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"In the Studio," Hyperink's Kevin Gao Has A Plan To Organize The Web's Blog Content
Feb 21, 8:00PM
"In the Studio" rolls on this week by hosting an ex-management consultant who grew tired of that career path, wrote a book about how to prepare for and perform well during case-style interviews, self-published the work and started to make money from those sales proceeds, and eventually ended up in YC to help build out his new content-publishing business, Hyperink.Google's Chromebook Pixel Looks Like A Pricey Boondoggle, Or The Platypus Of The Notebook World
Feb 21, 7:54PM
Google unveiled is fabled Pixel Chromebook today, and the thing does indeed have what looks to be a gorgeous, high-resolution display. It also has a touchscreen, as rumored, and the list gets more confusing from there. 32GB (or 64GB) of onboard storage? ChromeOS? A 3:2 screen ratio? A $1299 starting price tag? Huh?AdRoll Warns Against Betting Too Heavily On Facebook's Ad Exchange
Feb 21, 7:32PM
Retargeting company AdRoll has released some data today intended to suggest that advertisers shouldn't rush too quickly to embrace Facebook Exchange (the ad retargeting service that the social network launched last year) — at least not at the expense of other forms of retargeting. That's probably what you'd expect to hear from a company with a profitable business in web retargeting (where ads are targeted based on your previous online behavior). However, AdRoll was also an early Facebook Exchange partner, and it says that it has run Exchange campaigns for more than 700 advertisers. (Facebook said last month that there are more than 1,300 total advertisers on Exchange.) So the data it's releasing today is based on 468 campaigns from the past six months that ran simultaneously on Facebook and the web.The $192 Billion Market That Startup Entrepreneurs Shouldn't Ignore: Government IT
Feb 21, 7:25PM
In Silicon Valley and other tech entrepreneurship hubs, you don't meet many startup founders who are excitedly building products aimed at the government sector. But in an on-stage discussion Wednesday night at San Francisco's Founders Den coworking space, tech entrepreneur, investor, and author Tim O'Reilly and California's Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom both agreed that there absolutely should be more startup activity in the government space -- not just out of civic duty, but also because out of financial opportunity.Ev's 3 Reasons To Sell Your Startup: Upside, Threat And Choice. Twitter Didn't Qualify
Feb 21, 7:08PM
Do you cash out or stick to your guns? Twitter co-founder Ev Williams says you should only sell your company if the offer captures the upside, there's an imminent threat or you personally want to. "Any of them will suffice," but Twitter didn't have any, says Williams.Google Launches $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700 3:2 12.85″ Touchscreen, Core i5 CPU, 1TB Of Google Drive Storage & Optional LTE
Feb 21, 7:00PM
After a few weeks of rumors, Google just announced the latest device in its Chromebook lineup: the Chromebook Pixel. Unlike previous Chromebook versions, the Pixel is aimed at power users who fully live in the cloud. The device features an impressive array of hardware specs. It has a 12.85 inch high-density 2560×1700 screen (that’s 4.3 million pixels) with a 3:2 aspect ratio, an Intel Core i5 processor and a whopping 1 terabyte of free storage on Google Drive for three years. Google will also soon launch a version with a built-in LTE radio and has partnered with Verizon to offer 100 MB/month for two years of mobile broadband and with GoGo to offer 12 free in-flight Wi-Fi sessions. The Pixel’s screen, which is obviously the highlight of the device, features a pixel density of 239 pixels per inch. That’s a bit higher than the 220 pixels/inch on the Macbook Pro with a Retina display, so Google proudly notes that its laptop “has the highest pixel density of any laptop display.” The basic Wi-Fi version of the Pixel will retail for $1,299 in the U.S. and £1,049 in the U.K. The Pixel is now available on Google Play and will also be available at select Best Buy locations in the U.S. and Currys PC World in the U.K. tomorrow. The LTE version ($1,449) will ship in the U.S. in April. The other difference between the LTE and Wi-Fi models is that the LTE version will ship with a 64GB solid-state drive and the Wi-Fi version will only have 32GB. Google did not disclose who its hardware partners are, but the company did say that the device is being assembled in Taiwan. “I think the hardware shines,” Google VP Sundar Pichai said at a press event in San Francisco today. Google, Pichai stressed, wanted to build a device for power users who live in the cloud. “There’s a set of users who are really committed to living completely in the cloud,” he said, and Google wanted to build the perfect laptop for them. The first thing users will definitely notice when they first open the Pixel is the screen. Not only does it have a very high resolution, but it also features a relatively unusual aspect ration of 3:2. According to Pichai, the reason for this was that Google looked at what people would do with this device, and given that the web still focuses onGame Analytics Opens To The Game Developing Masses, Raises $2.5M From Sunstone Capital, CrunchFund, And Others
