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After Killing Intro For iOS, LinkedIn Gets Deep Integration On Mobile Via Samsung Partnership
Apr 11, 5:01PM
Score a small victory for Android users. Earlier this year, LinkedIn killed a clever app called Intro, which used an engineering hack to inject information from LinkedIn and its Rapportive service into your iOS emails. But the service was deemed too risky for the way it intercepted emails on behalf of users before augmenting them with the additional data, and was later shut down. Today, however,… Read More
Why Stock Prices Are So Important For Startup Founders
Apr 11, 5:00PM
Yesterday was a bit of a bloodbath for shares of internet stocks. The NASDAQ composite index declined by almost 130 points, it's worse drop in two years, and Splunk and FireEye, two of last year's most popular technology IPOs, each declined by more than 10%. The one-day tumble doesn't undo the gains made by the markets over the past 24 months, during which both the NASDAQ and S&P 500… Read More
And That's A Wrap On The TC Meetups In Boston And LA
Apr 11, 4:30PM
When you have as much fun as we did this week in Boston and Los Angeles, it's hard to say goodbye. But we must! For without bidding farewell to these fine cities, we wouldn't be able to venture into new territories. Read More
Weev Is Free
Apr 11, 4:22PM
Andrew “weev” Auernheimer is set to be released from federal prison, following a federal appeals court decision to reverse and vacate his conviction and sentence. “I’m going to prison for arithmetic,” Weev declared last March. Shortly after, he was incarcerated in the federal prison system, charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the same law that… Read More
Apple Developers Must Now Agree To Ad Identifier Rules Or Risk App Store Rejection
Apr 11, 3:56PM
Apple has just updated a section in iTunes Connect, the service mobile developers use to distribute and update their applications on the iTunes App Store, with new language that details how the Advertising Identifier (IDFA) can and cannot be used, and asks for developers' compliance with these rules by checking a box. Though Apple began rejecting some applications in February which were using… Read More
Samsung Galaxy S5 Developer Edition Headed To Verizon Soon
Apr 11, 2:56PM
Samsung has a Developer Edition of the Galaxy S5, just as it did for the Galaxy S4 and SIII before it, and as usual it’ll have its unlocked bootloader and come at the full, unsubsidized price of around $650 or so. Thus far, the dev edition S5 is listed as a Verizon device only, in Charcoal black with “coming soon” as the only release date. The Developer edition makes it possible… Read More
Staples Wants To Be The Kinkos Of 3D Printing
Apr 11, 2:04PM
Staples is getting a jump on 3D printing and just rolled-out a 3D printing service to two of its U.S. locations in New York and Los Angeles, where consumers can walk in and have a 3D doodad printed. If this trial proves successful, the retailer says it will expand the service to more locations. Staples has partnered with 3D Systems for the trial. 3D Systems along with Shapeways has long offered… Read More
FarFaria Brings Hundreds Of Children's Books To Android
Apr 11, 2:00PM
FarFaria, the children's subscription-based e-book service which recently raised $3.25 million in Series A funding, is now bringing its e-reader to Android users, with the launch of a smartphone and tablet-compatible application on Google Play. Users - and by users, I mean parents like me who don't get to the public library that often to check out new books - will now have a selection of over… Read More
Salesforce Will Pay $690M To Expand Its SF HQ Into The New Salesforce Tower
Apr 11, 1:37PM
Salesforce unveiled plans for a new, 61-story Salesforce Tower at 415 Mission Street in San Francisco to expand its worldwide headquarters, and as part of that it's filed an 8-K form with the SEC with the details of how much it will be investing to do so. Read More
Zuta Labs Is Making An Inkjet Printer That Rolls Free
Apr 11, 1:10PM
3D printers may be getting all the hype right now, but an Israeli hardware startup called Zuta Labs wants to inject some particles of excitement back into 2D printing -- by turning the standard 2D printer box into a mobile robot that rolls across paper free-style, dropping ink like a road-surface marker inks white lines. Read More
Mobile Game Developer TinyMob Hopes Tiny Realms Is The Next Clash Of Clans
Apr 11, 1:06PM
