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How To Build Habits In A Multi-Device World | Nir Eyal | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Allow me to take liberties with a philosophical question reworked for our digital age. If an app fails in the App Store and no one is around to use it, does it make a difference? Unlike the age-old thought experiment involving trees in forests, the answer to this riddle is easy. No! Without engagement, your product mig... |
Baggg.it Rebrands, Turns Into Shopping Extension Called Agora | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | When we last left , the founders Eliyah Finkelstein, Jonathan Cook, and Michael Cook were busy building a shopping extension, a Baggg if you will, that allowed you to comparison shop between sites and products. They were close to completion but they soon realized that sites with three Gs in the name had gone out with ... |
Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Private Companies Won’t Take The Lead In Space Exploration | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Famed scientist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the importance of space exploration today during his keynote at South by Southwest Interactive. Despite advances by private companies, particularly SpaceX, he said they won’t be the ones making the biggest breakthroughs. Tyson admitted that for hi... |
SXSW Just Got Real Interesting As Secret Creates Realtime SXSW Web Feed | Mike Butcher | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | BREAKING: SXSW is about to get even more interesting than normal. Secret, the app which lets you share anonymously amongst friends and friends of friends, has announced a web feed of SXSW ‘secrets’ that are posted from there or mention it. You can check it out at . We’ll have more info in just a moment… Suffice it to ... |
iPad DJ Launches Lightwave To Provide Wearable, Real-Time Analytics For Events | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Wearables are being used by users to measure their activity and provide them with feedback that can help them improve their health. Today, a new startup called is using wearable technology to provide analytics around live events for performers and artists. The project was started by , who was co-founder and VP of ma... |
Facebook Has Big Updates To Share, Announces First F8 Developer Conference Since 2011 On 4/30 In SF | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Facebook plans to reveal new ways for developers to grow and monetize their apps. Today it announced it will hold its conference on April 30th in San Francisco. It will have been almost three years since Facebook’s last F8 when it unveiled Timeline and the Open Graph platform in 2011. The audience at SF’s Design Conc... |
Success, Reality And The Myth Of “Up And To The Right” | Contributor | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Despite what many are led to believe, great startups rarely move linearly “up and to the right.” They zig, they zag, they take detours and often “pivot” several times to get to a positive outcome. The story is a great example of this point, which I make often to entrepreneurs. Last week for a reported several-hundr... |
Gillmor Gang Live 03.08.14 (TCTV) | Steve Gillmor | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | – Doc Searls, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. |
Secrets, Lies And Startup Leaks: Mitigating Tech Company Paranoia In An Age Of Constant Crisis | Contributor | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | It’s been an interesting few weeks for Silicon Valley insiders. , the anonymous messaging app, has caused several communication crises for some prominent tech companies, and many more are no doubt on their way. By making the entire revelatory process anonymous and shareable, even seductive, the app’s attracted tech ... |
Tiger Global Checks In To Brazil’s Hotel Urbano With $50M Round | Jonathan Shieber | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | The Brazilian online travel agency has gotten a 120 million Reais ($50 million) reservation from the powerhouse venture capital and private equity investor and previous backer . With both the World Cup and the Olympics right around the corner, the Brazilian travel industry is exploding as the country frantically tr... |
Assange Says NSA Holds The Power In The Obama Administration | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gave a rare talk via video at annual tech mega-conference SXSW, where he came out swinging not only at President Obama but also Google and Facebook. Assange claimed that in the Obama administration, the intelligence agencies “wear the pants” and he called out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerber... |
CrunchWeek: The Hunt For Bitcoin’s Satoshi, Facebook Drones, Twitter’s Log Cabin Lunchroom | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | , , and I gathered around the big white table to discuss the latest wild goose chase for the Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto, which led Newsweek to living quietly in the Los Angeles suburbs (who being *that* Satoshi, with denials also apparently coming from the ), Facebook being a solar-powered drone company... |
