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Giphy Taps Alphaworks For The Final $100K In Its $2.5M Series A
May 21, 7:00PM
Giphy, the betaworks-backed search engine for gifs, is today opening up a slice of its $2.5 million Series A on the equity crowdfunding site Alphaworks. Alphaworks is a site run by Nick Chirls, in collaboration with betaworks, that lets accredited investors within a startup’s community invest a small amount of funding to get a cut of equity. It follows a similar model to Kickstarter… Read MoreSpotify, Please Chill With The [Censored] Music
May 21, 6:59PM
Spotify is a magic music box. It’s [Censored] an amazing tool. I like to [Censored] people that the $10 I send it each month is the [Censored] money I spend. Having access to such a massive catalog of tunes on every device I own is the [Censored] knees. But Spotify has an [Censored]-interface issue that makes using it occasionally incredibly frustrating to use: Censored music.… Read MoreWhistle, The 'FitBit For Dogs', Adds GPS Features To Make Sure You Never Lose Your Pet
May 21, 6:48PM
The “Internet of Things” has made it easy to keep track of lots of things, from where you parked your car to where you left your phone. And now Whistle, the San Francisco startup that’s become known in recent months for its somewhat silly sounding (but apparently quite handy) “FitBit for dogs” gadget, announced today that it’s adding some key new features to… Read MoreXbox One's June Update Will Finally Fix Two Of The Console's Most Annoying Shortcomings
May 21, 6:35PM
Everybody celebrate! Or, at least, Xbox One owners celebrate! Two of the Xbox One’s most frustrating quirks are being swept away come June. First up: auto sign-in is coming. As it currently stands, even if you only have one Xbox Live profile on the machine, you have to either: sign in manually, or plug in the Kinect and hope it successfully recognizes you (which it often wont.) It’s… Read MoreBlackBerry Reveals Project Ion, Its QNX-Powered Effort To Underpin The Internet Of Things
May 21, 6:07PM
BlackBerry is mostly discussed in terms of its slow decline in the global smartphone market, which it once pioneered. But it acquired QNX in 2010, and that would provide the basis not only for its BlackBerry 10 smartphone operating system, but also for the platform underlying a huge percentage of in-car infotainment systems. BlackBerry envisioned QNX extending to a still-wider range of… Read MoreNSA Reform Amendments Fail As The USA FREEDOM Act Stumbles
May 21, 6:06PM
The USA FREEDOM Act, a bill designed to reform the NSA, picked up a number of dismissals recently from privacy and technology groups unhappy with the strength and potential impact of its provisions. According to the Center for Democracy & Technology’s (CDT) Harley Geiger, the “USA FREEDOM Act was a strong reform measure when it was introduced,” and that even after it… Read MoreSmartThings Updates Mobile App And Developer Tools In Its Bid To Power The 'Internet Of Things'
May 21, 6:00PM
There’s a growing number of “smart” connected devices available around the home these days — including everything from smart light bulbs to smart locks to smart refrigerators and washing machines. And internet-of-things startup SmartThings wants to power the back end that connects all those devices. In its latest bid to accomplish that goal, the company has rolled out… Read MoreTony Hsieh, Vegas Tech Fund Put $10M Into Factorli, A Factory For US Hardware Startups
May 21, 5:54PM
Initiatives from behemoths like Apple and startups like Maker’s Row have been part of a wider effort to bring more manufacturing back to the U.S. after many years of it gradually, largely moving abroad. One of the latest developments on that front is a new venture in Las Vegas called Factorli. Factorli is more than just a business that wants to encourage more domestic production.… Read MoreApple Pulls No. 1 Game "Weed Firm" From The App Store
May 21, 5:44PM
Apple has pulled the No. 1 game in the U.S., called “Weed Firm,” from the App Store. The game, which had been described as something of a “Grand Theft Auto” for the marijuana-minded, allowed players to grow and sell weed, interact with gangsters, and earn lots of dough for their drug-dealing activities. According to a statement posted to the game developer’s… Read MoreLithium Unveils First Plans For Klout: Pop-Up Communities And A Klout Score For Products
May 21, 5:10PM
If you’re wondering what Lithium Technologies is going to do with Klout, the social influence measurement startup that it acquired earlier this year, the company is giving its first real hints today at its LiNC user conference in San Francisco. I spoke to Chief Product Officer Tapan Bhat in advance of today’s announcements. Lithium helps businesses build online communities for… Read MoreFounder Stories: Wanelo's Deena Varshavskaya On The Evolution Of Being A CEO
May 21, 4:46PM
Everyone knows starting a company and building it up into something is very hard. For Deena Varshavskaya, CEO of Wanelo (“wa-ne-lo” for want, need, love), the path is slightly more difficult being a solo and nontechnical founder building a company that has, to date, raised a decent chunk of financing from some of the Valley’s most savvy investors and grown into one of the… Read More
Who's Excited About The TechCrunch Meetups In Austin And Seattle?
