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Dale Chang | Startups |
Tech investing isn’t what it used to be — even compared to six months ago.
Investors are applying greater scrutiny to deals. Many wonder if the days of the mega round that produced the likes of Snapchat, Uber and Magic Leap are fading quickly. Founders are realizing they can’t favor growth over profitability, or vice... | 2016-10-15 | 1,401,293 | startups/ | data | How startups can use data to grow smarter | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/15/how-startups-can-use-data-to-grow-smarter/ | |
Ben Narasin,Jeremy Abelson | Fundings & Exits |
The IPO market is poised to make an almost complete 180° turnaround after a bleak Q1 and a very quiet summer. JPMorgan alone said they were launching 20 global IPOs, and has successfully launched nine in the U.S. to strong demand. The broad market (S&P 500) has largely recovered, as well, from a low point of 1,810 ea... | 2016-10-14 | 1,399,050 | startups/ | ipo | While the IPO market roars back, venture remains leery | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/while-the-ipo-market-roars-back-venture-remains-leery/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Apps | Under pressure from shoppers complaining about losing the ability to receive tips last month as the company looked to smooth out the earnings curve, Instacart said it is re-introducing customer tipping.
“After announcing this change, we heard a lot of feedback from our shopper community,” the company said in a blog pos... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,954 | startups/ | apoorva-mehta | Instacart reverses course, re-introducing tips for shoppers | instacart | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/instacart-reverses-course-re-introducing-tips/ | |
Matthew Lynley,Ingrid Lunden | Fundings & Exits | PayPal, the giant digital payments company that was spun off from eBay last year, has had an up-and-down relationship with the business of crowdfunding over the years, but there are some indications that this could change. We’ve been hearing that PayPal was interested in buying GoFundMe — the crowdfunding site that let... | 2016-10-14 | 1,390,023 | startups/ | gofundme | PayPal mulled buying GoFundMe | paypal | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/paypal-gobuyme/ | |
Megan Rose Dickey | Startups | Uber, the ridesharing behemoth that recently began operating driverless cars and exploring self-flying drone taxis, can’t seem to catch a break these days in the legal arena. The New York State Department of Labor has ruled that two Uber drivers, Jakir Hossain and Levon Alesanian, are indeed employees — not contractors... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,633 | startups/ | lawsuits | Uber hits another roadblock | uber | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/uber-hits-another-roadblock/ | |
Ajay Chopra | Startups |
Despite what some politicians say, no country is an island in today’s rapidly changing world. In the same way, no company can survive as an island, either.
Most won’t have noticed a recent $6.5 million Series A for a company called Mobilize, but it’s indicative of a major change occurring in businesses today. Compani... | 2016-10-13 | 1,399,039 | startups/ | partnerships | From the distributed workforce to the partnered economy | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/from-the-distributed-workforce-to-the-partnered-economy/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Mobile | Today, Pinterest said it hit 150 million monthly active users, up from the 100 million it announced in September 2015.
However, as TechCrunch previously reported, Pinterest in 2015 was targeting that it would hit 151 million monthly active users by the end of 2015. We reported the story in October last year, and the in... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,338 | startups/ | pinterest | Pinterest hits 150M monthly users, missing earlier leaked projections in 2015 | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/pinterest-hits-150m-monthly-users-missing-earlier-leaked-projections-in-2015/ | |
Jordan Crook | Apps | It’s not uncommon to feel a bit helpless at the end of a news binge. Oftentimes, the news leans toward the negative side and doesn’t offer much in the way of a solution.
But Speakable, a startup founded by Jordan Hewson, wants to give people the opportunity to do something at the exact time and place that they feel cal... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,284 | startups/ | null | Speakable lets you take action on news articles that move you | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/speakable-lets-you-take-action-on-news-articles-that-move-you/ | |
Natasha Lomas | Food | The digestive tract of the ‘future of food’ does not always run smooth.
The startup behind drink-your-dinner powder Soylent has issued a product recall. Not for its mainstay meal replacement powder — but rather for a $2 snack bar which you do still have to chew.
The Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup only started shipp... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,205 | startups/ | soylent | Soylent Bars recalled after some customers get sick | andreessen-horowitz | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/soylent-bars-recalled-after-some-customers-get-sick/ | |
Anthony Ha | Media | Four digital media organizations are coming together to form a new holding company — and they’ve also raised $100 million in additional funding from Discovery Communications.
Those four companies are Thrillist (lifestyle), NowThis Media (video news), The Dodo (animals) and Discovery’s digital network Seeker (including ... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,193 | startups/ | discovery,nowthis-news,thrillist | Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo and Seeker form a new, Discovery-backed holding company | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/group-nine-media/ | |
Sarah Perez | Fundings & Exits | Pluto TV, a video streaming service targeting cord cutters by offering a TV-guide like experience that connects you to hundreds of online channels, has raised $30 million in Series B funding, valuing the business at $140 million. The new funding comes from ProSieben of Germany, one of Europe’s largest independent media... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,174 | startups/ | computing,pluto-tv,video-on-demand,internet-television | Pluto TV, a free streaming service for cord cutters, raises $30 million more | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/pluto-tv-a-free-streaming-service-for-cord-cutters-raises-30-million-more/ | |
Jordan Crook | Advertising Tech | Ever wonder which of your selfies is best? Tinder wants to help you figure it out, with the launch of a new feature called Smart Photos. And Smart Photos, in turn, show us just how much Tinder is a big data company, meticulously collecting information about what (and who) you like and don’t like.
