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We’re giving you one more week to save $1,000 on Disrupt NY tickets | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | This one’s for you, procrastinators. We are giving you one extra week to get tickets to Disrupt NY at the early-bird price point of $1,995 per ticket, a full $1,000 off the full retail price of $2,995. You now have until next Friday, April 15, to get in on this incredible discount, so you’d better stop putting it off a... |
Feinstein and Burr’s draft encryption bill would essentially make all encryption illegal | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | A draft version of a bill on encryption sponsored by Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has made its way to the internet, and it’s exactly as bad a proposed law as everyone worried it would be. , as it stands in draft form, is the technological equivalent of requiring all pigs to fly. “No p... |
13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week | Anna Escher | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | This week, Tesla revealed its newest model; the HTC Vive VR headset dropped; the internet saw the largest leak of private documents ever; and Facebook’s chatbot plans were revealed. Here are the top tech stories from this week. Tesla unveiled the . So far, we know that the base model will do 0-60 in under 6 seconds an... |
WordPress.com turns on HTTPS encryption for all websites | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | WordPress.com is HTTPS support for all of its blogs. If you have a custom domain or a blog under the wordpress.com domain name (like bestcrabrestaurantsinportland.wordpress.com), you’re good to go. While many social services like Facebook and Twitter have supported HTTPS for a while now, WordPress.com was still laggi... |
Justice Department keeps pushing Apple to unlock iPhone in New York drug case | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | The fight between is not over. While the most controversial case is , the Department of Justice keeps pushing Apple on . The government still wants Apple to unlock an iPhone 5s that belonged to a meth drug dealer in Brooklyn. In a , the Department of Justice reiterated that it needed Apple’s help. This letter conf... |
Gamification, personalization and continued education are trending in edtech | Sean O'Connor | 2,016 | 4 | 8 |
But before we can talk about the future, let’s review the past… …and the current edtech landscape. |
Today is the last day to save on Disrupt NY tickets | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | You’ve waited long enough — the time to act is now. Like, right now. Today is the last day to get tickets to Disrupt NY 2016 at the discounted early-bird price of $1,995 per ticket, $1,000 less than the full retail price of $2,995 that takes effect tomorrow. So, seriously stop whatever important thing you’re doing righ... |
Rumors swirl EMC wants to dump Documentum ahead of Dell acquisition | Ron Miller | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | Rumors that to nobody’s surprise, EMC and by extension its new sugar Daddy Dell are looking to dump dowdy , the company’s enterprise content management product. It’s worth noting up front that in email to EMC asking for a comment on the story, a spokesperson had this to say: “Not commenting on speculation.” You can’... |
Luka, with $4.42 million in Series A, releases AI-powered chat bots | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | Just in time for the chat bot craze, Startup Battlefield alum is enhancing its AI-powered messaging service with a variety of smart bots to help users get whatever they desire. Luka originally launched as a Yelp competitor, all done over text. Users could ask Luka, via chat, about where they should go to eat, whether... |
Here’s why we invited B.J. Novak to TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 4 | 8 | B.J. Novak is coming to We’re excited. Here’s why. Novak joins our growing list of . This year, for the first time, the show takes place in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan. It’s going to be great. but today is the last day you can save on the early bird special. |
Reserve acquires mobile payments startup Dash | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Restaurant reservation startup that it has acquired Dash. When you make a reservation through Reserve, the app already handles payment (including ), but by acquiring Dash, it will be able to integrate with point-of-sale systems like Micros and Aloha. The company wasn’t attracted by Dash’s payment technology. In ... |
Hardware is hard: How we built a hardware startup with two engineers and some free time | Saar Yoskovitz | 2,016 | 4 | 1 |
Hardware is hard. Building a hardware startup is even harder. The good news is that the staggering amount of innovation in rapid prototyping, 3D printing and backend-as-a-service platforms has made hardware development move at Internet-development speeds. It’s not easy, but it is faster. When we started our company f... |
Peter Thiel’s other fund, Mithril Capital Management, raises $600 million | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Peter Thiel is having a good month. According to a new , low-flying Mithril Capital Management, which Thiel co-founded with longtime colleague Ajay Royan in 2012, is out raising its second fund with a $600 million target. Sources say the fund is already oversubscribed, however, and that it may hit $1 billion before it... |
