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BSkyB Invests $350,000 In Early-Stage Immersive Video Startup Jaunt
Dec 24, 9:34AM
British Sky Broadcasting Group (called BSkyB) has made a $350,000 investment in Jaunt, an early-stage startup that captures and displays 360 degree video content. BSkyB said that the new partnership will give it "additional insight into developments within the field.Healint Wants To Make Life Better For Stroke Patients
Dec 24, 5:30AM
Mobile health tech startup Healint wants to make life better--and safer--for patients suffering from neurological conditions like strokes, epilepsy and migraines. Their first product, Android app JustShakeIt, is an emergency alert system triggered by shaking a smartphone. You can help its development by signing up for the app's public beta test.Indian Music Streaming Startup Dhingana Faces An Uncertain Future After T-Series Pulls Its Licensing Agreement
Dec 24, 1:57AM
Indian streaming music startup Dhingana faces an uncertain future after T-Series, its biggest music label partner, said it will not be renewing their licensing agreement. Soundbox reported last week, and T-Series president Neeraj Kalyan confirmed to TechCrunch, that the company will not renew the license set to expire for nearly 8,000 songs from Dhingana's catalogue. "We were not able to see much traction in the service and secondly we couldn't agree on the commercials and both parties thus decided to part ways in an amicable manner," said Kalyan.Yes, It's Real: Tim Draper Gives Details On Ballot Initiative To Make Silicon Valley A State
Dec 23, 11:05PM
Silicon Valley is no stranger to unusual ideas, and today the world got to witness another: noted investor Tim Draper is proposing a ballot proposition to split California into six separate states. There were obviously a lot of questions raised by Draper’s “Six Californias” proposal after we first broke the news last Thursday, so the man with the controversial plan held a press conference this afternoon. “The status quo is just not going to work,” said draper. “The existing breadth of industry and various interests in California is untenable.” Draper’s ballot proposition itself breaks California into six entities: Silicon Valley, West California, Jefferson, South California, Central California and North California. Other than Draper’s desire to decentralize Californian governance, we really didn’t know how it would all go down until today. So, here are your burning questions answered: How Will California Be Redrawn? “We allowed great flexibility” for individual counties to finely tune the rough outline of the six different territories, Draper said during the press event. He expects the citizens to crowdsource many of the ideas around water rights, a new state flag, and other official duties. What About Congress? Each state is supposed to get two senators, this would add 10 more to Congress (five additional states total). So, presumably, federal authorities will have to buy more chairs for the Senate floor, and also completely shift around the tight two-party balance that the Senate has maintained for over 200 years. “They’ll be nervous about change,” says Draper, who thinks government will eventually accept a better governed region. Who’s Paying For This? Draper is bootstrapping his own political brainchild. “I will make sure it gets on the ballot, he said. This can cost millions of dollars and there’s no big partners yet on board. But Draper says he’s seen a lot of grassroots interest. There’s still a lot of process questions that have to be worked out. What happens after it passes? Who’s in charge of creating new governors, redrawing congressional districts, and distributing natural resources? Draper couldn’t answer these in great detail, because they’ll supposedly be answered over the next several months. When Draper first proposed this idea to me at the Nantucket Project conference, I had my doubts. But, yes, this is in fact happening. Six Californias. Draper expects to hold another press conference when he gets a million signatures.Target May Be Liable For Up To $3.6 Billion From Credit Card Data Breach
Dec 23, 11:00PM
This is not exactly the merriest of times for Target. Last week the retailer revealed that credit card data from 40 million customers had been stolen. Now it looks like the giant retailer could be liable for up to $3.6 billion. Yowza! Target could face a $90 fine for each cardholder's data compromised, which translates to the $3.6 billion liability, according to a post on the SuperMoney web site.Apple Reportedly Acquires Note-Taking App Catch, BroadMap Talent
Dec 23, 10:59PM