Google’s Jared Cohen: It’s “Obvious” Bitcoin-Like Currencies Are “Inevitable” | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Google Director of Ideas and former technology advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jared Cohen, says that digital “crypto-currencies” like Bitcoin are here to stay. “I think it’s very obvious to all of us that crypto-currencies are inevitable,” he told the audience at SXSW, in conversation with Chairm... |
Austin Police Department Warns SXSW Attendees Not To Use Uber | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | Here’s something you might not have noticed if you were partying it up at SXSW and using Uber to get around: Your Uber might not be permitted in Austin, and the police department wants you to know that. In a , and a subsequent , the local police department has been warning inebriated SXSW attendees to “know the rules... |
Delaware Filing Confirms Lyft Is Raising $150 Million In Series D Financing | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | On-demand ride-sharing startup has raised, or at least is in the process of raising, a new round of funding, according to a filing from the . The new financing comes on top of about $83 million that the company has raised since being founded as Zimride back in 2007. Details are scarce — there’s no mention of who exa... |
Mozilla Stops Developing Its Persona Sign-In System Due To Low Adoption | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | If you don’t know about Mozilla’s sign-in and identity, you’re apparently not the only one. Citing low adoption rates, Mozilla has decided to give up on this project and is allocating its developer resources to different projects. Mozilla will continue to host the service and patch security issues as needed, however.... |
PayPal Is Rolling Out Its New “Mobile First” Website Globally | Ingrid Lunden | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | , the eBay-owned online payments platform that made up some 40% of its , has turned on a redesigned website — it’s biggest attempt yet at putting a contemporary, simplified face on one of the older services on the web (founded: 1998); and to introduce users to some of the newer features it’s hoping will take off, such... |
With An Extra Focus On Security, Glimpse Joins The Ephemeral Messaging Battle | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | There are any number of apps out there focused on making sure images and text self-destruct after you’ve seen them. There’s and and and and and so on. Now here comes another app, called , that hopes to make messaging safe and secure. The app, which enables users to quickly, easily, and securely share photo a... |
The White House Is Looking For More Innovation Fellows | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,014 | 3 | 8 | The White House is so happy with its internal residential hackers program that it’s making room of job opportunities. Members of the Presidential Innovation Fellows program work under the office of the Chief Technology Officer, and are largely responsible for opening stores of government data to the public and making... |
AmEx Debuts Its Most Mobile-Integrated, Rewards-Focused Credit Card | Leena Rao | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | AmEx has offered a number of different cards to consumers: The Blue Card appeals to those who like cash back options and the Platinum card is specialized for consumers who travel. There’s even a Black Card for high-net-worth individuals. Today, the company is debuting a brand-new rewards-focused credit card, called Eve... |
Raspberry Pi Chalks Up Sales Of 2.5M+ As It Turns Two — $10K Bounty Offered For Opening Its Blob | Natasha Lomas | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Happy Birthday ! The low-cost Linux microcomputer has just turned two years old. And boy how it’s grown. The Cambridge, U.K.-based creators of the $25/$35 credit-card sized computer thought they would only ever sell a few thousand units when they started their project. In the event, they sold 100,000 units of the Mode... |
HackerCare Aims To “Hack” Healthcare For Startups | Sara Inés Calderón | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | In four years David Varvel went from no health insurance, to full coverage via the Japanese government, to purchasing a high deductible plan, and then full coverage through an employer. He said having to switch insurance that often was “painful.” But now the founder of , a community lending platform, said he and his f... |
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Volvo, Ferrari, And Mercedes First To Add iOS In The Car Next Week | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | iOS in the Car, announced by Eddy Cue last year at the iOS 7 launch, was supposed to appear in 2014 and, according to the , it’s finally coming to Volvo, Mercedes, and Ferrari. BMW, a premium launch partner mentioned last year, was notably absent. The service allows for direct interaction with the manufacturer’s in-ca... |
2014 Could Be The ‘Tipping Point’ For Female Founders, Says Y Combinator’s Jessica Livingston | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Y Combinator held its first ever Saturday afternoon at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. In opening remarks, Y Combinator co-founder said that the sold-out gathering is “the most over-subscribed event” in the famed startup accelerator’s history. For an organization whose biannual Demo Days h... |