Smart Photos is a sing... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,124 | startups/ | null | Tinder’s new Smart Photos show just how well the app knows you | tinder | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/tinders-new-smart-photos-show-just-how-well-the-app-knows-you/ | |
Steve O'Hear | Europe | Back in the days when I did a startup I almost de-railed our VC funding after discovering my passport had expired. Without it I couldn’t pass the anti-money laundering checks imposed on the fancy and overpriced London law firm we’d hired. Then we almost failed to open a bank account so we could actually receive the mon... | 2016-10-13 | 1,400,646 | startups/ | null | ComplyAdvantage raises $8.2M Series A to help firms manage compliance | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/complyadvantage/ | |
Anthony Ha | Advertising Tech | PlaceIQ has a new, big-name investor — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
The companies aren’t disclosing the size of the deal; they’ll only say that it’s a strategic, minority investment, and that it’s an addition to the $25 million round that PlaceIQ announced at the beginning of this year. Co-founder and CEO Duncan M... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,891 | startups/ | location,placeiq | Alibaba backs PlaceIQ, a provider of location tools and data | alibaba | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/alibaba-backs-placeiq/ | |
John Rampton | Startups |
The JOBS Act was signed into law by President Obama in 2012, allowing companies to acquire funding through online portals from non-accredited investors, which roughly accounts for 97 percent of the population in the United States. On May 16, 2016, Title III of the JOBS Act, also known as regulation crowdfunding, or e... | 2016-10-12 | 1,399,031 | startups/ | securities-and-exchange-commission,equity-crowdfunding | What regulation crowdfunding in the JOBS Act means to entrepreneurs and startups | american-jobs-act | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/what-regulation-crowdfunding-in-the-jobs-act-means-to-entrepreneurs-and-startups/ | |
John Mannes | Apps | On the heels of Samsung’s acquisition of Viv just a week ago, a new AI assistant has risen into the spotlight and is jockeying to fill the shoes of its now well-known rival. Ozlo, the Greylock- and Jerry Yang-backed independent entrant to the personal assistant race, is launching today on iOS and the web in an effort t... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,617 | startups/ | artificial-intelligence | Ozlo AI assistant is the new underdog filling the void left by Viv | windows-10,windows-phone,siri | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/ozlo-ai-assistant-is-the-new-underdog-filling-the-void-left-by-viv/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Apps | Under pressure from shoppers complaining about losing the ability to receive tips last month as the company looked to smooth out the earnings curve, Instacart said it is re-introducing customer tipping.
“After announcing this change, we heard a lot of feedback from our shopper community,” the company said in a blog pos... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,954 | mobile/ | apoorva-mehta | Instacart reverses course, re-introducing tips for shoppers | instacart | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/instacart-reverses-course-re-introducing-tips/ | |
Anthony Ha | Advertising Tech | mParticle announced today that it has raised $17.5 million in Series B funding.
The New York City startup helps marketers collect user data through a variety of services and then funnel that data to other marketing and analytics tools. Co-founder and CEO Michael Katz said this not only reduces integration challenges an... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,629 | mobile/ | data-management,bain-capital-ventures,mparticle | Mobile marketing and data startup mParticle raises $17.5M | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/mparticle-series-b/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Mobile | Today, Pinterest said it hit 150 million monthly active users, up from the 100 million it announced in September 2015.
However, as TechCrunch previously reported, Pinterest in 2015 was targeting that it would hit 151 million monthly active users by the end of 2015. We reported the story in October last year, and the in... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,338 | mobile/ | pinterest | Pinterest hits 150M monthly users, missing earlier leaked projections in 2015 | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/pinterest-hits-150m-monthly-users-missing-earlier-leaked-projections-in-2015/ | |
Darrell Etherington | Gadgets | Samsung is hoping to keep its customers with incentives, including a $100 credit for Note 7 owners who stick with a Samsung device as their replacement hardware. But carriers are leaving the door open for buyers to pick whatever kind of smartphone they want instead. A new survey conducted by e-commerce agency Branding ... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,248 | mobile/ | google-pixel | Google Pixel to benefit from Samsung’s Note 7 brand damage, survey finds | google | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/google-pixel-to-benefit-from-samsungs-note-7-brand-damage-survey-finds/ | |
Josh Constine | Apps | Periscope is embracing professional streaming and expanding beyond amateur content shot on phones with its new Periscope Producer feature. It allows creators to generate a special URL that they can then stream to from a wide array of devices, including professional cameras, studio editing rigs, satellite trucks, deskto... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,029 | mobile/ | facebook-live | Periscope Producer lets you stream to Twitter from pro cameras, apps, VR | facebook,periscope | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/periscope-producer/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Apps | Song identifying app Shazam is rolling out music video channels to all of its 120 million monthly active users in a partnership with Vadio, a Portland-based startup. Through their partnership, whenever a user taps on the Shazam icon to identify a song, a thumbnail of the official music video for that track will display... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,153 | mobile/ | shazam,music-videos,video,online-video | Shazam rolls out in-app music video channels with Vadio | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/shazam-rolls-out-in-app-music-video-channels-with-vadio/ | |
Sarah Perez | Apps | Tucked away inside Pandora’s rebranded app, launched yesterday, the company was hiding its first iMessage app, too. In fact, it’s the first third-party party streaming music service to launch its own iMessage extension, the company says.
That’s not to say it’s the only music-focused iMessage app, of course.
Apple Music... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,020 | mobile/ | pandora-radio,ios,imessage,pandora | Pandora’s new iMessage app lets you text your favorite music | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/pandoras-new-imessage-app-lets-you-text-your-favorite-music/ | |
Devin Coldewey | Artificial Intelligence | Want Google Assistant, but don’t want to spend your allowance on a Pixel? I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is you can get it with two tiny tweaks to a single config file — the bad news is you’ll need root access, and there’s no guarantee it’ll work on your phone in particular.
⚠️ Warning! Danger! ⚠️Don’t ... | 2016-10-12 | 1,401,019 | mobile/ | google-assistant | Add Google Assistant to your phone by tweaking two lines of code | android | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/add-google-assistant-to-your-phone-by-tweaking-two-lines-of-code/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Apps | Lyft has struck a landmark partnership with one of the largest operators of senior living facilities in the U.S., Brookdale Senior Living.
Through this partnership, Brookdale residents will be able to book a Lyft ride, on-demand or pre-scheduled via a concierge in their community, no smartphones or apps required. The r... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,938 | mobile/ | ridesharing,on-demand | Lyft partners with Brookdale to bring on-demand rides to senior communities | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/lyft-partners-with-brookdale-to-bring-on-demand-rides-to-senior-communities/ | |
Josh Constine | Apps | Tribe’s voice recognition video chat technology could make Snapchat and Facebook Messenger look outdated. That tech also attracted a $3 million seed round led by prestigious VC Sequoia, its first seed investment of the year.