Slack’s growth is insane, with daily user count up 3.5X in a year | Josh Constine | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Plenty of startups have tried and failed to make enterprise software sexy, but Slack made it viral. Its growth rate is unheard of. Both Slack’s daily user count and its paid seat count are up 3.5X in just a year. Tons of people have still never heard of it, but with this momentum, they probably will soon (it’s workplac... |
Supermodel Karlie Kloss chats with us about the launch of Kode With Klossy, a coding camp for girls | Sarah Buhr | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | headlines last year when she announced she was not only a high-ranking model but could also code in Ruby. Kloss, who says she’s always been interested in math and science, started learning to program a couple of years ago. The supermodel partnered with the in New York City last year to launch , a scholarship program... |
Can Slack transform enterprise communication once and for all? | Ron Miller | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Those of us who have been around the block a few times have seen multiple attempts to kill email and change the way people communicate in the enterprise. is just the latest, but one that has captured market share and money along the way. Consider that just today, . It launched just three years ago and has raised alm... |
Fintech dominates Nordic startup investments | Dennis Mitzner | 2,016 | 4 | 8 |
Fintech attracted the most investment for the first time in the Nordic region, more than any other vertical. Between January 1, 2014 and end of March 2016, 51 fintech investments were made in companies in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, totaling $390.17 million. The Nordics are following a global trend... |
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Palaround lets anyone build their own Tinder-like app | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | began its life as one of what’s now attempting to be the “Tinder for finding friends” — a list that now includes , in fact. But recently, the startup began rolling out a new product focused instead on bringing the Tinder swipe model to private organizations. A pivot from the earlier general purpose friend finder,... |
Managed By Q, the digital office administrator, raises $25 million | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Less than a year after raising , is today announcing the raise of a $25 million Series B round from GV and Kapor Ventures. Former TechCrunch writer MG Siegler is joining the board as part of the deal. Managed By Q is a service that handle all the extra responsibilities that come along with running an office. From re... |
How SoFi can ruin fintech for everyone | Aaron LaRue | 2,016 | 4 | 1 |
I’m going to start by saying I’m actually a huge fan of . I think they have a great product, they’ve built an incredible business and their growth in a regulated and complex industry is impressive. And I say this even though I’ve had — they still provide a great experience. However, some recent strategic choices a... |
Slack is work chat’s runaway train, raises $200M at $3.8B | Katie Roof | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | The rocketship won’t slow down. The business messaging startup has raised $200 million at a $3.8 billion post-money valuation, the company confirms to TechCrunch. The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation by GGV, Comcast Ventures and Slack’s existing investors, including Accel, Index Ventures and Social ... |
North Korea blocks access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube | Jon Russell | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | In news that is , North Korea has this week begun to block access to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other websites in the country. The AP, which has a bureau in North Korean capital Pyongyang, that the government named YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Voice of America, a number of South Korean websites, porn and gambling ... |
CHKN, letting you build and raise creatures, is betaworks’ latest game | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | betaworks doesn’t often launch games, but when they do, it tends to stick. Just take Dots, for example, which ended up spinning out of betaworks as its own game studio. Today, the startup studio is launching its second game in the form of CHKN. Imagine that Minecraft had a baby with a Tamagotchi from the 90s and you’ll... |
Kanye West’s new album, ‘The Life of Pablo,’ is no longer a Tidal exclusive | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | So much for Kanye West’s plans to make his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” The artist, who has numerous times with regard to this latest release, has now put the album out on Tidal’s competitors, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music. The move is notable because West had originally fans the album w... |