Watch The Y Combinator Female Founders Conference | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | The schedule has already kicked off and Y Combinator founder and Homejoy founder have already taken the stage, imparting such apropos insights as “If you’re not the technical founder, then your job is everything that’s not technical” and “It’s best if you’re a user of the solution your startup offers. That way you ... |
As Auroracoin “Airdrop” Approaches, What Does It Mean When A Nation Adopts A Cryptocurrency? | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Iceland has its own Satoshi. A programmer called Baldur Friggjar Odinsson has created an alternative to bitcoin that he is calling AuroraCoin and in twenty-three days he will “airdrop” 31.8 coins to every citizen of Iceland – all 330,000 of them. It is, in short, a pretty ballsy move. (AUR) will work just like bitcoin... |
As India User Base Nears 100M, Facebook Hopes To Earn Big Revenue From SMBs | Pankaj Mishra | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | India is set to become in terms of number of users later this year, but don’t expect that to translate into ad dollars for the Palo Alto company anytime soon. India’s online advertising market maxes out at around $360 million, making it difficult for the company to translate this horde of users into a billion-dollar ... |
Our Dangerous Obsession With The MVP | Contributor | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Building stuff does not make you a startup. “But don’t we need to build stuff and iterate quickly?” I get asked a lot. Well, sure. Once upon a time, when companies used the “old-school” waterfall model to develop products, pushing entrepreneurs to think in terms of building a minimum viable product as quickly as possib... |
CrunchWeek: Mt.Gox Implodes, GrubHub Seamless $100M IPO, Facebook Kills Email Feature | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | In this episode, Ryan Lawler, Alex Wilhelm and I discuss the and of the Mt.Gox Bitcoin exchange, GrubHub Seamless filing to raise $100 million in , and Facebook feature. |
Finish, The Anti-Procrastination App, Goes Freemium | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | , the anti-procrastination app built by teenagers Ryan Orbuch and Michael Hansen, is today trying out a new revenue model. Instead of offering the app for $.99, Finish will now be available for free with extra paid features such as time limits and extra tasks. Finish launched in January of 2013 to help high school stud... |
Comcast Is Acquiring Video Ad Company FreeWheel For $320 Million | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Over the years, has become the go-to ad-serving platform for many TV networks that stream their content online. And it’s about to become part of one of the biggest distributors of content online and off. That’s because FreeWheel is about to be acquired by Comcast, our sources say. The deal, which should be announced ... |
Gillmor Gang: Meat and Potatoes | Steve Gillmor | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — marked Farber’s transition from the media to the new frontier. We don’t know what his plans are, but I’m betting great things are just ahead. Several weeks after Om Malik moved into a full-time executive role in his venture firm, Dan’s move ... |
This Industry Is Completely Ridiculous. Let’s Hope It Stays That Way. | Jon Evans | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | OK. Let’s take a step back from all the recent tech news, look at it with fresh eyes — and try not to burst into slightly hysterical laughter. In Japan, some of cryptocurrency vanished from a site founded to trade Magic: The Gathering cards. In New Zealand, the has to revenge himself on those who . In Britain, t... |
A Guide To Post Seed Financing Options | Contributor | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Seed capital availability exploded at the same time the traditional Series A ecosystem began consolidating to fewer and fewer funds. By some counts there are now over 135 active seed capital funds and now fewer than 90 truly active traditional Series A firms. This has caused what everyone now refers to as “The Series... |
Dattch, The Dating App For Gay Women, Launches in San Francisco | Mike Butcher | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | Aimed exclusively at lesbians, bisexual and/or bi-curious women, the dating app ought to be a shoo-in for the large San Francisco market. So it’s no surprise that the startup – – has now launched in the California city. You can . The product emphasises photos — not just profile photos but photos of where someone l... |
Indian Business Angel Network Makes First Investment In UK’s SwiftShift | Mike Butcher | 2,014 | 3 | 1 | India’s largest business angels group has made its first investment in a UK startup, in London-based company . The amount was not disclosed. The Indian Angel Network (IAN) is Asia’s largest angel network of over 250 investors spread across 10 countries. Effectively, this is an Indian angel network investing in a UK ... |
“Real” Satoshi Claims He Is Not Dorian Nakamoto | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | Dorian S. Nakamoto is probably having the weirdest day of his life. In less than 24 hours, the Temple City, California resident has been the subject of a as the elusive creator of Bitcoin, has with the cryptocurrency, and has literally been by a pack of rabid journalists. Meanwhile, an individual claiming to be t... |
