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The Father Of Net Neutrality Is Crowdfunding His Political Campaign | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | , an academic known for his work on net neutrality, is campaigning to become the Democratic nominee for the lieutenant governor of New York. He’s an unlikely politician. Cerebral, soft spoken, and willing to speak freely, conversation with Wu is a far cry from the stilted, shrill dialogue that makes up most of our mode... |
Why Standalone Apps Are Supposed To Fail | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | It’s scary to move a billion people’s furniture. That’s why Product Manager Michael Reckhow tells me Facebook built . This fear has spawned the standalone app boom of 2014. Tech giants are experimenting with new user experiences outside the hallowed halls of their main apps that are too important to meddle with. But w... |
Google News Gives Publishers More Control Over How It Indexes Their Sites | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | While European publishers have a rather with , U.S. publishers have no such qualms and are more than happy to be indexed by the search giant’s crawlers. And with the launch of the , those publishers will get a bit more control over how Google’s robots see their sites. Until now, publishers pretty much had to hope... |
After Turning Down A Million In Funding, Over Brings Its Photo-Editing App To Android | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | , a popular image editing application for iOS users that has grown to over 9 million installs since its launch, is now available on – a move that founder claims has been a top request for some time. In the new version, Android users will be the first to receive a few features, including full resolution photo saving,... |
It’s Official: Square Acquires Food Delivery Service Caviar | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | curated food delivery service today, confirming earlier reports that the companies had been in serious talks. We on a deal worth about $100 million. Both and reported the deal would take place this week, but the reported price now is for $90 million in stock. We’ve reached out to both Square and Caviar, but ... |
With $1.3 Million In Funding, Pantry’s Smart Fridge Lets Businesses Sell Fresh Food Anytime | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | Food vending machines are nothing new, but in most cases the stuff that’s available in them consists of chips, candy bars, and the occasional pre-packaged, indestructible burrito. But what if there were a way to ensure that there were healthier options available with fresh ingredients? That’s what ‘s smart refrigerato... |
iDrive Launches OOLOO, A Voice Search App Powered By People, Not Algorithms | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | , a company better known for , is now branching out in a new direction with the launch of a mobile application called . (Seriously, we’re running out of names, aren’t we?). The idea for the app can best be explained as something of a “staffed” version of Siri – meaning that instead of algorithms and engines answering... |
Europe’s Bauer Media Sets Up Fund To Invest $134M In Startups Over 10 Years | Natasha Lomas | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | It’s only a few weeks since Google Ventures announced it’s setting up shop in London as a hub for . Now another big fund has been unboxed by local German media firm, . The new fund — €100 million or circa $134 million — will be invested in European digital businesses over the next ten years via a new VC arm, called ... |
Microsoft Updates Visual Studio With Deeper Git And Azure Integrations, Performance And Diagnostic Tools | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | There used to be a time when would release new versions of its development environment every two years or so, with maybe a service pack in the middle. Since the release of Visual Studio 2013, however, the company has switched to a much faster update cadence. Today, it is the for Visual Studio and Team Foundatio... |
Docker Sells dotCloud to cloudControl To Focus On Core Container Business | Ron Miller | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | ., the commercial company behind the open source Docker project, announced today it had sold its Platform as a Service business to Berlin-based . The deal allows Docker to focus on its core software containerization business. Docker CEO Ben Golub told TechCrunch the company wanted to concentrate on the Docker part o... |
Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 Goes Live For Developers | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 4 | As promised, has released to developers. If you are part of the company’s Windows Phone Developer Preview program, you can snag the update now. If you have troubles finding the new code, Paul Thurrott into the process of securing the update. The update brings new features and user interface tweaks to Microsoft’s s... |
