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Salesforce AppExchange Revolutionized Software Distribution When It Launched Ten Years Ago Today | Ron Miller | 2,016 | 1 | 14 | The Salesforce AppExchange turned ten years old today and it represents quite a milestone for enterprise software development. In fact, the app store concept that Salesforce developed pre-dated Apple’s consumer app store by a couple of years. It’s safe to say that when Salesforce launched the AppExchange a decade ago, ... |
Apple Watch And Holistic Presence | Bernard Desarnauts | 2,016 | 1 | 14 |
What if you went to start your car and Apple Watch stopped you? Yes, Apple Watch, with your permission, knew you had spent time at a bar, monitored your heartbeat and other physiological data and saw changes indicating that you had been overdrinking. When you walked to your car, it connected to the CarKit-powered ent... |
Screw Those $300 Standing Desks. This Cardboard One Is $25 | Josh Constine | 2,016 | 1 | 14 | Is sitting at a computer all day making you fat, but standing desks are too expensive? The Hootsuite CEO’s nifty new side project could save your spine and slim your belly. is a made of cardboard. Just unfold the contraption, stick it atop your normal desk, and you can work without hunching. Some employees at Hoots... |
US Government Plans To Invest $4B In Autonomous Driving Research Over The Next 10 Years | Frederic Lardinois | 2,016 | 1 | 14 | Every car manufacturer now has an autonomous driving program, but the rules and regulations around actually driving autonomous cars on public roads remain scattershot. Now, the U.S. government is starting to work on a national policy for autonomous cars, and it’s to invest $4 billion over the course of the next 10 ye... |
The GoProblem | Josh Constine | 2,016 | 1 | 14 | Action cameras are like tablets. Lots of people want ONE. But very few need to constantly update to the latest model. I suspect this is why , it’s reduced sales , and it had to lay off 7% of its employees this week. It’s hitting market saturation. Many of the people likely to buy a GoPro already have one and don’t ne... |
Former Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley Lands At Recruiting Startup Entelo | Megan Rose Dickey | 2,016 | 1 | 14 | Leslie Miley, , is now the director of engineering at a recruiting software startup called . Entelo, which has over 350 customers, including tech companies like Box, Facebook, Uber, Tesla, Zenefits, Pinterest and Yelp, is a software platform that helps businesses recruit employees. A couple of years ago, the company ... |
PewDiePie Now Has His Own YouTube Network Within Maker Studios | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 1 | 14 | PewDiePie is launching his own multi-channel network called . You may remember that PewDiePie was part of , Disney’s successful MCN. PewDiePie isn’t really parting ways with Disney as PewDiePie is working with Maker Studios for this new MCN. Revelmode is an imprint of Maker Studios with Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie ... |
What 2015 Taught Me About The London Tech Scene | Suzanne Noble | 2,016 | 1 | 22 |
You’d think that working in one of the world’s largest cities — especially one with a global rep for innovation and excellence — would make it pretty easy to get some traction. But that misses a vital point: London’s tech ecosystem is in its infancy. There’s a definite feeling here that working for a tech startup is ... |
Profit From A Profile On AngelList | Evan Baehr | 2,016 | 1 | 22 |
At a basic level, is the LinkedIn for startups; it’s a directory for finding and researching great startups. Many of the biggest seed venture capital firms and angel investors are on the list, and many use it to help them source and validate deals. But AngelList is also a crowdfunding platform, a way for startups a... |
Gravit Lets You Illustrate In Your Abode Or On The Road | John Biggs | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | There have been plenty of tools around that replace powerful photo editors but very few that replace tools like Illustrator. Sure you can fake it but what if you want truly unique designs like the one above? Pretty tough. is a design tool that resides deep within the cloud and lets you create documents, advertisements... |
Get A Free Gear VR At Best Buy This Weekend When You Buy A Galaxy Phone | Lucas Matney | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | If you’re in the market for a new Samsung phone, this weekend might be the right time to go for it. Now through Saturday, Best Buy is offering a free Samsung Gear VR with the purchase of a qualifying Galaxy phone. Gear VR retails for $99, so this is definitely an awesome deal and a great way to get your hands at one of... |