Manila-Based Altitude Games Raises $275,000 To Develop Midcore Titles | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | , a Manila-based mobile game studio, has raised $275,000 in seed funding from investors Nix Nolledo, co-founder Philip Cahiwat, an undisclosed angel investor, and members of its founding team. The startup will use the capital to “jumpstart its creation of original intellectual property in the midcore game space.” Alt... |
Flare-Up Over Food-Delivery Fees Has South Koreans Debating The Marketplace Model | Danny Crichton | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | South Korea is no stranger to controversy over its Internet policies. The country still mandates virus protection and security measures that essentially require the use of Internet Explorer and Windows, and the government has . The Economist has despite its world-leading mobile and bandwidth penetration rates. Yet, ... |
Bye Bye Second Screen? The InAIR Lets You Browse The Web And Watch TV All In One Place | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | InAIR, which is set to cost $99, works by plugging directly into any television through its “smart” HDMI cable that then connects to a set top box. The device then pulls data from the currently playing television program or movie, parses it using natural language processing and other patented technologies, and presen... |
Clever Hack Gives The Oculus Rift The Button It’s Missing | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | The first time people try on the Oculus Rift, they tend to have two immediate reactions. First: “Whoa.” Second: “Wait, where’s my keyboard? Hold on. Are my fingers on the keys? Just a second. Okay, got it. Wait, lost it. Okay, here we go.” As much as I dig the Oculus Rift (and, if you’ve been my for , you’d know: ... |
Purported Registry Tweak Allows Windows 8.1 Users To Snag Update 1 Before Its Public Release | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | We aren’t supposed to get our mitts on Windows 8.1 Update 1 for more than a month yet, but it seems that a simple registry tweak is letting folks not only get their hands on the new code, but also get it straight from the source: Microsoft via Windows Update. TechCrunch has confirmed with a trusted source that the twea... |
New York VC Investments Top $1B In The First Quarter | Jonathan Shieber | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | For New York City’s startup community, venture capitalists may be taking place right now. Over the past two days New York startups have announced nearly $200 million in funding, so the question may not be “When will New York be a venture hub in its own right?” but instead The city is already on pace for the best f... |
Atomico-Backed Quipper Gets Another $5.8M To Expand The Reach Of Its E-Learning Platform | Natasha Lomas | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | , an e-learning platform backed by the London-based VC firm, , that’s led by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, has closed a new tranche of funding. The $5.8 million Series A2 round takes Quipper’s total funding to just over $10 million to-date. Participators in its Series A2 round include existing investors Atomico a... |
Together, Spotify And Echo Nest Want To Build The Facebook Connect Of Music | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | “We want to enable straight playback from Spotify on other services,” CEO Daniel Ek tells me. It’s part of why his company , the top music personalization and discovery API in the industry. “We’ve both invested in platform approaches to music,” EchoNest’s CEO Jim Lucchese explains. “To combine those creates such a coo... |
Bloodhound Evolves Its Events App To Focus On Its Most Popular Feature: Lead Capture | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | , a company previously focused on providing software tools for the conference space, today released Android and iOS applications focusing on mobile lead capture. In short, Bloodhound built a set of tools for event planners and attendees. Part of that suite was the ability to quickly take down the information of someone... |
Shopping Search Engine TheFind Arrives On Android | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | Shopping search and comparison engine , which launched its iPhone application last fall and has now grown its iOS footprint to over 1 million users, today its service on Android. Like its iOS counterpart, the new app lets you type in keywords or scan barcodes in order to search across over 500,000 stores and 500 mil... |
Alleged Bitcoin Creator Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Involvement | Matt Burns | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | Is this man really the father of ? After a full day of wild speculation and anger, the L.A. press has finally tracked down Nakamoto and he’s receiving a grilling. According to reports, Nakamoto and an earlier this afternoon while the rest of the press followed along. Finally, the 64-year-old man went to the AP offic... |
A Look At Lumus, The Amazing Lens Technology That Is Going To Change Wearables | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | You may not know the name now, but expect to be hearing a lot from them in the future. When we first met the rep Ari Grobman two years ago he showed us some amazing technology. It was basically an augmented reality display embedded into a standard lens that could fit into a standard pair of glasses. The 720p model ... |