Merchant Loyalty Platform Startup Spoqa Raises $3.9M To Expand In Japan | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | , the Seoul-based mobile loyalty platform that won the at TechCrunch Disrupt Tokyo 2011, has raised a total of $3.9 million in funding to date led by Daesung Private Equity group and Bokwang Investments to fuel its expansion in Korea and Japan. operates , a tablet-based loyalty platform for local merchants, and cla... |
Join TechCrunch In Beijing Next Week | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Shortly after the launch of last year, we brought TechCrunch’s , organized by our official partner , to Shanghai, China. This year the . It will take place on August 11 and 12 at . The theme is “The Red Hardware” to highlight China’s smart hardware makers. We have a great from China and overseas, who will presen... |
Apple and Samsung Agree To End All Non-U.S. Patent Disputes | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Apple and Samsung have agreed to drop all non-U.S. litigation. The announcement came late Tuesday in a release first reported by the . In the joint statement, the two tech giants said they “…have agreed to drop all litigation between the two companies outside the United States.” This brings to an end a crucial part of... |
Timex And Qualcomm Team Up To Make A Smartwatch For Fitness Freaks | John Biggs | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | There are a few things everyone knows about smartwatches right now. First, you must have an e-ink screen. Second you have to use them with a phone nearby. Third, they’re not very rugged. and , however, have decided to blow those myths out of the water. Their new product, the Timex Ironman One GPS+, is a self-contain... |
Inside The FCC’s 1.1 Million Net Neutrality Comments | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | If you ever wanted to make your Chrome browser freeze 10 times in one afternoon, you could take a look at the 1.4 GB of XML files of net neutrality comments that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) posted on Tuesday. More regarding net neutrality have been submitted to the FCC, and we expect that number to su... |
UberPool Lets You Split Uber Fares With Other Passengers Along The Same Route | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | In the ongoing war between , Lyft, and all of the other me-too ride-sharing services, competitors are looking for any way they can better utilize their supply of drivers and reduce costs for their riders. Today, , a new feature that will let you pick up other riders on the way to your destination and split the bill. ... |
StubHub Music Takes On Music Concert Discovery Apps WillCall And Live Nation | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | is now live in the App Store and available to all major U.S. cities. The app, created by , was first tested on a much smaller set of music fans in San Francisco earlier this summer. It’s now available throughout the U.S., the UK and Canada. , which is currently seen as a competitor to ticket-buying marketplaces like ... |
Sprint To Replace CEO, Drop Bid For T-Mobile Amid Tough Regulatory Climate | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | will announce tomorrow its plans to drop its bid to buy amid a hostile regulatory climate and financing difficulties, according to a in the Wall Street Journal. In addition to walking away from its merger efforts, Sprint , according to Bloomberg. The two events are presumably linked. The prospect of lowering the ... |
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Felicis Raises New $96M Fund, Pledges To Always Vote Shares With Founders | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Five to ten years ago, the notion of a super-angel, or an angel backed with a notable but still small-sized fund, was relatively new concept. There were players like , and . There were versus more established venture capital firms. But today, the line between the two has become a lot more blurred. Plus, there is ... |
TC Cribs: Yelp’s Five Star San Francisco HQ | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Welcome back to , the show that lets you snoop around the offices of the tech industry’s hottest companies. This is an especially fun episode, since we headed over to , the popular online review site. These are some exciting times for Yelp: The company just celebrated , and late last summer moved into a gorgeous new... |
Kickstarter Serves Up Potato Salad By The Numbers | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | The now famous closed this weekend with a total of $55,492 from 6,911 backers. in a blog post today and found the majority of those backers came from California or Columbus, Ohio (both at just over 17 percent).