LendUp Scores $150M For A Credit Card That Won’t Screw You Over | Josh Constine | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | that LendUp can undercut them, help people avoid debt, and still make a profit on its payday loans and credit card. Not only is software eating finance, but morality is too. LendUp’s slogan is “Ladders Not Chutes”. Building a business that doesn’t try to exploit everyone has not only brought it years of double-digit m... |
Werner Herzog On His Documentary Lo And Behold, Cockroach Movies And Moving To Mars | Matthew Panzarino | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | entitled Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World is being premiered at Sundance tomorrow. I’ve already written about my impressions of the film, which is very good and very different from other documentaries about the Internet you may have seen. I was also able to talk to filmmaker Werner Herzog, as well as one... |
A Day After Launch, “Exploding Kittens” Tops The App Store | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | “ ,” the hugely successful from ex-Microsofties Elan Lee and Shane Small along with The Oatmeal’s creator Matthew Inman, has now been translated into . And that game is now onto the App Store, too, having scored the #1 Paid App slot only a day after launching. The game, as you may recall, became one of ever, pull... |
SpaceX Tested Its Capsule That Will Send Humans To Space | Emily Calandrelli | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | Yesterday, SpaceX released a video showing a successful hover test of its human-rated spacecraft, Crew Dragon. If all goes according to plan, in 2017, Crew Dragon will be placed on top of a Falcon 9 and send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The test, which was completed in McGregor, Texas, back in N... |
Why Cloud Computing Will Shake Up Security | Tom Gillis | 2,016 | 1 | 22 |
As the curtain opens on 2016, you can expect massive changes in the security landscape. Technology providers such as firewall vendors, switching vendors and others will fade as new solutions better suited to the cloud computing environment emerge. On the flip side, companies that provide encryption and anti-malware t... |
Apple Has A New Apple TV Ad, And It’s All About Apps | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bisUwKlSi60 Apple has released a new TV spot for the Apple TV. Compared to that were focused on content, this time, it’s about apps and the Apple TV App Store. This is interesting for a few reasons. Apple has used the app angle when it first . But does a TV App Store make sense? When ... |
After 30 Days, The FAA Has Now Registered Almost 300K Drone Owners | Frederic Lardinois | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today that almost 300,000 drone owners have now used its . The site went live and until today, the FAA would refund the $5 registration fee. The biggest rush of registrations probably came in the first couple of days (about 45,000 people registered after the site opened)... |
Meet The Apps Vying For The Crunchie For Best Mobile App Of 2015 | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | The Crunchie for Best Mobile App goes to the mobile application that made the most waves in the mobile app landscape in 2015. Below are the companies that have been selected as finalists for the Best Mobile App award this year, as well as a look at some of the previous winners. |
Facebook Is Bringing 3D Touch To Your Timeline | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | Facebook is bringing 3D Touch to its Timeline, the company says – meaning that users of Apple’s latest devices, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, will soon be able to press on links, profiles and more, in order to preview content without having to navigate away from their current spot. This previewing feature, dubbed “... |
13 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week | Anna Escher | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | This week, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop got one step closer to becoming a reality, Amazon’s Dash-powered devices went live, Snoop Dogg announced an and astronomers found evidence of a ninth planet in our solar system. Some of our TechCrunch team is reporting from the , where we’ve hosted , the , , and others on our stage... |
These Are The Most-Watched Vines Of The Year | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | Vine, Twitter’s social platform for six-second looping video, just turned three. The company says that over 200 million people watch Vine videos (either on mobile or on the web) each month. But what are all those people actually watching? In celebration of time’s eternal trench forward, Vine has curated the most-watche... |
Andreessen Horowitz GP Scott Weiss Won’t Be Investing Next Fund | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | This morning, former IronPort Systems cofounder and CEO Scott Weiss announced that he’s no longer going to be investing in new companies on behalf of Andreessen Horowitz, the Sand Hill Road venture firm. Weiss had joined AH in March 2011 as its fourth general partner. Weiss isn’t the first partner to step back at the n... |
