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Hilary Mason Leaves Bitly To Join VC Firm Accel As Its First Data Scientist In Residence
Jul 30, 4:00AM
Accel Partners is announcing a major talent win tonight, with the addition of former Bitly chief scientist Hilary Mason as its first data scientist in residence.Crowdfunding Reaches Its Terrible, Glorious Climax With 'Smart Vibrator' Vibease
Jul 30, 1:39AM
The startup behind a "wearable smart vibrator" called Vibease has taken to Indiegogo with hopes of raising at least $30,000 from fans. That sentence kind of speaks for itself, doesn't it? I mean, I could probably insert some suggestive wording from the campaign description ("People often forget that the brain is the biggest sex organ."), mention some of the high-end rewards (100 vibrators!), embed the campaign video (which is sometimes hilarious, sometimes awkward, and often both), and call it a day.Forrester Says The Chromebook's Time Has Arrived In The Enterprise, But Security Is The Nagging Issue
Jul 30, 12:51AM
IT should ignore the naysayers and consider adopting the Google Chromebook. That's the conclusion of a Forrester Research Report that looked at the future of the networked computer in the enterprise.Zynga Sheds Three Top Execs As Its New CEO Shakes Up The Troubled Gaming Firm
Jul 30, 12:13AM
In the last month, Zynga has quietly parted ways with three of its executive staff, early changes under the period of transition that the company's new CEO, Don Mattrick, is currently leading. Bloomberg first reported the departure of Nathan Etter, John Osvald and Jesse Janosov. TechCrunch confirmed their collective exit with a source familiar with the matter. Etter has already updated his LinkedIn page to reflect his new role as a vice president at Disney.Vaavud Smartphone Wind Meter Now Available, Use Your Phone To Measure Windspeed Like It's The Future
Jul 29, 11:49PM
Kickstarter success Vaavud is a thing of beauty. Created by a Danish team of enterprising inventors, it plugs into your iPhone or Android device's headphone jack and connects with an app to tell you the current wind speed. It uses no power, and actually talks wirelessly to your phone via the built-in magnetic field sensor that ships with modern smartphones.Atlas Virtual Reality Turns Any Room Into A Holodeck You Can Run Around In
Jul 29, 10:03PM
Archenemies for decades, video games and exercise are about to unite. Atlas is a cheap, new "walk-around" virtual reality system that uses markers you put on the ground to track your movements as you play with an Occulus Rift headset. Protagonist is Kickstarting Atlas to get real-space VR into the hands of developers, so they can build games that ditch joysticks and actually let you run-and-gun.Inside Machinima, The New Video Network For Gamers And Fanboys
Jul 29, 10:00PM
As part of our tour of new digital media companies throughout L.A., we checked out Machinima, which is one of the largest multichannel networks on YouTube. Over the course of that tour, we found out how the company has evolved and what its plans are for the future.Twitter's Sunnyvale Office Is Open And Hiring
Jul 29, 9:49PM
It looks like Twitter is now hiring out of its new Sunnyvale, Calif. office. The leasing of an 8,000 square foot office in downtown Sunnyvale was first reported in May — apparently that should hold between 40 and 50 employees. Now Twitter has posted its first job listing for that location — it's looking for a "software engineer, core runtime diagnostics." (Apparently the company wants someone "awesome, passionate, and nice," so, y'know, apply accordingly.)Just Fab Sues Fab Over Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition And More. Fab Says It Will "Aggressively Defend Our Brand"
Jul 29, 9:09PM
Just Fab, the shoes and apparel e-commerce site that has raised $109 million, is taking to the courts to make sure that no one steps on its feet as it expands beyond its home market of the U.S. The company has filed a lawsuit against Fab.com, the other popular fashion commerce site with "Fab" in its name (funding raised: $321 million), over trademark infringement over a "confusingly similar" name, along with related allegations, including unfair competition. Fab.com has already told us it intends to fight the lawsuit "aggressively":Now Analyzing More Than 15 Billion Actions A Month, Mixpanel Launches A Big Marketing Campaign And A Conference About Analytics
Jul 29, 9:00PM
Andreessen Horowitz-backed analytics startup Mixpanel has been growing quickly over the last year, adding new customers and rapidly expanding the amount of data it tracks. Now it's looking to grab more customers and help them better understand their users, with a big marketing push in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, as well as the launch of a conference about data-driven decision making.Lenstag Helps You Track Your Super-Expensive Photography Gear For Theft Recovery And Prevention