Today, Tribe’s one-touch video walkie-talkie app launches a huge Version 2 update on iOS and An... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,693 | mobile/ | video-chat,tribe | Tribe augments video chat with speech recognition subtitles and suggested links | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/augmented-chat/ | |
Frederic Lardinois | Apps | With Android Experiments, Google is giving itself the freedom to experiment with quirky little apps that show off some interesting technologies but don’t really have any other real purpose. The latest of these experimental projects is Sprayscape, a VR camera app for Android that is probably not quite what you expect wh... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,778 | mobile/ | app | Google’s new Sprayscape app is purposely imperfect | google | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/spray-and-pray/ | |
Sarah Perez | Mobile | A startup called Shine is rolling out a new service offering on-demand life coaching via text messages as a paid tier to its free, daily texting service. While a number of today’s chatbots and SMS-based concierge services have been focused on helping people shop via text message, Shine to date has instead focused on he... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,619 | mobile/ | text-messaging,texting,shine | Shine is rolling out on-demand life coaching via text message | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/shine-is-rolling-out-on-demand-life-coaching-via-text-message/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Augmented Reality | Remember those old school chemistry sets that came in a cardboard box with a bunch of vials, plastic beakers, safety glasses and a booklet full of instructions for different experiments?
London startup MEL Science is putting a high-tech twist on them, with virtual reality and augmented reality content that takes kids o... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,505 | mobile/ | edtech,series-a-funding | MEL Science raises $2.5 million to put a VR twist on chemistry sets | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/mel-science-raises-2-5-million-to-put-a-vr-twist-on-chemistry-sets/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Apps | Dropbox is still working its way through the enterprise world in order to show the world it isn’t just dumb online storage — which, given as simple as it was to use, was one of the tool’s original top selling points.
So it’s had to shift gears in order to focus on larger companies, and that means consistently rolling o... | 2016-10-11 | 1,400,062 | mobile/ | quip | Dropbox rolls out PDF signing, iMessage integrations and picture-in-picture on iOS | box,dropbox-inc | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/dropbox-rolls-out-pdf-signing-imessage-integrations-and-picture-in-picture-on-ios/ | |
Sarah Perez | Mobile | Apple has unveiled its own official measurements for iOS 10 adoption, which comes in at 54 percent. That means the majority of iOS device owners are running the new mobile operating system. What’s interesting, however, is how different Apple’s official figures are from the third-party estimates released earlier this we... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,959 | mobile/ | null | According to Apple’s official figures, iOS 10 adoption rate now at 54% | apple | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/according-to-apples-official-figures-ios-10-adoption-rate-now-at-54/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Apps | VenueNext Inc. has raised $15 million in Series B funding to bring its venue management technology to Europe, and beyond the live entertainment industry.
Among other things, using VenueNext apps, people can wave their mobile tickets at the gate to get into a game or concert, order food, drinks or merchandise to be deli... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,824 | mobile/ | venuenext | VenueNext raises $15 million to take its app beyond U.S. sports stadiums | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/venuenext-raises-15-million-to-take-its-venue-management-app-beyond-u-s-sports-stadiums/ | |
Devin Coldewey | Gadgets | It’s a funny thing: Smartwatches are supposed to be the more accessible alternative to your smartphone, but you can operate a phone with one hand, while the watch takes two. Luckily, Dartmouth researchers are on the case, and have engineered a way to use your wrist as a sort of joystick, allowing you to use your smartw... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,945 | gadgets/ | null | WristWhirl lets you control your smartwatch with hand gestures (and look mad while you do it) | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/wristwhirl-lets-you-control-your-smartwatch-with-hand-gestures-and-look-mad-while-you-do-it/ | |
Darrell Etherington | Gadgets | In the latest instalment of Samsung’s ongoing Note 7 saga, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an official, blanket ban against bringing the Galaxy Note 7 on airplanes. The ban applies to all Note 7 devices, and covers both carry-on and checked baggage, as well as prohibiting anyone from carrying the phone... | 2016-10-14 | 1,402,017 | gadgets/ | null | U.S. Department of Transportation bans Galaxy Note 7 from all flights | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/u-s-department-of-transportation-bans-galaxy-note-7-from-all-flights/ | |
Romain Dillet | Asia | Apple is on a research & development spree! The company has announced a bunch of new R&D centers over the past few months, and R&D spendings have skyrocketed. This time, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company plans to open a new center in Japan during a visit in Tokyo, according to Xinhua.
This isn’t the first t... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,878 | gadgets/ | japan | Apple will open another R&D center in Japan | apple | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/apple-will-open-another-rd-center-in-japan/ | |
Darrell Etherington | Gadgets | Consumer virtual reality has a clear new leader today, and it’s the just-launched PlayStation VR. Unequivocally, this is the best VR experience currently available outside of the kinds of high-flying, super-secret test rigs that exist out there for army training or whatever that cost millions of dollars. That includes ... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,507 | gadgets/ | playstation-vr | PlayStation VR is easily the winner in virtual reality right now | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/playstation-vr-is-easily-the-winner-in-virtual-reality-right-now/ | |
Devin Coldewey | Gadgets | “Index… ring… pinky… index… middle…”
Nathan Copeland is telling a researcher which of his fingers he feels a touch on. But the researcher is touching a robotic hand, not Copeland’s, whose hand hasn’t felt a thing in over a decade.
In this “proof of principle” experiment, a man whose spinal injury removed all sensation ... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,418 | gadgets/ | prosthetics,cybernetics,neuroscience,brain-computer-interface | Brain-computer interface lets a man with a spinal injury feel robotic fingers | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/brain-computer-interface-lets-a-man-with-a-spinal-injury-feel-robotic-fingers/ | |
John Biggs | Gadgets | Samsung is on the ropes. It pains me to say it but the Note 7 fiasco is probably going to hurt them more deeply than they’ll admit and I suspect we’ll see two or three quarters of slow growth thanks to Explode-gate.
It’s bad.