Most of the money, according to , also came from backers who gave several times throughout the campaig... |
Zillow’s Q2 Earnings Mixed With Record $78.7M Revenue, $0.05 Loss Per Share | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Real estate marketplace reported its Q2 2014 financial results today. The company reported revenue of $78.7 million — up 68% over the second quarter of 2013 — but a non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.05. GAPP net loss was about $10.5 million compared to $10.2 million in Q2 2013. was that it would post revenue of abo... |
How Rise Connects Users With Diet Coaches To Help Them Eat Healthier | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Over the past year, I’ve been taking a photo of more or less every meal that I’ve eaten. But I’m not sending those photos to Instagram or Facebook — instead, I’m uploading them to a diet app called , which has helped me to eat better and lose weight. works by who take a look at their client’s meals and offer feed... |
Google Maps Now Lets You Explore Mars And The Moon, If You Know Where To Click | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Hey, you! Want to explore the surface of Mars? No problem! All we need is a few billion dollars, a couple hundred of the world’s brightest minds, and for someone to get around to solving that pesky “ ” problem. On second thought, that might take a while. Until then, will have to do. Just in time for the 2nd anniversar... |
Thousands Can Fact-Check The News With Grasswire | Cat Zakrzewski | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | We all know you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet. But with , you can at least “refute” it. ’s new venture allows news junkies to confirm and refute posts about breaking news. The “real-time newsroom controlled by everyone” divides posts into popular news topics, such as the and the . Once you select... |
Backed By YC And Rock Health, Aptible Handles The Hard Parts Of HIPAA Compliance | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,” entrepreneur and technologist , paraphrasing Beat poet in a sadly truthful characterization of the modern day tech industry. The thing is, a lot of people who work in advertising-fueled tech products have said that they’re intrigued... |
The US Market Will Benefit From China’s Tech Growth | Si Shen | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | This has been a whirlwind year for Chinese tech companies. is in the spotlight as it’s for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in an IPO that’s expected to raise up to $20 billion (at a valuation of up to $200 billion). But a couple of years ago, “Alibaba” and even “ ” were names few would... |
Zip Phone Lets You Make Free Calls Over The Internet…Without Launching Its App | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | A company known as is making it easier to place secure, Wi-Fi enabled phone calls, in order to save consumers from using up the limited number of cellular minutes that come with their smartphone’s voice plan. That’s a more common problem outside of North America where unlimited calling plans are prevalent, though the... |
Smart Building Technologies Could Expose Companies To A New Breed Of Cyber Attack | Peter Dickinson | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | Last month major corporations and household names such as , and were held ransom by Internet hackers. Many found this concerning, but even more serious is that some businesses may not realize how highly vulnerable they are to such an attack. What if it were your building that was held ransom? Are there things th... |
Microsoft Announces August Update To Windows 8.1, But Don’t Call It Update 2 | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 5 | has a number of upgrades coming for Windows 8.1 on August 12, but the company today announced in a that the new features and tweaks don’t constitute an “Update 2” to the operating system. So what is coming in the non-Update 2 August release? Trackpad improvements, better SharePoint Online integration, and Wi-Fi API ... |
Apple Leads in Accessibility, But Can Third-Party Developers Follow? | Steven Aquino | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | Third-party apps on the App Store need to be much better at being . The tendency — albeit naturally — is for and other developers to make iOS, and apps designed for iOS, for the majority of users. While users with disabilities, such as myself, are not a majority, we are an important niche. We use iOS devices, too, a... |
Technology’s Role In Direct Democracy | Michael Papay | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | An influx of communication and collaboration technologies since the beginning of the 21st century has helped to make this the most connected time in human history — and seemingly easier than ever for society to work together. Yet, where is the political yield? Midterm elections are coming up. Stakes are high and there ... |
Lessons Learned On App Design For Fast-Growth Markets | Alan Mamedi | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | One of the typical mistakes developers make is thinking that because they’ve had success in one corner of the globe, they should be able to employ the same strategy to drive adoption elsewhere. The truth of the matter is apps that are wildly successful in the U.S., Europe and Japan often fail to gain substantial trac... |