Get Ready For A Smaller iPhone 6s Mini | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | Are you reading this post on an iPhone 5s? Chances are the iPhone 6s is too big for your taste and you’re now holding onto your trustworthy iPhone 5s. But it’s time to rejoice! Many leaks indicate that a smaller 4-inch iPhone is in the works — and there’s a brand new one from . It’s unclear when it’s going to be relea... |
Announcing The 2016 Crunch Network Editorial Calendar | Jonathan Shieber | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | Last year we debuted Crunch Network, a collaboration between our community of thinkers, readers and makers that produced insights into how technology is shaping (and reshaping) society. Frankly, the results were amazing. , and came through with amazing insights into where we stand now and where we’re going — as inn... |
Netflix Makes Good On Promises To Crack Down On VPNs, But Blocks Are Short-Lived | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | Netflix has begun blocking some users of VPN services, following the company’s , and that it would begin to crack down on those customers using VPN software to access content not licensed in their region. According to a Melbourne-based VPN provider, uFlix, some users started to see an error message when they tried t... |
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Zach Sims Of Codecademy On Running A Company That (Still) Doesn’t Charge Users | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | Though the four-year-old online platform now teaches employable tech skills to 25 million users around the globe, it still doesn’t charge for its services, some early testing notwithstanding. The company is choosing instead to remain focused on growth before introducing what CEO Zach Sims describes as a “prosumer” bu... |
ZestFinance Expands Parental Leave To Six Months Paid Time Off For Primary Caregivers | Megan Rose Dickey | 2,016 | 1 | 22 | ZestFinance, a data-driven underwriting and credit analysis platform, is implementing an expanded parental leave policy. Now, ZestFinance is offering employees six months of paid time off for primary caregivers, three months of paid time off for secondary caregivers, and the option for primary caregivers to work part-t... |
A Tiny Selfie Drone You Don’t Need To Register With The FAA | Sarah Buhr | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | The palm-sized is an affordable GPS-enabled drone that automatically takes photos using smile and obstacle recognition technology. Normally the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires registration for unmanned aircraft systems. Nearly since the government introduced this rule in early January. However, this ... |
Meet The Gadgets Vying For The Crunchie For Hardware Of The Year For 2015 | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | The Crunchie for Hardware of the Year goes to the gadget that had the biggest impact on the tech landscape in 2015. Below are the companies that have been selected as finalists for the Hardware of the Year award this year, as well as a look at the previous winners of this coveted award. |
Watch Microsoft Venture’s London Accelerator Right Here | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 3:30p GMT on January 27th. The event is private so this live stream is the only way for the general public to watch the event. Ten companies will take the stage and present their company to a group of i... |
Cedexis Raises $22M Series B Round For Its Internet Traffic Monitoring And Routing Platform | Frederic Lardinois | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | helps large enterprises monitor and optimize how their traffic flows from their servers, CDNs and cloud providers to their customers. The company today announced that it has raised a $22 million Series B round led by Ginko Ventures with participation from Foxconn, Nokia Growth Partners, Citrix Systems Ventures and its... |
People.io Is Another Shot At Rewarding People For Sharing Personal Data | Natasha Lomas | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | There have been multiple attempts to convince web users of the value of their attention and/or personal data — by, for example, offering them free mobile connectivity for watching ads (e.g. ). Over the years it’s proven a . But with privacy such a high profile issue in the tech and political sphere, post-Snowden, it’... |
PSA: A Link That Crashes Safari Is Being Passed Around On Social Media | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | A website that crashes the Safari web browser is making the rounds on social media. The name of the site, (don’t click!), makes its intentions pretty obvious, of course. But pranksters can use a URL shortener like bit.ly to obfuscate the URL and then trick their victims into clicking. Doing so will indeed crash your ... |