Billy lets you track your subscriptions and bills in a simple app | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | A new app called wants to help consumers more easily manage their subscriptions and bills, by keeping track of your fixed costs and recurring payments, and make these accessible via a simple mobile interface. That means tracking monthly payments like rent, alongside subscriptions to a variety of services like Dropbox... |
On-demand moving app Lugg hits Silicon Valley | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | , the startup that , requested via an Uber-like mobile app, is this week expanding its reach into additional markets. While originally available in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company says it will now be available in Silicon Valley, from Palo Alto to Mountain View and down to San Jose. In addition, Lugg notes that... |
An oasis in the desert: Special purpose vehicles and behavioral economics | John Mannes | 2,016 | 4 | 1 |
Like an in the , (SPV) can offer investors critical liquidity and capital to exercise pro-rata rights, even in a world where overall returns in venture capital have been decreasing. , and recent clarification of the allowed to participate in financing startups, entrepreneurs and investors must remain keenly a... |
Yammer co-founder Adam Pisoni raises $4.5 million for Abl Schools | Lora Kolodny | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | A co-founder and former CTO of Yammer, Adam Pisoni, quietly raised a $4.5 million first round of venture funding for his new education tech startup in January. This week, he revealed what Always Be Learning Inc., known as , is working on. Most edtech startups in the U.S. today– if they’re not building schools from scr... |
Samsung expects solid first-quarter results as the Galaxy S7 enjoys strong sales | Catherine Shu | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | After , Samsung Electronics . The company said it expects to report consolidated sales of about 49 trillion won and operating profit of about 6.6 trillion won in the first quarter of 2016. This beats the analysts polled by Bloomberg had expected. Since this is earnings guidance and not its final report, Samsung Ele... |
Kik CEO Ted Livingston to discuss the future of mobile messaging at Disrupt NY 2016 | Jon Russell | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Messaging is the hot topic of 2016, which is why we’re tremendously excited to announce that , the founder and CEO of popular chat app , is confirmed as a speaker at our upcoming from May 9-11. We’ve already revealed a number of prestigious participants for Disrupt — including , , and — and, in Livingston, we a... |
Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails | Jon Russell | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | Google has reversed one of its April Fools’ Day pranks after it caused a number Gmail users to unwittingly insert GIFs into business emails and other important communications. — some of others are — but the Big G’s attempt to inject humor into email via that inserts a Minions GIF in Gmail messages backfired. “... |
Krablr pivots to crab pricing messaging app for millennials | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 4 | 1 | started off as a promising real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen. After a long beta period and with Sequoia leading the round and Scranton Angels also investing, the startup is pivoting to focus on millennials going forward. “We really thought we could disrupt the way crab pricing is done,” Stanford gr... |
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Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity | Ryan Falvey | 2,016 | 4 | 6 |
is in the midst of a golden age of investment and innovation. According to , investments in f startups doubled between 2014 and 2015, to $14 . However, comparatively little of this money has been focused on the to disrupt alternative financial services in the United States. This lack of focus is damaging Americ... |
IBM, Pfizer launch joint experiment to help measure Parkinson’s symptoms using IoT and analytics | Ron Miller | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | What happens when you put a technology company together with a drug company and try to come up with unique new ways to understand Parkinson’s disease? You end up with a project that uses sensors on the body and in the home to provide continuous measurement of a patient’s symptoms and the impact they have on that person... |
Tech imitates art in a 3D printed fake Rembrandt based on the old master’s style | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | To attempt to create a program that successfully imitates the style of one of the greatest painters of all time is hubristic and doomed to fail, but those characteristics are just like catnip to the men and women at the bleeding edge of tech — and the result of their labors is remarkable and compelling. But is it art? ... |
Sharethrough grades your headlines with its new Hemingway tool | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Ask most writers and editors and I’ll bet they agree: Writing headlines is hard. It’s not easy to come up with something exciting and attention-grabbing that also conveys the important information about a story in just a few words. Meanwhile, brands and marketers are creating more of their own content, so they have to ... |