The Head Of Sony Computer Entertainment Steps Down | Matt Burns | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | Jack Tretton has left the game. The longtime Sony executive is stepping down from his role as President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America where he was essentially in charge of the state-side PlayStation division. The news comes from that doesn’t reveal any details about the departure. It simply states th... |
Iddiction Launches A New App Discovery Platform, Xplode | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | , an app developer and marketing platform backed by $4 million in funding, just launched a new app discovery network called . It’s a bottom bar that sits in apps across the network. When you tap it, a menu of other apps pops up. The company, which had been running an App-O-Day product that promoted one app at a time,... |
Sean Parker Leaves Founders Fund | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | On the heels of the news that has raised a for its fifth fund, the venture capital firm is slimming down its top ranks, with now-former partner . While the split is perhaps surprising given that Founders Fund is more than able to line up capital to invest, according to the firm, Parker’s exit is neither immediat... |
Hointer’s Vision Of The Future Of Retail Uses Robots To Put The Focus On Shopping Experience | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | At this year’s Dx3 digital business expo in Toronto, one of the highlights was a Seattle-based company called that’s aiming for nothing short of a complete revolution in the way we buy clothes in stores – and it’s using robots to make it happen. If you ask the average guy about their least favorite part of the shoppi... |
Google Expands Apps Partner Programs With Tech Track, Opens Cloud Partner Program To More Businesses | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | Google’s , its directory of cloud apps that integrate with Google Apps, now features over 750 services. Today, at its Global Partner Summit, Google is expanding this program by creating a formal Technology track in its partner program for vendors who “build complementary business apps and tools.” The new program, Goog... |
Tech Rights Lawyer And Entrepreneur Christina Gagnier Is Running For Congress | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | Silicon Valley’s role in the upcoming midterm elections is already getting a lot more interesting with a new tech-savvy candidate in the race who is looking to fill the of one-term representative Gloria McLeod. Christina Gagnier would bring rare tech chops to the federal legislature as a long-time digital rights lawy... |
TC Makers: Check Out The Georgia Tech Invention Studio Where Students Build The Future | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 6 | When you give Dr. Craig Forest an inch, he takes a mile. The mild-mannered Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Georgia Tech helped set up the Invention Studio on the first floor of a nondescript engineering building at the heart of the university’s verdant campus. Founded in 2009, the 3,000 square-foot space gre... |
Adobe Expands Its Marketing Cloud With Predictive Tools, iBeacon Support, And More | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | As Adobe kicks off its Digital Marketing Summit in Salt Lake City, the company is announcing a number of new features and products in the Adobe Marketing Cloud, its suite of products for digital marketers. It’s the kind of announcement that’s best outlined with a quick list, and I’ll get to that in just a second. When ... |
SF Is Actually The New Palo Alto | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Lots of pretty writing in New York Magazine writer Kevin Roose’s and New York Times writer Nick Bilton’s response so you should read them both. But before you can cry or, probably in this case, “West Coast is the new East Coast is the new West Coast is the new East Coast,” remember that pretty writing is pretty wri... |
A Look Inside Box: Competition, Product Plans, And Unit Economics | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | While Box was widely expected to be a money-losing shop, the and that its deficit is increasing surprised some. What the losses mean in the context of Box and its future is a complex question, but one worth answering given that if the company struggles during its flotation, it could close the door for other tech IPOs... |
Hands On With Bellabeat, The App That Lets Moms-To-Be Hear And Share Baby’s Heartbeat | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | It turns out that since then the project has been greeted with enthusiastic demand. The company sold 2,000 units in just the first two weeks, and has inked distribution deals with some key maternity boutiques in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to Bellabeat’s co-founder Urska Srsen. All this has occurred before ... |
Researchers Create Diamond “Wires” That Could Power Future Computers | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Physicists at Ohio State University have successfully sent an electron “down” a wire made of diamond, a first that could mean new methods of transferring data inside computer chips. As you can imagine, these aren’t wires in a traditional sense in that they conduct electricity. Instead, the physicists were able to pass ... |