Two more Apple acquisitions have reportedly been unearthed today by 9to5Mac. The first is of Catch, a note-taking app similar to Evernote that was likely acquired back in July, and the second is BroadMap. The BroadMap acquisition seems more complicated, however, as the company maintains that it still exists and operates separately from Apple, despite much of its staff having moved to Apple according to their LinkedIn profiles.Apple's New Mac Pro In Pictures: Beauty And The Beast
Dec 23, 10:02PM
Apple has a brand new Mac Pro with an all-new, bold design that's assembled at home in the U.S. in a facility in Texas. It's easily among the most bold and unique designs of a Mac in recent memory, bringing to mind equally mould-busting creations like the G4 Cube and the original 'flowerpot' iMac. It's also got a distinctly Darth Vader vibe, and with its unique removable outer casing, that impression comes across even stronger.Jack Dorsey Joins Disney's Board Of Directors
Dec 23, 8:09PM
The Walt Disney Company just announced that Jack Dorsey (co-founder and CEO of Square, as well co-founder and chairman at Twitter, as if you didn't know) has joined its board of directors. "Jack Dorsey is a talented entrepreneur who has helped create groundbreaking new businesses in the social media and commerce spaces," said Disney CEO Robert A. Iger in the release. "The perspective he brings to Disney and its Board is extremely valuable, given our strategic priorities, which include utilizing the latest technologies and platforms to reach more people and to enhance the relationship we have with our customers."Silk Road 2 Still Running After Moderator Arrests
Dec 23, 6:46PM
The Silk Road 2, a hidden website modeled on the original Silk Road contraband marketplace, is regrouping as the users and single remaining moderator prepare for a Christmas lockdown. The group faced a setback on Friday when US and Irish authorities arrested moderators Andrew Michael Jones, Gary Davis, and Peter Philip Nash. A final moderator, Cirrus, remains on the site. The arrests happened in conjunction with the shut-down of the first Silk Road and are probably unrelated to the new version.Analysts Expect 3D Printer Shipments To Grow Ten Times Before 2017
Dec 23, 6:20PM
Hardware analysts at IDC are estimating that 3D printer shipments will grow ten times in the period between now and 2017. Printers, once the provenance of hackers and engineers, will soon be household commodities.AllCast Gives Your Android Device AirPlay Video Powers And Streams To Other Devices, Too
Dec 23, 5:38PM
Android app AllCast has just left beta, and is now available as a full version for all to try out. There's a free version and a paid license, so you can find out if this Swiss army knife of media streamers for Google's mobile OS works for you. It accomplishes the impressive feat of letting you stream from your Android phone or tablet to the Apple TV, or any other AirPlay-enabled devices you may have.The BeatBuddy Pedal Lets You Build Beats With Your Feet
Dec 23, 5:26PM
This is something I never knew I wanted: it's called BeatBuddy and it's basically a crowdfunded guitar stomp box that allows you to cue up and play drumbeats through your amplifier. That means you can run this in line with your guitar effects and add some undistorted, funky fresh breakbeatery, making yourself into a formidable and frightening Voltron-like all-electronic band. And who doesn't want that?Google's Cloud Platform Gets Billing API To Help Developers Monitor And Analyze Cost
Dec 23, 5:04PM
The cloud makes it easier for developers to run complex applications, but all of this convenience often comes at the expense of being able to easily track cost. Today, Google is making it a bit easier to monitor and analyze how much running an application on its Cloud Platform costs. Currently, the only way to get this data is through the Google Cloud Console. That works, but what if you want to build your own tools to monitor, analyze and – maybe most importantly – optimize cost? The new Billing API now allows developers to programmatically access usage and cost estimates so they can include this data in their own internal dashboards and tools. This isn’t real-time data, though. Once a day, the information is stored as a JSON or CSV file in a Google Cloud Storage bucket and from there, it is accessible through the Cloud Storage API or Google’s command line tools. Amazon, it is worth noting, also offers a very similar tool for getting billing data from its Web Services. The AWS Account Billing API uses Amazon’s S3 storage service to save a CSV file with billing data that developers can then access from their own apps. Clearly, there is demand for this information. Cloudability and others are currently building their businesses on top of the fact that most cloud services feature rather complicated billing schemes (just ask anybody who is building apps on top of AWS if they fully understand their bills). It doesn’t look like Google or Amazon are about to release similar services anytime soon, so until then, it’s up to developers to either use a third-party service to analyze their usage data or to build their own tools.D-Wave CEO Vern Brownell On Quantum Computing And Tackling Tech's Big Problems