Google’s Torrence Boone joins the board of stock footage marketplace Pond5 | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | , a company allowing users to buy and sell stock videos, photos and other media content, is adding to its board of directors a big name from ad industry — , Google’s vice president of global agency sales and services. Boone comes from the ad agency world, having previously worked at WPP, Publicis and Avenue A. His app... |
Yik Yak’s CTO drops out as the hyped anonymous app stagnates | Josh Constine | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Is Yik Yak a thing anymore? Not so much, according to download stats, traffic charts, surveys and a source that says the college app’s monthly user count has been declining. That source — with intimate knowledge of the company — also tipped me off that ‘s original CTO has bailed, which the startup now confirms. Yik ... |
Smartling acquires Jargon to help mobile developers ready their apps for international markets | Lora Kolodny | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | , the translation tech company, has acquired TechStars alumni which makes tools for mobile developers who want to “localize” their apps for different international markets, and the devices and app stores that are relevant in each one. New York-based Smartling is known for its “translation management system” software,... |
How to deal with IoT challenges through abstraction | Ben Dickson | 2,016 | 4 | 6 |
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tech industry. Yet the way IoT is evolving : There are too many and competing trends and technologies that must be managed when developing IoT solutions. Many of these concerns tend to get overlooked as manufacturers rush to ship new product... |
The Silicon Valley of Transylvania | Bryan Martin | 2,016 | 4 | 6 |
Romania has long been a hotbed for tech companies outsourcing contact centers, software development and even research and development. Now, Romania is growing its own entrepreneurial culture. The online database lists 300 home-grown startups in the country, up from about 250 a year ago. The sector is also seeing mo... |
Y Combinator flirts with having Hacker News community pick Fellowship companies | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Upvotes! What are they good for? Soon, they might get your very, very early-stage company into Y Combinator. The incubator is experimenting with using the Hacker News community to pick startups for its Fellowship program. HN moderator Daniel Gackle, AKA dang, with initial details: Perhaps if HN picked startups, it wo... |
Reddit introduces user-blocking tool to fight harassment and trolls | Lucas Matney | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | is looking to shape itself a bit more around the needs of the individual user in order to make the community more accepting as a whole. Reddit users will soon be able to block and mute other users on the site so they can customize their experience, reports. Reddit co-founder Christopher Slowe detailed the changes in... |
This new app lets you express your feelings with video memes, not GIFs | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Today, GIFs have become a popular way communicate sentiment online and in mobile messaging, where written text doesn’t always do the job. More expressive than an emoji, these looping images let you share a specific thought or feeling with little effort. But today, a new app is launching to see if video can step in wher... |
Rev3 Founder David Prager forms new fund, Monstro Ventures, to back early-stage tech startups | Lora Kolodny | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | The team behind Monstro is launching a new microfund called , according to co-founder David Prager. For the unfamiliar, is an ad agency with headquarters in Oakland and another office in Los Angeles that specializes in video creative, including videos that get hype going around crowdfunding or launches of new tech p... |
FAA releases report detailing categories for drones flying over crowds | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | , the Associated Press got early access to a report commissioned by the FAA on how drones flying over or near people should be categorized and restricted. Today, that report was officially released, with all the juicy (and boring) details you’ve come to expect from government task force briefings. The full report, , d... |
All on-demand models are not created equally | Joe Medved | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
The end of on-demand is nigh. The media cover down rounds and startups winding down on a weekly basis, and, as funding stops, it seems as if every “Uber for X” is doomed to fail. Many people are questioning (fairly) whether software can eat services, which are fueled primarily by human capital. While convenience attr... |
Come to TechCrunch’s pre-F8 Facebook developers meetup | Josh Constine | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Meet TechCrunch writers and fellow Facebook developers the night before the madness of Facebook’s F8 conference begins. Join us at the Southern Pacific Brewing Company at 620 Treat Avenue in SF’s Mission District from 6-9pm on Monday April 11th. You can tell us about your startup and swap tips with fellow entrepreneurs... |