Feb 21, 6:25PM
These days it seems like everyone and their cousin is trying to craft the next smash hit game, but simply bringing a concept to fruition isn't enough. It's got to be engaging and well-designed, and that's exactly what Game Analytics wants to help developers out with. The Copenhagen-based startup has announced today that it has opened its (what else?) game-centric data analytics platform to the game developing masses. On top of that, it has also locked up $2.5 million in funding from Sunstone Capital, CrunchFund*, and angel investors like HuffPo CEO Jimmy Maymann, former Podio CEO Tommy Ahlers, René Rechmann, and Anil Hansjee.LivingSocial CEO Provides More Details On $110M Funding Round, Company Now Valued At About $1.5B
Feb 21, 6:19PM
More details have emerged about LivingSocial's new $110 million funding round announced yesterday. In response to a blog post characterizing the raise as an emergency round of debt financing, LivingSocial CEO Tom O'Shaugnessy issued a new memo to employees clearing up some misconceptions about the raise. The key takeaway? Yes, it was a down round, it was not an "emergency debt infusion."Kevin Ryan, Gilt Groupe Founder, To Speak At Disrupt NY 2013
Feb 21, 6:10PM
With each fleeting moment, we inch closer to Disrupt NY. Today we're excited to announce that Kevin Ryan will take Disrupt's stage in late April, joining our ever-growing list of speakers, which so far includes Ben and Ken Lerer, David Lee, and Ron Conway among others. We just wrote about the rise in company builders, in which seasoned and successful entrepreneurs create studios to innovate, create and help found startups. There's no better example of this than Kevin Ryan, one of the founders of Gilt and the brains behind AlleyCorp. A serial entrepreneur, Ryan was formerly the CEO of DoubleClick (which was eventually acquired by Google for $3 billion).Send In Your Questions For Ask A VC With Menlo Ventures' Shawn Carolan And Kleiner Perkins' Matt Murphy
Feb 21, 6:01PM
We have two guests joining us in the TechCrunch TV studio in the coming week for our Ask A VC series, where you put VCs in the hot seat. First up we have Menlo Ventures Managing Director Shawn Carolan. Later in the week, we'll be joined by Kleiner Perkins' partner Matt Murphy.Euclid, The Google Analytics-Like Tracking Solution For Brick-And-Mortars, Raises $17.3 Million Series B
Feb 21, 6:00PM
Euclid, the analytics solution for brick-and-mortar retailers which first emerged from stealth back in late 2011, is today announcing $17.3 million in Series B funding, in a round led by Benchmark Capital. Also participating were previous investors NEA and Harrison Metal, as well as Novel TMT Ventures. In addition, the funding sees Benchmark's Bruce Dunlevie, joining the company's board.Twitter Adds DMARC Email Authentication To Curb Login-Jacking Attempts Via Impostor Messages
Feb 21, 5:19PM
Twitter announced via its blog today that it has begun using DMARC, a security protocol designed to cut down the number of fake emails that users receive from companies pretending to be Twitter itself. The move should help cut down on phishing scams, where third parties try to get users to give up their login details via false requests for password verification or other personal info.Doo.net Launches Its Intelligent Tagging App To Organise The World's Documents
Feb 21, 5:13PM
We've been waiting since Doo closed its significant first funding round of $6.8 million at the end of 2011 for it big play to attack the world of collaboration and documents to appear. Big plays like this can take time, but after quite a long two year beta (oh yes) with Mac and Windows apps, today it launched its onslaught onto the world of paper. Specifically the paper you have to deal with all the time, whether you are a business, a student or anyone who has to deal with paper documents daily. The official app has hit the Mac App store as of today and on Windows 8. The iOS and Android mobile apps will follow in the coming weeks.Led By Vine Investor Adam Ludwin, Albumatic Launches A Collaborative Photo Album App That People Might Actually Use
Feb 21, 5:03PM
One of the startup ideas that I've been hearing about for years is the social photo album — a service that doesn't just let you share photos with your friends, but also create albums with them. Adam Ludwin and Devon Gundry have seen a lot of those startups, too, but they're trying to crack the problem with their new startup Albumatic. Ludwin (a principal at RRE Ventures, where he led the seed round in Twitter-acquired social video startup Vine) told me that when he and Gundry (a musician who also started a social media company with actor Rainn Wilson) first started thinking about the app, they realized there were a bunch of other products that never got significant consumer traction — the most high-profile flameout was probably Color. And they decided that the key factor was location.Airbnb Hires Former Facebooker Mike Curtis As Its New VP Of Engineering