Why The Stick Figure Meme Caught On So Fast And Why We Hate It So Much | Sarah Buhr | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | The “ ” meme (that stick figure about [insert name here] blowing up on your Facebook feed) is the latest viral hit glorifying our greatness – and it’s annoying the hell out of your friends. According to the , the meme started late last year for a guy named Bill. The “Be Like Bill” meme recently gained a dedicated Face... |
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“Fast Fashion” Jewelry Biz BaubleBar Grabs Another $20 Million | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | E-commerce shop , known for its “fast fashion” take on women’s jewelry, has closed on $20 million in new funding, the company announced today. The Series C round was led by prior investors, Accel Partners, Greycroft Partners, Burch Creative Capital and Aspect Ventures, but also includes new investors who will bring ex... |
SAP Melds Social And Learning In New Tool | Ron Miller | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | For many years, we’ve had social tools and formal learning management systems, but we have never really had anything that combined the two — until today, that is when SAP announced a new system called SAP Jam Collaboration for learning. The new tool is designed to bring various aspects of corporate learning together in... |
Why Cars Must Follow Mobile’s Disruption Curve In 2016 | Yo Koga | 2,016 | 1 | 25 |
With connected entertainment, driverless technology, a revolution in car-hailing and the fumes from VW’s emissions scandal still lingering, 2016 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the auto industry. As the auto industry approaches its one-hundredth birthday, it’s crucial it keeps up with the disruption that has h... |
TechCrunch Giveaway: Win 2 Tickets To The RSA Conference | TechCrunch | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | The folks at RSA want to give one TechCrunch reader a pair of full conference passes to the 2016 in San Francisco (a $4,590 value). The tech conference runs from February 29 – March 4 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. The winner will have access to over 400 sessions, will be able to explore over 500 exhibitors ... |
Lydia Becomes A Serious Alternative To Cash To Pay Back Your Friends In France | Romain Dillet | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | French startup has come a long way. When I first covered it , it wanted to become a sort of Venmo for France. Now, Lydia tries to cover a wide array of use cases when it comes to sending or requesting money. Today’s update goes one step further. I’ve tried using Lydia with my friends. Some of them instantly get it. ... |
Chelsea Handler’s New App “Gotta Go” Gets You Out Of Awkward Situations | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | Chelsea Handler’s new mobile application has hit the App Store. The humorous, but also potentially practical, app is designed to get you out of awkward situations – like bad dates or boring meetings, for example. The launch coincides with the debut of Handler’s new Netflix series, , which began streaming over the we... |
Mark Zuckerberg Is Back To Work | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | Earlier this morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that he’s headed back to work this morning after a two-month-long paternity leave, asking — alongside a of a closet full of identical T-shirts and hoodies — “What should I wear?” (Already with the dad jokes!) Zuck’s got dad jokes for days — M... |
Technology Is Powering A New American Century, And The World Will Benefit | Vivek Wadhwa | 2,016 | 1 | 25 |
, Americans become incredibly pessimistic. They begin to believe the nation is falling behind in competitiveness and innovation, that their children will not be as well off as they themselves have been, and that some other country will own the future. They fear that the U.S. will go the way of the British Empire in t... |
Bitfinder’s $199 Smart Air Monitor Knows That Looks Matter | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | that I think long and hard about the air in my apartment. It’s air. But then again, I wouldn’t drink murky water, so why is it that I don’t remember to care about what goes in my lungs? The , a smart air monitor from BitFinder, is looking to bring the flair back to air. There are toxins in the air from chemical-based... |
Microsoft’s Personal Assistant Tech, Cortana, Now Generates Reminders From Emails | Natasha Lomas | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | Microsoft’s personal assistant tech Cortana is getting a few more feathers in its cap, with the company rolling out the ability to push reminders to users based on their emails. Users of the Windows Insider early access program will get the feature first — followed in future, Microsoft , to all users of Windows 10. ... |