Consider the damage done to the brand. Pilots were telling users not to turn on their Note 7 p... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,411 | gadgets/ | samsung-electronics,business | Could this be the end of Samsung’s smartphone reign? | samsung | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/could-this-be-the-end-of-samsungs-smartphone-reign/ | |
Darrell Etherington | Gadgets | Samsung is hoping to keep its customers with incentives, including a $100 credit for Note 7 owners who stick with a Samsung device as their replacement hardware. But carriers are leaving the door open for buyers to pick whatever kind of smartphone they want instead. A new survey conducted by e-commerce agency Branding ... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,248 | gadgets/ | google-pixel | Google Pixel to benefit from Samsung’s Note 7 brand damage, survey finds | google | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/google-pixel-to-benefit-from-samsungs-note-7-brand-damage-survey-finds/ | |
Devin Coldewey | Artificial Intelligence | Want Google Assistant, but don’t want to spend your allowance on a Pixel? I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is you can get it with two tiny tweaks to a single config file — the bad news is you’ll need root access, and there’s no guarantee it’ll work on your phone in particular.
⚠️ Warning! Danger! ⚠️Don’t ... | 2016-10-12 | 1,401,019 | gadgets/ | google-assistant | Add Google Assistant to your phone by tweaking two lines of code | android | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/add-google-assistant-to-your-phone-by-tweaking-two-lines-of-code/ | |
Matt Burns | Gadgets | The DJI is a fantastic all-purpose drone, but with the EXO 1 exoskeleton, it becomes a dedicated search and rescue tool. The 3D-printed add-on quickly attaches to the drone and adds a host of features key to making the drone a valuable tool for first responders.
There are GoPro mounting points at various locations arou... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,987 | gadgets/ | emerging-technologies,drone,aircraft,music | Turn a DJI Phantom 4 into a search & rescue drone with the EXO 1 exoskeleton | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/turn-a-dji-phantom-4-into-a-search-rescue-drone-with-the-exo-1-exoskeleton/ | |
Devin Coldewey | Gadgets | Robotic exoskeletons are one of those technologies that tend to be associated with warfare or at least the industrial sector, but soft robotics and artificial muscles like these ones created by Swiss researchers make them suitable for more delicate operations as well.
Alone, they look like weird little worms. But by p... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,854 | gadgets/ | physical-therapy,epfl,soft-robotics,robotics | These soft robotic muscles could help with physical therapy | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/these-soft-robotic-muscles-could-help-with-physical-therapy/ | |
Matt Burns | Gadgets | A few days ago we revealed an automotive product from Anker called Roav. At the time, it seemed the Roav was an in-vehicle heads-up display that looked a lot like the Navdy. Today, Anker reached out with additional details.
Roav, when it launches in November, will be Anker’s automotive brand, with the Roav Dashtop as t... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,808 | gadgets/ | anker | Anker reveals details about its upcoming automotive brand, Roav | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/anker-reveals-details-about-its-upcoming-automotive-brand-roav/ | |
John Biggs | Gadgets | Skagen is a Danish watch company famous for its minimalist designs and affordable prices. Now, for $215, you can add a little smarts to your minimalist wrist, a welcome bit of news for those who think the flat black slab of an Apple Watch is too flamboyant.
The Skagen Hagen is basically an activity watch similar to the... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,611 | gadgets/ | withings,wearable-devices,watch | The Skagen Hagen smart watch keeps tabs on your minimalist life | apple-watch | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/the-skagen-hagen-smart-watch-keeps-tabs-on-your-minimalist-life/ | |
Devin Coldewey,Jonathan Shieber | Artificial Intelligence | Since 1956, when computer science researchers gathered in the small town of Hanover, N.H. at Dartmouth College to talk about the field’s nascent investigations into artificial intelligence, both government and industry in the U.S. have grappled with how to structure a systematic approach to research and development in ... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,408 | gadgets/ | white-house,artificial-intelligence | Here’s how The White House wants the U.S. to approach AI R&D | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/white-house-reports-on-ai-no-skynet/ | |
Frederic Lardinois | Europe | HoloLens, Microsoft’s $3,000 mixed-reality goggles (or “the world’s first self-contained holographic computer” in Microsoft’s parlance), was only available in the U.S. and Canada so far. Today, however, the company announced that it will also start selling the devices in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,159 | gadgets/ | europe,hololens | Microsoft starts selling its HoloLens in Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand | microsoft | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/hololens-goes-global/ | |
John Biggs | Gadgets | The promise of 3D printing has been kind of a dud. Aside from a few cool Yoda heads and some small plastic pieces, there have been no “indie” players doing much interesting in the space except Markforged. Markforged is a Boston company we featured last year that makes carbon-fiber reinforced plastic parts using traditi... | 2016-10-11 | 1,400,223 | gadgets/ | business,technology,office-equipment | The Markforged Mark X lets you teleport precision custom parts from designer to printer | 3d-printing | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/the-markforged-mark-x-lets-you-teleport-precision-custom-parts-from-designer-to-printer/ | |
Ron Miller | Cloud | VMware signed deals with Microsoft, Google and IBM earlier this year as it has shifted firmly to a hybrid cloud strategy, but it was the deal it signed with AWS this week that has had everybody talking.
The cloud infrastructure market breaks down to AWS with around a third of the market — and everybody else. Microsoft ... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,844 | enterprise/ | hybrid-cloud,infrastructure-as-a-service,aws,vmware | AWS gets richer with VMware partnership | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/aws-gets-richer-with-vmware-partnership/ | |
Frederic Lardinois | Cloud | It’s been an open secret that Amazon’s AWS division and VMware were going to announce a partnership at a press conference in San Francisco later today. Thanks to VMware mistakenly posting its announcement early, we didn’t have to wait for the afternoon to know what the two companies will announce.
In what is surely a p... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,302 | enterprise/ | cloud,hybrid-cloud,vmware,aws | VMware’s new cloud service will run on AWS | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/vmware-cloud-on-aws/ | |
Ron Miller | Developer | Atlassian wants the best of both the cloud and data center worlds, and it announced at the Atlassian Summit today that it was expanding its data center-cloud strategy with new products.