Mexico’s Resources Fuel The Texas Startup Economy | Sara Inés Calderón | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | Everything is bigger in Texas, and thanks to Mexico, that may be also soon be true of the state’s growing tech sector. with cash, Texas’ proximity to Mexico gives the state’s tech companies distinct advantages over other regions, according to entrepreneurs and others involved in the state’s tech industry. Mexico is T... |
LG Updates G Watch Software To Fix Charging Pin Issues | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | The G Watch, , has been receiving negative feedback from users who found that their charging pins had become discolored, had issues getting a charge, or were even causing minor skin irritation and burning. earlier today that the most recent software update for the LG G Watch has addressed the issue, turning off the... |
Sony And EA Experiment With New Business Models For Older Games | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | This week, both and revealed or began to roll out new services that have been described to various degrees as “Netflix for gaming.” That description, while catchy and useful for getting the gist of what each does across, doesn’t really capture the impact that either service could have based on how they will actually... |
11 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week (8/1) | Travis Bernard | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | There were a ton of amazing stories on TechCrunch from 7/26 to 8/1, but here are the 11 best. There were a number of other features that didn’t quite make the list. We reviewed , , and . Some of our readers were impressed by this , while others . This received a lot of attention, possibly because it’s going to be... |
Hukkster, The Winklevoss-Backed Online Shopping Tool, Has Shut Down | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | , the New York City-based startup that created a price-monitoring app for online shopping, has shut down for good. , which was founded in 2012 and raised a total from a group of prominent tech and business investors including , allowed users to tag items online they were interested in buying and receive alerts when ... |
Augmented Reality’s First Step Forward Might Be More Blue Collar Than You Think | Daniel Faggella | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | Augmented reality remains limited in its day-to-day applications for most consumers. If you mention “augmented reality” on the street, people think about scanning their favorite magazine with their smartphone, and having a coupon or 3D image pop up. This hasn’t exactly been a “game-changer” for brands or marketers in m... |
Dear America, Would You Please Give Edward Snowden His Medal Of Freedom Already? | Jon Evans | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | : “A government task force is preparing legislation that would pressure companies such as Facebook and Google to enable law enforcement officials to intercept online communications as they occur.” : “Politically, it’s plutonium now for a member of Congress in this environment to be supporting something that would enh... |
Financial Management Platform 8 Securities Closes $9M Series B | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | Stock trading and financial management platform has closed a $9 million Series B to support its expansion in Japan and China. Returning investors include Velocity Capital and Leitmotiv Private Equity. CEO Mikaal Abdulla says that the funds will be used to advertise 8 Capital’s new products, including its new Auto Por... |
Uber API Terms Bar Developers From Working With Competing Services | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | So a quick side note that wasn’t really mentioned in today’s earlier coverage around this morning: The on-demand transportation company will bar developers who are interested in using its API from integrating with competing services. Uber apparently declined to go into detail about the exclusive terms of its API when... |
MonkeyFab Remembers The Warsaw Uprising With A Surreptitious 3D Scan | John Biggs | 2,014 | 8 | 2 | Polish 3D printer maker has created a 3D scan of the or Little Resistance Fighter, a statue in Warsaw’s Old Town that commemorates the . Designed in 1946 by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz and unveiled in 1983 by Professor Jerzy Świderski, the monument depicts a little rebel, Antek, in stylized German military garb. This is ... |
Startup Marketing And How Emotion Drives Customer Action | Kobie Fuller | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Put down the calculator and ignore the data for a second. Contrary to popular belief, startup marketing is not all about quantitative metrics and growth hacking. It’s time to start mapping out what creates a connection between you and your customer. Specifically, I am talking about driving customer actions by leveragin... |
12 Questions With The CEO Of Thumbtack, Google Capital’s New $100 Million Bet | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | In terms of Silicon Valley hype, has flown a bit under the radar since it was founded five years ago in 2009. But with the announcement today that it’s landed a whopping led by Google Capital, Thumbtack’s days of relative tech press anonymity are almost certainly over. For the uninitiated, Thumbtack is an online ma... |
Sony Doesn’t Know Why The PS4 Is Doing Well | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Earlier this month, Sony announced that it has already sold since its launch last November, a record-setting figure for the company’s hardware. In an published yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios President admitted that the company in today’s gaming market. That sounds like a good problem t... |