Apply Now For Disrupt NY 2016 Startup Battlefield | Samantha O'Keefe | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | Applications are for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt NY! That’s right, TechCrunch’s premier startup competition is headed back to the Big Apple. We’re looking for the best up-and-coming companies to launch on the most visible stage in tech and compete for a cash prize of $50,000 and the illustrious Disrupt Cup. Wh... |
OpenGov’s Zac Bookman On Doing “About the Hardest Thing”: Trying To Transform U.S. Governments | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 1 | 25 | You may have heard about it already. is a nearly four-year-old, cloud-based platform that state and local governments — as well as cities, counties, and school districts — are beginning to use for financial and other performance intelligence. OpenGov’s big idea: to enable these public administrators to see what’s goi... |
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Are buyouts the new IPOs? | John Mannes | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Buyouts may replace IPOs as the exit of choice for tech companies in the coming months. This comes as the number of startups With only and poor market returns for the majority of those already public, companies are turning elsewhere to cash in on their efforts. Just this week, analytics firm was acquired by for $3... |
Hey, I’m John, a new summer writing intern at TechCrunch | John Mannes | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Hi, I’m John and I am super pumped to be TechCrunch’s new summer writing intern. As a venture-capital-obsessed , I’m thrilled to be thawing out in the startup mecca of SOMA, San Francisco. I hail from Montgomery County, Maryland, where my belief in youth rights and public education brought me on the Montgomery County ... |
Tony Fadell exits Nest, Marwan Fawaz to step in as CEO | Brian Heater | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Can’t say we saw this coming. In on the official Nest blog, co-founder Tony Fadell announced that he will be exiting his role as CEO of Nest, in favor of an advisory role at the company’s parent, Alphabet. According to Fadell, “This will give me the time and flexibility to pursue new opportunities to create and disru... |
VOEZ is an addictive anime-themed rhythm game | Felicia Shivakumar | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | is a new game out of Taiwan that is climbing the app gaming charts. It is part Rock Band, part DDR, but in a karaoke-esque setting. Put simply, VOEZ is an anime-themed rhythm game. You need to tap, hold and swipe as colorful commands fall to the target line. There are only a few different moves, but the difficulty o... |
Recharge, used to book hotel rooms by the minute, raises $2.3 million | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | , a year-old, San Francisco-based company whose app enables users to book a stay in a hotel for just 67 cents a minute, or $40 an hour, has closed on $2.3 million in seed funding. Binary Capital led the round, with participation from Floodgate, entrepreneur Rick Marini, Eniac VC, Expansion VC, entrepreneur-investor Sco... |
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Airbnb begins testing City Hosts program to give guests guided one-of-a-kind experiences | Lucas Matney | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | has long lauded their ability to give guests really unique vacation experiences that go beyond just staying in bland and forgettable hotel rooms. Now the company is looking to revitalize the entire travel experience by giving guests the option to experience city life with specialized guided experiences. The house-shar... |
Navy researchers develop ‘Iron Man’ style in-helmet HUD for divers | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Researchers at the U.S. Navy have created a high-tech, in-helmet display for divers in the service that looks like something out of “Iron Man” — perhaps one of Stark’s early prototypes. The invention could make divers safer and more effective, and it definitely looks cool. If you’ve ever been diving, you know it’s (usu... |
This app builder is letting students turn their ideas into apps for free | Fitz Tepper | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | “We just need a technical co-founder!” “We have the idea, we’re just trying to find a CS major to build it!” In 2016, everyone and their mother has an idea for an app. This is especially true on college campuses, where starting an app has seemingly replaced beer pong as the most popular extracurricular activity. The on... |
Startup step-by-step: The battle | John Biggs | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | before it is fought. This bit of pop wisdom, brought down to us from Sun Tzu and countless motivational speakers, is the koan for a generation of can-do entrepreneurs. But there is another version of this line, one that is less rosy.