Apple’s iPhone 5c Sales Story Is A Complex One | Contributor | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | For years, pundits and analysts have been suggesting that the only way for Apple to compete against cheap Android phones, especially in China and throughout Asia, was to produce a cheap iPhone. Well, Apple finally relented (sort of) when it released the cheapish iPhone 5c –only data suggests that the Chinese prefer the... |
Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook Refused No-Poaching Agreement With Google | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | The between technology companies to prevent poaching and hiring among themselves, thereby limiting fair-market wages for the workers in question, has a new wrinkle today: Facebook refused to play ball, and we have a statement to that effect. A filing widely reported today includes an from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandbe... |
Google Teams With Ray-Ban And Oakley Maker Luxottica For Future Versions Of Glass | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Google has signed on Italian optical wear firm Luxottica to help it design and build future versions of its Glass face-based computing system, according to a new report from the confirmed by Google to TechCrunch. The news comes from Luxottica itself, which says it will build new versions of Google’s wearable, which c... |
Hotshot CEO Aaron Levie Will Only Own About 5.7% Of Box When It IPOs, Investor DFJ Owns 25.5% | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Box CEO Aaron Levie is credited with bringing sexy back to enterprise startups, but the big surprise in Box’s document filed today is that Levie only owns 5.7% percent of the company. Meanwhile, owns 25.5 percent. The numbers reveal Levie sold off much of his startup to raise the that funded Box’s rise to become ... |
It’s Official: Disney Acquires Maker Studios For At Least $500M | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Media conglomerate Disney has taken a big step to embracing the new digital world of video, of YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million, along with a potential $450 million in performance-based earn outs. The acquisition, which was , represents the largest acquisition of a YouTube multichannel network, and cou... |
Telegram Hits 35M Monthly Users, 15M Daily With 8B Messages Received Over 30 Days | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Telegram, the mobile messaging app that offers secure communications created by VK.com co-founders Nikolai and Pavel Durov, today announced a , which has increased considerably since Facebook acquired rival WhatsApp: The app hit 35 million users, and TechCrunch has clarified with Pavel Durov that that number represent... |
Droplet Is A Robotic Sprinkler That Knows Your Soil Inside And Out | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Because your home can always be smarter, allow me to introduce , the smart robotic gardener. Effectively replacing your sprinkler system, the Droplet tries to save you money and the world’s water resources by watering only the area where there are plants. Through a cloud software system, you can configure your Roomba-... |
Inside Jobs: How Medium’s Product Scientist Brings Data To Life | Colleen Taylor | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | The tech press can make it seem like the most important people in the industry are those with “founder” or “chief” in their job titles. The stories of companies such as Facebook and Twitter are almost exclusively told by focusing on the Mark Zuckerbergs and Dick Costolos of the world. But the truth is, the people who ... |
Box Files For $250M IPO On Full-Year Revenue Of $124M, Net Loss Of $168M | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | The is out at last. The cloud storage company is looking to raise up $250 million in the flotation. That sum is less than its competitor Dropbox recently from the private markets. Box has long been rumored to have quickly growing revenues and large losses, which has proven to be the case. For the full-year period t... |
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IBM India Battles Fraud Amid Scramble To Save Its $2.5B Airtel Contract | Pankaj Mishra | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Over the past few weeks, IBM India has fired at least half a dozen top- to mid-level executives, as well as several others accused of fraud. The fraud led to a portion of the over $2 billion outsourcing contract, with being subcontracted to a company founded by former IBM-ers. Now, as Airtel prepares to announce rene... |
Former LinkedIn VP Dan Yoo Joins NerdWallet As COO | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Personal finance startup is announcing a couple of big hires today — Dan Yoo (pictured) is joining as chief operating officer, while Florence Thinh is the company’s new vice president of talent. Yoo was previously vice president of business operations and business analytics at LinkedIn. He replaces NerdWallet co-foun... |
Tumblr Gets More Secure With Addition Of Two-Factor Authentication | Sarah Perez | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | Tumblr today a very important security feature to its service, with the addition of two-factor authentication – an option available within the blogging service’s “Settings” section as of now. The move sees Tumblr at last joining the ranks of other top tech companies, including Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter, ... |
