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Waywire CEO Nathan Richardson Departs As Company Shifts Focus From Content Creation To Curation
Aug 17, 4:11AM
The CEO of Waywire -- the startup co-founded by Newark mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker -- is stepping down, TechCrunch has learned. The resignation comes as the company is in the midst of a strategic shift from content creation to content curation, according to a source familiar with the company's strategy.Lessons From Monks About Designing The Technologies Of The Future
Aug 17, 4:00AM
"The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body," William S. Burroughs once said in a Nike commercial, of all places. But things haven't worked out that way, at least not for most of us. Our technologies are designed to maximize shareholder profit, and if that means distracting, confusing or aggregating the end-user, then so be it.Beddit, The Sleep Sensor You Tape To Your Bed, Looks To Build Cloud App With Indiegogo Stretch Goal
Aug 17, 3:05AM
Smart pedometers are just the beginning. Sensors of all kinds are emerging to track the way we move, what we do at home and the way we sleep. Last week, I wrote about a Helsinki-based company called Beddit that ran an Indiegogo campaign for a sleep sensor you attach to your bed. They say it is so sensitive, it can pick up a person’s heart-rate. After making devices like this for medical professionals for a couple years, they are looking at the consumer market with a cheaper product for $149. They quickly reached their goal of $80,000 in about a week and are looking to tack on more. The company’s pledging to build a web app called Beddit Cloud for backing up and sharing sleep data if they can reach $200,000. The original Beddit already syncs to a mobile app through Bluetooth. But if they build Beddit Cloud, then a person can automatically upload their sleep measurements to a private web account. This will include visualizations for looking at long periods of sleep data, spreadsheet exports and an anonymous aggregated comparison of your sleep data with other Beddit Cloud users. They’ll also make the data easily shareable to social networks, putting in some of the social features that are common in more generalized activity trackers like the Jawbone Up. There will also be an open API for third-party apps. They’re planning to have it out by the second quarter of next year if they make this stretch goal.FundersClub Ditches Dumb Money By Going Invite-Only
Aug 17, 12:52AM
"Democratizing venture capital" sounds great until equity crowdfunding fills startup financing rounds with amateur angels who don't add value. So while other funding platforms open the floodgates to any accredited investor, and eventually anyone if the JOBS Act goes into full effect, FundersClub will now only accept investors who've been invited by existing members.Fox Invests In Vice, A Media Company That Makes Money Being Terrible And Brilliant
Aug 17, 12:45AM
21st Century Fox has invested $70 million in youth-focused media company Vice, giving Fox a 5 percent stake in the company and valuing Vice at $1.4 billion, according to a report in the Financial Times. I emailed a company spokesperson to confirm the funding but they have not responded. Still, the news has been widely reported enough that it seems pretty solid.Despite Flaws, Ashton As Jobs Is Worth Seeing
Aug 17, 12:33AM
When Ashton Kutcher was first tapped to play Steve Jobs in the movie Jobs, which opened in theaters today, I was nervous. Mostly for Ashton. In addition to being a friend, I'm also Ashton's fan, and celebrate his entire oeuvre. But most of his roles thus far have been lighthearted (Dude Where's My Car? for one). Portraying Steve Jobs is his most ambitious career move yet and an impossible situation. Here we have a very well-known actor, known for a specific type of work, playing a very well-known, and very serious, public figure.Rep. Himes Points Out That The Intelligence Community And The President Lied To Him
Aug 17, 12:31AM
Irked that the government lied to you about the privacy abuses of the National Security Agency (NSA)? You're not alone. Today, Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut published a statement on the recent revelation that the NSA had breached privacy laws thousands of times in a one-year period. The Washington Post, which broke that story, also reported that the NSA kept news of such encroachments from Congress, and that the rate of abuse was increasing.The Problem With The Lean In-tern
Aug 17, 12:01AM
I am a college student in a field that traditionally offers unpaid internships. If you were to ask me two years ago to work for a big-name publication with no pay, I would have jumped at the chance. But this year, while browsing internship listings for this summer, I had no interest in unpaid positions. I considered them a last resort, only applying to a few in case I had no other choice. But really, no internship was more appealing than an unpaid one. I considered traveling, waiting tables and a couple other alternatives I thought would be more rewarding than working for someone for free.Taxi E-Hail Startup Flywheel Launches In Los Angeles To Take On Uber, Lyft, And SideCar
Aug 16, 10:44PM
Flywheel is growing fast, doubling its number of rides over just the last two-and-a-half months. And with new funding in place, it's looking to enter new markets to provide a way for passengers to hail a cab from their mobile phones. The next big market it's launched in is Los Angeles, where it already has 300 drivers lined up to start accepting rides via the app.Startups Apparently Do Not Care That Android Is Better
Aug 16, 10:09PM
In a must-read post for the tech industry, Twitter experience designer and serial startup founder Paul Stamatiou writes: "Android is Better." His op-ed serves as something of a wake-up call for the industry, where developers building the next generation of mobile applications still heavily prefer the iPhone, not only as their personal smartphone of choice, but also as the launch platform for their latest creations.Ask A VC: Floodgate's Ann Miura-Ko On Rajeev Motwani's Legacy And More
