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Flipkart Raises Another $160M For Its Amazon-Style Indian E-Commerce Marketplace
Oct 09, 7:33AM
Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce marketplace that's often referred to as the "Amazon of India," has raised another $160 million. This is an extension of the $200 million raise announced in July of this year, with the final $360 million Series E round the largest ever to be raised by an Internet startup in India. It brings the total raised by Flipkart since 2007 to $540 billion.Guardian Uses Bluetooth Low Energy Tech To Keep Your Child Safe
Oct 09, 7:25AM
Despite the best efforts of vigilant parents, small children are like magicians with their ability to slip away unnoticed. BeLuvv, a startup in Taiwan, has created Guardian, a small wearable device that can be combined with a smartphone app to track your kid's movements and prevent them from going into stealth mode. Guardian is currently available for pre-order and scheduled to start shipping at the end of November.BYOD Service Enterproid Raises $12M From Google Ventures And Changes Name To "Divide"
Oct 09, 6:16AM
Enterproid, which has changed its name to Divide, has raised $12 million from Google Ventures in a Series B round for its service that encrypts a device and separates a person's personal and work data. Existing investors Comcast Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures also participated and were joined by new investors Globespan Capital Partners and Harmony Partners. The investment brings the company's total funding to $25 million.What Really Happened At Twitter's Pre S-1 Tea Time?
Oct 09, 5:12AM
"With @Jack, @Ev & @biz at @Twitter today, together, guessing the IPO/S-1 filing will probably happen tomorrow," Om Malik tweeted last Thursday, presciently predicting the arrival of the company's S-1 a couple of hours -- not 24 hours -- later.Dome9 Brings On The Pretty Pictures To Make AWS Security Less Of A Labyrinth
Oct 09, 12:58AM
Amazon Web Services has a user interface that makes it a monster to manage. To view the status of deployments across thousands of instances on AWS is a complex, often manual process.
There is a new generation of companies that are making it visually easier to manage AWS deployments, the latest of which is Dome9.
By Acquiring IndustryBrains, Adiant Aims To Bring Its 'Content-Style' Ads to Financial Publishers
Oct 08, 11:01PM
Ad company Adiant says that it has acquired a number of assets from MarchEx, including the cost-per-click ad network formerly known as IndustryBrains (which MarchEx acquired nearly a decade ago). Adiant CEO Ash Nashed said this should help his company's ad network Adblade expand into financial publishing. MarchEx/IndustryBrains serves publishers including Bloomberg, Bankrate, MorningStar, and Investopedia, so Adblade advertisers will get access to inventory with those publishers, while the publishers will get access to Adblade's network and technology.PHP On Google App Engine Now Generally Available
Oct 08, 9:43PM
PHP is now in preview on Google App Engine, fully available to the general public. The preview status means that it is no longer necessary for developers to whitelist their applications for deployment. Google launched PHP, its fourth run-time language, at Google I/O earlier this year. One of the world's most popular programming languages, PHP is at the heart of such services as Facebook, Wordpress and Drupal.Office 365 Is Coming To The iPad, Scout's Honor
Oct 08, 9:11PM
You've been played before. You're vulnerable and nervous about opening up again. It wouldn't be the first time you've been lied to. Back in 2011 we heard rumors that the iPad would be graced with Office's presence in 2012, and shortly thereafter we saw an actual photo of Office on an iPad. But... nothing. And then some more nothing. Until today.Report: Apple To Hold Event On October 22nd To Talk New iPads, OS X Mavericks And New Mac Pro
Oct 08, 8:54PM
Apple will hold an invitation-only event on October 22nd to show off its new iPads, as well as the new Mac Pro and OS X Mavericks release, according to a report from All Things D’s John Paczkowski. That timing seems just right for the new iPads to make an appearance — last year’s event was held on October 23rd — and Apple has previously slated OS X Mavericks for a ‘fall’ release. It also makes some sense for Apple to talk about the Mac pro, also slated for fall, and to hopefully deliver us a release date. The new iPads will include a full-size iPad and new iPad mini. It’s unclear whether Apple will up the Mini to Retina resolution this time around, but that seems fairly likely. The larger iPad is expected to get trimmed down bezels and a thinner casing and, we