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Tables, Tablets, Data And Eating | Vladimir Edelman | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | Restaurants as we know them have remained the same for over 200 years, and fables about amazing restaurant tech have inevitably leapt to futuristic ideas: robot waiters, food printers, talking refrigerators. Today’s reality is far more interesting and complex than those sweeping visions. A tsunami of technology, both... |
Apple Publishes The Top 10 Reasons It Rejects Apps | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | Whether you’ve ever built an iOS app or not, you’ve probably heard tales of how frustrating it can be to get Apple’s stamp of approval. But does Apple reject apps? What are the big mistakes that most developers make? In the first release of what looks to be something Apple intends to update regularly, the a running... |
GuiaBolso Brings Mint-style Financial Management To Brazil | Julie Ruvolo | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | In August a new, homegrown entry raced onto Brazil’s top 10 most downloaded apps. It’s a list usually cluttered by American-made social media, music and gaming apps; but , a Mint-style personal finance app joined the App Store on July 2 when Brazil was midway through a month-long World Cup paralysis and passed Tinde... |
RunScribe Is A Wearable For Granular Gait Analysis | Natasha Lomas | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | Do you heel strike or are you a forefoot runner? If you have no idea what that question means probably isn’t for you. is aiming for serious running geeks who want to nerd out over exactly how, where and when their feet connect with the ground — and use that data to improve their running technique and (hopefully) av... |
If Apple Makes A Move Into Mobile Payments, It Could Not Come At A Better Time | Ingrid Lunden | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | As Apple inches closer to its , there has been growing speculation that mobile payments will be a part of the action. Apple, the reports say, will add to the iPhone 6, and it will debut a mobile wallet-style service that could include integrations with , and possibly to enable physical, in-store payments using t... |
Twitter’s Timeline Could Get (More) Algorithmic | Matthew Panzarino | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | Twitter has changed significantly over the past 8 years. With every new product manager and leadership cadre there have been attempts to make it more accessible to new users and more sticky for existing ones. But the biggest changes may yet be ahead as Twitter considers altering the core of its product: the timeline. :... |
Press Fit Standing Desk Review: An Affordable Option With U.S. Manufacturing And Materials | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | A standing desk is a resource for the home office that’s increasingly common, but they’re still not affordable or convenient in most cases. The began life as a Kickstarter project designed to fix both those problems, with an innovative standing desk design that’s easy to assemble/break down and reassemble, and that w... |
Vandrico Wants To Become The Wearables Platform For The Workplace | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | If you know about Vandrico, it’s probably because of the company’s we featured . That was just a byproduct of Vandrico’s research, however. What the company is really about is bringing wearables into the workplace. I first met Vandrico co-founders Kenna MacKenzie and Gonzalo Tudela at last year’s . At that time, t... |
Are All Accelerators Decelerators? | Ashwin Ramasamy | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | |
What Students Really Carry Back To School | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | click fodder. They allow for marketers to feel they are directly addressing a group of easy marks. After all, when is your life more insecure than on the cusp of a grade change or a trip to college? The world, then, is in upheaval, you hunt for answers, sometimes in the as potential sources of meaning. But I was thi... |
Here’s What We Know So Far About The Celebrity Photo Hack | Mike Butcher | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | : Clearly this post was written very early on in this incident and information has since come to light which . As you will , around 100 women celebrities (including Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Victoria Justice and Kate Upton) have had naked and explicit pictures seemingly hacked from their iCloud accounts and p... |
Yohann Is An iPad Stand Jony Ive Could Be Proud Of | Steve O'Hear | 2,014 | 9 | 1 | I didn’t think I’d ever get excited about an iPad stand. But the , designed by Swiss architect Berend Frenzel, ticks all of my boxes. First up, it’s a thing of beauty, with an incredibly simple but clever — why didn’t I think of that — design. It’s also highly functional, in terms of viewing angles and positions. And ... |
A Walk Through The Disrupt Hackathon | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | It’s still early at the Disrupt Hackathon but that doesn’t mean hackers, programmers, and other cool folks aren’t busy working away. We’ll be posting updates from the floor over the next few hours but until then enjoy this random walk featuring Jon Sheiber and I as we wander the Hackathon crowds. |
