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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... →

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that almost 300,000 drone owners have now used its online registration system. The site went live thirty days ago and until today, the FAA would refund the $5 registration fee. The biggest rush of registrations probably came in the first couple of days (about 45,000 people registered in the first two days after the site opened), but… Read More... →

VB WEBINAR: User loyalty will make you or break you. Learn how to boost user engagement by 300% from best-in-class media companies CBSi and Thrillist in this free live webinar.  Register here for free. It began as an email newsletter to 600 friends. Fast forward to 2016 and Thrillist has become a leading media outlet boasting 15 million subscribers and $92 million in […]... →

Административному персоналу радиостанции «Эхо Москвы» на 25% сократят зарплату, рассказал RNS главный редактор и акционер радиостанции Алексей Венедиктов.... →

Напомним, недавно СМИ «нашли» торрент-трекер с пиратским контентом и у самого Клименко... →

Adblock Plus, the world’s most popular ad-blocking tool, today announced it has passed 500 million downloads. The half-a-billion milestone was achieved after 10 years: It just so happens that this is the same week that Wladimir Palant wrote Adblock Plus 0.6 for Mozilla Firefox back in 2006. It’s important to emphasize that the company is […]... →

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, a prototype for a different take on Star Wars: Battlefront III leaks, we see what Metal Gear Solid looks like in Unreal Engine 4, and Waluigi tries on some underwear. Also, Minecraft porn is apparently becoming a thing. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair […]... →

Are you reading this post on an iPhone 5s? Chances are the iPhone 6s is too big for your taste and you’re now holding onto your trustworthy iPhone 5s. But it’s time to rejoice! Many leaks indicate that a smaller 4-inch iPhone is in the works — and there’s a brand new one from M.I.C Gadget. It’s unclear when it’s going to be released, but there are many… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Kinvey, a startup that offers a mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) cloud that companies can use for building and running mobile apps, is today launching Rapid Connectors that can quickly and easily get data flowing from on-premises software from Microsoft into mobile apps. The new tools can work with SharePoint Server collaboration software and the SQL […]... →

Facebook is bringing 3D Touch to its Timeline, the company says – meaning that users of Apple’s latest devices, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will soon be able to press on links, profiles and more, in order to preview content without having to navigate away from their current spot. This previewing feature, dubbed “peek and pop,” was introduced last fall on… Read More... →

We’re looking for pieces that explore the intersection of technology and aspects of society. Everything from the latest laboratory research, to surveys of the startup landscape, to the newest innovation in the arts and latest thinking from philosophers on the ramifications of it all — we want to read about all of it — and, apparently, so do you. Read More... →

Хоссейн Дерахшан попал в тюрьму за блогерство. Выйдя из неё, он обнаружил, что интернет растерял свою силу изменять мир и теперь служит лишь источником бесполезной информации в соцсетях.... →

20 years to the day after the New York Times opened for business on the Web, the media giant has launched an online multimedia time capsule outlining key milestones at the Times over the past two decades. A History of NYTimes.com features a scrollable timeline with clickable boxes that takes you back in time, with […]... →

SPONSORED: The mobile mega-trend is impacting both consumers and retailers in a big way, and it’s happening both in stores and out of them -- especially when mobility and analytics collide.... →

This morning, former IronPort Systems CEO Scott Weiss announced that he’s no longer going to be investing in new companies on behalf of Andreessen Horowitz, the Sand Hill venture firm. Weiss had joined AH in March 2011 as its fourth partner. The firm’s third general partner to join the firm after its famed cofounders, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, created it, also stepped out of… Read More... →

I had the rare pleasure of hitting the highest level in Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer a week ago. This is the earliest I have ever hit level 55 in a Call of Duty game. That tells you that I like it, and that this Call of Duty multiplayer has turned out to be […]... →

Сообщество Explay Official во «ВКонтакте» 22 января сообщило, что бренд Explay уходит с российского рынка. Однако группа компаний «Связной», контролирующая ЗАО «Эксплей» (владеет брендом производителя устройств), опровергла эту информацию.... →

Netflix has begun blocking some users of VPN services, following the company’s global expansion earlier this month, and subsequent promises that it would begin to crack down on those customers using VPN software to access content not licensed in their region. According to a Melbourne-based VPN provider, uFlix, some users started to see an error message when they tried to stream… Read More... →