At a time when companies are shifting their business to the cloud, it may seem like an odd approach to offer both cloud and on-prem pr... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,582 | enterprise/ | messaging,collaboration,developer-tools,atlassian | Atlassian keeps one foot in the data center and one in the cloud with new products | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/atllassian-keeps-one-foot-in-the-data-center-and-one-in-the-cloud/ | |
Frederic Lardinois | Cloud | Serverless offers developers an open source framework that allows them to more easily write applications for platform like AWS Lambda and — in the near future — Microsoft’s Azure Functions and Google’s Cloud Functions. The company today announced that its framework is now out of beta and that it has raised a $3 million... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,312 | enterprise/ | enterprise,developers,aws-lambda | Serverless raises $3M to help developers go serverless | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/serverless-raises-3m-to-help-developers-go-serverless/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Education | Noodle Partners Inc., a new education venture from the founder of The Princeton Review and 2U Inc., John Katzman, has raised $4 million in venture funding to help colleges and universities deliver high-quality certificate and degree programs online.
Philadelphia-based Osage Venture Partners led the investment in Noodle... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,480 | enterprise/ | edtech,higher-ed | Noodle Partners raises $4 million to help colleges deliver degrees online | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/noodle-partners-raises-4-million-to-help-colleges-deliver-degrees-online/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Enterprise | DroneDeploy wants businesses to be able to find a drone services provider as easily as anyone can find a place to eat dinner, anywhere in the world. So today, the company unveiled a new free Drone Mapping Directory.
Take, for example, a real estate developer who needs a finely detailed map of land where it may soon bui... | 2016-10-11 | 1,400,400 | enterprise/ | null | DroneDeploy launches a directory for professional drone operators | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/dronedeploy-launches-a-directory-for-professional-drone-operators/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Enterprise | According to a new study published today from the American Civil Liberties Union, major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have recently provided user data access to Geofeedia, the location-based, social media surveillance system used by government offices, private security firms, marketers and o... | 2016-10-11 | 1,400,256 | enterprise/ | aclu,social-media-monitoring | Facebook, Twitter cut off data access for Geofeedia, a social media surveillance startup | instagram | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/facebook-twitter-cut-off-data-access-for-geofeedia-a-social-media-surveillance-startup/ | |
Ron Miller | Artificial Intelligence | We’ve been hearing all artificial intelligence, all the time from the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) industry over the last several weeks. Microsoft is the latest to trumpet its AI capabilities for sales people with the general availability of Dynamics 365 coming on November 1st.
Microsoft announced last summer... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,819 | enterprise/ | erp,crm | Microsoft announces GA of Dynamics 365 with AI features | microsoft | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/microsoft-announces-ga-of-dynamics-365-with-some-ai-features/ | |
Ron Miller | Cloud | Last year Apttus, which provides pricing, quoting and contract building on the Salesforce platform was growing at a crazy rate. It appeared to be headed to IPO or a Salesforce purchase when it got a punch to the gut. Salesforce bought Steelbrick instead.
Sources say, Apttus might have gotten greedy, thinking it was the... | 2016-10-10 | 1,399,387 | enterprise/ | dreamforce,cpq,apttus | Apttus looks to the future with bots and virtual reality | salesforce | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/10/apttus-looks-to-the-future-with-bots-and-virtual-reality/ | |
Ingrid Lunden | Enterprise | After 20 months in a closed beta under the working title Facebook at Work, (as we predicted it would the other week) today Facebook is finally bringing its enterprise-focused messaging and social networking service to market under a new name, Workplace.
It’s not only armed with a new brand: Workplace is launching with ... | 2016-10-10 | 1,399,158 | enterprise/ | null | Workplace by Facebook opens to sell enterprise social networking to the masses | facebook | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/10/facebook-workplace/ | |
Ron Miller | Cloud | Salesforce has been on a shopping spree this year, spending in the neighborhood of $5-6 billion on 10 companies. That’s why it was interesting to hear company president, vice chairman and COO, Keith Block talk about what they look for in an acquisition target at a press conference at Dreamforce this week. This is parti... | 2016-10-08 | 1,398,993 | enterprise/ | mergers-and-acquisitons,crm,keith-block | The method in Salesforce’s M&A madness | salesforce | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/08/the-method-in-salesforces-ma-madness/ | |
Todd Gardner | Enterprise |
An entrepreneur recently asked me “What are SaaS companies ‘going for’ these days?” I said, “Well, it depends on a number of factors, but 5 times annual run-rate revenue is average.” His response was pure disbelief. “What? You have to be kidding me! Last time I checked they were going for 10 times revenue!”
And so it... | 2016-10-07 | 1,397,910 | enterprise/ | valuation,saas | Determining the worth of your SaaS company | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/07/determining-the-worth-of-your-saas-company/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Enterprise | We’re hearing from several sources that a secondary financing round is in the works for GitHub, following its last $250 million financing round that valued it at $2 billion in July last year. However, there’s a little bit of interesting chatter beyond that they’re raising a secondary for potential liquidation of invest... | 2016-10-07 | 1,398,288 | enterprise/ | null | GitHub is raising a secondary round | github,microsoft | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/07/github-is-raising-a-secondary-round/ | |
Ron Miller | Cloud | When Salesforce purchased Quip last summer for $750 million, it seemed at face value to be an unusual acquisition for the cloud CRM company — Salesforce tends to concentrate on more vertical targets.
In fact, at a press conference this week at Dreamforce, Salesforce president, vice chairman and COO Keith Block — yes, h... | 2016-10-07 | 1,398,353 | enterprise/ | collaboration,bret-taylor,quip | Salesforce took a horizontal turn when it bought Quip | salesforce | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/07/salesforce-took-a-horizontal-turn-when-it-bought-quip/ | |
Ron Miller | Cloud | Salesforce chairman and CEO Marc Benioff knows a thing or two about how to put on a good show. As usual, he pulled out all the stops this week at Dreamforce, his company’s massive customer conference in San Francisco.
He was boasting at the keynote that 175,000 people registered online (and another 15 million were watc... | 2016-10-07 | 1,398,517 | enterprise/ | marc-benioff,dreamforce-2016,dreamforce | Lights, cameras, Dreamforce | salesforce | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/07/lights-cameras-dreamforce/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Enterprise | Emburse launched in the Startup Battlefield last year seeking out businesses that wanted to handle one-time or a few expenses through issuing prepaid corporate debit cards. But it may be that the market, which is filled with a disparate different kinds of tools, needs a more generalized approach.
