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Internet hyperbole (and financial analysis) have rendered HTC, a once high-flying mobile brand, essentially valueless. In short, the company is trading below cash on hand which means if you bought all HTC stock the company would have to pay, you, the buyer to take it over. This means the company’s factories, stock, and brand are worth nothing, at least on Wall Street. Furthermore, the… Read More... →

Today in our #nohacked campaign, we'll be talking about two-factor authentication. Follow along with discussions on Twitter and Google+ using the #NoHacked tag. ( Part 1 , Part 2 ) There was once a time when having a relatively strong password or answering a security question was a reasonable way to protect your online accounts. However, according to a study from Stop Badware , stolen credentials is a common way for hackers to compromise websites. Additionally,... →

What if I told you that 50 years from now, the car industry’s revenue model will see a significant shift from outright purchase to a subscription-type model? You wouldn’t think it was particularly insightful — unless perhaps I told you this in 1900, and then you were around to watch car rentals and leasing proliferate in the mid-1900s. Here are what I call the… Read More... →

В июле злоумышленники уже пытались скомпрометировать ведомство — тогда от его имени неизвестные обратились к руководству The Village.... →

Microsoft today released Shared Folder sync for all OneDrive and OneDrive for Business users. It’s now easier to see when someone edits shared content, collaborate with others on one file or folder, and search within the shared files themselves. The first change, which is rolling out now and will be made available to all in […]... →

Tuesdays are special. Besides the fact that my favorite bar has $1 oysters that night, TechCrunch Radio also airs every Tuesday evening at 6pm ET / 3pm PT. John Biggs and I discuss the latest in tech news for the first half hour and then we dive right into the TechCrunch Radio Pitch-Off. Five companies have exactly sixty seconds to pitch their products to a special guest judge, John Biggs… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core, the tiny version of Windows designed for sensor-laden Internet-connected devices, for two types of maker-friendly hardware: the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. The preview for the OS, which is now available for free, first came out in late April, at Microsoft’s Build […]... →

While the market has known for long seconds that Windows RT is over, it has not been clear where users of operating system would end up in the Windows 10 era. Microsoft’s Gabriel Aul noted about a month ago that RT users would get something, but until recently it wasn’t clear what that something would be. Read More... →

Прочитав рассуждения предпринимателя Михаила Токовинина о том, что рынок разработки сайтов умирает, основатель компаний Getwear и Chatra Яков Карда прислал в редакцию ЦП письмо, посвящённое собственному видению ситуации: по его мнению, чтобы не погибнуть, веб-студиям нужно перейти на модель работы по подписке, развивая проект и после сдачи его в работу.... →

By now, it’s clear that we will see “Uber for [x]” companies until there is indeed an Uber for everything.  Here is the latest one: LockedOut — an Uber for locksmiths. The locksmith experience is pretty much on-demand already, but LockedOut founder Ray Wang argues that the locksmith market (especially in New York, where the service is now in beta) isn’t… Read More... →

Have you always wanted to see what the Earth looks like from space, but without having to do all of that “learning to be an astronaut” stuff? SpaceVR launched a Kickstarter campaign today to send a 3D, 360-degree camera to the International Space Station. This camera would collect footage that people can then view in […]... →

Adobe is the latest tech company to stretch its paid maternity and paternity leave. Adobe announced today that it’s expanding its paid maternity leave policy to 26 weeks for primary care givers; secondary care givers will be allowed to take a total of 16 weeks. The announcement comes on the heels of Netflix’s recently launched program that offers new moms […]... →

Бразильское агентство Candy Shop создало для пивного бренда Boca Maldita рекламную кампанию, которая призывает людей отвлечься от жизненных невзгод, спровоцированных социальными сетями.... →

VB EVENT: “Personalization has become a major marketing buzzword, but it’s often misused.” That’s according to Julie Bornstein, the COO of personal styling service Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix employs over 2,500 people, including a team of over 1,800 remote stylists. Bornstein, previously CMO at Sephora, will be addressing personalization and the theme of disruption at GrowthBeat in […]... →

Gamescom keeps getting bigger. The massive game fan trade show drew more than 345,000 visitors to Cologne, Germany, this year. That’s a good indication that the game industry is in a healthy state, as the event is (as far as we know) the largest game event in the world. The trade show attracted 806 exhibitors. […]... →

Danish startup CloudCutout is applying machine learning techniques to the quotidian yet pernickety process of isolating an image from a background. Their initial target market is school photography, with the aim of undercutting the market by charging half the “standard knockout” bulk cost (50c) per image. Read More... →

Palo Alto’s Branch Metrics, which just raised $15 million earlier this year, is beefing up its talent bench through acquiring education startup ClassOwl. Three employees from ClassOwl, which was founded in 2011 by Sam Purtill and Julienne Lam, are heading over to Branch. The company didn’t disclose the acquisition price. ClassOwl had raised about $900,000 from investors… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Watson is getting within Earshot. IBM’s super-smart supercomputer, which has been undertaking a variety of job positions in its post-Jeopardy days, has no personality to speak of. But he is now helping social intelligence platform Earshot determine the key personality traits of social posts so brands can better target their messages. Chicago-based Earshot offers a […]... →

В начале августа в Китае разгорелся крупный скандал вокруг главы Шаолиньского монастыря Ши Юнсиня (Shi Yongxin). Его обвиняют в коррупции, присвоении миллионов долларов и связях с любовницами. После того, как монаха не выпустили из страны, а местные СМИ потребовали от властей начать в его отношении расследование, многие заговорили о скором конце многолетнего правления влиятельного настоятеля.Юнсинь возглавляет Шаолинь с 1999 года, и в чрезмерном стремлении к деньгам его подозревали множество раз. Сам Ши все... →

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