NASA launches new X-plane program to create cleaner, more efficient planes | Emily Calandrelli | 2,016 | 4 | 24 | NASA has the launch of the “New Aviation Horizons” initiative, which will lead to a new generation of X-planes that are fueled by greener energy, use half the fuel, and are half as loud as commercial aircraft in use today. “NASA’s flight research program is on its way to creating a renaissance of an exciting era in a... |
Tribeca’s Storyscapes projects used technology to explore blindness, solitary confinement and more | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 4 | 24 | As winds down in New York City, we’re highlighting one of the most tech-driven parts of the event — , which showcased 10 works of virtual reality and interactive storytelling. At Storyscapes, I talked to the creators of (which won the juried Storyscapes award), , and , among others. One word that came up rep... |
VideoStitch unveils the Orah 4i, a tiny 360 live streaming 4K camera | Lucas Matney | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | There’s no shortage of 360 cameras on the market these days. If you have a desire to shoot immersive video and possess a ton of disposable income then there’s nothing stopping you! The issue is what happens to that content after it’s captured. I’d say 90% of the photos I take on my DSLR never make it off my camera to b... |
Segment helps businesses integrate third-party sources into their data pipelines | Frederic Lardinois | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | helps developers manage all the analytics data their apps and services generate. Besides fanning out this information to analytics services like Google Analytics and Mixpanel, or marketing tools like Marketo, all this data lands in a data warehouse. At best, though, all this information only shows an incomplete view o... |
The future is the trust economy | Adriana Stan | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
As we get into cars with complete strangers, sleep in the beds of people we’ve never met and lend money to others on the other side of the world, a powerful new currency is emerging — and it’s based on trust. What’s striking about the shared economy is not the technology that has made it possible, but the vast change... |
Domino’s now lets you order pizza just by launching an app – no clicking required | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Hungry? Lazy? Domino’s has the app for you. The company today unveiled a new mobile application that lets you place an order simply by launching the app on your phone. No clicking necessary. The delivery chain keeps coming up with new – and yes, sometimes gimmicky – ways to make ordering pizza easier and quicker, and t... |
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Tim Cook joins Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ board | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 4 | 6 | Apple CEO Tim Cook is joining the board of directors of , a nonprofit organization founded by the Kennedy family. Cook has been an outspoken CEO, personally defending equality and civil rights. In December 2015, Cook already received the Ripple of Hope Award from the nonprofit organization. But Apple’s CEO is taking i... |
How Facebook Connect changed the consumer internet | Elisa Schreiber | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
When Facebook opened its API, the platform spawned a completely new way of distributing apps on the web. Developers now had unprecedented access and deep integration into many of Facebook’s core features, allowing anyone to sign up and start building. In just six months after opening up the platform, more than 10,0... |
Why your wallet is becoming the next platform | Alex Rampell | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
The “wallet” in the modern sense of “flat case for holding paper currency” dates back almost 200 years. The word itself goes back 700 years, and the concept (minus paper currency) for millennia. Leather wallets were not “smart,” of course; they were atom agnostic, payment type agnostic, even, as credit cards and the ... |
Technology is finally eliminating geography as a barrier to real estate investing | Akhil Saklecha | 2,016 | 4 | 23 |
Real estate investing has long elicited a variety of emotions, running the gamut from excitement to anxiety. When dealing with significant sums of capital, feelings of apprehension tend to creep in, especially regarding neighborhood quality, tenant and property management issues and liquidity. But those feelings of a... |
How to quit your job the right way | James Altucher | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
When I was at a corporate IT job, I kept wondering: What are all these people doing? Many people were on the phone. Or were already outdated by new software systems. The corporation wouldn’t fire them until much later. When layoffs were mandated. But they were mandated. And they lost their jobs. And now I don’t know ... |
You never forget the pain, so try to avoid it | Ben Narasin | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
They say once ’ve had frostbite, the cold. A founder who has suffered a bad board, or board member, forgets that, either. I took my company public at age 33 with a board of four: me, someone I trusted and two people who taught me the meaning of the word acrimony. I have been obsessed ever since with helping ... |
The fall of the unicorns brings a new dawn for water bears | Alex Chuang | 2,016 | 4 | 23 |