So to move beyond that... | 2016-10-06 | 1,398,040 | enterprise/ | battlefield,emburse | Emburse looks to give third-party developers ways to easily issue prepaid debit cards | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/06/emburse-looks-to-give-third-party-developers-ways-to-easily-issue-prepaid-debit-cards/ | |
Frederic Lardinois | Cloud | OpenStack, the massive open source project that helps enterprises run the equivalent of AWS in their own data centers, is launching the 14th major version of its software today. Newton, as this new version is called, shows how OpenStack has matured over the last few years. The focus this time is on making some of the c... | 2016-10-06 | 1,398,065 | enterprise/ | open-source,cloud-computing,enterprise,openstack | OpenStack’s latest release focuses on scalability and resilience | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/06/openstacks-latest-release-focuses-on-scalability-and-resilience/ | |
Romain Dillet | Finance | Salesforce wants to make things super clear for everyone — no, the company won’t buy Twitter. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff gave an interview to the FT and said that the company ruled out the acquisition.
“In this case we’ve walked away. It wasn’t the right fit for us,” Benioff told the FT. If you were looking for an off... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,955 | social/ | null | Salesforce officially walks away from Twitter acquisition for real this time | twitter,salesforce | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/salesforce-officially-walks-away-from-twitter-acquisition-for-real-this-time/ | |
Matthew Lynley,Ingrid Lunden | Fundings & Exits | PayPal, the giant digital payments company that was spun off from eBay last year, has had an up-and-down relationship with the business of crowdfunding over the years, but there are some indications that this could change. We’ve been hearing that PayPal was interested in buying GoFundMe — the crowdfunding site that let... | 2016-10-14 | 1,390,023 | social/ | gofundme | PayPal mulled buying GoFundMe | paypal | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/paypal-gobuyme/ | |
Sarah Perez | Opinion | Google yesterday announced it will introduce a fact check tag on Google News in order to display articles that contain factual information next to trending news items. Now it’s time for Facebook to take fact-checking more seriously, too.
Facebook has stepped into the role of being today’s newspaper: that is, it’s a sin... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,848 | social/ | opinion,op-ed | Google added fact checking: Facebook, it’s your move now | facebook | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/google-added-fact-checking-facebook-its-your-move-now/ | |
John Mannes | Media | Today Google added a new “fact-check” tag to its popular Google News service. The site aggregates popular timely news from multiple sources and has traditionally grouped them with tags like “opinion,” “local source” and “highly cited.” Now readers can see highlighted fact-checks right next to trending stories.
The comp... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,551 | social/ | blog,google-search,world-wide-web,digital-media | Google starts highlighting fact-checks in News | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/google-helps-speak-truth-to-power-adds-prominence-to-fact-checks-in-news/ | |
Matthew Lynley | Mobile | Today, Pinterest said it hit 150 million monthly active users, up from the 100 million it announced in September 2015.
However, as TechCrunch previously reported, Pinterest in 2015 was targeting that it would hit 151 million monthly active users by the end of 2015. We reported the story in October last year, and the in... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,338 | social/ | pinterest | Pinterest hits 150M monthly users, missing earlier leaked projections in 2015 | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/pinterest-hits-150m-monthly-users-missing-earlier-leaked-projections-in-2015/ | |
Darrell Etherington | Apps | Vine has a new feature for iOS app users called Soundboard, which lets users incorporate viral sounds within their own Vines, including Vine-sourced classics like ‘why you always lyin’ – it’s basically an express remix feature for trying to give your own content some reflected glow from memes that already made it big.
... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,390 | social/ | vine | Vine’s new Soundboard is the audio meme recycler you always wanted | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/vines-new-soundboard-is-the-audio-meme-recycler-you-always-wanted/ | |
Josh Constine | Apps | Facebook wants you to lean back and watch its News Feed videos on your television with a new feature that lets you stream clips via Apple TV, AirPlay devices, Google Chromecast, and Google Cast devices. The move could help Facebook generate more video ad revenue, and increase usage time by giving people the richest pos... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,376 | social/ | null | Facebook now lets cast videos to your TV | facebook | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/facebook-tv/ | |
Josh Constine | Apps | Periscope is embracing professional streaming and expanding beyond amateur content shot on phones with its new Periscope Producer feature. It allows creators to generate a special URL that they can then stream to from a wide array of devices, including professional cameras, studio editing rigs, satellite trucks, deskto... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,029 | social/ | facebook-live | Periscope Producer lets you stream to Twitter from pro cameras, apps, VR | facebook,periscope | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/periscope-producer/ | |
Sarah Perez | Apps | Tucked away inside Pandora’s rebranded app, launched yesterday, the company was hiding its first iMessage app, too. In fact, it’s the first third-party party streaming music service to launch its own iMessage extension, the company says.
That’s not to say it’s the only music-focused iMessage app, of course.
Apple Music... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,020 | social/ | pandora-radio,ios,imessage,pandora | Pandora’s new iMessage app lets you text your favorite music | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/pandoras-new-imessage-app-lets-you-text-your-favorite-music/ | |
Jordan Crook | Advertising Tech | Ever wonder which of your selfies is best? Tinder wants to help you figure it out, with the launch of a new feature called Smart Photos. And Smart Photos, in turn, show us just how much Tinder is a big data company, meticulously collecting information about what (and who) you like and don’t like.
Smart Photos is a sing... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,124 | social/ | null | Tinder’s new Smart Photos show just how well the app knows you | tinder | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/tinders-new-smart-photos-show-just-how-well-the-app-knows-you/ | |
Josh Constine | Apps | Tribe’s voice recognition video chat technology could make Snapchat and Facebook Messenger look outdated. That tech also attracted a $3 million seed round led by prestigious VC Sequoia, its first seed investment of the year.
Today, Tribe’s one-touch video walkie-talkie app launches a huge Version 2 update on iOS and An... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,693 | social/ | video-chat,tribe | Tribe augments video chat with speech recognition subtitles and suggested links | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/augmented-chat/ | |
Lora Kolodny | Enterprise | According to a new study published today from the American Civil Liberties Union, major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have recently provided user data access to Geofeedia, the location-based, social media surveillance system used by government offices, private security firms, marketers and o... | 2016-10-11 | 1,400,256 | social/ | aclu,social-media-monitoring | Facebook, Twitter cut off data access for Geofeedia, a social media surveillance startup | instagram | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/facebook-twitter-cut-off-data-access-for-geofeedia-a-social-media-surveillance-startup/ | |
Katie Roof | Social | Greylock Partners is getting another $1 billion to invest in startups. The long-time venture capital firm is announcing its 15th fund, bringing the total to $3.5 billion currently under management.