A Second Act For The Internet Of Things | David Hirsch | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | There has been a lot of talk in the venture capital industry about automating the home and leveraging Internet-enabled devices for various functions. The first wave of this was the use of the smartphone as a remote control to manage, for instance, a thermostat. The thermostat then begins to recognize user habits and ... |
HP Slips After Reporting Better-Than-Expected Fiscal Q3 Revenue | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | HP shares are in after-hours trading despite better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter revenue and in-line earnings per share. In its fiscal third quarter, HP had revenue of $27.585 billion, ahead of an expected tally of $27.01 billion. The company earned $0.89 per share on a non-GAAP basis, matching expectations p... |
Suits Optional As New Digital Team Moves Into The West Wing | Cat Zakrzewski | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | , the engineer credited with saving the , moved into the White House earlier this month to lead the new . But just because he’s working a few steps from the Oval Office, Dickerson said he won’t be changing his style. “People are putting up with me walking around [Executive Office Building] and the West Wing just wear... |
Move Over, Uber, SF Residents Can “Yo” A Smart Car To Take Them Anywhere They Want Tomorrow | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | A very gimmicky Mercedes-Benz campaign hopes to tap into the SF tech millennial market tomorrow by offering free rides in its to anyone who sends them a “Yo.” Starting at noon on August 21, smart will place pop-up signs at two outdoor locations in San Francisco – one in the Mission and one in SoMa. Anyone who reads t... |
Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Engineering, NASA And Aerospace Hires | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Something big is going on with Amazon Prime Air, the e-commerce giant’s research project focused on delivering packages in 30 minutes or less using unmanned drones. And it’s not , which frankly, doesn’t pass the sniff test in terms of accuracy. Prime Air is shaping up to be more than a marketing stunt, it seems. The c... |
Incubated: How Amplify.LA Helps LA-Based Startups Grow | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | was founded to help grow the number of seed-stage startups in Los Angeles, by launching an accelerator and coworking space. Since then, it’s been home to a host of companies that rotate in and out of its offices in the heart of Venice, Calif. One of the other key differentiators is Amplify’s office, which is two blo... |
The Pac-12 Networks Are Going Live On YouTube Internationally | Billy Gallagher | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | is launching a live YouTube channel for international fans, featuring 24×7 coverage of the conference’s sports teams. Fans in 27 countries will be able to watch live games, studio shows, and re-broadcasts of games on the on YouTube starting on August 26. Marquee games between Pac-12 teams, like Oregon-Stanford, that... |
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The Eyeball Selfie For Secure Banking, EyeVerify Gets $6 Million In Series A Part 2 | Sarah Buhr | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Banking is now in the eye of the beholder. That’s literally for . This new kind of ID verification tech lets you simply hold your smartphone about 8 inches from your face and take a picture of your eyeball. EyeVerify then pattern-matches the blood vessels within the sclera, the white part of your eye, to unlock your b... |
Airbnb For Storage Startup Roost Opens Up To Help You Store Your Stuff In Your Neighbor’s Garage | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Over the years we’ve seen peer-to-peer marketplaces pop up for pretty much every vertical. There’s , which lets you rent out your home to other people, Getaround and Relayrides for car rentals, and even a couple for . And now there’s , a peer-to-peer marketplace for self-storage. The idea behind Roost is not that ... |
TC Cribs: Storm8, The Land Of Very Colorful Desks And Lots Of Fancy Beer | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | In this episode of Cribs we headed to , the company that makes lots of popular mobile social games. Storm8 is housed in a, well, pretty bland looking corporate building in suburban Redwood City, so we weren’t sure what to expect. But the inside of the office tells a very different story, with lots of very colorful thi... |
Kuddle, An Instagram With Training Wheels, Introduces Social Media To Kids | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | A new mobile application called is introducing a safer way for kids to get introduced to social media, while still under a parent’s watchful eye. The photo-sharing app, which is like a more restricted version of Instagram, allows children to post and share photos with friends in a protected environment, safe from cyb... |
Everdwell Gives Real Estate Agents A More Beautiful Online Home | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Real estate is a business where tech is only slowly starting to make a dent into the traditional way of doing things. But even the most technophobic agent now knows that an online presence besides just being listed in an MLS is a necessity. wants to give those agents — many of whom aren’t all that tech savvy — an eas... |
