


Opinion
Twitter’s real problem: Silicon Valley’s misguided ‘real time’ fetish

VB Webinar
Social media management: How to win back unhappy customers (webinar)

Robit launches crowdfunding campaign for home helper robot that runs apps

Funding Daily: Riskified nabs $25 million to fight ecommerce fraud

Skype is rolling out 10 love-themed Mojis with music from Paul McCartney

The world’s ‘first bionic knee brace’ launches for consumers today

The app economy could double to $101 billion by 2020

Twitter just got a little bit more like Facebook with new algorithmic timeline
David Sikora Joins Kony Advisory Board

VB Event
How to lead digital transformation, Marketing.FWD

Shasta Ventures adds Doug Pepper as a managing partner to focus on application startups

YouTube Red’s first 4 original shows are available now as part of $10 monthly subscription

Opera accepts $1.2B offer from Chinese firms hungry for its booming mobile ad business
Hauck & Aufhäuser Acquires Share in the Naga Group AG

Facebook paid 210 security researchers $936,000 in 2015, high-impact bugs grew by 38%

WorldRemit raises $45M to grow its mobile-first money-transfer service globally

Google has quietly launched its answer to AWS Lambda

Google’s self-driving car AI can qualify as a driver, U.S. regulators say

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Early-stage companies, get ready to be punched in the face

Guest
5 new unicorns emerge in January

Guest
Becoming a better brand through data-driven discoveries (webinar)

Microsoft confirms it acquired iOS music app Groove

Following The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents now lets you stream all its movies and TV shows
MapR Reports Over 100% Increase in Annual Billings
Club Prophet Systems Adds ACH Payments Option via linked2pay API

Vine adds video sorting, caption editing, and 3D Touch support

Gmail now warns you when sending or receiving emails over non-encrypted connections

Google will stop running Flash display ads on January 2, 2017

Partner Content
The Anonymous User: 5 Steps to engage them, convert them, and grow revenue

Square’s Caviar will cater your next corporate event

Security software giant Avast is crowdsourcing data to reveal the best Wi-Fi hotspots

Communications startup ThinkingPhones rebrands as Fuze, raises $112 million
360incentives Becomes 360insights and Launches Industry-First Channel Success Platform

Adblock Fast returns to Google Play a week after being pulled

VB Event
Starwood Hotels’ luxury at scale requires emotional analytics

Partner Content
Chinese startup opportunities in focus at upcoming Emerging Companies Summit

Data cleaning software company Trifacta raises $35 million

Snapchat and Viacom extend global advertising deal