With 50 years of investing in the books, Greylock has backed industry leaders in the enterprise IT and consumer internet ... | 2016-10-10 | 1,399,580 | social/ | venture-capital,josh-elman,greylock-partners | Greylock closes $1 billion fund | reid-hoffman | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/10/greylock-closes-1-billion-fund/ | |
Josh Constine | Advertising Tech | Facebook’s latest trick to earn more revenue without drowning the News Feed is to serve ads to the 1 billion users of its Groups feature. After people reported seeing notices that “We’re testing ads in Groups,” TechCrunch inquired and Facebook confirmed that mobile and desktop versions of Groups in Australia, Canada, I... | 2016-10-10 | 1,399,346 | social/ | facebook-ads,facebook-groups | Facebook tests ads in Groups, its next potential cash cow | facebook | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/10/facebook-group-ads/ | |
Ingrid Lunden | Enterprise | After 20 months in a closed beta under the working title Facebook at Work, (as we predicted it would the other week) today Facebook is finally bringing its enterprise-focused messaging and social networking service to market under a new name, Workplace.
It’s not only armed with a new brand: Workplace is launching with ... | 2016-10-10 | 1,399,158 | social/ | null | Workplace by Facebook opens to sell enterprise social networking to the masses | facebook | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/10/facebook-workplace/ | |
Josh Constine | Social | Snapchat is fighting back against Instagram Stories, which rocketed to 100 million daily users by spotlighting the cloned feature atop the feed. To make Snapchat more “friends first,” it’s moving friends’ Stories above Discover where they used to be to make sure you don’t miss people you care about.
And to make it easi... | 2016-10-07 | 1,398,885 | social/ | null | Snapchat launches post-roll ads, Story Playlist that loads favorites in bulk | snapchat | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/07/snapchat-story-playlist/ | |
Mike Butcher | Europe | InnoGames, the Hamburg-based developer and publisher of successful browser games such as Elvenar, Tribal Wars, The West, and Grepolis, is going to the next level.
MTG (Modern Times Group), the Swedish digital entertainment company, has acquired a 35% stake in the company for an estimated $100 million, valuing the compa... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,881 | europe/ | eight-roads-ventures,innogames | A win for InnoGames as MTG acquires Eight Roads Ventures stake for $100M | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/a-win-for-innogames-as-mtg-acquires-eight-roads-ventures-stake-for-100m/ | |
Ingrid Lunden | Europe | A changing of the guard is underway at Spotify, the streaming music service with 40 million paying users and over 100 million overall that competes with the likes of Apple Music, Google Music, Pandora and now Amazon. Co-founder Martin Lorentzon announced (in Swedish) that he is stepping down as chairman of the company.... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,772 | europe/ | null | Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon steps down as chairman, CEO Daniel Ek steps up | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/spotify-co-founder-martin-lorentzon-steps-down-as-chairman-ceo-daniel-ek-steps-up/ | |
Mike Butcher | Europe | TechCrunch Disrupt London is happening once again this December and we have some of the most iconic entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the tech industry lined up to speak. The two-day conference runs December 5 to 6 in the Olympic Village’s Copper Box Arena and features Startup Alley and Startup Battlefield where one... | 2016-09-05 | 1,401,165 | europe/ | business,economy,niklas-zennstrom,sonali-de-rycker | Sonali De Rycker and Niklas Zennström join TechCrunch Disrupt London, Dec 5-6 | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/05/sonali-de-rycker-and-niklas-zennström-join-techcrunch-disrupt-london-dec-5-6/ | |
Mike Butcher | Europe | This weekend Lebara — the mobile network business which has become a universally recognised brand for the world’s migrant community — is to enter the international money transfer market, potentially putting the squeeze on tech newcomers like Transferwise and Azimo. Given that migrants are the primary market for interna... | 2016-10-13 | 1,401,136 | europe/ | null | Giant migrant brand Lebara to launch against FX startups like Transferwise, Azimo | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/giant-migrant-brand-lebara-to-launch-against-fx-startups-like-transferwise-azimo/ | |
Steve O'Hear | Europe | Back in the days when I did a startup I almost de-railed our VC funding after discovering my passport had expired. Without it I couldn’t pass the anti-money laundering checks imposed on the fancy and overpriced London law firm we’d hired. Then we almost failed to open a bank account so we could actually receive the mon... | 2016-10-13 | 1,400,646 | europe/ | null | ComplyAdvantage raises $8.2M Series A to help firms manage compliance | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/13/complyadvantage/ | |
Mike Butcher | Europe | Back in August there were clear signs that Hyperloop One (HO) might be building its super fast transportation system at the Jebel Ali port in Dubai. The Royalty-led government of the United Arab Emirates and the CEO of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, appeared to be entertaining the idea of a submerged, floating Hyp... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,787 | europe/ | hyperloop-one | Hyperloop One and Dubai Future Accelerators will build the first ‘hyperloop for cargo’ | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/hyperloop-one-and-dubai-future-accelerators-will-build-the-first-hyperloop-for-cargo/ | |
Steve O'Hear | Europe | Headed up by Kaidi Ruusalepp, who was previously CEO of the Nasdaq Tallinn stock exchange, Estonia’s Funderbeam is on a mission to build what she calls a “funding and trading engine for growth companies”.
Providing tools to research, fund and trade in private companies, the bigger vision is to build something akin to a... | 2016-10-12 | 1,398,825 | europe/ | null | Estonia’s Funderbeam is building a blockchain-based “stock exchange” for startups | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/funderbeam/ | |
Frederic Lardinois | Europe | HoloLens, Microsoft’s $3,000 mixed-reality goggles (or “the world’s first self-contained holographic computer” in Microsoft’s parlance), was only available in the U.S. and Canada so far. Today, however, the company announced that it will also start selling the devices in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand... | 2016-10-12 | 1,400,159 | europe/ | europe,hololens | Microsoft starts selling its HoloLens in Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand | microsoft | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/hololens-goes-global/ | |
Natasha Lomas | Europe | The U.K. government has agreed on an amendment to draft surveillance legislation aimed at strengthening the public perception of privacy safeguards by adding a statement of priority to the face of the legislation.