Last year was a big year for unicorns. According to , there are now 229 unicorn startups, with $175 billion in funding and $1.3 trillion in valuation. In 2015 alone there were 81 entrants crowned as the legendary beast. However, the glory did not last. We are starting to see the first signs of a tech slowdown. CB ... |
What’s next for personal financial services? | Erin Shipley | 2,016 | 4 | 23 |
Already there has been a huge amount invested in fintech in 2016, with investors funding close to in January and February alone. It is a sector of innovation that shows no signs of slowing down, with companies tackling every part of the infrastructure, from savings and lending to credit and insurance to payments ... |
Gillmor Gang: Purple Tears | Steve Gillmor | 2,016 | 4 | 23 | The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Thursday, April 21, 2016. The sudden death of the Artist Forever Known as Prince reverberates across generations, decades, and the melting pot of pop, soul, funk, and rock and roll. As the presidential race settles... |
OMGYES is a video platform that helps women achieve orgasm | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 4 | 23 | I know that sounds like porn, but in reality OMGYES is actually an education platform. The startup is tackling a subject that’s still shockingly taboo with concrete research and user-friendly content to teach women (and their partners) how to get to climax. The startup got its start with more than 1000 in-depth intervi... |
Match-fixing comes to the world of e-sports | Aurangzeb Durrani | 2,016 | 4 | 23 |
In the world of professional eSports these days, money doesn’t rain — it pours. The stakes are high and the competition can be cut-throat, especially given the payday waiting at the end of a match. But the flood of money has brought an unexpected innovation in the way players are cashing in (and cashing out) in the v... |
When will AI and NLP actually turn Siri into your best friend? | Bruce Wilcox | 2,016 | 4 | 23 |
The discussion around robots has only increased in the past few years — especially when things like IBM Watson and Siri are well-known topics for everyday conversation. But beyond the physical capabilities of robots, the bigger question is what robots’ minds will be capable of in the future. How will we communicate w... |
Artificial intelligence and racism | Andrew Heikkila | 2,016 | 4 | 15 |
Replicants. Cylons. Skynet. Hal 9000. These are the classic pop-culture references the average person might conjure when they hear the term “artificial intelligence.” Yet, while some see AI as a novelty still guised in the trappings of the far-flung future, others realize the dawn of AI is much closer than previously... |
The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe | Jon Evans | 2,016 | 4 | 23 | Did you know that the US government is sitting on its own Strategic Zero-Day Reserve? A “ ” is a software vulnerability that allows adversaries to bypass or reduce security restrictions; lets them hack systems which use that software, basically. These are not restricted to shady criminal hackers. They are strategic wea... |
Jony Ive designs one-off iPad Pro and accessories for charity auction | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Want some serious bragging rights in the tech community? Why? Inquire within yourself whether this craving for attention is healthy, and if you still want those rights, consider bidding on this . It’s for a good cause, or at least you can tell yourself that. It’s all part of a fundraiser for London’s Design Museum, wh... |
Sirin Labs blasts into the secure smartphone space with a $72 million seed round | Dennis Mitzner | 2,016 | 4 | 24 |
Sirin Labs, a new high-end smartphone manufacturer, has raised a $72 million seed round from founder Moshe Hogeg, Kazakh businessman Kenges Rakishev, and the Chinese social networking service to launch a new, secure smartphone. The phone will be revealed in May at Sirin Labs’ flagship store in London. Against a ba... |
Live video viewing up 86% over last year in MLB’s At Bat app, thanks to addition of multitasking | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | When Apple MLB was one of the new feature’s early adopters in its MLB.com At Bat application for iPad. Today, the organization is releasing some new numbers on what impact the introduction of split-screen viewing and picture-in-picture has on engagement and video viewing minutes in its application. In short? The news... |
Game Review: Chameleon Run | Felicia Shivakumar | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Chameleon Run launched a little over a week ago and has been heavily promoted by Apple. Admittedly, I love this game and I am not the only one. Chameleon Run is an auto-runner where you fly through the air bouncing off platforms, see-saws and slides to make your way to the end of each level. It costs roughly $2 on bo... |
Apple doesn’t consider government intrusion a primary iPhone security threat, yet | Kate Conger | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Despite Apple’s highly publicized with the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters, security engineers pushed back against the idea of Apple as an opponent to the government in a meeting with reporters. Senior Apple engineers feel that government intrusion is not their primary... |