So Many Platforms, So Few Developers | Ron Miller | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | As I walked around the today, I talked to a lot of vendors who decided to set up tables at the event for one reason: to lure developers to use their APIs and build applications on top of their platforms. In fact, I spoke to almost a dozen vendors including Evernote, Twitter, Microsoft Azure, The Weather Underground, ... |
Barbarians At The Password Gate | Igor Sill | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | We’re now using the Internet for a wide range of everyday activities, including online banking, stock trading, online shopping, bill paying, socializing, gaming, entertainment and online research. In the last few years there’s been a massive growth in the number of social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin,... |
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Netflix Vs. Verizon Vs. Consumer: Who Wins? | Dror Gill | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | Today’s consumer is streaming more video than ever before. Netflix alone has increased its subscribers by more than 20 million in the past two years, totaling 50 million subscribers as of . It’s no wonder, then, that the increase in video consumption is not without consequences for streaming services and ISPs. The new... |
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The Feds Found The Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht Thanks To A Leaky CAPTCHA | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | You may have heard that the infamous Dread Pirate Robets AKA Ross Ulbricht’s was taken down thanks to a problem in his anonymous Tor server. Now, however, has shown us just how the Feds found Ulbricht’s server and, additionally, the pirate himself. A hole in the Silk Road’s anonymity appeared because of a leaky CAP... |
Tune In On Tuesday For The Launch Of TechCrunch Radio On Sirius XM 102 Indie | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | TechCrunch is about to embark on a brand new adventure. We’re coming at you in a way that you’ve never heard before. World, prepare yourself for TechCrunch Radio! We’re collaborating with the fine folks at Sirius XM to connect with our readers in a brand new way. John Biggs and I will host the show, and each week, we... |
Turning The Phone Call Into The New Click | Jason Spievak | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | Remember when you had to pull out a phone book when you needed to contact a business for more information? Today, those yellow phone books get a quizzical look from my kids as we lug them directly to the recycle bin. These days, a few keystrokes and clicks allow us to conduct detailed research on a product and even c... |
3D Printed Hands Just Got Better Thanks To These DIY Wolverine Claws | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | What could be better than giving disabled kids a new pair of hands? How about slapping a set of claws on those hands! Aaron Brown, a maker and volunteer for the , has been building for kids who are missing fingers. These hands are given away for free and the group has made countless children . Now they can be happi... |
Join Us For A Screening Of Print The Legend, A Movie About Makerbot And Formlabs, On Sunday | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | If you like 3D printing and you’re free on Sunday night, I’d like to take you to a movie. is an amazing (and dramatic) tale of Makertbot, Formlabs, and 3D printing in general. You can and I’ll be leading a panel discussion afterwards with Co-Director J. Clay Tweel, Executive Producer Walter Kortschak, and Co-Produc... |
The Disrupt SF Hackathon Has Begun | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | The at Disrupt SF just kicked off, and the tables at Pier 48 ( ) are already full of busy coders. Teams have a little less than 24 hours to build some cool products and prototypes, which they’ll present tomorrow morning, competing for a variety of prizes for judges who will be rating all of the presentations. Befor... |
3Doodler Launches New Accessories Including A Much-Needed, Anti-Burninating Foot Pedal | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | In todays small, hand-held 3D printer news, we learn that 3Doodler (think of a hot glue gun with a lot more usability) has released a few new accessories including a foot pedal that allows you to extrude filament without having to press the button on the device. I played with the a few months ago and was duly impress... |
What Is The Fate Of Apple’s iPhone 5C? | Matthew Panzarino | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | With Apple releasing new iPhones next week, the question arises: what will happen to its existing models? With recent releases, Apple has kept older devices around to serve it at lower price points in certain regions. But which older devices are going, which are staying and what will the prices be? Just as a thought ex... |