would assume, will also get the A7. A report last month from CE’s Micah Singleton pegged the iPad event date and says that Apple’s iPad mini will not get the A7 processor, instead relying on Apple’s A6, currently used in the iPhone 5C. The All Things D report says that the mini will get the A7. There have been some leaks that point to the new iPads getting Apple’s new TouchID fingerprint recognition as well, hence the image above, but that’s unconfirmed as of yet. If the releases of Apple’s iPhone 5S are an indication, the new iPads may come in Space Grey, Gold and traditional silver. October 22nd is also the date that another couple of tech events are slated to take place, including the arrival of Microsoft’s Surface 2 for sale and Nokia’s fall event, where it’s expected to announce six new devices including a tablet.Twitter Updates Its Windows Phone App With In-Stream Translation To 54 Languages
Oct 08, 8:38PM
Twitter updated its Windows Phone application today to include in-stream tweet translation to 54 languages, which is powered by Bing. Tweets can now be displayed on the lock screen of Windows Phone devices. This will come in handy when Nokia's 'Glance' feature is released for the platform, which allows information to be displayed even when a phone is locked. Twitter updates will presumably be viewable with that feature when it reaches general availability.Possible Image Surfaces Of Samsung's Rumored Smartphone With Curved Screen
Oct 08, 8:23PM
Back at the Galaxy Gear event, Samsung executives cryptically said that they had plans to “introduce a curved display smartphone in October”. Today, an image shared by reliable leak account @evleaks displays what could be the fruition of those plans. The device is curved across the vertical axis, producing a device that looks like it would fit in a cupped hand. How practical such a design might be to use, or what function it might serve, remains to be seen. One possibility is that a curved screen might be more difficult to scratch or more resistant to breakage if dropped. But this design does not show off any of the interesting utility of its earlier OLED prototypes, which used the edges of a convex screen to display status information. A patent filed by Samsung in May of this year details a device that looks very much like the image from today. LG has plans to build a curved handset display that will launch at some point in November, if a recent Reuters report is accurate. And Nokia showed off a flexible smartphone-like device at Nokia World in late 2011 (that’s the image you see above). No flexible Nokia devices have ever made it to market, but the flexible display genre is heating up and I’d expect to see quite a few of these types of curved devices make it out to market soon. The utility of such screens is going to be a question that we should all be careful to ask for answers on when they inevitably arrive. Samsung, like many other mobile companies, has a penchant for throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. Without a specific reason for a curved screen to exist, is this just more ‘spitballing in public’, or will we see some real benefit that makes ‘curved’ the next ‘multitouch’? Top Image via CnetFreedom Of Information Requests At The NSA Are Up 1,054% Year-Over-Year
Oct 08, 7:55PM
According to leaked emails, freedom of information requests at the National Security Agency (NSA) have skyrocketed more than 1,000 percent this year, following revelations from Edward Snowden that detailed the agency’s mass surveillance programs. MuckRock, which attained the emails relating to freedom of information requests, reports that the NSA received 3,382 requests this year during a three-month period. That’s 1,054 percent more than the same period in 2012, during which the NSA received a mere 293 requests. The gist is simple: Far, far more people are asking questions of the NSA in the wake of the Snowden leaks, and the increase in requests is not hard to explain. We can now ask better questions, because we know more about the NSA’s activities and what form they take. We can ask about phone metadata programs, the tapping of the core fiber cables that make up the Internet’s spine, and about PRISM and other programs that force data from the servers of public and private companies. A little information here goes a long way, and we have far more than a little information. Don’t forget, though, that the NSA and the larger U.S. surveillance apparatus has lied, obfuscated, and generally hid behind a smokescreen of supposed patriotism and fear throughout its public examination. So keep the requests and leaks coming. There is probably another XKeyscore coming, and we need to know what it is, and how it works. Then we get to decide if it is legal, and if we want to keep funding it. Top Image Credit: ttarasiukLuminate Health Raises $1M To Make Patient Lab Results Comprehensible
