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Microsoft To Complete Purchase Of Nokia's Hardware Business This Friday
Apr 21, 5:26PM
Even a long road has an end. Today Microsoft announced that it will complete its purchase of the preponderance of Nokia’s hardware assets on Friday. The deal has undergone minor adjustment since its initial formulation. Initially, the Microsoft-Nokia arrangement was expected to conclude in the first quarter of 2014. International hangups pushed that date into the current quarter. The… Read MoreChineseCubes Are Cubes That Teach You Chinese
Apr 21, 5:22PM
Everyone and their dog has a language training app but does everyone and their dog have an augmented reality solution that aims to teach you Chinese using clever little blocks and a webcam? No, they don't. That's why there are ChineseCubes. ChineseCubes are the brainchild of Rex How, the head of a major Taiwanese publishing company, Locus Publishing, and the US President is Jesse Poe. The $149… Read MoreAvaz Raises $550K In Seed To Help Autistic Children Communicate Using Visual Tools
Apr 21, 5:11PM
Over half a million children with autism in the next decade will become adults, underscoring a growing challenge that needs to be dealt in the future. But with 1 in 68 children now affected with autism, it's already the most prevalent neurological disorder in the world that needs more innovations to help people cope with the disorder. Read MoreBing Starts Using Search Data To Predict TV Talent Show Votes
Apr 21, 4:37PM
Google's attempts to model flu trends based on people's search behavior has come under fire lately, but our search behavior can undoubtedly be used to predict lots of other things. Starting today, Bing will use its search data to add predictions about who will win shows like The Voice, American Idol (that's still on?) and D-list dance show Dancing With The Stars. Read MoreMotorola Solutions Latest To Sign Microsoft Licensing Agreement For Chrome, Android Devices
Apr 21, 4:31PM
Microsoft continues its quest to fleece companies over use of its intellectual property in devices running platforms made by competitors. Motorola Solutions, the enterprise counterpart to the consumer-focused Motorola Mobility, has signed an agreement with Microsoft to use its IP in Chrome and Android devices. Read MoreA Week With Panasonic's BTD10 Bluetooth Headphones
Apr 21, 4:08PM
In the heyday of consumer electronics, the words “premium audio” and “Panasonic” wouldn’t have seemed so incongruous. However, with the rise of boutique audio hardware and the contraction of the CE market as a whole, the world we live in is a world where it’s surprising that Panasonic can actually make good headphones. And, thankfully, they’ve done just… Read MoreFred Wilson Leads $23M Funding In CrowdRise, A 'Charity Water' For Everyone
Apr 21, 4:05PM
How do charities and non-profits raise enough money for their causes? Well, the normal route, that which needs to be "disrupted" if you will, means a lot of thousand dollar per-plate dinners, a lot of individual reaching out and maybe some marathon running. Edward Norton (yes, that Edward Norton) and his co-founders Robert Wolfe, Shauna Robertson and Jeffery Wolfe conceived of the idea for… Read MoreFor This Mother's Day, Crowdfund Medical Care For Moms In Developing World Through Samahope
Apr 21, 4:01PM
For this Mother’s Day, San Francisco-based Samahope is suggesting that you do things a bit differently. They’re putting on an #HonorYourMom campaign to crowdfund medical treatments for mothers in developing countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. You make a contribution in your mother’s name to Samahope. It can be as little or as much as you want, although $50 is enough… Read MoreTech-Savvy Communes Could Be The Answer To SF's Housing Issues
Apr 21, 4:00PM
The communal spirit of the 60's has returned to SF, but with a modern twist. Software engineers, founders and tech workers alike are now flocking to giant, Victorian mansions that promise peace, love and open source API integration to help you live more collaboratively. Read MoreArtificial Intelligence Gets A Boost With Hardware-Centric Nervana's $600K Round From The Partovis, Sam Altman
Apr 21, 4:00PM
Nervana Systems, a San Diego-based startup that is focusing on hardware — not software — to boost the performance of artificial intelligence algorithms, just raised $600,000 from investors including Ali and Hadi Partovi, Y Combinator’s Sam Altman and Geoff Ralston, Scott Banister and Allen & Co. Other investors included Owen Van Natta, Eric Baker, Google veteran Farzad… Read MoreMailbird Brings Speed Reading Technology To Email
Apr 21, 3:58PM
