LivingSocial Is Laying Off More Than 50 Percent of Its Staff Link
クーポン共同購入でGrouponの対抗馬として活躍していたLivingSocialが50％のスタッフを解雇だそうです。数年前にもてはやされたビジネスモデルでしたが、当初から薄利を指摘されていて加熱しすぎの感はありました。どうもカードリンクドオファー（CLO）に鞍替えするみたいですね。
資金調達関連
- Gaming veterans start $50M virtual reality and augmented reality fund Link
- Spread the news: News-reader app Kurio gets US$5M from Japanese counterpart Gunosy Link
- CrowdStreet raises $3.5 million to help real estate investors Link
- Prenetics raises $10M to popularize patient DNA testing in Asia Link
- And the fun begins: KKday secures US$4.5M Series A led by AppWorks Ventures Link
- Internet of rings: Smart doorbell startup raises $61.2M, launches sleeker $250 Pro deviceLink
- Stealth startup Usermind fetches $14.5 million to usher in the BizOps revolution Link
- From Android To Waze: Google’s 13 Best Acquisitions Of All Time Link
- 2016: The year VC investors return to capital efficiency Link
- Terminus closes $7.5 million round for its B2B marketing tool Link
VR・AR関連
- MasterCard showcases ecommerce payments through virtual reality at PGA Tour golf eventLink
- Oculus takes multiplayer VR to the Wild West with Dead & Buried’s saloon gunfight Link
- The latest breakthrough in virtual reality is turning ‘experiences’ into ‘real’ games Link
- EeGeo picks up $5M to build better 3D visuals for interiors and VR experiences Link
- Oculus gives Rift games a ‘barf-o-meter’ rating Link
- Preparing for the Next Tsunami with Virtual Reality Link
- Sony undercuts Oculus with the affordable PlayStation VR — if you can stand to wait for itLink
- Sony draws praise for PlayStation VR’s low price and game focus from industry watchersLink
- Watch Sony’s PlayStation VR social experiment captivate an audience of developers Link