Oct 08, 7:08PM
Although blood tests are meant to tell you something about your internal state of affairs, it usually feels like you need a medical degree to decipher the results. A New York-based startup called Luminate Health has raised a $1 million seed round led by KEC Ventures to do just that. A graduate of the health tech accelerator Blueprint Health, Luminate is promoting patient empowerment by facilitating easy access to lab results and then helping people understand them. Although many doctors use portals like Patient Gateway to communicate lab results, they often don't provide much in terms of explanation, either requiring a written letter from the doctor or a follow-up consultation.AmEx And TripAdvisor Team Up To Allow Card Members To Get Credit For Travel Reviews And Access Spend Data
Oct 08, 7:00PM
American Express has been steadily partnering with various consumer technology companies to allow cardmembers to integrate their accounts, and access new ways to spend. For example, the financial services giant debuted a new partnership with Twitter earlier this year to allow cardholders to use hashtags to buy items. Today, AmEx is furthering its presence in the online travel space by teaming up with travel reviews giant and booking site TripAdvisor.Keen On… Clive Thompson: Could Technology Really Be Making Us Smarter?
Oct 08, 7:00PM
As a feature writer for the New York Times Magazine, Wired and many other publications, Clive Thompson is one of technology's smartest journalists. And now Thompson has brought his considerable intelligence to book writing. In Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds For The Better, Thompson takes on Internet critics like Nick Carr and Jaron Lanier and argues that technology is actually making us smarter. He acknowledged the Internet can be a distraction and can degenerate into mob-like behavior on networks like Reddit.Mobile Ad Startup Locket Hires Charity Sabater, Formerly Of Candy Crush Maker King, To Lead Sales
Oct 08, 6:40PM
Locket, a startup that runs ads in Android lockscreens and pays users to engage with those ads, has hired Charity Sabeter as its first vice president of national sales. Co-founder and CEO Yunha Kim told me Sabeter has been brought on to bring more big brands into the program. The startup recently ran a campaign with Hershey's for Scharffen Berger chocolate, and Locket even has a page where users can vote on the brands whose advertisements they want to see.Facebook Continues To Simplify Ad Buying With New 'Objective-Based' Interface
Oct 08, 6:20PM
When Facebook announced in June that it planned to eliminate half its ad units, it also outlined a broader vision for simplification, where the company could guide advertisers through the ad-buying process based on their objectives, eliminating any "guesswork." Today, it sounds like Facebook is making that vision a reality. The company just published a blog post announcing what it calls "objective-based ad buying and reporting." Advertisers will now choose from a number of possible objectives for their ad campaigns — such as driving clicks to their website, getting more Likes for their Facebook Pages, or driving app installs — then Facebook will recommend the ads that will help meet that objective.True&Co Raises Another $4 Million To Help You Find The Perfect Bra
Oct 08, 6:05PM
E-commerce company True&Co launched last year to apply a bit of personalization and technology to aid women in their searches for new bras. The company just raised a little bit more funding to invest more in its algorithm for matching customers with bras that not only fit well but also look good.Fly Or Die: Amazon Kindle Fire HDX
Oct 08, 6:00PM
Amazon has been churning out LCD-based Kindle tablets for the past two years, and there's no question that the company has improved from the original, BlackBerry PlayBook-style Kindle Fire. But with the Fire HDX, is there enough of an improvement to upgrade from the Kindle Fire HD? That's the question John Biggs and I investigate on this latest episode of Fly Or Die.Docstoc Redesigns Its Site To Become The Go-To Place For Small Business Documents
Oct 08, 6:00PM
Over the past several years, Docstoc has positioned itself as the go-to place for small and medium-sized businesses to find the documents they need to grow. Today, it's taking a big step toward making it easier to do that, with the launch of a major redesign to improve the way its customers find and access its content.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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