Why Breach Detection Is Your New Must-Have, Cyber Security Tool | Paz Eshel | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | Cyber attacks are all over the news, and it seems like no one is immune — , , Adobe and included. So why are CIOs still fighting cyber criminals with one hand tied behind their backs? Shockingly, most companies are still relying on outdated, only partially effective methods to protect their sensitive data, mainly w... |
From #hackdisrupt Project To App Store Product, A Hackathon Success Story | Leslie Hitchcock | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | Walking into the back in May, wasn’t sure how her hack project would be perceived. It wasn’t easy to coax her partners to join her in building an app which helped women (and so-inclined men) to organize their trips to the nail salon, especially when most of the other hackers were using Oculus Rift and other more ... |
Remember, Disrupt SF And Hackathon Is At A New Venue This Year | Matt Burns | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | Since the dawning of time, was held at the San Francisco Design Concourse. But no more! We have a new and improved location for 2014 and consider this a friendly reminder not to go to the old location. This time the show will be held at Pier 48, just south across the 3rd Street bridge by AT&T Park. It’s easy to get t... |
Three Marks Of Real Data Science | Michael Howard | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | As a venture investor looking to invest in data-driven companies, telling real data science apart from pseudo science is difficult, but it’s critically important. Investing in a data science application company won’t deliver long-term returns if the company uses quackery. Real data science involves using complex algo... |
Online Auction House Catawiki Scores €10M Series B Led By Accel Partners | Steve O'Hear | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | , an online auction house that targets ‘exceptional’ items — from vintage comic books to antique cars — has closed a €10 million Series B Round led by VC Accel Partners. In addition, Berlin-based investor and company builder Project A Ventures, Booking.com’s former CMO Arthur Kosten and Dutch media and Internet entrepr... |
When Old-Economy Jobs Become New-Economy Gigs | Jon Evans | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | I love the sharing economy because it’s efficient. Got some spare time? Become a TaskRabbit! Spare space? AirBNB it! A car and nowhere to go? Drive for Uber or Lyft! The taxi industry is a regulatory-capture nightmare. Disrupt ’em ’til they’re dead? Don’t mind if you do! …And yet our 21st-century sharing-economy dream ... |
The Long Fall | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | tech industry of an overinflated bubble is the new cause célèbre. Skeptics point to towering valuations of startups without revenue and the ability for some companies to command similar prices for their equity despite posting massive losses in the name of growth. Why would the fun stop? Despite the economy of the Unit... |
What To Expect From Apple’s iPhone Event On September 9 | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | Apple is hosting an event on September 9, and by all accounts it’s going to be a real barn burner. The company is set to announce new iPhones, and this much you can take to the bank, but rumors have also arisen suggesting we’ll see a brand new wearable device of some kind – the great and powerful ‘iWatch’ of legend. Ap... |
Gillmor Gang: Too Soon | Steve Gillmor | 2,014 | 9 | 6 | The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. @stevegillmor, @scobleizer, @jtaschek, @dbfarber, @kteare Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor |
Bending All The Phones: iPhone 6 vs. HTC One M8 vs. Moto X | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Before the launch of the iPhone 6 Plus, the idea of people being concerned about how “bendy” their phone is would’ve seemed laughable. A week later, I’m hearing random people in my just-outside-of-the-echo-chamber coffee spot talk about it like they’d talk about the weather. Strange. Yesterday afternoon, following comp... |
Jack Dorsey’s Advertising Agency Couldn’t Make A More Pretentious Website If It Tried | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | , but it looks like we have a new champion in the endless battle to have the most pretentious startup website. , an advertising agency founded by former Apple exec Allison Johnson in 2011 with backing from Jack Dorsey and Ray Chambers, has managed to claim that spot with a site that offers absolutely no information ab... |
Digital Telepathy Is The Future Of The Human Species | Dan Kaplan | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | The story of life on Earth thus far has had an unmistakable direction, and it has moved toward greater complexity. Sure, evolution has seen lots of fits and starts and collapses and mass extinctions. And yes, some replicators (like viruses) seem to have become less complex over time. But from a 100,000 foot view of E... |
A Manual iPhone Camera, Finally | Matthew Panzarino | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | “Finally” is a funny word, especially when it comes to Apple. I try to avoid using it because I’m cognizant of the fact that Apple’s pacing is often a lot different than the hive mind’s idea of what it should be. Just see how long it took to implement third-party keyboards in a way that was for an example. But, as th... |
