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Мара Аспиналл, основатель стартапа On-Q-ity, занимавшегося диагностикой и профилактикой онкологических заболеваний, рассказала о том, почему в 2013 году проект, привлёкший более $31 млн инвестиций в двух раундах, вынужден был закрыться.... →

Каждый день редакция ЦП выбирает один свежий стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — сервис Scentbird, который занимается продажей пробников дизайнерских духов по подписке.... →

Станислав Биров о методиках построения стратегии цифрового присутствия... →

Ритейлер ищет более удобные экономические условия... →

LINE, Japan’s popular mobile messaging app that has been struggling to grow beyond its home turf, today released an updated Android app (version 5.4.0) with a new focus on low-cost calling. The service now known as LINE Out, which lets users make calls to mobiles and landlines anywhere in the world “at competitive rates” from […]... →

Сервис для заказа такси Uber запустил тестирование системы «умных маршрутов», выстроенных по аналогии с маршрутами городских автобусов. Об этом 25 августа сообщает BuzzFeed.... →

Провайдеры не могут перекрывать доступ к одной запрещенной странице, поэтому блокируется весь ресурс... →

Роспотребнадзор распорядился изъять из магазинов ряд моющих средств... →

«Национальная система платежных карт» (НСПК) будет работать на полностью российском программном обеспечении. Об этом со ссылкой на пресс-службу компании 25 августа пишут «Известия». Ранее сообщалось, что разработкой софта для системы занимается «дочка» бельгийской компании OpenWay.... →

Sony has given the world the first peak of its upcoming drone project. Cool though it is — the craft takes off vertically in this YouTube video — consumers shouldn’t get too excited as these drones are for enterprise and business usage rather than the gadget-buying public. Read More... →

Posted by AngelaPetteysIf the name “Google Webmaster Tools” rings a bell for you, then you might already have an idea of what Google Search Console is. Since Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) has become a valuable resource for so many different types of people besides webmasters—marketing professionals, SEOs, designers, business owners, and app developers, to name a few—Google decided to change its name in May of 2015 to be more inclusive of its diverse group of users.If you aren’t familiar with GWT or Google Se... →

ClearSky Data emerged from stealth today, offering an unusual approach to storage and data lifecycle management. It wants to combine the speed of on-premises storage with the cost and elasticity of a cloud service. While it’s a fully managed service, it involves several layers of storage with an on-premises piece, a local cloud data facility, and longer term public cloud storage.… Read More... →

China’s 4G mobile users surpassed 250 million for the first time at the end of July, according to newly released data (link in Chinese) from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (hat tip to TechNode). If you throw 3G users into the mix, that number shoots up to a whopping 695 million users, with China’s total mobile user […]... →

Hackers have taken to the 36 million email list stolen during the Ashley Madison hack to attempt to extort folks who may or may not have used the app to cheat. Brian Krebs has spoken to an admin in Milwaukee named Rick Romero who has been actively blocking outdoing emails asking hacked users to send a single bitcoin to keep their accounts private. Hello, Unfortunately, your data was leaked… Read More... →

Alibaba today announced the launch of DT PAI, a new service in its Aliyun public cloud that will be able to handle machine learning processes. Aliyun will launch a free public trial of the service for a select group of early users in the next few weeks, DT PAI product manager Xiao Wei told VentureBeat […]... →

As San Francisco’s population rapidly changes with an influx of new tech money and workers, a big question is what happens to the city’s K-12 schools and what tech’s ultimate influence on local education will be. Will tech’s presence improve public schools or bypass them by funneling even more students and wealth into pricey private schools? The answer is a little bit… Read More... →

GUEST: It all started with a big announcement from Twice, a San Francisco based eCommerce marketplace for buying and selling secondhand apparel that has grown to more than one million users since its launch. According to the announcement, Ebay had acquired Twice to use its technology in eBay Valet. As a result, Twice ceased operations. Then Twice released a friendly, […]... →

Today, Twitter launched an emoji tied to the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (which are happening this weekend). Users hash tagging either #VMA of #VMAs will get a very tiny moon man emoji to pop up in their tweet. Like, seriously, this is how big it is: Full-sized it looks way cooler though: We already know Twitter is deep in preparations to revamp how it approaches events with… Read More... →

In its bid to keep its taxi-hailing app offering as sticky as possible, India’s Ola announced on Monday that it is partnering with some of the country’s e-commerce giants to incentivise users away from encroaching rivals like Uber. The Bangalore-headquartered startup, founded in 2010, recently raised an additional $400 million in April to expand its service into 100 […]... →

Posted by kristihinesIf you're a local business owner, you've likely heard that you should submit your business to local business directories like Yelp, Merchant Circle, Yellow Pages, and similar networks in order to help boost your local search visibility on Google. It sounds easy at first: you think you’ll just go to a few websites, enter your contact information, and you’ll be set. Because all you really want to do is get some links to your website from these profiles.But the truth is, there are a lot of... →