Mailbird, a PC email client bearing resemblance to popular Mac app (and Google acquisition) Sparrow, is introducing an interesting feature in the hopes of helping users save time when reading long emails. The company has now added a "speed reader" option, which, when clicked, lets you read emails in a similar way to reading other text in other speed reading apps, like those powered by… Read MoreTim Cook Highlights Apple's Use Of Clean Energy, Sustainable Materials In New Video
Apr 21, 3:41PM
Apple has been one of the top performers in the most recent Greenpeace rankings of Internet companies thanks the clean energy sources they use to power their data centers. The company is keen to emphasize its green side, especially leading up to April 22 (Earth Day) this year, and now a new video narrated by CEO Tim Cook highlights some of its key environmental initiatives. The video centers… Read MoreBig Data Startup Frrole Raises $245K Angel Round, As Crowdfunding Platforms Seek Growth In India
Apr 21, 3:39PM
Frrole, a big data startup that specializes in Twitter-based analytics, has raised $245K in Angel funding from investors including Sharad Sharma (former head of Yahoo! R&D centre in india), Google’s India MD Rajan Anandan and Eka Software founder Manav Garg. Based in Bangalore, the startup raised this capital on LetsVenture, a crowd funding platform launched last year to help Indian… Read MoreBirchbox Raises $60 Million
Apr 21, 3:06PM
The company that led to dozens of startups describing themselves as a “Birchbox for X,” beauty sample box provider Birchbox, has raised $60 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $485 million. News of the deal was first reported by Fortune. The new funding was led by Viking Global Investors, and saw participation from First Round Capital, Accel Partners, Aspect… Read MoreSilicon Valley Is The Stingiest Place For Equity Grants, But Remote Work Pays Off If You Can Find It
Apr 21, 3:00PM
Sam Altman's article this weekend exploring the topic of equity grants got me thinking about what startups offer new employees. While there are general notions in the industry about what equity to offer to folks at various stages of a startup's lifecycle, there is little data available that shows how equity grants and compensation more generally compare across innovation regions. I was also… Read MoreSAY Media-Owned Blogging Platform Typepad Enters Day 5 Of On-And-Off DDoS Attacks
Apr 21, 2:23PM
You can now add Typepad, the blogging service owned by SAY Media, to the growing list of technology companies that have undergone DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, which crash websites and other online services for what are now days a time. In Typepad's case, the company is entering its fifth day under attack, after a series of on and off again hits began on Thursday night, just ahead… Read MoreThe Makings Of A Snapchat Star
Apr 21, 2:22PM
The internet has democratized our ability to become celebrities. Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube, as were countless others. Instagram has its own set of super photographers, as does Vine, and Twitter is responsible for some of the greatest memes in internet history. But what about Snapchat? Luckily for my fellow snappers, I may have discovered the best thing to happen to Snapchat since… Read MoreZabosu Wants To Turn You Into A Remote-Controlled Human
Apr 21, 12:55PM
You guys remember the movie Avatar? Where our fearless protagonist would hop into a tanning booth-type machine and then suddenly his Avatar was running through Pandora, exploring a whole new world? There's currently a project on Kickstarter that looks to bring a similar experience to planet Earth. It's called Zabosu, and it's a technology that allows one human, sitting at home in front of… Read MoreAdRoll Raises $70M Led By Foundation As Ad Tech And Retargeting Hit The Big Time
Apr 21, 11:33AM
AdRoll, a pioneer of online advertising retargeting (the technology that pushes you ads for products that you have viewed online previously), is today announcing a major round of funding: $70 million, which AdRoll plans to use to capitalise on the current surge of interest in ad tech as a way of getting better return on dollars invested in digital marketing. The round is one of the biggest for… Read MoreFIO Is A Simple, Attractive Time Zone Tracker
Apr 21, 6:48AM
One of the things I love about working with people all around the world is that I feel like an international woman of mystery. Unfortunately, by "mystery" I mean time zones and my propensity for mixing them up. Missing phone appointments or calling people obscenely early in the morning is embarrassing, so I was happy to install FIO, a free Chrome extension that tracks time zones. Read MoreIf 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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