Walmart Now Offering Low-Cost Mobile Checking Accounts Through Exclusive Deal With Green Dot’s GoBank | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Apple Pay what again? Walmart is getting into the mobile banking space, the company this morning, through a partnership with financial services provider Green Dot Corporation. The company’s low-cost checking account product called is now being made available exclusively at Walmart, offering customers an overdraft-f... |
A Song To Make The iOS 8.0.1 Team Feel Better About Breaking Everyone’s iPhones | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLb8rfrUKNA?list=UUvj5S3f10rO6CoibatfRGzg&w=854&h=510] The iOS team probably isn’t having the best day today. Within of the iOS 8.0.1 update going live, reports started pouring in that it was causing Within hours, it was pulled. Don’t worry, iOS team! There’s already a song ... |
October’s Disrupt Conference Brings Together Europe And The Valley | Mike Butcher | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Following a massively successful inaugural event last year in Berlin, the second , at the amazing Old Billingsgate venue. The London conference kicks off with the , followed by two days of in-depth onstage interviews and panels with some of the biggest names in technology. Disrupt Europe is being supported by all the... |
Orange Partners Its Startup Accelerator With Visa, Moët, And LG | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | This morning, Orange, a large French telecom, announced that it has secured a number of partner companies to support its fourth startup accelerator batch, forming what it un-ironically and patly calls the Fab Force. The name dings with Microsoft overtones due to Orange calling its accelerator, you guessed it, . Joinin... |
To Bridge the Skills Gap, Focus On Improving Computer Science’s Image | Alison Derbenwick Miller | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | It’s becoming increasingly clear that computer science education grapples with a stubborn image problem. And it’s one that we simply cannot afford to ignore any longer. As information technology permeates nearly every aspect of our world today – from personal mobile devices to automated HR systems to the smart grid –... |
PathSource Goes Mobile, Connecting Careers With Youth On The Go | Samantha O'Keefe | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Today, PathSource is launching a to connect students and careers on mobile. PathSource is aimed at giving students direct access to information about professional opportunities that are available to them based on their skills, interests and background. You may remember the company from last year when it launched a a... |
The First Four-Seater, Solar-Powered Vehicle Hits The U.S. Road | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Stella, the first ever family sized road vehicle that runs on the sun has made its U.S. debut. The car in the World Solar Challenge and won the Michelin Cruiser Class for completing a 3,000 kilometer journey from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia last fall. While other solar-powered vehicles have been made for racing, ... |
Designer Builds A 3D-Printable “Imura Revolver” In Honor Of Arrested Japanese Maker | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | When for printing his own revolvers, 3D printing advocates in some circles were up in arms. The guns, which only fired blanks, were simple test models called the Zig-Zag. Now, in honor of Imura’s work in 3D printing, a CAD designer has created a newer, better gun that could be used to fire real bullets. The designer,... |
Apple Pulls iOS 8.0.1 Update After Bug Knocks Out Cell Service And Touch ID On iPhone 6 Models | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Apple has pulled the iOS 8.0.1 update from availability, a fix is likely incoming. For now, it appears to only affect iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users. An Apple spokesperson provided us with the following statement: “We have received reports of an issue with the iOS 8.0.1 update. We are actively investigating these rep... |
HotelTonight Pivots Beyond Same-Day Booking As Competition Heats Up | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | is planning a major shift to its business model, moving from its same-day booking model to a more flexible offering of seven-day advance booking. TechCrunch has obtained an email sent from to one of its hotel partners, showing that the startup is planning to let users book hotel rooms up to seven days in advance, al... |
Luxury Travel Club Inspirato Grabs Another $20 Million | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | Luxury vacation club announced this morning it has secured $20 million in new funding from new investor alongside existing investors and . The funding, designed to accelerate growth, brings the company’s total raise to date to $70 million. The additional capital comes not quite a year after Inspirato’s expansion... |
