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EXCLUSIVE: Percepto, an Israeli startup developing hardware and software that drones can use to handle computer vision processes such as obstacle avoidance, is announcing today that it has raised a $1 million seed round from some impressive early-stage investors. Richard Parsons, the former chief executive of media giant Time Warner, led the funding round. Billionaire Mark […]... →

Driving a car will be illegal by 2030. Our economy will be severely impacted as millions of truck drivers, cabbies and delivery people are put out of work. In this era of endless innovation, man’s century-long relationship with the automobile is about to be permanently disrupted. Read More... →

Нейронные сети не нужно «писать», их нужно «учить»... →

Люди, частично подменявшие пресс-службу и работавшие с аудиторией — якобы переброшены на обслуживание корпоративных партнёров ВК.... →

EXCLUSIVE: A Twitter account claiming to be the “IS Hacking Division” has published what appears to be an extensive directory of government emails, passwords, credit cards, phone numbers, and addresses spanning U.S. military departments and divisions, the FBI, U.S. embassies, the Library of Congress, U.S. city officials, the British Embassy, the FTC, and NASA, as well […]... →

Специалисты Microsoft объявили о запуске предварительной версии приложения Skype for Business для iOS и Android. Функционал призван заменить коммуникатор Microsoft Lync. Microsoft запустил Skype for Business в апреле текущего года и выпустил версию приложения для Windows Phone в прошлом месяце. Теперь приложение становится доступным в режиме предварительного просмотра для пользователей популярных мобильных операционных систем. Пользователи приложений Lync 2013 для iOS и Android автоматически получат новую... →

Disrupt SF is coming up fast, and we still have some student tickets available for the show at the deeply discounted price of $300 a piece. Previously, these tickets were only available to those enrolled in undergraduate or graduate school with a valid student ID and current transcript, but we’ve now opened these cheap tickets up to all you recent grads out there, as well. Now, folks… Read More... →

Разработчики поискового стартапа FindTheBest повторно запустили и переименовали вертикальный поиск на одноименном ресурсе. Поисковая система, черпающая сведения из собственного графа знаний, получила название Graphiq. Использование огромного количества источников данных, а также автоматизированный и человеческий редакционный контроль позволили создать самый глубокий и взаимосвязанный граф знаний, включающий 1000 коллекций, 1 млрд объектов, 120 млрд атрибутов и 25 млрд связей. Основатель FTB Кевин О'Коннор... →

ANALYSIS: Google is a search and information company. It was never set up to be a conglomerate. So yesterday’s announcement that a new umbrella company, Alphabet, will contain all the companies in the Google family — including Google itself — isn’t terribly surprising from an organizational or administrative point of view. It will certainly allow Google […]... →

Last Wednesday, the SEJ Marketing Think Tank welcomed Rocco Baldassarre of Zebra Advertising for a live presentation focused on getting the most out of Facebook through optimizing ads and testing. The post #SEJThinkTank Recap: 15 Methods for Optimizing Facebook Ads by @Rocco_Zebra_Adv by @dantosz appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Earlier this year, Looking Glass successfully raised $252,000 on Kickstarter ear for its 3D LED cube, dubbed the L3D Cube. Now the startup actually is shipping cubes — or rather, kits for assembling your cube — and co-founders Alex Hornstein and Shawn Frayne are getting settled into a new office in Brooklyn. (Frayne is splitting his time between Brooklyn and Hong Kong.) So we… Read More... →

In today’s episode of Cribs, we visit Patreon, a subscription-based funding platform for artists. Patreon is all about creative. Giant murals deck the walls alongside the productions of writers and artists on the site. Employees gather for jam sessions, utilizing the many musical instruments available in the office. Tune in to see Patreon’s art-filled office and my first go at… Read More... →

GUEST: Growth hacking is failing most of us — because most of us don’t understand that what works for companies with a growing customer base doesn’t work for earlier-stage companies still looking for product-market fit; and vice versa. There are actually two very different types of growth hacking, and if you’re not using the right method, […]... →

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard We're excited to announce the results of Moz's biannual Search Engine Ranking Correlation Study and Expert Survey , a.k.a. Ranking Factors . Moz's Ranking Factors study helps identify which attributes of pages and sites have the strongest association with ranking highly in Google . The study consists of two parts: a survey of professional SEOs and a large correlation study . This year, with the help of Moz's data scientist Dr. Matt Peters ,... →

In this episode of The Writer Files, prolific, bestselling, and multi-genre author Hugh Howey took host Kelton Reid on a walk through the writer's process. Mr. Howey is the well-known author of Wool and his self-published dystopian Silo series that has sold more than two-million copies worldwide. His books have been optioned for film and TV by well-known Hollywood director Ridley Scott and Heroes creator Tim Kring, respectively.... →

We hope you're excited as we are about last week's launch of the Report Editor . This powerful new AdWords tool lets you explore your account data in brand new ways from within your browser. On the heels of that update, you should also be sure to check out our brand new guide to AdWords reporting: Special Reports . Inside the guide you'll find advice about how to surface the right insights in your account and how to turn those insights into action. Specifically,... →

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...... →

Apple suffered a 5% drop in its share price Tuesday as Wall Street reacted strongly to news from China that the government is further devaluing the yuan. The currency devaluation is likely to increase import costs of devices for Apple in the region. The announcement from China’s central bank that official guidance for the yuan would be reduced 2% to 6.2298 yuan per dollar,… Read More... →

Руководство социальной сети «ВКонтакте» приняло решение расформировать отдел маркетинга, а всех его сотрудников перевести в новое подразделение, которое «будет отвечать за взаимоотношения с партнёрами». Об этом ЦП сообщили два источника, знакомые с делами внутри компании.... →

As mobile devices continue to explore and colonize the technology landscape, their conquests are leading us to a new era, beyond search and apps. Looking to claim the territory previously held by URLs, portals, and even search and apps, the rapid acceleration of mobile interface innovation, with messaging as its main driver, is irreversibly moving us into a new, conversation-based… Read More... →