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Google Commits €1M To German Startups Via Berlin Start-up Center, The Factory

Nov 13, 9:46AM

Google has a number of initiatives aimed at entrepreneurs globally, and a thread of a strategy appears to be emerging in Europe, albeit with different approaches. The tech giant has already supported the creation of an accelerator/workspace called Le Camping in Paris, part-backed with state money. In London it literally took out a ten year lease on a building, Google Campus London, and stacked it with co-working companies and accelerators. And now today in Berlin it's announced a new initiative with a vast new start-up centre/acelerator called the "Factory", which is backed with private money.

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'Europe's Square' iZettle Exits Beta In Nordics And Finds Workaround For Visa Acceptance

Nov 13, 8:55AM

iZettle -- often called the "Square of Europe" for being an early mover in its dongle-based mobile payment service for small merchants -- is definitely getting down to business now. Today, the Swedish-based startup announced that it has finally exited its beta phase across the rest of its Nordic footprint of Denmark, Finland and Norway, including a launch of its Android service, and it has come up with a workaround to accept Visa payments in those markets once again, after a hiccup over payment security saw Visa withdraw acceptance over iZettle's chip-based readers.

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SeatID Launches Service To Book A Flight Based On Your Social Network

Nov 13, 8:39AM

A new startup, SeatID, wants to change the way you fly. Their service lets you use your social network to help pick your next flight and seat assignment. SeatID is available starting today on the Ukrainian airline AeroSvit and the company plans to sign up major international airlines and online travel services soon. Whether passengers will want to share their flight and seat info is a big and controversial question. Eran Savir, CEO and co-founder of Israeli-based SeatID, says everyone has a bad flying story thanks to an awful seatmate. That experience is what inspired the founders to start the company.

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The Next CEO Of Microsoft Suddenly No Longer Works At Microsoft

Nov 13, 8:12AM

"Floored." "Wow." "Wild." Those are some of the reactions within Microsoft tonight upon hearing that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky would be leaving the company "effective immediately". Those are the reactions because nearly all Microsoft employees found out about the news tonight alongside the rest of us.

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The Wrong Man For The Job, Microsoft In The Aftermath of Steven Sinofsky's Departure

Nov 13, 7:27AM

Now that Steven Sinofsky has left Microsoft as President of the Windows division, the question now comes down to what happened and the implications his departure means for the company.

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DataSift Raises $15M To Help Businesses Mine And Analyze Social Data

Nov 13, 5:02AM

DataSift, a company that provides developers and third parties with access to Twitter, Facebook and other social data sources, has raised $15.25 million in Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners with Northgate Capital and Daher Capital participating. This brings DataSift's funding to $30 million.

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BuyVia Takes On ShopSavvy With Price Comparisons, Local Deals & Geo-Targeted Price Alerts

Nov 13, 5:01AM

Emerging out of stealth mode today, San Francisco-based startup BuyVia is throwing its hat into the ring as another shopping service and mobile app designed for price comparisons. The company is predominantly focused on consumer electronics like laptops, smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, and video games.

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Microsoft's Windows President, Steven Sinofsky, Leaves Company Following Launch Of Windows 8

Nov 13, 2:39AM

Microsoft has just dropped a major bombshell: Steven Sinofsky, President, Windows Division, is leaving the company, effective immediately. The news is being characterized as a mutual decision, but industry observers know that these things never are. According to the release, Julie Larson-Green will be promoted to lead all of Windows software and hardware engineering, while Tami Reller will expand her current role to assume responsibility for the business of Windows. Reller also will retain her role as CFO and CMO, Microsoft says.

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Tremor Co-founder Grabs $4.3M For Connected Sports Ventures To Bring Sports To Life Through The Second Screen

Nov 13, 1:56AM

Two years ago, Jason Glickman stepped down as the CEO and executive chairman of Tremor Media, a company he co-founded back in 2005 and helped grow into one of the largest video ad networks on the Web. After Tremor Media merged with ScanScout at the end of 2010, Glickman stepped down and began working on a new media project, this time focusing on sports.

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Tracks Photo-Sharing Service Adds The Ability To Create Tracks Via Web. What Now, Instagram?

Nov 13, 1:00AM

Today photo sharing app Tracks has announced version 2.0 of its website. New features include the ability to create photo tracks via the web. In other words, Tracks just opened itself up to the world wide web, allowing anyone with access to the internet to participate on the image-based social network (rather than those with smartphones... and the app).