CRISPR creates a way out of regulation for GMO food | Sarah Buhr | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Genetically modified crops are in the midst of a metamorphosis thanks to new gene-editing technology. The latest example is a white button mushroom genetically edited using , or the ability to snip out and rearrange parts of an organism’s DNA. The says it won’t regulate the mushroom because it doesn’t pose a possibl... |
RebelMouse’s new Discovery tool helps publishers find the right people to promote their stories | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Social media startup has created a new tool for publishers — which helps those publishers identify the social media accounts that they should be sharing stories with for maximum impact. Founder and CEO Paul Berry said that when you publish a story, there are probably many Facebook Pages or Twitter accounts that wou... |
This tattoo-like display is made possible by a new ultra-thin protective ‘E-skin’ | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | It sounds like something out of Star Trek: a patch thinner than a band-aid that you slap on your arm and, within moments, it lights up with heart rate, blood sugar, and so on — then peels off a few days later. That’s the goal of work by researchers at the University of Tokyo, who have invented an ultra-thin “E-skin” th... |
Huawei unveils its own mobile VR headset | Lucas Matney | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Another handset maker is getting into the headset game. Huawei announced its entry into the world of mobile virtual reality today with multiple versions of a Gear VR-like headset simply called “Huawei VR” . Huawei unveiled Huawei VR at a Shanghai launch event for the P9 and P9 Plus smartphones today. The headset is al... |
ClassDojo raises $21 million for app to make parent-teacher meetings obsolete | Lora Kolodny | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | has raised $21 million in a Series B round of venture funding for tech that connects educators to students’ parents, and helps them communicate consistently about student’s activities, social and behavioral development at school. Communicating throughout the year, and even throughout the school day, means parents are ... |
David Plouffe to talk at Disrupt NY about his move from the White House to Uber strategic adviser | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | What do Barack Obama and Uber have in common? The answer is David Plouffe. In 2008, Plouffe was Barack Obama’s campaign manager. He then became a White House adviser. As Washington and Silicon Valley are getting closer, Plouffe Uber in 2014 as Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy, later settling into Uber’s C... |
Google’s Chrome Web Store will boot apps and extensions violating new user data guidelines | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Google is cleaning up its Chrome Web Store – the marketplace where you can browse for extensions and apps for its Chrome web browser. The it’s making changes to browser’s , which will now require developers to be more transparent about how they handle customer data, and which will require user consent when data is c... |
Superspin research project aims to drive more energy efficient computing | Natasha Lomas | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Scientists at Cambridge University are working on combining two fields of solid state physics research, spintronics and superconductors, in order to develop what they hope could become the foundation for the next generation of datacenter technology — perhaps within the next decade. Data centers are the engines of the d... |
Hulu’s smarter, more personalized Watchlist rolls out to all users | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Hulu’s revamped “Watchlist,” the section on its service that helps users track their favorite shows, is now exiting beta and being rolled out to all users, the company announced this morning. Along with the launch, Hulu is also introducing several new features based on what it learned , including suggested actions, al... |
Apple partners with WWF to launch week-long Earth Day initiative, Apps for Earth | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Apple is teaming up with the World Wildlife Fund to raise money for the conservation organization through in-app purchases. Already started, the initiative will last until April 24, during which time users will have access to exclusive in-app content created specifically for the campaign by 24 different app developers,... |
Uber and Lyft drivers need to obtain business licenses in order to drive in SF | Megan Rose Dickey | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | If you’re a driver for Lyft and/or Uber, and drive in San Francisco seven or more days a year, the city requires you to obtain a business license, . “We have serious concerns with the City’s plan to collect and display Lyft drivers’ personal information in a publicly available database,” a Lyft spokesperson said in a ... |
Apple tells NY judge FBI has ‘utterly failed’ to prove it needs help unlocking iPhones | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Apple has strong words for the Justice Department in a document filed in a federal court case in New York where it has been asked to bypass an iPhone’s security. The simple fact that the feds unlocked a phone without any help shows that they didn’t need it in the first place, Apple asserts: “The government has utterly... |