You Get A Bitcoin ATM, And YOU Get A Bitcoin ATM… | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | As news that may soon be gracing the byways and highways of Dubai, it’s interesting to note the rise in actual cryptoATM activity in recent months and what exactly is happening in this space. First, let it be said that the market for bitcoin ATMs is a little frothy. Not only are people fascinated by the concept, manu... |
Microsoft And Nokia Now Expect Their Massive $7.2B Deal To Close In April | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | he transaction is pending approvals from certain antitrust authorities in Asia which are still conducting their reviews.” The companies failed to reach the mark in time. This will cause analysts to revamp their models, Microsoft to wait to absorb the division, and force Stephen Elop to wait before assuming his post ato... |
Microsoft Reportedly Will Rebrand “Windows Azure” To “Microsoft Azure” | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | According to a , Microsoft will change the name of its Windows Azure cloud computing platform to Microsoft Azure. The announcement is expected tomorrow, with an effective date of April 3, the first day of the Build developer conference. I’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment on the reported name change and will upd... |
Pushbullet Instantly Blasts Alerts From Your Android Phone To Your Computer | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 3 | 24 | . Your phone vibrates. The problem? It’s across the room. Maybe it’s someone texting you. Or maybe someone just liked one of your Facebook photos. Or maybe some dumb game wants to remind you to buy fake food for your fake cat. You better go check it, or curiosity is going to drive you up the wall. (Thanks a lot, classi... |
Data Management Startup Actifio Raises $100M At $1.1B Valuation | Catherine Shu | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | , a data visualization management company that is preparing for an IPO, today that it has raised $100 million led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from previous investors Greylock IL, North Bridge Venture Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Thi... |
Yep, BuzzFeed Is Doing Sponsored Quizzes, Too | Anthony Ha | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | One of the things that defines is the way its ads mirror its editorial content. So there have been , a , and more recently, sponsored quizzes. I’ve certainly noticed in the past few months, usually asking some variant of, “What Kind Of X or Y Are You?” (I should probably disclose that I’ve done for the site, bu... |
Some Thoughts On The Latest Apple-Comcast Streaming TV Talks | Ryan Lawler | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | The Internet is abuzz tonight with a that Apple and Comcast have been talking about a streaming, over-the-top video service. Reportedly, those streams would be delivered as a managed service over Comcast’s network, solving the so-called last-mile problem while also ensuring a high quality of service. I have no specia... |
Change In UK Tax Law Could Raise The Price Of Music And Apps In The Country | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | A change in UK tax law that may take force at the start of 2015 would push the price of apps, music and other downloads and “e-services” higher in the United Kingdom. The legal shift would see downloads charged the value added tax (VAT) of that country. Currently, , companies like Apple and other digital store owners ... |
Financial Firms Looking To Linux, Windows 7 As XP Support Dries Up | John Biggs | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | In an unsurprising move, ATM operators and other financial organizations are beginning to look to as a replacement for their outdated Windows XP installations. That these organizations are deciding to move from XP only now is a testament to the staying power of the OS and a certain conservatism in financial circles. ... |
Secret CEO Responds To Cyberbullying Criticism | Josh Constine | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | When it comes to cyberbullying in his anonyous sharing app, co-founder claimed “We don’t see very much of that, if any” when we spoke on stage at SXSW. Secret’s users might disagree. Thankfully, through these highlights from our fireside chat, you can see Byttow acknowledge the darker side of anonymity. He reveals ... |
Virtual View App Raises $500K To Bring Augmented Reality Campaigns To The Property Sector | Steve O'Hear | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | , a London startup that offers an augmented reality publishing platform and app designed specifically for the property sector, has raised $500k in funding. The investment comes from unnamed private investors from a finance and professional services background. It’s the 2013-founded company’s only external funding to da... |
Sony’s Advantage | Greg Kumparak | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | Oculus didn’t invent virtual reality — but they sure as hell made people care about it again. As of this week, however, they no longer stand alone in their arena. Sony has decided they want to play the VR game too — and they’ve got at least one , not-so-obvious advantage. Before we dive in, I must admit: I’m naturally... |