In the all-singing, all-dancing world of entrepreneurial theatre, the important pa... |
New Warcraft featurette shows off the movie’s Easter eggs and real sets | Anthony Ha | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | The movie, a fantasy action film based on the popular video game franchise, is coming out next week. To whet your appetite, here’s a new behind-the-scenes featurette from Universal Pictures. The video focuses on Easter eggs on the set for Stormwind Market, suggesting that if you’re a regular player, you’ll see lo... |
Lifeliqe debuts VR-enabled educational content to keep kids interested in learning | Jay Donovan | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | San Francisco-based startup (pronounced “life like”) debuted and demoed its new virtual reality, educational content experience from the floor of the 2016 this week. According to co-founder and CEO Ondrej Homola, Lifeliqe spent the last three years creating a library of high-quality, interactive VR content. The pat... |
Instagram’s new algorithm that puts the best posts first goes live | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | If you’re looking at your Instagram today, you might notice something has changed: older posts from friends and other accounts you care about are now appearing above those that were shared more recently. Yes, that rearranges the order of posts to show you the “best” posts first is now going live. We already knew that... |
Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Facebook is removing the messaging capability from its mobile web application, according to a notice being served to users: “Your conversations are moving to Messenger,” it reads. Welcome news to the millions like me who switched to the web app in order to avoid Messenger in the first place! At the moment, you can just... |
Drones: Putting China’s economy on autopilot | Hugh Harsono | 2,016 | 6 | 3 |
The global drone market has been rapidly expanding, attracting loyal consumers while integrating itself as an emerging pillar in the technological sector. One country that has seen an extremely rapid rise in drone growth in terms of usage and production is China. Already heavily invested in producing intermediate par... |
Announcing the TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off in Berlin! | Natasha Lomas | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Hallo Berlin! Did you miss us? We missed you which is why we’re returning for a on 14 July, in conjunction with the incredibly fun conference, Tech Open Air. If you’re looking to pitch your startup to the TechCrunch team, local VCs and your local tech community, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Ten compani... |
Tickets are now available for the TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital | Matt Burns | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | The is a thing of tradition and we hope you can make it out this year. Like in year’s past we’ll gather on the spacious grounds of August Capital in Menlo Park and enjoy an evening of cocktails and the spirit of entrepreneurship. Tickets are very limited and released on a rolling basis. It’s $85 to attend and $1000 t... |
In a VR world | Signe Brewster | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Whether the story is true or not, virtual reality filmmakers are recalling it with interest. Less than a year after the release of the first modern VR headsets to the public, filmmakers are in the same position as the film industry was in the late 1900s. The technology is new, as are viewers’ expectations. No one knows... |
How to listen to, and delete, your Google Now voice history | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | Google might be more than you had originally imagined, though not on purpose. Since June 2015, Google has been storing personal data on its users on , where users only have access to their own information. The feature works a bit like a digital diary, storing web searches, YouTube history, and (you guessed it!) Goog... |
PHIND’s new app will help you discover places, see if they’re buzzing | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | A visual technology and search startup called took the stage to debut what it was then calling a “Shazam for places” – that is, an app that let you snap a photo to learn about the world around you. Today, roughly a year later, PHIND is launching its production version, which focuses on helping users discover new pl... |
Innovations in 3D printing | Tyler Benster | 2,016 | 6 | 4 |
Ten miles north of Barcelona lies a centuries-old hotbed for ink technology. Founded in the 9th century, the ushered in Spain’s era of ink and scrolls. Nearby, a 21st century HP facility perfected the art through bus-sized printers capable of precisely depositing a of ink as massive reams of paper whizz by. From ... |
Gillmor Gang: Hold the Lettuce | Steve Gillmor | 2,016 | 6 | 4 | The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Rob DeSisto, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Thursday, June 2, 2016. Salesforce writes a big check, Bezos shows teeth as Trump attacks the press, and Twitter (so far) says no to Medium. Plus, the latest G3 (below) with Halley Suitt Tucker, Mary Hodder, Elisa... |
Manhattan CRE prices spark a mass exodus of startups to Brooklyn | David Mandell | 2,016 | 6 | 4 |
, once the mecca for technology and innovation on the east coast, is now losing ground to the outer boroughs. Massive growth has led to high rents and lack of space for burgeoning businesses. Demand for office space by tech companies from 2002-2012, representing 25 percent of New York City leases. To that end, the v... |