The $5 Lineable Bracelet Tracks Your Kids When They Wander Away | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | The Lineable, the unfortunately named tracking bracelet for kids, aims to make it easier for parents to keep tabs on their little ones thanks to the magic of beacons. Essentially a wearable iOS-compatible beacon, the device notifies you when your child is too far away and it allows other iPhones to become a sort of ad ... |
Estimote Launches Indoor Location Service Using iBeacon Tech | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtBERi7Lf3c&w=1236&h=695] Estimote, maker of hardware beacon devices and a platform for managing software that uses beacon connections, such as Apple’s iBeacon system, has just launched its Indoor Location features. The Indoor Location system that provides works with the compa... |
Video: Cirque du Soleil Does Its Thing… With Drones | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C8OJsHfmpI?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] Cirque du Soleil is known for doing incredible things with the human body. Now it’s doing incredible things with quadcopters. In a collaboration with ETH Zurich and its Swiss spin-off company Verity Studios, Cirque has gussied up ... |
Gobble Promises To Help Customers Make Delicious Meals In 10 Minutes Or Less | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | If you like the idea of cooking, but not, y’know, the actual work (or the fact that the food might turn out pretty badly), then may be the startup for you. And I don’t mean that in a condescending way. When I try to cook, I do a decent job of frying an egg or boiling spaghetti, but anything more than that and I start... |
Mobile Wallet Laughingstock Clinkle Finally Launches To Let You Pay Friends And Earn “Treats” | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | After 17 months of jokes about vaporware college payments startup , its and apps finally launched today at a few colleges. Clinkle lets you pay friends, get a pre-paid Visa, and earn gifts like Baskin-Robbins ice cream for buying stuff with your Clinkle card. The trick is that Clinkle gamifies payments. You can on... |
Why Is Box Taking So Long To Pull The IPO Trigger? | Ron Miller | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | On March 24th, and went into the dreaded quiet period. It’s been over six months now since Box filed its S-1 form, signaling it would look for $250 million in its public offering. Prior to the announcement, Box was one of the hottest startups in technology, but after months of delay, with its IPO still sitting on the ... |
Microsoft Backtracks After Senior Employee Says “Windows 9” | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Worried that Microsoft was going to keep the “Threshold” codename on the next version of Windows? Fret not, it probably won’t. In a speech to employees, Alain Crozier, president of Microsoft France, called the new operating system “Windows 9” quite recently, and . I confirmed with a colleague who could translate that ... |
Motorola’s Moto X Should Be Your Next Android Phone | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 24 | the era of the ubiquitous Big Phone, it’s refreshing to hold something like the slim and light second-generation . Priced at $500 unlocked and about $99 with a contract, this 5.2-inch phone with 1080p OLED screen and Gorilla Glass front is a step beyond the latest from LG and, while not as feature-rich as the Samsung... |
How Much Better Is Each New iPhone’s Camera? Here’s An Excellent Comparison | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | It’s easy to say that the iPhone’s camera has gotten better over time — that’s pretty much a given. But better? Lisa Bettany, co-founder of , decided to put it to the test. Eight generations of iPhone, lined up in a row… all taking the same photo. The results are pretty damn neat. The differences start to get a bit ... |
PRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Apple has acquired Dutch digital magazine startup , a platform that makes it easy to create iPad-compatible magazines using tools that don’t require any knowledge of code. The company is essentially a magazine-focused version of iBooks Author, and the deal could mean better native publishing tools for digital periodic... |
Bitcoin’s Price Skyrockets Following PayPal’s Hug | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | This morning, PayPal , allowing merchants to accept the cryptocurrency as payment for digital goods. The reaction to bitcoin itself has been immediate and positive. The PayPal integration is minor — users won’t be able to start stashing their bitcoin in their PayPal accounts, but merchants that use certain PayPal serv... |
Tune In To TechCrunch Radio On Sirius XM 102 Indie Tonight | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | that Sirius XM offers a one-month free trial. Coincidentally, runs for four more weeks for one hour every Tuesday night, starting tonight. So, if, perchance, you were interested in listening in to the show, you could get in on that free trial action from Sirius and follow along with John Biggs and I as we discuss t... |
Expa Brings On Hooman Radfar, AddThis Founder, As San Francisco EIR | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | , a startup studio with , is today welcoming a new member to the team. , founder and Chairman of , is coming on board the team to bring his expertise in big data and web services to the mix. Expa is a powerhouse of talent, with Uber cofounder Garrett Camp at the helm and . Radfar rounds out the team with more exper... |