Unbabel Launches A Human-Edited Machine Translation Service To Help Businesses Go Global, Localize Customer Support | Rip Empson | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | Today, you can be anywhere in the world in a matter of clicks. Thanks to globalization and the plucky old Information Superhighway, our world is shrinking. Inquisitive globetrotters can pop over to Google Earth, pilot through volcanoes in Hawaii or navigate a few Norwegian fjords and still be home for dinner. Vasco de ... |
Digital Ocean’s Journey From TechStars Reject To Cloud-Hosting Darling | Frederic Lardinois | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | The cloud hosting service is one of the big startup success stories of the last year. Earlier this month, the company announced that it had raised a $37 million funding round led by Andreesen Horowitz, just a few months after raising a $3.2 million seed round. Maybe even more importantly, it’s adding customers and ... |
Vaavud Raises $375K To Tame The Wind With Your Smartphone | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | A has just closed its seed funding round, raising $375,000 to continue its work of measuring the wind using a network of smartphones with a low-cost, electronics-free hardware accessory combined with a mobile app. Danish startup ‘s new funding comes from a group of angel investors, and according to Vaavud CEO Thomas... |
Mixpanel: iOS 7 Adoption At 90%, While Android Kit Kat Remains At Under 10% | Darrell Etherington | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | Mobile analytics firm Mixpanel has iOS 7 adoption covering the vast majority of Apple mobile devices, with its real-time adoption stat tracker showing on the latest major revision of iOS based on hourly browsing data. By comparison, you can see that according to its Android device information, only around 8 percent o... |
So A Breathalyzer For Quitting Smoking And A Patent War Room Web App Walk Into A Bar… | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. In just mere moments (depending on your reading comprehension level), I will reveal the winners of the TechCrunch DC and NYC Meetup Pitch-Offs, and you’ll all kindly pretend like you know who they are already. Of course, you shouldn’t know who they are. As a requirement,... |
When Startups And Revolutions Collide | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | In the last two months, tiny Silicon Valley startups have proven their ability to upset the well-laid plans of autocrats half a world away. , Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, failed spectacularly at banning Twitter, as local citizens found easy workarounds with tech tools, skirting blocks with tens of tho... |
Fly Or Die: Whisper | Jordan Crook | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | Anonymity is all the rage these days, and so we bring our attention to . This week, we’re joined by , who has some mixed feelings about the craze around anonymous social sharing apps, like Whisper and competitor Secret. Whisper, based out of LA, launched back in 2012 to be the PostSecret of mobile. All the drama and ... |
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Latest Snowden Revelations: NSA Hacks Huawei | Jonathan Shieber | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | The hacked Chinese networking giant and apparently gained access to the company’s source code, seen by and the German publication These latest leaked documents indicate that the NSA began an operation called “Shotgiant” against Huawei, the world’s second largest supplier of networking equipment behind U.S.-based... |
Noora Health’s Training Program For Patients And Caregivers Improves Recovery And Reduces Readmission Rates | Leena Rao | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | If you’ve ever had a major surgery or medical event, you know that the education around recovery leaves much to be desired. When I had a C-section with the birth of my daughter, the hospital gave me a piece of paper that listed some of the medical issues that could take place if my recovery wasn’t going well. But I rea... |
The Rise Of The Euro Mega-Round | Mike Butcher | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | Slowly, quietly, but increasingly more noisily, startups originally hailing from Europe but going global have been raising larger and larger funding rounds. The linch-pin in the ecosystem has been financing from London (handily, that’s where we’re holding our there in October). You can be a startup from the most obsc... |
Mobile Platforms, Smartwatches, And Golden Handcuffs | Semil Shah | 2,014 | 3 | 23 | TechCrunch Here’s how think about the choices consumers may face, assuming they want technology on their wrists — which, depending who you talk to, isn’t a foregone conclusion. “If” Apple does eventually develop a device for the wrist, we’d expect it to run on iOS, to seamlessly set up and pair with the iPhone, and to ... |
Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit | Alex Wilhelm | 2,014 | 3 | 15 | ineer from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups. Her claims that she faced a sexist internal culture at GitHub came as a surprise to some, given her former defense of the startup and at the company to promote women in technology. In her on her... |
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