The Investigatory Powers bill, which continues to attract controversy on account of the scope of the power... | 2016-10-11 | 1,400,033 | europe/ | surveillance,digital-rights,law-enforcement,human-rights | U.K. gov’t agrees to foreground privacy statement in surveillance bill | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/uk-govt-agrees-to-foreground-privacy-statement-in-surveillance-bill/ | |
Romain Dillet | Europe | Netatmo’s first device was a sophisticated weather station. But it’s not for everyone. Chances are you don’t need to know the historical trend when it comes to the humidity in your house. That’s why the company is releasing the Healthy Home Coach, an indoor device that lets you see stats about your home at a glance.
In... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,929 | europe/ | france-newsletter,netatmo | Netatmo launches an indoor climate monitor | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/netatmo-launches-an-indoor-climate-monitor/ | |
Mike Butcher | Europe | TechCrunch Disrupt in London is on 5-6 December. Think 3,000 crazy startup founders and investors talking for two solid days. And not to mention the hackathon on the weekend before! We’ve already announced many great speakers and we’re glad to say Steve Hilton is joining. He’s not just the co-founder and CEO of Silicon... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,862 | europe/ | disrupt-london-2016 | Steve Hilton, Crowdpac founder and Brexit advocate, joins Disrupt London, Dec 5-6 | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/steve-hilton-crowdpac-founder-and-brexit-advocate-joins-disrupt-london-dec-5-6/ | |
Romain Dillet | Europe | French startup Payfit wants to modernize the good old paychecks in France. After just a few months, the company just raised $5.6 million (€5 million) from Otium Venture and Xavier Niel.
Payfit officially started in April 2016. And it looks like many companies were waiting for a product like this one given today’s fundi... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,392 | europe/ | france-newsletter | Payfit grabs $5.6 million to manage French payrolls | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/payfit-grabs-56-million-to-manage-french-payrolls/ | |
Romain Dillet | Asia | Apple is on a research & development spree! The company has announced a bunch of new R&D centers over the past few months, and R&D spendings have skyrocketed. This time, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company plans to open a new center in Japan during a visit in Tokyo, according to Xinhua.
This isn’t the first t... | 2016-10-14 | 1,401,878 | asia/ | japan | Apple will open another R&D center in Japan | apple | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/apple-will-open-another-rd-center-in-japan/ | |
Ingrid Lunden | Artificial Intelligence | null | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,807 | asia/ | ai,huawei | Huawei puts $1M into a new AI research partnership with UC Berkeley | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/huawei-puts-1m-into-a-new-ai-research-partnership-with-uc-berkeley/ | |
Natasha Lomas | Asia | Samsung is permanently discontinuing production and sales of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, owing to safety fears over defective batteries — including in replacement handsets the company had subsequently sent to customers following a recall of original devices.
The news was reported earlier by the WSJ, and a spokeswomen... | 2016-10-11 | 1,399,809 | asia/ | samsung-electronics,phablets,samsung-galaxy-note-7 | Samsung kills the Galaxy Note 7 for good | samsung | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/samsung-kills-the-galaxy-note-7-for-good/ | |
Jon Russell | Asia | Oh you thought location-based food deal services were done and dusted! Eatigo, a discount restaurant booking service that bills itself as the anti-Groupon, would have you believe otherwise. The startup has closed new funding to the tune of over $10 million from travel giant TripAdvisor to expand its service across Sout... | 2016-10-04 | 1,396,413 | asia/ | restaurant,tripadvisor,southeast-asia | Southeast Asia’s Eatigo lands $10M+ from TripAdvisor for its discount restaurant service | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/04/eatigo-series-b-tripadvisor/ | |
Jon Russell | Asia | 500 Startups‘ organization in Southeast Asia — 500 Durians — is back with a new $50 million fund to press on with early-stage startup dealmaking in the emerging region, which counts over 600 million consumers.
Although it typically sits in the shadow of India and China, Southeast Asia is poised to see major tech growth... | 2016-10-04 | 1,396,400 | asia/ | khailee-ng,southeast-asia,500-durians | 500 Startups announces new $50 million fund for Southeast Asia | 500-startups | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/04/500-startups-500-durians-50-million-fund/ | |
Jon Russell | Asia | Grana, a two-year-old online fashion retailer based in Hong Kong, has announced that it has raised $10 million in fresh funding led by Alibaba’s entrepreneurship fund.
This is the startup’s Series A round, and it follows $6 million in previous seed funding. The round is led by Alibaba’s Hong Kong-based fund, which was ... | 2016-10-03 | 1,396,325 | asia/ | golden-gate-ventures,hong-kong,grana | Online fashion retailer Grana raises $10M led by Alibaba’s entrepreneurship fund | alibaba | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/03/grana-10-million-series-a/ | |
Ingrid Lunden | Asia | Stripe, the company that lets app publishers, online merchants and other digital businesses include payments features via a few lines of code, is expanding in Asia. After launching in Singapore two weeks ago, the startup is now officially opening for business in Japan. And alongside the Japan launch, Stripe is announci... | 2016-10-03 | 1,396,207 | asia/ | japan,payments,stripe | Stripe payments exits beta in Japan, adds Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company as investor | null | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/03/stripe-debuts-payments-in-japan-with-new-investor-sumitomo-mitsui-card-company/ | |
Natasha Lomas | Apps | Facebook is seeking to fill in some of the gaps in the reach of its messaging app empire, announcing today a new standalone version of its Messenger app, Messenger Lite, specifically designed for older Android devices with limited storage and for slower, data-constrained Internet connections.
Idea being that not everyo... | 2016-10-03 | 1,395,656 | asia/ | messenger,facebook-messenger | Facebook launches pared back Android chat app to keep growing its messaging empire | android,facebook | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/03/facebook-launches-pared-back-android-chat-app-to-keep-growing-its-messaging-empire/ |
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