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Google has just dropped Google+ links and reviews from search results. Is Google+ really on its way out, or is the search giant slowly working on rebranding the platform?... →

Airbnb’s had a busy summer. It rolled out an Apple Watch app, hit 1 million guests staying in an Airbnb in a single day, and over the summer Airbnb members hosted 17 million guests. But the company still has to ensure that it hires the right people that continue to scale up while keeping its products simple. We sat down with Airbnb’s VP of product Joe Zadeh to find out more about… Read More... →

Ever since our contact lists moved out Rolodexes and onto our smartphones, mobile app developers have been trying to improve upon the built-in – and typically, very basic – address book apps that ship with our devices. To date, we’ve seen everything from simple makeovers of the address book app aimed at improving ease-of-use to smarter, “connected” address books… Read More... →

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

What started as a hobby is now a serious tool for those buying and selling sneakers. Today, Campless is announcing an investment by Detroit Venture Partners and the launch of a new product that will allow Campless users to build an online database of their sneaker collection and track the value overtime. Read More... →

Google has just dropped Google+ links and reviews from search results. Is Google+ really on its way out, or is the search giant slowly working on rebranding the platform?... →

In this new series on The Mainframe, Tony Clark and Chris Garrett explore membership sites and why they are so beneficial to both you, as a business owner, and your customers. Listen in to find out more.... →

Y Combinator is growing its partnership team with the additions of the chief executives and cofounders of 23andMe, Pinterest, and Airbnb. Anne Wojcicki, Ben Silbermann, and Joe Gebbia will be part-time partners with the firm. In a blog post, president Sam Altman writes that Wojcicki’s addition will help contribute to more funding towards biotechnology and […]... →

Calling all New York startups: starting next month, Silicon Valley’s iconic Sandhill Road will be coming to you. Launching today, Sandhill.nyc is program organized by seed stage NYC fund FundersGuild to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley and the Big Apple. “Startups do these quick trips out to the Valley where they have 20 meetings over two days, jumping from firm to firm… Read More... →

Andreas Terzis, Software Engineer As Internet traffic has grown and changed, Google and other content and application providers have worked cooperatively with Internet service providers (ISPs) so that services can be delivered quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. For example, rather than content having to traverse a long distance and many different networks to reach an Internet access provider's network,... →

Y Combinator is hitting the road over the next few weeks and will be visiting six college campuses in both the U.S. and Canada. The goal seems to be to not only look for interesting startups, but also to pass along some knowledge to students eager to pursue a life of entrepreneurship and tech innovation. Starting […]... →

Hello, again.  It’s your Disrupt Hackmasters, Reshma and Jeffery. We’ve got the inside scoop on the upcoming workshops and judges, and we’re passing the information on to you. First, our API workshops, because knowing is half the battle. The other 99 percent is perspiration. 2:00pm Twilio w/ Matt Makai, Developer Evangelist Ready to use the Twilio API in your hackathon… Read More... →

Uber would not be a reliable service if it didn’t implement surge pricing. Well, at least that’s what Uber is suggesting in its recent case study on surge pricing. Surge pricing is an increase of fare that kicks in when there’s a high demand of Uber ride requests, but not a lot of drivers on the road. “We found that, without surge pricing, Uber is not really Uber… Read More... →

In the midst of the chaos of the Dreamforce conference floor, we interviewed Apttus CEO Kirk Krappe at the company’s booth today. We discussed Apttus’ rapid growth and how he has dealt with the challenges of growing so quickly. Earlier this month, the company landed $108 million in funding. This comes after $41 million raised in February and brings the total investment to… Read More... →

Yahoo today announced the availability of the Yahoo Mail app for Windows 10. It’s available now in the Windows Store. “The app brings you brand-new ways to effortlessly access mail and get notified of new messages,” Yahoo director of product management Josh Jacobson wrote in a blog post on the news. “In addition, the wide […]... →

Tara Gentile is a very smart entrepreneur who's just published a short, affordable book on one of Brian Clark's favorite topics " listening. It's a critical skill for developing products and services. Once Brian got into the product and software game, he started with an audience, rather than the product or service. This gave Brian a group of real people to listen to and learn from, even as they learned from him. Whether or not you start with building your own audience,... →

Microsoft today announced the availability of a technology preview of a tool that developers can use to convert Windows Phone Silverlight 8.x apps to apps to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. UWP is a big deal because it can allow apps to run on any device running Windows 10, from a Raspberry Pi to a […]... →

On-demand delivery/courier service Postmates has just undergone a major expansion. Today it announced that it’s in 10 new cities, bringing the total number of markets to 40. Cities that are now on-line include Baltimore, Palm Springs, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Kanasa City, Columbus, and Jersey City. As a treat to its new users […]... →

With the BBC facing increasing criticism over its publicly-funded model in its native U.K., the broadcasting giant today revealed plans to boost the coffers of its commercial “BBC Worldwide” arm by launching a new video-streaming service in the U.S. Speaking at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention in England today, BBC Director-General Tony Hall said […]... →

At about 11:04 a.m. PST today (2:04 p.m. EST), Facebook went down. We also couldn’t reach Instagram and Facebook Messenger for a few minutes, but those services were quickly restored. We have contacted Facebook for more information and will update you if we learn the cause of the outage. Update at 11:09 a.m.: For some […]... →