Feb 21, 5:00PM
Airbnb has seen amazing growth over the last year, doubling the number of listings and nights booked on the platform in 2012, and the company sees even more opportunity on the horizon. But surprisingly enough, the company only has 50 engineers right now. To help scale that team, Airbnb has hired former Facebooker Mike Curtis as its new VP of engineering.CloudOn 4.0 Brings Microsoft Office To Android Phones
Feb 21, 5:00PM
CloudOn, the popular free mobile productivity app that gives its users access to Microsoft Office on their smartphones and tablets, was only available on iOS and for Android tablets like the Nexus 7 until now. Starting today, however, Android smartphone users, too, will be able to use the company's service to create, review, edit and share their Office documents from devices like the Galaxy Nexus 4 and Galaxy Note.Metaio Develops First Chipset To Improve Augmented Reality Performance In Mobiles
Feb 21, 5:00PM
Today, Metaio announced the development of a new Augmented Reality hardware chipset called the "AR Engine". The German AR firm also announced a partnership agreement with ST-Ericsson that will lead to the integration of Metaio's AR Engine into the Swiss semiconductor maker's new mobile platforms. What does this mean? It means improvements in power consumption for select mobile devices running Augmented Reality software.
CGTrader, An Online Marketplace For 3D Models, Raises 185K Euro From Practica
Feb 21, 4:48PM
As 3D printing and modeling moves into the mainstream, it's interesting to see the rise of small players in the market and the capital raised. Take, for example, CGTrader. Originally designed as a marketplace for 3D designers and artists, it's just raised nearly 200,000 Euro from Practica Capital, a fund in Lithuania. Founded by Marius Kalytis, the company is based in Vilnius.Indie Mobile Devs Get A Leg Up With New Cross-Promotion Service From Chartboost, Execution Labs
Feb 21, 4:30PM
Execution Labs, a Montreal-based gaming incubator, is teaming up with mobile game advertising and monetization startup Chartboost to create a new matchmaking program that will help indie game developers promote each others’ work. It would allow smaller developers to tap into cross-promotion, a strategy that has helped bigger game developers hold on to their millions of players as they get shuttled from one game title to the next. Big game developers like Zynga and Rovio routinely promote their new games in old titles. That makes it much cheaper for them to get millions of users for a new title. At the same time, it’s become harder than ever for brand-new game developers to break in. Yesterday, a Distimo report showed that just 2 percent of the top 250 publishers in the iPhone App Store were "newcomers.” Android is not much better with just 3 percent qualifying as “newcomers” in the Android app store, Google Play. It’s a classic shift you see on software platforms, as early movers take advantage of lower marketing costs to gain reach and crowd out latecomers. Execution Labs is calling this matchmaking service the “Lab Partners” program. It will help indie mobile game developers find similar developers with whom they can set up advertising trades. They’ll be able to search for other games by platform and genre to see potential partners. So if a player enters one developer’s game, they’ll see ads for another studio’s similar titles. The service is free and is powered by Chartboost’s Direct Deals platform. Chartboost was founded by some former Tapulous employees and started off by facilitating direct advertising trades between mid- and large-size mobile developers. Over time, that grew into a gaming-centric mobile advertising network that now involves about 12,000 titles. The company’s revenues grew fast enough that the startup attracted a $19 million round led by Sequoia Capital earlier this year. Now Chartboost is envisioning itself as a business engine for games. While the company hasn’t shared its product roadmap for the coming year, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine it building out tools for retention and monetization later. As for Execution Labs, it’s a Montreal-based incubator backed by BDC Venture Capital, Real Ventures and White Star Capital.ManageEngine Launches A Siri-Style App For The Help Desk
Feb 21, 4:24PM
ManageEngine has launched the ServiceDesk Plus iPhone app that incorporates voice-recognition technology for IT professionals so they can make commands, dictate notes and do any number of other tasks that come with managing a help desk.If at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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