Vine Finally Lets You Import Video From Your Camera Roll | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | With more than 100 million people watching Vines across the web each month, and over 1 billion loops played every day, has an update to the app that finally lets users import video from their camera. Twitter’s video sharing app has always required users to film new content directly within the app, using Vine’s onc... |
Hailo Launches API For E-Hailing On The Same Day As Uber | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 8 | 20 | Not to be left behind in the growing feud between Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and others, Hailo has launched a public API for its taxi hailing service, on the very same day . The startup, which launched in 2011 in London but has since expanded to various cities across the UK, London and Canada, originally dealt in standard ta... |
7,000 People Are Watching Two Fish Play Street Fighter | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 20 |
Two fish are playing Street Fighter over on Twitch, and more than 7,000 people are watching the mayhem. Or, partial mayhem. Sometimes the fish don’t swim in a pattern that leads to much confrontation. That said, the game is afloat, with the fish “Aquarius” taking on “Robert the Bruce.” In case you were wondering... |
Lean Hardware Strategy Lets Kickstarter Breakout Nomiku ‘In-Shore’ Manufacturing Back To The U.S. | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | In the 1980s, Silicon Valley’s hardware elite began outsourcing much of the semiconductor and hardware manufacturing work that gave the region its name to Asia. But now that have consumer interest and get feedback through platforms like Kickstarter, some startups are finding that it’s easier to build products loca... |
Roku TVs From TCL And Hisense Start Shipping Soon | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | For the last several years, has sold a series of devices that you connect to your TV to stream a wide range of content from thousands of different apps. Roku is getting embedded directly into TVs that will go on sale in the coming months from consumer electronics manufacturers Hisense and TCL. At the Consumer Electr... |
The Bitcoin-Litecoin Decoupling, Redux | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | The price of litecoin and bitcoin, two of the most prominent cryptocurrencies, once saw their prices go up and down in something approaching a consistent ratio. That’s to say that bitcoin was always worth far more than litecoin, but the two coins saw their value rise and fall roughly in step with each other. In June, t... |
Watch A Robotic Copter Land On A Moving Platform | John Biggs | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRjJV_WLluA] Like Voltron, robots will soon need to coordinate landings and docking with absolutely precision in difficult conditions. That’s what a group of researchers have solved by allowing a robot and a movable landing platform to communicate in order to coordinate a perfec... |
YC-Backed UPower Is Building Nuclear Batteries | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | Despite the promise of bountiful, cheap, and clean energy nuclear energy didn’t overtake fossil fuels like everyone expected them to in the middle of the 20th century. Among other things, fear of radiation leaks and waste products that have to be buried for hundreds of years turned the United States away from adopting ... |
Investment Banking 2.0 Says “Hello World!?” | Jacob Mullins | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | David Gelles about how large tech corporations have been conducting more M&A deals with less input from traditional investment banks. Because of my company’s insight into buy and sell-side M&A interest, I wanted to provide some additional insight into how we see the M&A world changing. But first, a little history t... |
Women.com Is A Place Where Women Can Engage In Real Talk Online — No Men Allowed | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | From middle school girls’ sleepovers to more codified groups like the ” women have known for ages that there’s something special about the conversational dynamic that happens when a group of females get together. When women are with other women that they trust, they often can be completely honest and comfortable in a ... |
From Westfield Labs Comes An App To Let Your Pre-Order Meals From The Food Court | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | has emerged as the technology and innovation arm of shopping center behemoth Westfield Group. It manages the online and mobile presence for most of the company’s shopping centers, but also builds and tests out new applications and services that can be used by partnering retailers. One of its most recent applications... |
Swing Copters Is The Latest Game From The Creator Of Flappy Bird | Matt Burns | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | Take Flappy Bird, make the bird fly vertically and avoid swinging things, and you have Swing Copters, the next mobile game from Dong Nguyen. Because let’s burn more of our time on this earth with mindless games. The game is expected to launch later this week on the 21st and will be an ad-supported free download — or $.... |
Booting A PDP-11 | John Biggs | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | As we move swiftly into an era of ubiquitous computing, Internets of Things, and mind-machine connections via wetware, it’s important to step back and take a look at where we’ve been. That’s why is so cool. It shows how to boot a PDP-11 so you can play on a monochrome screen and reminds us that old computer were as... |