Google X Founder Sebastian Thrun Has Left His Role As Google VP And Fellow | Ingrid Lunden | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Sebastian Thrun has left the building — the Google X building, that is. The founder of search giant factory to develop and build “moonshot” technologies, who launched the company’s driverless car project and was the project lead on Google Glass, is no longer a VP and Fellow at the company. Thrun, who also co-founded ... |
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Belkin WeMo Crock-Pot Review: Not The Smartest Of Smart Devices, But It Gets The Job Done | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Belkin is going all-out on the connected home, with products ranging from connected lighting systems to smart outlets. But one of its oddest offerings might just be a collaboration with slow cooker industry leader Crock-Pot, whose name is essentially synonymous with fire-and-forget meal-making. Belkin and Crock-Pot now... |
Your iOS GIF Keyboard Is Finally Here, Thanks To Riffsy | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Since the launch of iOS 8 last week, there’s been a in the App Store. That includes the likes of Swype, Fleksy and SwiftKey, all of which have been designed to help users more quickly type and share what they are thinking. But what if they want to share what they are feeling? For that, there’s no better tool than the... |
Robinhood Raises $13M To Democratize Stock Market With Zero-Commission Trading App | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Half a million people have already signed up for ‘s unlaunched . Now the startup has raised to hire talent to make its app totally secure so it can start adding people from its private beta waitlist. Unlike competitors E*Trade and Scottrade that charge people $7 to $10 per trade, Robinhood doesn’t need to spend mon... |
PayPal Enables Bitcoin Transactions For Merchants Selling Digital Goods | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Bitcoin’s momentum among key merchants and platforms on the web keeps accelerating. After hinting at it a few weeks ago when Braintree enabled Bitcoin-based transactions for PayPal developers, the The company has expressed interest in bitcoin for a while, with eBay CEO John Donahoe saying in the past that it would . ... |
Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Google Currents, Google’s magazine-like news reading iOS app and a competitor to Flipboard, is rolling out a redesign and a handful of new features, including a way to subscribe to topics you’re interested in, instead of only subscribing to publishers, blogs and RSS feeds. The company is also ditching the name “Current... |
Google Has Tightened Its European Search De-Listing Request Process | Natasha Lomas | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | , an online service for Europeans wishing to submit de-listing requests to search engines asking for outdated or irrelevant personal information to be de-indexed, has put out new details of the nature of requests it is helping to process — shining a little more light onto what remains a relatively closed-box process at... |
The iPhone 6 Plus Gets Bent | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Every year, Apple announces a new iPhone. And every year, we go through a very similar cycle. First it’s rumors and leaks, and then spy shots from factory lines, and then the announcement comes! And then it’s reviews, and long lines, and pre-order figures, and first weekend sales figures… which brings us to today. Welc... |
Dropbox Is Now iOS 8-Ready With A Notification Center Widget, App Extension Support And More | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | Now that iOS 8 is on the loose, Apple users are receiving much-improved versions of their favorite apps, designed to take advantage of new iOS features – like the ability to create custom widgets in the Notification Center. Today, file-sharing application has its , which now includes a new Notification Center widg... |
Business Goals Platform BetterWorks Leaves Stealth With $15.5M Led By KPCB | Ingrid Lunden | 2,014 | 9 | 23 | , a new, cloud-based platform designed to help employees set and reach business goals — and the newest project from gamification pioneer Kris Duggan of Badgeville — is coming out of stealth today, as the startup of the same name announces that it has reached some goals of its own. It has raised $15.5 million from a gro... |
The $1 Million Race For The Cure To End Aging | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | The hypothesis is so absurd it seems as though it popped right off the pages of a science-fiction novel. Some scientists in Palo Alto are offering a $1 million prize to anyone who can end aging. “Based on the rapid rate of biomedical breakthroughs, we believe the question is not we can crack the aging code, but wil... |