May 21, 4:43PM
Since Austin and Seattle have very little in common (other than awesome startups), I don’t have a very clever way of starting out this post. Luckily, I don’t really need one. The TechCrunch Meetups are awesome all on their own. In June, TechCrunch is hitting up Austin (June 10) and Seattle (June 12) to bring our TC Pitch-Offs out West. Select startups will have exactly 60 seconds… Read MoreA Microscope-Inspired Extruder Design Could Add Fine Detail To 3D Prints
May 21, 4:37PM
If you’ve ever used a microscope, you’ll recognize the C.E.M. Crown Extruder. The brainchild of German engineer Cem Schnitzler, this specially designed head can twist to bring hot filament in contact with multiple styles of printing head, allowing you to lay down different diameters of 3D-printed plastic. A system of motors and pulleys controls the head position and can turn to… Read MoreFacebook Adds Shazam-Style Audio Recognition To Help You Automatically Tag Posts With TV Shows And Songs
May 21, 4:06PM
Facebook has a new weapon in the battle against Twitter to host lucrative conversations about media. A Shazam-esque opt-in feature coming to the iOS and Android status composer can activate your phone’s microphone, recognize a TV show you’re watching or song you’re listening to, and tag it in your News Feed post. Friends can then listen to a 30-second preview of songs or see… Read MoreMystery Science Launches A Program Aimed At Inspiring Kids To Love Science, Not Just Learn Its Conclusions
May 21, 4:00PM
A former Facebook Product Manager has teamed up with the former science director from Southern California-based LePort Schools to create a new educational platform designed to inspire kids to learn to love science. Called “Mystery Science,” the program is being offered to teachers and schools, and involves a combination of short videos, classroom discussion topics and hands-on… Read MoreBrit + Co. Doubles Down On E-Commerce, Launches Etsy-Like Marketplace For Makers
May 21, 4:00PM
There’s no shortage of e-commerce companies betting on content as a way to engage with consumers and increase transactions. And we’re also starting to see content companies turn on e-commerce as well. Brit + Co., Brit Morin’s online community and content platform focused on the DIY and maker movement, has dabbled in e-commerce through subscription craft kits and an… Read MoreNetflix Confirms Plans To Expand Into Six European Countries By Year-End
May 21, 3:30PM
Netflix announced yesterday its plans to expand its operations in Europe, launching in six new countries by the end of the year. While it was widely expected to bring its streaming video service to France and Germany soon, it will also be expanding to Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg later in 2014. Netflix first entered Europe with a launch in the U.K. and Ireland in 2012, and… Read MoreAnonymish Sharing App Secret Launches On Android And Opens Up Internationally
May 21, 3:30PM
It’s hard to believe it here in Silicon Valley, but it’s been just four months since the “anonymish” social sharing app Secret could first be downloaded in the U.S. Today it will become available for download by anyone in the world, on iOS as well as a brand new Android app. Secret, of course, is an app that allows users to share their thoughts and feelings with others… Read MoreLinkedIn Takes Another Page From Klout, Intros "How You Rank" In Profile Views
May 21, 3:11PM
LinkedIn’s profile views — where you can get a quick rundown of a person’s current and past professional experience, provided it’s up to date — are some of the most-trafficked pages on the social network, with visitors landing on profile pages both through LinkedIn searches and through external search engines like Google’s (profiles are often the most… Read MoreWith $38M In Funding, Mimosa Networks Comes Out Of Stealth To Make Wireless Broadband Affordable
May 21, 3:00PM
There’s a growing digital divide between consumers who live in highly dense areas where it’s relatively cheap and easy to deploy fiber, versus more rural areas that lack the underlying infrastructure to support higher speeds. And, of course, there are developing parts of the world where wired infrastructure doesn’t exist at all, and where wireless connectivity is still… 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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