Jul 29, 8:39PM
If you're a photographer who has gotten into the hobby, you probably know that it's a very expensive one which starts accumulating gear costs quickly. All those costs can be hard to keep track of, and make it imperative that you get your stuff insured and/or protected against theft somehow, and new site Lenstag wants to help with that.Windows Phone Manages Mere 1.1% One-Year Market Share Growth In Its Home Market
Jul 29, 7:42PM
Microsoft is in the smartphone game until the smartphone game is over, and Windows Phone is its vehicle. That said, the company's success thus far appears to be slightly lumpy and downright sluggish on the home front.Why Labor Unions And Silicon Valley Aren't Friends, In 2 Charts
Jul 29, 7:30PM
None of the Internet giants have unionized employees, which has made Silicon Valley a favorite target for civil libertarians. Earlier this month, after several prominent Bay Area technologists came out against the BART subway union strike, it provided a convenient excuse for haters to brand the tech community as greedy oligarchs. "There's a reason why so many people are hating on the techies," wrote Slate's Andrew Leonard, after quoting one tech executive who wanted to automate BART employees out of existence -- "Get 'em back to work, pay them whatever they want, and then figure out how to automate their jobs so this doesn't happen again."Russian Politician Proposes Law Punishing Individuals For Using Naughty Language Online
Jul 29, 7:27PM
You can't be a little pregnant, and you can't be slightly censorious. Word out of Russia is that the country is working to further denigrate free speech, this time with a proposed law that would make the use of naughty language online a punishable offense. Ludicrous? Certainly. Outside the bounds of possibility? Not in the slightest.Send In Your Questions For Ask A VC With Greylock's Newest Partner Josh Elman
Jul 29, 7:00PM
This week on TechCrunch TV's Ask A VC show, we have Greylock's newly appointed partner Josh Elman. As you may remember, you can submit questions for our guests either in the comments or here and we'll ask them during the show.Finland's Next Gaming Phenom? Grand Cru Raises $11M From Idinvest, Qualcomm, Nokia Growth
Jul 29, 6:30PM
Almost at a steady pace, Helsinki has produced a hit gaming company every couple of years: Rovio's Angry Birds blew up in 2009 and then Supercell took the crown as one of the highest-grossing iOS game developers in the world last year through Clash of Clans and Hay Day. Is the next one Grand Cru?Groupon Loses Mobile Head David Katz, Who Is Heading To Sports Commerce Site Fanatics
Jul 29, 6:27PM
Groupon continues to roll out new products that point to the e-commerce company's ongoing ambitions to move beyond the daily deal and further into becoming a central hub for local and mobile commerce. But come August, it will be doing so without one of its most senior mobile execs. David Katz, VP and GM of consumer mobile, is leaving the company at the end of next month and taking up a position as SVP and GM of mobile for Fanatics, the sports apparel commerce site.iTunes Beta Adds iTunes Radio, Slide-To-Unlock Tweak And Screenshot Detection API Added To iOS 7
Jul 29, 6:21PM
Apple has released a new beta of iOS 7 today, which is the fourth in the series. There are only a couple of months to go at most before we see the final edition roll out, so it's not surprising that this update contains a variety of notable visual changes that smooth out some of iOS 7's rough spots. There's also a new iTunes beta of version 11.1, which brings iTunes Radio to the OS X desktop.At Current Pace, Tablets Will Outsell PCs By Q2 2014
Jul 29, 6:02PM
The PC market is in poor health, and consumers love tablets. When do those two trends cross? No prediction is perfect, but given simple trend analysis, it appears that by the second quarter of 2014, tablets will likely outsell the PC market. That said, current market dynamics could accelerate, pushing us over that mark a bit sooner. Let's get into the figures to untangle just where we stand.Google Relaunches Zagat's Website And Mobile Apps, No Payment Or Registration Required
Jul 29, 5:54PM
Google today gave Zagat, the restaurant review service it acquired in 2011, a set of new mobile apps for iOS and Android, as well as a complete facelift on the web. For the first time, Google says, all of the service's ratings and reviews are now available for free and without the need to register.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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