GV leads $40M Series B in Quartet, its first investment in a mental healthcare startup | Catherine Shu | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | , a company that wants to close the gap between physical and mental healthcare, has raised a $40 million Series B led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). Existing investors Oak HC/FT Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, and Polaris Partners also returned for the round. This marks the first time that GV has invested in a m... |
China is now #2 in iOS revenue, behind the U.S. | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | Earlier this year, app store analytics firm App Annie that China could overtake both the U.S. and Japan in terms of revenue generated from iOS applications as soon as this year. The year isn’t yet half over, but that prediction appears to be on its way to coming true: China has just moved past Japan to take the numbe... |
Sean Parker is on a mission to solve cancer | Sarah Buhr | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | Sean Parker, the self-made billionaire who, at the tender age of 19, , has been at the forefront of some of the most meaningful disruptions of our day from file sharing to social engagement. Cancer immunotherapy is his next big bet. The Napster founder and former Facebook president persuaded hundreds of top scientists... |
Indonesian photo-sharing app PicMix scores $3M Series A | Catherine Shu | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | PicMix founder Calvin Kizana (center) with Gobi Partners’ Victor Chua (left) and Thomas Tsao (right) , a photo-sharing app based in Indonesia, will build more features and venture into new international markets after raising a Series A totaling $3 million. The first close consists of $1 million from Gobi Partners, whil... |
Google Calendar’s newest feature uses machine learning to help you actually accomplish your goals | Catherine Shu | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | has launched a feature called that uses machine learning to help you figure out when you have time to pencil in stuff like spending time with your family or exercise. The feature is now available for Calendar’s Android and iOS apps. Goals are set up by clicking into a category (which currently include Exercise, “Bui... |
San Bernardino iPhone was hacked using a zero-day exploit | Haje Jan Kamps | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | When a couple of terrorists in December last year, an iPhone 5c was recovered, and it’s been in the news almost as much as the terror attack itself. The phone was said to contain pertinent information that the FBI really wanted their mitts on, and the Washington Post that it was able to, with the help of profession... |
13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week | Anna Escher | 2,016 | 4 | 15 | It was a futuristic week in tech as , SpaceX landed a rocket on a drone ship in the middle of the ocean, and another $100 million was pledged to send spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. These are tech’s biggest headlines of the week. Facebook held its annual F8 developer conference this week. Mark Zuckerberg laid out the 10... |
Logitech snaps up wireless earbuds maker JayBird for $50M | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | Consumer gadgets standby Logitech has acquired JayBird, a maker of fitness-focused wireless earbuds and trackers, for $50 million in cash, . “The Jaybird team will have all the scope to innovate they had before,” said Rory Dooly in a post on the . “They’ll continue to feed the Jaybird brand and design products like t... |
Everything the tech world says about marketing is wrong | Samuel Scott | 2,016 | 4 | 12 |
Google Trends The same is true today — the only differences are that we have two additional sets of available channels, called the Internet and mobile devices, and those channels allow for a greater variety of content formats. My on Moz |
Drone racing organization IDRA scores broadcast deal with ESPN | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | Ever hear of first-person drone racing? If not, you’re in for a treat. This kinetic and exciting sport, or competition, whatever you want to call it, is growing fast and it looks like ESPN wants a piece. The sports network signed a deal with the International Drone Racing Association today that could help bring races t... |
Facebook’s Instant Articles is now open to all publishers | Frederic Lardinois | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | As previously , Facebook today its format to all developers. Using Instant Articles, publishers can show Facebook mobile users a fast-loading and mostly distraction-free view of their posts while still also showing them a limited amount of their own ads (or use Facebook’s Audience Network to monetize their content... |
Sprimo takes a personal approach to purifying your air | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 4 | 12 | We’ve written about of before, but is taking a different approach — instead of trying to clean all the air in the room, it creates a personalized stream of clean air for individual users. Now, a phrase like “personalized stream of clean air” might sound a little silly, but CEO Ray Combs and CTO Harold Han (who ha... |
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