Bellabox, Australia’s Largest Beauty Box Service, Raises $2.7M From Allure Media | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | , Australia’s largest beauty subscription site, announced today that it has received $2.7 million in funding from , a digital publishing company owned by . The capital will be used to expand bellabox’s service offerings and improve its market research, as well as hire more staff and expand the the startup to new inte... |
Tim Cook Holds Firm On iMessage Security: It’s Encrypted, And We Don’t Have A Key | Ingrid Lunden | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | As Apple continues to for how it handles iCloud security, the company’s CEO Tim Cook is holding firm on the company’s priorities when it comes to data protection. In part 2 of an interview with Charlie Rose, airing on PBS tonight, Cook is adamant that Apple is not in the business of collecting data, but rather sellin... |
CEO Of Guess Watches Welcomes Apple To The Fray | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | In what amounts to a “welcome” turned sputtering softball aimed at Apple’s broad side, the CEO of Guess Watches Cindy Livingston wrote an open letter to Apple while, at the same time, proclaiming her own interest in the smartwatch world. Guess, a fashion brand founded in the 1980s, is best known for dress watches known... |
Recruitment Trainwreck BranchOut In Talks To Be Acquired, May Sell Mobile Team To Hearst | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | ‘s story is a brutal lesson about the risk of derailment when you build on someone else’s platform. After raising $49 million and growing to 33 million users, Facebook changed its viral channels leading to starve. Now the “LinkedIn within Facebook” wants to throw in the towel. Sources confirm that BranchOut is in dis... |
Watch This Robotic Cheetah Run Like A Real Animal | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMKQbqnXXhQ] It’s not every day that you see a robotic electric cheetah traipse merrily on the MIT quad and football field, but here you go: the Cheetah, a robot that will be able to run as fast as 30 miles per hour, is now wandering about untethered like jumpy younger brother... |
500px Co-Founder And Former CEO Ousted From The Startup | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | Toronto’s photo portfolio site and marketplace is undergoing some major changes, as co-founder Oleg Gutsol is out from the company he started. The executive shared the information on Facebook on Monday, saying that he was “ousted from the company that [he] created by the people [he] trusted most.” It’s impossible to ... |
You Can Now Text Groot | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | seems like he’d be a pretty good friend to have. He’ll always have your back in a fight, he can inexplicably summon fireflies out of thin air when your movie needs more 3D effects, and he’s one helluva dancer to boot. He’s also a pretty good texter, it turns out. At the very least, he’s consistent. Want to see for you... |
Microsoft Confirms Its Windows Event Will Take Place On September 30th | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | Microsoft today confirmed its Windows event that will take place on September 30 in San Francisco. The event is widely expected to include a release of the technical preview of Windows 9, the successor to the controversial Windows 8.x operating system that was released in 2012, along with the Surface line of tablets.... |
The FCC Has Received More Than 3 Million Comments Concerning Net Neutrality | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | The FCC has received more than 3 million comments concerning the current net neutrality notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). That figure is dramatically higher than the . The massive jump comes from the FCC chewing through a deluge of comments that were filed last week as part of a that saw large websites ask their... |
DipJar Raises Funding For A Tip Jar Where You Pay With Plastic, Not Spare Change | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | The move to a more “cashless” society has not been without its victims – namely, those whose incomes relied on the spare change and small donations that once came from customers emptying their pockets, but are now locked up in and credit card swipes. The lowly tip jar today often sits empty, as few carry around the q... |
Why Facebook Is Deleting Drag Queen Profile Pages | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | founder and drag queen woke up this morning to discover her page had been completely erased from existence. She’d heard of this happening to other queens in her community last week. Then Facebook sent her a personal message last Thursday that asked her to revert to her birth name, as well. She says she tried to com... |
Swatch Group Head Nicolas Hayek Jr. Is Putting Smartwatches In The “No Fly Zone” | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | A source said that Swatch Group head Nicolas Hayek Jr., son of the late SG CEO , is adamant that the company would not be pursuing smartwatches inside Swatch itself or within any of the many Swatch brands. The source said that Hayek Jr. felt “burned” by a 2004-2005 MSN SPOT watch partnership that fizzled and is avoidi... |