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Here's Why Cheap Cameras Are So Bad

Nov 13, 12:53AM

This Khan Academy Project video by Karl R.C. Wendt shows you what's exactly inside a cheap digital camera. Wendt explains a bit about what's inside a camera and, more important, why this camera in particular is so bad.

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Meet The VetsInTech Hackathon Participants And Its Winner, Bugl.co [TCTV]

Nov 13, 12:16AM

This weekend, TechCrunch attended a very cool event called the Vets In Tech Hackathon. The teams at the event weren't normal hackers, the majority of them consisted of Military Veterans, which as a nation, we are very appreciative of. Being Veterans Day, this event was perfectly timed.

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CoTweet Founders Reunite, Raise Seed Round For Their New Company "Seesaw"

Nov 12, 11:38PM

An interesting team is getting back together for something new, and it's worth noting. The founders of CoTweet, a company which was acquired by ExactTarget, is joining forces for a new startup called Seesaw. This time, Aaron Gotwalt is listed as CEO, and Jesse Engle will be heading business development. It's a swap from the first time around with CoTweet. The pair are joined once again by Kyle Sollenberger.

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AKQA's Tom Bedecarré: In 2020, Apple Will Be The World's Most Powerful Media Company

Nov 12, 11:11PM

This afternoon's media-focused discussion at the Techonomy conference concluded with moderator Dave Morgan of Simulmedia asking panelists to predict the world's most powerful media company in 2020. Two of the four speakers came up with the same answer — Apple. The company was barely mentioned in the preceding discussion, but Tom Bedecarré, chairman of digital agency AKQA (which was recently acquired by advertising conglomerate WPP) named Apple because of its "multiple platforms" for delivering media. Frank Speiser, co-founder and CEO of social ad company SocialFlow, echoed Bedecarré's point, then added that if someone like Facebook or Twitter "teams up with Apple" to improve discovery, they could become major players in the media landscape as well.

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Gift Guide: Soundfreaq Sound Rise

Nov 12, 11:06PM

It may be a bit obsolete without Lightning support out of the box, but the Soundfreaq Sound Rise is a cool clock radio that offers great styling, Bluetooth streaming support, and some great speakers.

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Twitter Hires Former Google VP and Deputy General Counsel Of Seven Years, Nicole Wong

Nov 12, 10:42PM

Today, Twitter made a huge splash with Nicole Wong starting her new role at the company. The Next Web plucked this bit of news off of the wires. Why is this big? Wong was formerly a VP and Deputy General Counsel at Google. She spent over seven years with the company in the same role. Before Google, Wong was a partner at Perkins Coie LLP.

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Quora Gets Answers For Your Urgent And Mobile Questions By Suggesting You Ask Experts "Online Now"

Nov 12, 10:28PM

Quora's priorities are growth, hosting a wider range of questions, and mobile -- which is now 25% of its traffic. So to attract people who need quick answers, especially on the go, it is starting to show the online status of the experts it recommends you ask. It could keep that "live" feeling that Quora already offers, and pull quick decision questions about topics like shopping or cooking away from Facebook and Twitter. Quora has long given suggestions of who to direct your questions to based on the tags you add. Now when possible, its top suggestions will be experts who are "online now", meaning they have the site or app open. By asking these people who are actually available, you're a lot more likely to get a quick response.

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Amazon Faces $252 Million Fine In France Over Taxes, Prepares To Legally Challenge The Accusation

Nov 12, 10:24PM

Another big Internet company is the target of Direction générale des finances - France's equivalent of the IRS - due to tax noncompliance. The agency is asking Amazon to pay $252 million in non-reported tax and penalties. Most of Amazon's revenue in Europe goes to Luxembourg where the corporate tax is much lower. While it's legal, there are some subtleties in order to comply with the law.

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MIT's Media Lab Releases Experimental Game That Bends The Laws Of Relativity

Nov 12, 10:17PM

Understanding relativity is hard but playing games is easy. What's a physicist to do? Why, make a game about walking near the speed of light, of course, silly!

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LeWeb Paris Program Announced: The Internet Of Things With Nest, Fitbit, Lockitron, NASA & Others

Nov 12, 9:36PM

LeWeb Paris is less than a month away and conference organizers Loic and Geraldine Le Meur just posted this year's schedule. The theme of the event, which is scheduled to run from December 4th to 6th,  is "The Internet of Things." There is a clear focus on connected hardware, with speakers like Nest's Tony Fadell and Fitbit's James Park, as well as representatives from companies like Lifx Lightbulbs and Lockitron.

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