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My Weekly TechCrunch Habit Ends
Apr 27, 5:00PM
Over the past three years, every weekend, I sit down with my laptop and write something that eventually becomes a blog post on TechCrunch. Every Sunday, 10am PST. It started back when Mike was writing here, as was MG, and Erick was the editor (thanks for giving me the opportunity). It continued during the Eldon regime. Today, this is my last column, my 207th post on TechCrunch, all coming to an… Read More
RadiumOne Confirms That It Has Fired CEO Gurbaksh Chahal
Apr 27, 4:47PM
RadiumOne just announced that its board of directors terminated CEO and Chairman Gurbaksh Chahal on Saturday night. The company said in an emailed statement that Chief Operating Officer Bill Lonergan will be taking over as CEO. Chahal's firing was first reported in Re/code. Read MoreHow To Hack Hiring
Apr 27, 6:00AM
Everyone knows there is an arms race for tech talent nowadays. Companies in every industry, not just tech, need this talent to survive. So what are the current myths of hiring and how are innovative companies hacking the process to come out on top? Read MoreA Look At Play-i's Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Apr 27, 4:00AM
In just six months, Play-i went from just an idea to a working prototype to $1.44 million in pre-orders through our crowdfunding campaign. Other entrepreneurs often ask us what we did to run an effective campaign. So here is our strategy and what we learned along the way. Read MoreA Different Approach To Tech M&A
Apr 27, 1:00AM
Many top Silicon Valley buyers like Google, Facebook and Twitter have a standard process for how they manage acquisitions. One main part of that is the technical interview. But Villi Iltchev, EVP of corporate development at LifeLock, does things differently than many other corporate development executives in Silicon Valley. Read MoreFive Hard Things That Great VCs Do
Apr 26, 9:00PM
One of the hard things about being a VC today: You must give entrepreneurs more than just capital. In my experience as a founder and sometime investor, here are five hard things I've seen great VCs do for their companies, long after their checks have cleared. Read MoreThe Screen That Doesn't Scream
Apr 26, 7:00PM
In a noisy room, trying to shout louder to make yourself heard just escalates the problem of being overwhelmed with sound. It’s a fitting analogy for mobile devices and content too. More, bigger, shinier, more colourful and capable screens filled with more and more apps, making incessant demands on our attention. It’s a whole cacophony of noise. In that context, less starts to… Read MoreWe Are Dropping RadiumOne As A NY Disrupt Sponsor
Apr 26, 5:47PM
TechCrunch will be dropping RadiumOne as a Disrupt New York hackathon sponsor. As Leena Rao writes, we simply couldn’t sleep at night knowing that we were supporting and promoting a company led by someone who does not share our values on the issue of domestic abuse. In this decision our team is united, both on the editorial and the business side. We will not condone, support, or deal with… Read More
A Letter To The Board Members Of RadiumOne
Apr 26, 5:08PM
Dear RadiumOne Board Members, In covering the day-to-day launches, funding announcements, and feature additions of tech startups and companies, I rarely think about the founder or CEO of a company’s personal life. Sure, when it’s a serial entrepreneur, I take note. Or if the founder happens to be a friend, I’ll ask about their kids and families, and trade banter over the usual… Read More
Gillmor Gang: Call Forwarding
Apr 26, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — record a midweek Wednesday edition after Apple and Facebook earnings calls. The Gang seems comfortable with Apple numbers setting the table for a Wearable Winter, if you can count an iWatch as meaning both something on the wrist and Apple TV as an extension of the AppStore. Is Facebook moving away from status… Read MoreSeed Is A Process
Apr 26, 3:00PM
The seed "round" as a singular event appears to be dying. What used to be a discrete funding round is now more of a rolling, continuous financing process. At Bullpen we say "seed is a process," and it's important for entrepreneurs to know how to tailor this process to minimize dilution and maximize survival chances. Read MoreLet's Talk About Exits, Berlin
Apr 26, 2:32PM
This guest post is written by Ciarán O’Leary and Jade Read, VCs at Earlybird in Berlin. They invest across Europe in companies such as Wunderlist, Onefootball, SocialBakers, Auctionata, Rapidminer and EyeEm. Ciarán usually blogs over at Berlinvc.com. What’s missing in the Berlin tech ecosystem? Well, a few things. But the elephant in the room really is one – no, a few –… Read MoreGoogle Brings Its Hotel And Restaurant Search To Android
Apr 26, 2:00PM
Google is adding a deeper integration of its hotel and restaurant search to Google Search on Android. This is a pretty straightforward integration that allows you to type or speak queries like "show me hotels in San Francisco," and the search results page will indeed return a list of hotels. Read More
What's Your Honeywell Bubble Count?
Apr 26, 1:00PM
I divided my time this month between West Africa and the Bay Area, which triggered a lot of cultural whiplash, which got me thinking about filter bubbles. I fear today's technology can reinforce our instinct to confuse what's familiar with what's normal ... which leads to skewed perceptions, bad decisions, and needless conflict. It's OK to live in a bubble, but it is not OK to not know that you… Read MoreShanghai-Based ChaseFuture Raises A $400K Round To Ease University Admissions For International Students
Apr 26, 2:13AM
ChaseFuture, a Shanghai-based startup that built a platform where admissions experts and college alums can coach international students on how to get in, just raised $400,000 in a fresh seed round. Led by Banyan Partners and Harbor Pacific Capital, the round also included Artesian Capital Management and other educational technology angels including an AngelVest consortium, SingTel Innov8′s… Read MoreMicrosoft Is Challenging The US Government's Use Of Search Warrants To Access Data Stored Abroad
Apr 26, 12:19AM
Microsoft lost its first challenge to the authority of the United States government’s use of search warrants to demand data stored abroad. Microsoft challenged a U.S. search warrant for emails stored in Ireland. The cloud does have a physical footprint, after all. The company was not surprised that it lost the initial test, noting in a blog post that “the Magistrate Judge, who… Read MoreUS Telco Firm [REDACTED] Gently Pushed Back Against Bulk Metadata Collection In January
Apr 26, 12:04AM
In December Federal Judge Richard Leon indicated that in his estimation, the bulk collection of telephony metadata by the NSA was likely unconstitutional. He stayed his ruling, however, citing "significant national security interests" and "the novelty of the constitutional issue" at play. Read MoreThe Sony Xperia Z2 Will Launch In The U.S. This Summer
Apr 25, 11:59PM
Sony has confirmed to TechCrunch that the Xperia Z2 will be released in the U.S. but not for several months. The release is scheduled for "summer." A U.S. launch of the Xperia Compact Z1 is currently not on the books at all, we also learned. Read MoreSources: Blue Apron Cooks Up $50M From Stripes Group At $450M Valuation
Apr 25, 11:25PM
Blue Apron is raising $50 million Series C round led by Stripes Group, TechCrunch has learned. The latest round is based on a $450 million valuation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It is unclear whether or not the deal has officially closed or still in the process of being finalized. Read MoreY Combinator-Backed Streem Has Raised $875K For Its Unlimited Cloud Storage Service
Apr 25, 11:02PM
If you're hoping to store lots of large media files, Streem might be the cloud storage service that you're looking for. The startup, which is part of incubator Y Combinator, launched its Streem Drive product last week, and it's announcing that it has raised $875,000 in seed funding. 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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