A new Victoria-based gaming startup boasting talent from EA, Zynga and Microsoft Studios is unveiling their debut project today at PAX East 2014 in Boston. TinyMob is the studio, and their debut game Tiny Realms is a Unity-based real-time strategy game for iPad and iPhone that also features resource and kingdom management features that give it common traits with the likes of Farmville and others,… Read More
Apple Could Finally Adopt NFC On iPhone For Mobile Payment Plans And Touch ID
Apr 11, 12:22PM
Apple’s 2014 roadmap was laid out in pretty considerable detail by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo earlier this week in an investor note, and while ordinarily analyst predictions aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, Kuo has a solid track record of actually getting things right. Among Kuo’s predictions are larger iPhones, a Retina MacBook Air, improved Apple TV,… Read More
Landbay Brings The P2P Finance Model To Buy-To-Let In The UK
Apr 11, 11:18AM
P2P lenders have sprung up in recent years online. Zopa in the UK pioneered the model, and has raised significant funding. And the P2P finance model has even spread to insurance. Now the model is spreading again, in a rather specific vertical. In the UK, property is no longer mere property. It has morphed into a form of money. This has seen an explosion in the ‘buy to let’ boom where… Read More
Station 12 Is Raising $250M To Fund European Media Tech Startups' Growth Rounds
Apr 11, 9:15AM
Add a new VC to the ranks in Europe: Station 12 is raising £150 million ($250 million), which it plans to invest in Series A and B rounds in the future Netflixes and Maker Studios of the world -- in other words, startups in Europe that straddle the media, entertainment and technology verticals. Average initial investments will be around £10 million. Read More
Tempdrop Is A Wearable Body Temperature Sensor For Fertility Tracking
Apr 11, 8:50AM
Tempdrop is a wearable sensor that makes it easy for people to monitor and record their basal body temperatures. That data can be integrated by developers into any fertility app with few lines of code. The startup, which is currently raising funds for Tempdrop on Indiegogo, has already collaborated with Kindara, OvuView, My Days, Menstrual Calendar, LadyTimer, and other apps. Read More
Updated: Micro $299 3D Printer Passes $2M On Kickstarter In 3 Days
Apr 11, 8:45AM
Update: The consumer-focused, low-cost Micro 3D printer that's currently raising money on Kickstarter to get its prototype to market, has pushed passed the $2 million mark in pledged crowdfunds -- just three days after the campaign kicked off. Read More
PayPal Debuts Its Biometrics And Smartwatch Integrations With Samsung
Apr 11, 7:01AM
After announcing integrations with the Samsung Galaxy S5 at Mobile World Congress In February, PayPal is finally debuting the integration today, allowing users in 25 countries to login to PayPal with their fingerprint. Read More
Show Software Who's The Boss At Hardware Alley At Disrupt 2014 In New York
Apr 11, 3:00AM
Ayy! Angelar! How about you bring some of your hardware to New York and show it off to some amazing people? Still crowdfunding? Not a problem. We take all kinds at Hardware Alley in New York! What is Hardware Alley? It's a celebration of hardware startups (and other cool gear makers) that features everything from robotic drones to 3D printers. We try to bring in an eclectic mix of amazing… Read More
"Code And Canvas" Unites SF Startups And Artists Under One Weird Roof
Apr 11, 2:06AM
Fast-rising rent was about to force a dozen artists out of their studios in San Francisco. But it turns out all that tech money that's gotten so much hate lately can actually do some good. Four entrepreneurs leased the whole warehouse, let the artists stay, and renovated the place. Now there's enough room for at least five startups to move in to what the founders are calling Code And Canvas. Read More
DATA Act, Which Would Make Government-Spending Data Available Online, Passes Senate
Apr 11, 12:33AM
The Senate unanimously passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act, today. The DATA Act is designed to help bring new transparency to spending by the federal government, by making spending data available to the public at USASpending.gov. The bill's goal, to quote the Congressional Research Service's (CRS) summary, is to "provide consistent, reliable, and searchable… Read More
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