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You can spot a mediocre writer from miles away ' Flat verbs. Obtuse nouns. Lame metaphors. Absence of stories. Rough Draft host Demian Farnworth should know. He used to be one. In regard to the mediocre writers, it seems that they'd want an edge. That they'd kill to get their hands on words that crank out power like a Floyd Mayweather right hook. That they'd do whatever they could. Even read unorthodox books.... →

Zenefits, the $4.5 billion human resources software startup, said today it hired Twitter’s (now former) director of global business development Rita Garg. It’s another executive departure for Twitter, with head of communications Gabriel Stricker and former CEO Dick Costolo recently stepping back. Twitter is not unfamiliar with executive shuffles, with the top of the company… Read More... →

Общественная организация Федерация автовладельцев России (ФАР) обратилась к генпрокурору России Юрию Чайке с просьбой проверить работу Uber, Gett и «Яндекс.Такси» и возбудить уголовные дела в отношении руководителей этих компаний.... →

Look out, Twitch and YouTube. You may lose the mobile-gaming video battle before it even starts.... →

It’s a place, a mindset, a nickname, a metonym, an innovation hub, a TV show and a standard against which all cradles of technology are measured. Silicon Valley prides itself on having a meta-status that defies easy categorization, but this cannot save it from the impending bubble. According to investors like Mark Cuban, Chris Sacca, Bill Gurley, Manish Goyal and Bharat Ramnani… Read More... →

Runkeeper’s got a new logo, and with it the company drops that hyper-fit dude icon and those Web 2.0 bubble letters. The new design is part of a larger rebrand for the mobile fitness app centered around this tagline: “Everyone. Every Run.” Behind the somewhat demanding phrase is a brighter, friendlier design that Runkeeper hopes will […]... →

Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos once famously said that in order to be a $200 billion company, Amazon had to learn how to sell clothes and food. And while the company has been steadily growing the latter business with initiatives like Amazon Fresh, today it took a step down the catwalk to build up the former. Amazon has opened up a new photography studio in Shoreditch, London — a… Read More... →

Tune confirmed the rumored acquisition of mobile marketing automation system Artisan Mobile this morning at its Postback 2015 conference in Seattle, WA. “There’s been a lot of rumors about Tune acquiring another company,” CEO Peter Hamilton said. “We’re very excited to confirm that we acquired the Artisan Mobile team to help app developers be able to retain […]... →

Бизнес-ангел и основатель фонда Arena Ventures Пэйдж Крейг написал материал о том, почему в 2008 году, в отличие от семи других уважаемых инвесторов, он всё-таки решил вложить свои средства в сервис по аренде жилья Airbnb, как создатели стартапа ему отказали — и какие уроки он из этого вынес.... →

The seeds of a venture investment scene are beginning to sprout at the early stage in Latin America and now countries like Colombia and Chile are taking steps  to make sure young companies can take root. Chief among these initiatives is a new push by the Colombian financial services firm Bancoldex, the once-state-owned bank of Colombia, which is working to raise a $500 million… Read More... →

Slack will now integrate with Google Calendar, letting events automatically post reminders inside slack channels. Here’s how the integration will work: After linking a Google account to Slack, you can choose any calendar and instruct it to post to certain Slack channels. For example, you could have events from your company’s development deadline calendar post reminders to the… Read More... →

Cервис для заказа частных перелётов JetSmarter, который основал россиянин Сергей Петроссов привлек $20 млн в раунде В. Об этом сообщает Business Insider. В сделке приняли участие принц Саудовской Аравии, рэпер Jay Z, также топ-менеджеры Goldman Sachs и Twitter. Средства пойдут на расширение географии доступных пользователям маршрутов, а также открытие подразделений в Азии и Южной Америке. О JetSmarter JetSmarter предоставляет услуги по бронированию авиаперелетов на частных самолетах. Сервис работает по подп... →

WordPress 4.2.3 is now available, which is a security update for all previous versions that the company strongly encourages downloading. The post WordPress 4.2.3 Now Available: A Critical Security Release for All Versions by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Twitter is announcing a straightforward way for advertisers to join in the social media conversation around major events. Not that the service has lacked ads around, say, the Super Bowl. But Ameet Ranadive, the company’s senior director of revenue products, said that until now, buying those ads has been a “very manual” process, with advertisers piecing together the right… Read More... →

Slack is rolling out a new integration today that lets users keep track of when their next meetings are. The service now supports Google Calendar which can notify teams in a Slack Channel or privately tell individuals when their next meeting will be. It’s unknown how much time people spend within Slack, but if it’s […]... →

The big trade show kicks off next week, and GamesBeat will be there.... →

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Google Spotlight Stories, a mobile app featuring immersive, 360 degree animated films originally developed by Motorola ahead of its 2011 Google acquisition, has now made its way to iOS devices. The app had been available on Android phones since fall 2013, when Google first introduced the new mobile storytelling format to consumers. The app itself is intended for entertainment purposes, as… Read More... →

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