Looksee Debuts A Tinder-Meets-Instagram For Connecting Around Shared Photos | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | A new “anonymish” app called has launched, combining mobile photography with a Tinder-like matching element that lets anonymous users connect with each other over their shared photos. The idea is that when two users mutually like one another’s photos, their identities will then be revealed to each other, allowing the... |
Microsoft Azure’s Cloud Services And Virtual Machines Experience “Service Interruption” | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | Here’s the latest from Azure, relating to its downtime: Starting at 18 Aug 2014 17:49 UTC, a small subset of customers are experiencing connectivity issues to some Azure Services which may include Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Websites, Automation, Service Bus, Backup, Site Recovery, HDInsight, Mobile Services, Sto... |
Y Combinator’s Doblet Plans To Be Everywhere Your Phone Charger Isn’t | Cat Zakrzewski | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | We’ve all been there. You’ve been out all day and suddenly that low battery alert pops up on your phone. If you’re lucky, the bar you’re at might have the right charger for your phone behind the counter. If you’re not, you’re walking or taking the bus instead of calling a car service. But with , you might be able to ge... |
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YC’s Zenamins Mails You Personalized Vitamins | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | 40 million Americans take three or more vitamins a day, yet both the pill bottles and the way we buy them haven’t changed in decades. Well they’re about to, thanks to new Y Combinator startup Zen Health and its customized vitamin pack delivery service . Punch in what you already take and answer a few questions and Zen... |
Google Makes It Easier For Advertisers To Track Which Ads Generate Phone Calls | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | Over the course of the last year, Google’s AdWords advertising platform started a number of that allow advertisers to link ads and phone calls. Those include ads, and in your AdWords stats, but today, it is taking this concept a bit further with the of . Here is how they work. You set up your regular searc... |
This Real-Time Projected CGI Makeup Is Beautiful And Terrifying | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | CGI has come a long way – from simulating Jar Jar Binks on the silver screen to replacing green screens with King’s Landing. Today, we should add to the progression. Producer and technical director Nobumichi Asai has used a projection technology called Omote to project makeup onto a live model’s face. At first, the m... |
Now Coming With Your Laptop: Large Helpings Of Cloud Storage | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | Out is a for the forthcoming HP Stream laptop that will run Windows 8.1, and is expected to . It’s a device that Microsoft hopes will compete with Chromebooks, Google’s laptop offering that has consumed some PC market share, mostly among less expensive devices. To make machines running its operating system more co... |
AppNexus Raises $60M Round Valuing The Ad-Tech Company At $1.2B | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | Ad tech company just that it has raised an additional $60 million. The company said that the round, which could eventually reach $100 million, valued AppNexus at $1.2 billion. The money came from an unnamed “large, Boston-based public equity and asset management firm.” Co-founder and CEO that the company just saw... |
Ybrain Raises $3.5M To Fund Trials Of Its Wearable For Alzheimer’s Patients | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | , a Korean startup that makes wearables for Alzheimer’s patients, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Stonebridge Capital, bringing its total raised so far to $4.2 million. Co-founder Seungyeon Kim told TechCrunch that the money will be used for clinical trials and the manufacturi... |
Algorithmia Raises $2.4M To Connect Academia And App Developers | Kyle Russell | 2,014 | 8 | 18 | While communities built around and have developers working together more than they ever have before, one group’s work is typically seen by too few, considering the impact it could have: researchers in academia, whose work at its most successful is typically discussed only at conferences or in journals. founder and... |
Samsung’s New Gear S Smartwatch Features A Curved Screen And 3G Connectivity | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | Samsung officially takes the cake when it comes to launching smartwatches: It just announced the , its billionth smartwatch device launching this year. The Gear S has a few hallmarks that set it apart from the crowd, however, including a curved Super AMOLED display, which has a 2-inch diagonal measurement and 360×480 ... |
Taiwan-Based Streaming Music Service KKBOX Raises $104M To Expand Overseas | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | , a Taiwan-based company that has provided streaming music services in Asia since before Spotify was founded, (link in Chinese) that it has raised $104 million from Singapore GIC (formerly known as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation). KKBOX co-founder and CEO Chris Lin said that the funds will be used... |
LG G Watch R Will Offer A Circular Smartwatch With Android Wear In Q4 2014 | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | LG is doubling up on Android Wear smartwatch devices in 2014, with a circular smartwatch destined for release later this year, by the end of the fourth quarter. The (presumably the R is for round) will get a proper introduction at IFA 2014 this year, and will feature the world’s first Plastic OLED display, with a cir... |