Aug 16, 9:30PM
In this week's episode of Ask A VC Floodgate's co-founding partner Ann Miura-Ko joined us in the studio. Miura-Ko and I chatted about her role at Stanford, where she is a lecturer in the school of engineering, and where she received a PhD focused on mathematical modeling of computer security. Miuro-Ko recalled how impactful and important the late Rajeev Motwani, a Stanford professor of computer science, was to Ph.D. students in her program who wanted to found companies based on their research. As Miura-Ko explains in the video above, Motwani served as a mentor and advisor for Larry Page and Sergey Brin during the formative years of Google.Toutpost Wants To Turn Online Debates Into Shopping Advice
Aug 16, 9:27PM
I'll just throw this out there right now: I am known around TechCrunch for making, let's say, unwise purchasing decisions. Whereas my problem stems mostly from making those choices without much forethought, others suffer from the reverse. Some people will do research until they're blue in the face, and they still can't make a decision. That's where Amir Elaguizy, Alex Morse and Paul DeVay come in. The trio has formed a Y Combinator-backed startup called Toutpost that wants to make it easier to figure out what you should buy. How? By basically harnessing the passion and ire of fanboy throwdowns in order to give people actual, valuable purchasing advice.After Saving The Phone Metadata Program, Rep. Pelosi Finds NSA Privacy Infractions "Disturbing"
Aug 16, 9:09PM
Timed contrition has a certain air of the false. Today Rep. Pelosi of California stated that she found a report on the National Security Agency's history of massive, continuing privacy infractions to be "disturbing." As quoted by Politico, Rep. Pelosi states that "Congress must conduct rigorous oversight to ensure that all incidents of noncompliance are reported to the oversight committees and the FISA court in a timely and comprehensive manner." She also noted that the NSA's lack of reportage to Congress concerning its infractions are troubling.Hey! You! Come Build Crazy Stuff At The Disrupt SF Hackathon -More Tickets Now Available
Aug 16, 8:45PM
It's almost here. In less than a month, our Disrupt conference returns to San Francisco — and with it, one of our legendary Hackathons. We've released two big batches of Disrupt SF Hackathons tickets so far. Both of them sold out so fast that it was almost scary. Here. Have another batch.Meet Grand Circus, A Startup That Aims To Be Detroit's General Assembly
Aug 16, 8:18PM
Detroit's startup row just got a new tenant. Housed in the recently renovated Broderick Tower, Grand Circus just set up shop with the stated goal of elevating the Detroit tech community. The 15,000 sq. foot space will soon house tech training, events, and co-working space for up to 49 entrepreneurs -- something that will go a long way in Detroit's nascent startup scene. "The Detroit tech scene is booming and the supply of talent simply can't keep up – a characteristic of tech markets everywhere," Grand Circus CEO and co-founder Damien Rocchi said. "Unlike other markets, however, Detroit has a vibe and hustle that's unique and there's the opportunity to have a huge impact. We both have a personal connection to the area and are thrilled to be part of creating something that's really making an impact in the city."Gillmor Gang Live 08.16.13 (TCTV)
Aug 16, 8:14PM
Gillmor Gang - Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session has concluded for today. Like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/GillmorGangAnnouncing Disrupt SF's Startup Alley, Hardware Alley, And International Pavilion Companies
Aug 16, 8:14PM
Startup Alley is the loud and boisterous marketplace of Disrupt. Young companies, huddled around cocktail tables demoing their wares, are vying for attention and a spot on the Disrupt stage. All of these startups are amazing and we invite you to visit this amazing group at Disrupt SF early next month.Canvsly Rewards Parents For Saving Photos Of Their Kids' Art
Aug 16, 7:30PM
A new mobile app for iPhone called Canvsly wants to encourage parents to photograph, save and share their children's artwork by snapping pictures of it with their phone. Yes, just like direct competitor Artkive, which has caught the attention of more than a few mommy bloggers already. But this latest entrant has a slightly different take on the whole experience, as it also incentivizes the activity of saving art by offering users real and virtual rewards as they hit certain milestones.This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Sphero 2.0 And Speculation
Aug 16, 7:00PM
Sometimes it's summer, and instead of real news like the introduction of a new and improved Sphero robotic ball, we hear a lot of news prediction. Will Elon Musk's high-speed train idea, Hyperloop, ever actually get built? How sure are we that the iPhone will be revealed at an event on September 10? And is Amazon really building a gaming/media console or is that just a persistent rumor?ShopAdvisor Closes $5M Funding Round As It Grows Roster Of Magazines Using Its Comparison-Shopping Tech
Aug 16, 6:47PM
ShopAdvisor has closed a $5 million investment round led by Pittco Capital Partners, with participation from Seavest Capital, Rationalwave Capital Partners, and the Boston-based investors Rob Soni and Bob Davoli. The company, which originally launched as an app to help consumers remember and shop for products later, has moved in a B2B direction in the last year by adding comparison-shopping opportunities for media sites, tablet apps and print publications.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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