Dec 23, 5:03PM
It's been a big year for D-Wave, the quantum computing technology company. In May it was announced that NASA and Google had jointly purchased a D-Wave Two computer to anchor a new 'Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab' to do cutting edge research on machine learning.Tribune To Acquire Sony Audio Recognition Unit Gracenote For $170 Million
Dec 23, 5:00PM
Global consumer electronics conglomerate Sony is getting a tiny bit leaner with the sale of Gracenote, a business unit that provides audio recognition and metadata solutions to a number of device manufacturers and media companies. Tribune will spend $170 million to buy out Gracenote in a deal that is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, and will combine it with Tribune Media Services (TMS).Inside ZenPayroll's Sprint To Reimagine The Way You Get Paid
Dec 23, 4:15PM
ZenPayroll saw an opportunity to also improve the experience for employees. After all, pay day hasn't fundamentally changed in a long time. So it used Google Ventures' design sprint process to re-imagine what the pay stub should look like.BlackBerry Reveals Its BlackBerry Live Developer Event Is Dead For 2014
Dec 23, 3:08PM
BlackBerry isn't hosting its own big annual conference this year, the company announced Friday. The event has been called various things, including BlackBerry World, and BlackBerry Live once the World name became what BlackBerry called its mobile app store and things got confusing. This is the first year since 2002 that BlackBerry hasn't held one of these big events, and it's a sign of the change taking place at the company under new CEO John Chen.Samsung's Newest Ad Is Pretty Much The Worst
Dec 23, 2:45PM
Worried that none of their recent commercials would take home that coveted “Worst Ad Of The Year” trophy, Samsung has swooped in with one hell of a last minute entry. It’s like Samsung wanted to give us all a Christmas present. But instead of giving us socks, or candy, or a puppy, Samsung gave everyone a big ol’ box of cringe. Like any masterpiece of cinema, the spot leaves the viewer with questions to consider post-viewing. Watch the commercial above, then join us below for some of our favorite bits: 0:15 – If a stranger asks “Want to see something cool?” on a ski lift, is the answer ever anything but “No”? 0:28 – Did he just kill someone? Pretty sure he just killed someone. 0:32 – Ey pree lady. 0:55 – “Check this out. I know I just met you literally 15 seconds ago, but I took 64 pictures of you.” 1:14 – Oh god why is he watching this video in a club who does that 1:51 – Why is she calling him? She JUST walked away from him. Seriously, she just walked out of frame less than 2 seconds ago. Maybe they’re both crazy. 2:12 – “Where’s this music coming from?” “From my phone, which I placed like 20 feet away for some reason” 2:20 – Jiggle fist pump. Perhaps Samsung is just a master troll. Maybe. I hope.MaxStone Kickstarts A Remote iPhone Shutter For Digital Cameras That's Also A Bluetooth Tracker
Dec 23, 1:19PM
A new Kickstarter project is hoping to combine some popular recent gadget trends with commonly sought after DSLR and pro photography features for a Bluetooth gadget that's unique and more versatile than most in the same category. It's called the MaxStone, and it's a smartphone controlled camera shutter, Bluetooth device locator and remote smartphone shutter trigger all in one.Camera360, One Of China's Most Popular Photo Apps, Now Focusing On International Growth
Dec 23, 8:35AM
Build by Pingguo, a startup based in Chinese tech hub Chengdu, Camera360 is already one of the world's most successful photo editing apps with over 180 million users in more than 200 countries who take about 80 million photos each day. But it has faces strong competition from other photo editing apps like Camera+ and Afterlight, all of which are aimed at users who want more advanced editing features than filters.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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