Kobe Bryant Reads TechCrunch | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | This month’s issue of is notable because it includes a long form feature by Chris Ballard on Kobe Bryant’s return to the game this fall. The story is worth reading for its support of the and its underlying theme of “hard work is all that matters,” whether you are a basketball fan or not. Another reason you should re... |
SWAT Team Detains Popular Gamer Who Was Live-Streaming ‘Counter-Strike’ | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | An incredible video showing the apparent swatting of a video game player who operates under the moniker ‘ ‘ was published today. Swatting is a prank that involves falsely telling the police of a dangerous situation so that a SWAT — special weapons and tactics (SWAT) — team is deployed in response, erroneously. The poli... |
Microsoft Promises To Remove Scammy Apps From The Windows Store, Kills Off 1,500 Apps To Start | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | The Windows app store has a problem: it’s full of garbage. For every popular app, there’s a dozen-plus apps trying their damnedest to trick the user into buying it. No app store is without its shady apps — even Apple, with their infamously/painfully stringent restrictions (which, notably, seem to have been relaxed a bi... |
Hardware Crowdfunding: Where The Venture Dollars Flow | Matt Witheiler | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | $211,290. That was the magic number that in hardware crowdfunding. The analysis also showed that people love 3D printers and that almost half the crowdfunded dollars went to 37 companies. That deep dive into 443 projects provided some insight into where consumers are spending their money (and time) in the hardware ... |
Microsoft Rolls Out Surface Pro 3 To 25 New Markets | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | In keeping with prior expectations, Microsoft is of rolling out its Surface Pro 3 tablet-hybrid to 25 new markets over the next 24 hours. With the 25 new markets all live, Surface Pro 3 will be available in a total of 28 markets. The rollout of the device has therefore been quite constrained to date. Microsoft also d... |
Broad Range Of Public Tech Firms Trade For Record Prices | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | All the talk of a bubble isn’t slowing down public interest in technology shares. Today, Apple, TubeMogul and Arista Networks set new record highs. TubeMogul and Arista both recently went public. Other firms, like Microsoft are trading near local maximums. MobileIron set an all-time high yesterday, managed a new intra-... |
Incubated: Y Combinator’s Approach To Finding And Helping Startups Become Big Winners | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | is the most famous of all startup accelerators out there, thanks to success of companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe, all of which have gone through its program. YC co-founder Paul Graham once referred to the process of finding and nurturing those big hits as “ .” But how does YC do it? What sets it apart from ... |
3D-Printed ‘Bump Key’ Can Open Almost Any Lock | John Biggs | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | Bump keys are primitive tools used by locksmiths (and HAXoRZ) to knock open simple locks. Until now, many locks were secure simply because they were too complex to be bumped and, as a result, you had a bit of security by obscurity. That’s all changing. Created by Jos Weyers and Christian Holler, these keys are designed... |
How Many People See Your Tweets? Twitter Opens Its Nifty Analytics Dashboard To Everyone | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | Back in July, Twitter launched a . A bit like Google Analytics for tweets, it allows you to gauge the performance of each and every tweet you sent. How many people saw it? How many of those actually clicked your links? There was one catch, though: it was only open to advertisers and verified users. No longer! Now you ... |
Why More Companies Should Submit To Peer Review | Michael Housman | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | Academia is governed by a process called “peer review,” which ensures research is validated and reasoning is sound. More simply, it weeds out the real insights from the fluff. Meanwhile, most corporate data (think surveys, white papers), is made public after only an internal, inherently biased review. With recent bac... |
Ruben Bolling Talks About Cartooning As A Career In The Internet Age | John Biggs | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | It’s time and we decided to share some insight and advice from some amazing people. The first participant in our BTS school series of interviews is (pictured here), a lawyer-turned-cartoonist who moved from print to a primarily online presence thanks to his poignant, pithy, and hilarious art. RB: I had a bizarre ... |
LendingClub Files For $500M IPO | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 8 | 27 | , a company that provides an online loan marketplace, has filed to raise up to $500 million in its initial public offering. The San Francisco-based LendingClub, as with many technology companies currently seeking the public markets, has quickly growing revenues but isn’t profitable. The company had net revenue of $86... |
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