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With both the Shopify and Etsy IPOs, the last year has been a big one for tech companies catering to independent online retailers. Now Tictail, a Swedish company that has migrated to the United States, is hoping to make its mark with a product that’s somewhere in between those two platforms. They’ve just raised $22 million in funding from their existing investors including… Read More... →

Dear WeWork, We moved into WeWork Golden Gate on July 1 and signed a four-month lease on a sunny new office space for our growing startup, Glassbreakers. This is a really exciting time for us. We’re hiring our first batch of full-time employees and embarking on a whole new chapter scaling our company. Since our first day at WeWork, we’ve hired three new teammates (two engineers and… Read More... →

Starting today, Google AdWords advertisers can run search app install campaigns to capture people's attention as they search for apps in Google Play.... →

«Сбербанк» начал тестирование автоматической технологии распознавания эмоций клиентов, пишет РБК. Система работает в тестовом режиме, первые результаты ожидаются в начале осени 2015 года.... →

Google is today opening up a program that allows developers who are running Search app install campaigns on AdWords to advertise their apps within Google Play’s search results. In conjunction with this, Google is also launching a new conversion tracking solution that will track when users install and then launch an app after clicking on a search ad. The program is an expansion of… Read More... →

No more excuses for poor identity management.... →

Lots of people make careers out of controversy. But constant controversy can take a toll. You could get by with a lot of controversy in the early days of your blog or books in order to gain critical mass. But soon you'll need to take your foot off that particular pedal. The goal (when it comes to rocking the boat) is to select topics carefully and to space these pieces at least a month apart. That way, you avoid burning the conflict candle at both ends.... →

Equity crowd funding platform Seedrs has raised a $15.6 million (£10 million) Series A round led by Woodford Patient Capital Trust plc (WPCT) and Augmentum Capital, the money from which will be used to launch in the US market. Seedrs had previously raised $7.2 million from Faber Ventures and it’s own crowd-funding campaign. Furthermore, Seedrs is to launch a £2.5 million crowd… Read More... →

People turn to their phones billions of times a day for I want-to-know, I want-to-go, I want-to-do, and I want-to-buy moments . And in these intent-rich moments, they often turn to apps to get what they need. Runners may search for a "mileage tracker" app as they start training for a marathon, foodies may look for "restaurant" apps to check out the trendiest new places in town, and frequent fliers may search for "top games" to play before a long flight. In fact,... →

The idea of Apple Music struck fear in the hearts of listeners like me. The company had enough money to buy exclusives that could fracture and balkanize the music catalog. The problem with exclusives on services like Tidal or Spotify is that only the tiny percentage of people who pay for their subscriptions can hear these songs when they want. It could have been the same with App But it… Read More... →

Онлайн-ритейлер JD.com начнёт продавать в Китае российские меха и продукты с Дальнего Востока, сообщает «Интерфакс» со ссылкой на президента компании Виктора Сюя. Также торговая площадка 29 июля подписала соглашение о сотрудничестве с «Почтой России».... →

Flipboard has added another big-name publisher to its magazine platform. Fans of The New Yorker will now be able to access the magazine’s stories from its app, according to the company. This will be the first time that Flipboard has made a magazine available through a metered system. Today’s announcement comes as Flipboard marks its five-year […]... →

Tencent's ambitions will take it into more collaborations with -- or competition with -- Hollywood.... →

Over the last few months, there has been a lot of hype surrounding Windows 10, in part because Microsoft is offering free Windows 10 upgrades to those running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1. In March, reports suggested the offer would extend to pirates, though when we followed up with Microsoft, it turned […]... →

It’s been a good week for cord-cutting sports fans. Word has it that CBS will livestream the Super Bowl commercials for the first time. Disney is considering its options for making ESPN a standalone service (well…maybe five years from now.) And now, golf fans are getting a digital subscription service of their own, with the debut of the PGA TOUR LIVE’s new online and… Read More... →

If you’re on a PC, you might be following the Windows 10 news closely. One of the items that popped up last night was that Twitter had a brand new app coming tailored specifically for the platform. It’s here. This app coincides with the Windows 10 launch, with the app sporting fast access to top tweets, photos and videos…without having to be logged in. While Live Tiles… Read More... →

Twitter's new Windows 10 app reveals tweets directly in the Start menu.... →

Yahoo has officially launched Livetext, the app where users chat with friends by share a video image and text — but no sound. Earlier this month, we spotted the Livetext app in the Apple App Store in Hong Kong. At the time, Yahoo declined to comment, except to say that it’s “always experimenting with new product experiences.” The company demonstrated the app at a… Read More... →

VB INSIGHT: How is it that in the golden age of meaningful user engagement, marketers seem to have gotten worse at understanding how to rally us to their cause?... →

Dearest New Yorkers, Boy do I have a treat for you! I have a pretty strong intuition and expectation that the TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off in NYC is going to be our best yet. Which makes sense, given that New York is the best city in the world. And that wouldn’t be possible without the presence of the coolest folks in NYC tech on our humble* stage. So without any further ado,… Read More... →