How chief information officers become chief innovation officers | Jai Das | 2,016 | 6 | 4 |
In the early 1900s, large organizations needed another type of CEO: Chief Electricity Officer. Before there was an accessible and reliable power grid to plug into, organizations that needed electricity employed a CEO to make sure they had steady and cheap access to this vital commodity. Given the aging data center ar... |
Tor Project developer steps down amid sexual mistreatment allegations | Kate Conger | 2,016 | 6 | 4 | The Tor Project confirmed today that one of its prominent developers, Jacob Appelbaum, stepped down in response to what it called “public allegations of sexual mistreatment.” The Tor Project, which develops the Tor browser and network, had previously only acknowledged Appelbaum’s departure in a one-sentence statement T... |
Groupon is selling its Indonesia business to fitness membership startup KFit | Jon Russell | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | Groupon continues to streamline its global business after it the sale of its operations in Indonesia to a somewhat unlikely buyer. , a one-year-old startup that sells gym and fitness memberships in the same style as U.S.-based ClassPass, is picking up Groupon Indonesia in an undisclosed deal. Malaysia-based KFit sai... |
Artificial intelligence is changing SEO faster than you think | John Rampton | 2,016 | 6 | 4 |
By now everyone has heard of , the new artificial intelligence machine learning algorithm that is supposed to be the latest and greatest from Mountain View, Calif. What many of you might not realize, however, is just how fast the SEO industry is changing because of it. In this article, I’ll take you through some cle... |
Fintech is playing the long game | Bernard Moon | 2,016 | 6 | 5 |
Our team has been actively investing in fintech for the past two years. In addition to reading pitches from hundreds of companies and meeting with dozens, half of our team has worked in the finance sector in previous careers. SparkLabs Global has invested in 13 fintech companies from the U.S., U.K. and Sweden, and we... |
American Airlines strikes a deal with ViaSat to bring satellite WiFi to 100 planes | Brian Heater | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | American Airlines has gone non-Gogo, striking a deal with Southern Californian communications company ViaSat to by September of next year. The deal comes in the wake of some fairly tense dealings between the airline and Gogo, whose traditional in-flight WiFi speeds (and near ubiquity) have been a source of frustratio... |
The Alvieri Firenze brings a bubbly touch to the traditional watch | John Biggs | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | Like tea and toddler’s birthday parties, everything is better with bubbles. This interesting new has a unique “bubble” or convex track around its face, a feature that will be familiar to folks who like and may want something similar… but much, much cheaper.
The watch comes in two styles – standard and with a... |
Vive la France! Vive la Tech!… But do these two great tastes taste great together? | Jon Evans | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | I spent last week on a junket in Paris, paid for by the French government, visiting the various hubs and spokes of the burgeoning French startup scene. I don’t think they’ll invite me back, after they read this. My considered assessment is that the French government, and to an extent the larger French tech scene, lacks... |
Why patent trolls won’t give up | Ira Blumberg | 2,016 | 6 | 5 |
In , Yoda tells Luke “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.” Luckily for me, this didn’ apply to the patent world. I spent seven years on the “dark side” working for patent trolls before coming back to the light. Patent trolls are that derive all or almost ... |
Bose’s QuietComfort headphones finally go wireless | Brian Heater | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | The Bose name has more or less been synonymous with the words “noise cancelling.” As for wireless? Not so much. The headphone maker has dragged its feet when it comes to cutting the cord, even as the competition has flooded the market with Bluetooth solutions. The company, thankfully, is , bringing wireless connectivi... |
Ousta is driving ride-hailing expansion in Egypt | Radwa Rashad | 2,016 | 6 | 5 |
With its major cities congested with traffic — taxi cabs, public transports and, lately, ride-hailing and ride-sharing apps — Egypt apparently still needs more when it comes to transportation. Catering to a population exceeding 90 million, international market players and launched in Egypt in 2014; a third player... |
Finland’s hot startup scene crackles at Arctic 15 | Ron Miller | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | Silicon Valley may be the startup center of the universe, but it’s far from alone when it comes to a concentration of good ideas. Innovation and creativity aren’t confined to any one place, and the startup hub idea that has taken root in the Valley can be replicated in other areas of the country and world with effort a... |
The FBI is working on a tattoo tracking system that has privacy groups up in arms | Brian Heater | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | According to , the FBI has teamed with government scientists to work on a technology system designed to track tattoos. In 2014, the Imaging wing of the the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the Tattoo Recognition Technology with help from the FBI. Among the group’s earliest tasks was the cr... |
