech, where he spent his […]... →

We’re investigating the nature of these Innovation Engines in a series of What To Think podcasts, sponsored by Pivotal Tracker, and columns by VentureBeat editor at large Dylan Tweney. Tune in here to learn the secrets behind the tech world’s most successful platforms. This week’s guest is David Wadhwani, the (relatively) new CEO of AppDynamics. […]... →

A series of Apple rumors surfaced this evening, potentially revealing the successor to Apple’s underwhelming iPhone 5c. Apple’s next iPhone The next iPhone will be called the iPhone 5se (perhaps short for “special edition”), a report from 9to5Mac claims. It is said to feature a four-inch screen — like the iPhone 5, 5s, and 5c — with “a design similar to 2013’s […]... →

VB WEBINAR: From onboarding to opt-ins, tactics for keeping app users engaged (and profitable) have evolved significantly. Get the info you need and your questions answered by our expert panel in this live webinar. Register here for free. It’s 2016. Do you know who your mobile audience is? You may have the ideal twenty-something Millennial in mind when […]... →

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...... →

Men make up 80 percent of the people working on games today, but women may represent a majority of the next wave of highly trained developers and designers. The University of Southern California’s game-design program for graduate students is now primarily women, according to a report in the L.A. Times. This is a big change […]... →

The dotCloud platform as a service (PaaS), which developers can use to build and run apps without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, will be shutting down on February 29. This is happening because dotCloud’s parent company, cloudControl, has reached the point of “insolvency,” according to a post that cloudControl published today on its PaaSfinder blog. […]... →

Google’s recent core algorithm update, along with the discovery that Panda is now “core,” have really shaken the SEO beehive. Let’s begin by making an important distinction: Google made a core algorithm update, yes, but it had nothing to do with either Panda or Penguin. In an entirely separate event, Google announced that Panda is now part of its core ranking algorithm. These two separate events somehow got tangled around... [Read More...] The post Penguins, Pandas, and Algorithm Updates, Oh My! Weekly Foru... →

There have been plenty of tools around that replace powerful photo editors but very few that replace tools like Illustrator. Sure you can fake it but what if you want truly unique designs like the one above? Pretty tough. Gravit is a design tool that resides deep within the cloud and lets you create documents, advertisements, and illustrations within your browser. Created by Alexander Adam,… Read More... →

Apple has released a new TV spot for the Apple TV. Compared to previous ads that were focused on content, this time, it’s about apps and the Apple TV App Store. This is interesting for a few reasons. Apple has used the app angle when it first introduced the new Apple TV. But does a TV App Store make sense? Read More... →

A new documentary entitled Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World is being premiered at Sundance tomorrow. I’ve already written up my impressions of the film, which is very good and very different from other documentaries about the Internet you may have seen. Read More... →

“Exploding Kittens,” the hugely successful Kickstarter-funded card game from ex-Microsofties Elan Lee and Shane Small along with The Oatmeal’s creator Matthew Inman, has now been translated into a mobile game. And that game is now exploding onto the App Store, too, having scored the #1 Paid App slot only a day after launching. The game, as you may recall, became one… Read More... →

Yesterday, SpaceX released a video showing a successful hover test of their human-rated spacecraft, Crew Dragon. If all goes according to plan, in 2017, Crew Dragon will be placed on top of a Falcon 9 and send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The test, which was completed in McGregor, Texas back in November, analyzed the spacecraft’s ability to fire its SuperDraco… Read More... →

22 января на YouTube появился музыкальный клип с рекламой жилых комплексов петербургской строительной компании «ЛенСпецСМУ». В нем сотрудницы фирмы просят клиента купить квартиру в одном из ЖК.... →

EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft has internally delayed its planned rollout of Windows 10 Mobile to current Windows Phone 8 handsets for another month, VentureBeat has learned — after shooting for a January release. News of the rescheduling was shared by email with the company’s partners. Also delayed is the second scheduled monthly service update for Lumia 950 and […]... →

С момента сделки компания успела подорожать почти на 20%... →

As the curtain opens on 2016, you can expect massive changes in the security landscape. Technology providers such as firewall vendors, switching vendors and others will fade as new solutions better suited to the cloud computing environment emerge. On the flip side, companies that provide encryption and anti-malware technologies will continue to see their fortunes rise because the demand… Read More... →

Онлайн-ритейлер Wikimart за последние несколько месяцев сократил около 40% штата, а сейчас накопил долги перед партнёрами, сообщает Roem.ru со ссылкой на собственные источники. Знакомый с ситуацией собеседник vc.ru подтвердил увольнение части сотрудников компании.Гендиректор компании Андрей Кленин в разговоре с vc.ru назвал распространение таких слухов «заказом» против Wikimart.... →

USM Holdings российского предпринимателя Алишера Усманова является инвестором американского сервиса заказа такси Uber. Об этом сообщает РБК, со ссылкой на источник, близкий к инвестхолдингу, и собеседника в самом Uber.  USM вошёл в Uber летом 2015 года. Тогда сервис привлек $1 млрд в раунде F и был оценён в $51 млрд. По данным издания, объем инвестиций USM составил несколько десятков миллионов долларов. На сегодняшний день Uber привлек всего $8,61 млрд в 13 раундах финансирования.  Последний раунд инвестици... →

The 9th Annual Crunchies are right around the corner. On February 8, some of your favorite startups, entrepreneurs and investors will make their way to San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House for the Oscars of startups and technology. They’ll be hoping to win a Crunchie award in one of 12 categories up for grabs at this year’s show. Read More... →