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Phhhoto Is An Addictive, Albeit Poorly Named, Gif-Style Photo App | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | Phhhoto is a new app that launched in late July that lets users capture moving images and share them across social networks. But the app you see today, with over one million photos shared, started as something very different. The creators, Omar Elsayed, Champ Bennett, and Russell Armand, come from a digital agency call... |
JibJab Acquires Make Believe Studios, Makers Of Video Calling App Hello Santa | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | JibJab Bros. Studios, which is the parent company to JibJab.com and the StoryBots apps, has made its first major purchase in its 15-year history, with the announcement that it’s acquiring a startup called , whose product “Hello Santa” we reviewed last year. The company’s three founders will now join JibJab and continu... |
Apple Lets You Preserve Your Musical Taste With A U2 Album Removal Tool | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | Apple listens to user feedback, which is evident by the introduction of a new tool that lets users remove the U2 album from their iTunes library entirely (via ). The album was given away to all of the over 500 million iTunes registered users as part of Apple’s new iPhone 6 launch last week. But some users (like ) w... |
With API Calls Up 443% In Last 12 Months, Nexmo Looks To Accelerate Its Revenue Growth | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | Nexmo, a telecom API-focused firm that provides both voice and SMS services, saw its revenue rise 177 percent in the first half of 2014 when compared to the first half of 2013, it told TechCrunch. The company had top line of $29.4 million in the period, up from $10.6 million in the preceding half year. Over the course ... |
Netflix Is Available In France, But It Still Needs Work | Romain Dillet | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | French readers, is here! But don’t get too excited; it’s an imperfect launch. After an astute media campaign to put Netflix under the spotlight, the unlimited movie and TV show streaming service is available for everyone to see. And with a limited catalog, a limited availability on set-top boxes and a limited set of ... |
Ridesharing Service Sidecar Raises Another $15 Million, Adds Sir Richard Branson As Investor | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | San Francisco-headquartered ridesharing startup , which competes with on-demand car services like Uber and Lyft, this morning it has raised an additional $15 million in funding. The new round comes from existing investors Avalon Ventures and Union Square Ventures, and includes participation from new investor and Vir... |
The Surface 2 Slow Fade | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 15 | The 64GB SKU of the Surface 2 is sold out on Microsoft’s website, and, , it likely won’t be restocked. The sales rep said the company is looking to get rid of inventory of the older device and “focus on the newer version of Surfaces.” Remember the Surface 2? Microsoft , along with the Surface Pro 2. The device was a ... |
Seed Is Creating A Truly Idiot-Proof Internet Of Things | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 12 | In the vast panoply of potential home networking protocols, there are only a few worth worrying about. Wi-Fi works well but it can go down and ZigBee and the like are sparsely supported. But Bluetooth Smart is local, secure, and easy to use. And that’s what is using to connect our lamps, our blinds, and even our tea ... |
Microsoft Promises More Surface Pro 3 Inventory Amid Tight International Supply | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 9 | 12 | . Today , Microsoft’s Brian Hall promised that Microsoft will get more Surface Pro 3 inventory to the parts of the world where supply of the device is hard to find. The company noted Germany, China, Australia, and Korea as places where it might be difficult to snag one of the devices. What is going on? Microsoft didn’... |
The Gold Apple Watch Could Cost As Much As $1,200 | John Biggs | 2,014 | 9 | 12 | A jewelry contact familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that the gold, 18-karat version of the Apple Watch could cost around $1,200 retail when it launches in January. This has been corroborated, based on size and weight, by jewelers familiar with the material is using to make its Apple Watch Edition pieces. It sh... |
AT&T To Get iPhone 6-Friendly Wi-Fi Calling In 2015 | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 9 | 12 | The iPhone 6 supports Wi-Fi calling. But does your support it? If you’re in the U.S., the answer to that is probably “not yet.” Wi-Fi Calling essentially turns any Wi-Fi router you’ve got access to a private extension of your carrier’s cell network. As long as you’re on Wi-Fi, you’ll be able to make standard voice ca... |
Come To The TechCrunch Virtual Reality Meetup In LA On Sept 18th | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 9 | 12 | The night before the Oculus Connect conference, TechCrunch is bringing together the virtual reality community for an evening of cool demos, free drinks, and a chance to meet TechCrunch’s writers and VR startups in the space. . From 6:30pm to 9:30pm at the in West Hollywood, come mingle poolside by the stunning views... |
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