Atari is embracing the Internet of Things with new smart home devices | Brian Heater | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | Admittedly, Atari isn’t the entertainment powerhouse it once was. The company has spent the last few years digging after declaring bankruptcy in 2013, focusing largely on plays and casino deals. Now the one-time gaming juggernaut is . It’s not exactly a new console, sadly, but the iconic brand will grace “a wide r... |
The US Army is deploying smart earplugs that block out loud noises and enhance quiet ones | Brian Heater | 2,016 | 6 | 5 | TCAPS – that’s Tactical Communication and Protective System – are a sort of combo connected earplug/hearing aid to both reduce hearing loss from explosive sounds and enhance perception of quiet tones. The system, currently priced at a (perhaps unsurprisingly) lofty $2,000, is designed to address the problem of hearin... |
Why an inevitable “bust” of the tech boom won’t be such a bad thing | Terence Fung | 2,016 | 6 | 5 |
Silicon Valley is experiencing an extended boom that has only recently shown signs of fatigue. While the local real estate/rental markets remain on fire, given an increasingly restrained funding environment, devaluations for once-hot startups, notable recent layoffs at high-profile tech companies and a challenging IP... |
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Uber: We’ll be China’s number one taxi app within a year | Jon Russell | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | Uber says it is on course to topple bitter rival Didi Chuxing and become China’s most popular ride-on demand service within a year. That’s according to Zhen Liu, SVP of Strategy at Uber China who oversees the company’s business in the country. During an interview at in Hong Kong, Liu stated her firm would overtake Di... |
After a long delay, Line may hold an initial public offering | Catherine Shu | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | After postponing it for two years, Line may finally go public. According to reports from the and the this week, the company, which is best known for its messaging app, is contemplating a dual initial public listing in Tokyo and New York City this summer. Line may also hold an IPO in Tokyo as soon as next month, . ... |
Talking Brazil with Accel’s Kevin Efrusy | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | As you might have noticed, things aren’t going so well in Brazil. Its economy shrank 5.4 percent in the first quarter, according to government figures released yesterday. Its president, Dilma Rousseff, was by a congressional impeachment vote. Brazil is also home to much of the outbreak of the dreaded Zika virus, which... |
Walmart will test last-mile grocery delivery via Uber, Lyft and Deliv | Sarah Perez | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | Walmart and Sam’s Club will begin testing last-mile grocery delivery that uses services including Uber, Lyft and Deliv, to bring customers’ orders to their homes. The announcement is being made at Walmart’s in Arkansas, and comes following the launch of a similar pilot program in Miami in March. There, Walmart-owned ... |
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A micro VC firm in Sacramento raises a fast second fund | Connie Loizos | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | There may be more VCs per capita in California than anywhere else in the world, but they aren’t paying much attention to what’s happening in and around the state’s capital of Sacramento. That’s both good and bad for what may be the only early-stage venture firm in the area, . The outfit — which is technically in Folso... |
Microsoft Accelerator startup DefinedCrowd connects machine learning with native speakers | Devin Coldewey | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | Part of Microsoft Accelerator’s batch 3 of startups, is filling a niche in the big data and machine learning community, providing near-real-time feeds of rich language data, checked by actual well-informed humans all over the world. The need comes from the Catch-22 that often arrests deep data analysis, in that you ha... |
Hands-on with Ricoh’s new waterproof action cam, WG-M2 | Haje Jan Kamps | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | When you think action cams, any number of brands spring to mind. Ricoh may not be one of them, but on paper, the has the perfect combination of features if you like your adventures on the wet and rough end of the spectrum. The camera is pretty simple and straightforward: Six buttons, Wi-Fi and a couple of lenses, and... |
Sean Rad says Tinder will be more trans-friendly | Jordan Crook | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | is set to unveil a new experience for transgender users within the next couple of months. Thus far, the app has never accounted for the non-gender-conforming demographic, instead exclusively serving cisgender users through filters for male and female only, both to self-identify and to search. In a talk with , Tinder ... |
13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week | Anna Escher | 2,016 | 6 | 2 | It was a short week with big news, as tech headlines saw two monster enterprise acquisitions, Mary Meeker released the annual Internet Trends Report and Uber got its biggest round of funding yet. These are the stories to catch you up on this week’s tech news. In the first of two major enterprise acquisitions this week,... |
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