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Justin.TV To Kill Off Its Built-In Video Archiving System

Jun 01, 5:30PM

jtv Justin.tv, the webcam streaming service that birthed (and is now arguably dwarfed by) videogame streaming site Twitch, is killing off one of its core features today. As of June 8th, Justin.tv will no longer let hosts record their streams for viewers to catch later — and as of the same day, all previously recorded streams will be deleted. Why? Because, as far as they can tell, pretty much… Read More



Secret Launches In China With A 'Secret' Partner, Adds Language Preferences As It Blows Up In Russia

Jun 01, 4:14PM

secret-feature Anonymous social sharing app Secret opened up to new users around the globe a few weeks ago, becoming available pretty much everywhere except China. The company corrected that this weekend, introducing an app for Chinese users with the help of a large partner that it’s keeping a secret. Read More



Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Arrested Years After Conviction

Jun 01, 4:00PM

7115796523_85ea33eae6_z Peter Sunde, the co-founder of the bit torrent file-sharing website Pirate Bay, has been arrested in Southern Sweden. Reuters reports that Sunde’s arrest followed several years on the run following an earlier conviction for Pirate Bay-related copyright violations — although Sunde has remained visible and active within the tech scene over this period. Another Pirate Bay… Read More



YellowSchedule Raises €600K So That You Never Miss A Therapist Appointment Again

Jun 01, 12:30PM

Screen Shot 2014-05-31 at 14.19.18 Dublin and Limerick-based YellowSchedule, which offers an online service to help therapists and clinics manage appointments and client records, has raised €600,000 from various angel investors, along with the taxpayer-funded Enterprise Ireland. Read More



Smile: Your Selfie Is A Mugshot For The NSA

Jun 01, 10:52AM

snowden-selfie A report in The New York Times, based on documents from 2011 obtained by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, reveal that the US security agency’s reliance on facial recognition technology has grown significantly under the Obama administration — coinciding with a rise in popularity of taking and tagging self-portraits on online social networks. Read More



Fortune And Money Launch New Sites And Split Off From CNN Money

Jun 01, 10:00AM

fortune homepage Two of Time Inc.’s business and finance publications, Fortune and Money, are getting new online homes today. You’re probably familiar with the magazines, and you’ve probably read some of their articles online. But when you did, they weren’t on a standalone Fortune or Money website — instead, they were posted to CNN Money, a joint venture between Time Inc. and CNN. Read More



Is Some Tech Too Addictive?

Jun 01, 4:00AM

help tech Addiction can be a difficult thing to see. From outward appearances, Dr. Zoe Chance looked fine. A professor at the Yale School of Management with a doctorate from Harvard, Chance’s pedigree made what she revealed in front of a crowded TEDx audience all the more shocking. “I’m coming clean today telling this story for the very first time in its raw ugly detail,” she said. Read More



After Expanding To Android, Addappt's CEO Breaks Down Its Growth Plans

May 31, 10:29PM

Mrinal Desai, founder and CEO of Addappt, is betting that people need a better way to keep their cell phone contact information up to date. Addappt, a smartphone app — iOS and Android — syncs contact information between users, allowing for individuals to remotely update their data on the phones of their friends. (For a more detailed dive into how Addappt works, TechCrunch has… Read More



You Have The Right To Manage Your Own Online Persona

May 31, 10:00PM

In_defense_of_Miley_and_other_teen_stars Kids today have pretty much had their entire lives on public display from the time their mother posted their first embryo shot on Facebook. And currently there’s no way in the US to erase yourself, embarrassments and all, online. But with the rise of anonymous apps, there is a way to separate who you want to be publicly from who you are and what you think about privately. This concept… Read More



Two Dots, The Sequel To Betaworks' Dots, Is A Beautiful Monster

May 31, 8:00PM

two-dots My highest score on Dots — the original Dots — is 414. I achieved this respectable, albeit relatively average, score about a year ago, just after Dots was first released. When I open up the app now, I never play for more than a few tries. I can never get anywhere close to 400. I can’t even get close to 300. Which brings me to Two Dots, the latest generation of the… Read More



This Is Your Final Chance To Apply For The TC Pitch-Offs In Austin And Seattle

May 31, 6:11PM

8912911819_be430e3b43_b If you’re an entrepreneur in the Austin or Seattle areas, pay close attention. You have exactly one weekend to complete your application to compete in the TC Pitch-Offs, where a few lucky startups will win a chance to attend Disrupt SF in September. Applications close on Monday, June 2, and your company must be in private beta or stealth. Companies selected to participate will have… Read More



The Five Tough Truths Of Cybersecurity Software

May 31, 6:00PM

shutterstock_157028330 Building a successful security software company is notoriously hard to get right over the long haul. Computer security is a fast-moving target. You still need anti-virus software, for instance, but it won’t necessarily keep you safe. The same is true for firewalls, and malware detection, and spam blockers, and various other security measures. For better or worse, there is never-ending… Read More



Google Receives 12,000 Requests To Be Forgotten From Europeans On Day One

May 31, 5:18PM

google-eu Google has officially confirmed that it received 12,000 requests to be forgotten from EU citizens on the first day that it offered the ability to do so, according to a report from the AFP. The requests were submitted Friday, after Google offered up an online form for users to fill out in order to ask that search results related to their name be removed from Google’s listings. The… Read More



Gillmor Gang: EarPlay

May 31, 5:00PM

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Robert Scoble, and Steve Gillmor — grow more and more convinced that Apple is in for a good time this fall. The blending of streaming with downloading promises to accelerate what may well be the takeover of the industry formerly known as the music business. Mix in the upsell of the phablet iPhone to companion earphones and… Read More



As Software Eats Up Jobs, Startups Need To Consider Ethics Of Marketplaces

May 31, 3:00PM

marketplace Anger can be a deeply chilling emotion when coursing through politics, and we have witnessed our fair share of it over the past few years. In San Francisco, we watched as protesters blocked buses, broke Google Glasses and demanded billions in compensation in front of tech executives homes. Nationally, we have seen the frustration of millions across the country through the Tea Party and Occupy… Read More



The Valley Has Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself

May 31, 1:00PM

fear-itself Silicon Valley, at its best, is a kind of insurgency. Most of the world is ruled by dinosaur bureaucrats; but as software eats the world, Valley misfits and iconoclasts, armed with razor-edge tech and contempt for the status quo, overthrow those antediluvian empires and build better ones, which light the path to a brighter tomorrow for us all… or that’s the story we tell ourselves. Read More



The Lomo'Instant Blows Through Crowdfunding Goal To Bring Artistic Instant Photography To The Masses

May 31, 3:00AM

5c7c4a5f6bc0a4e47a72bec4280c5372_large Lomography makes weird cameras that take weird pictures – on purpose. The New York-based company is famous for their work at rebuilding old fixed-focus camera styles that produced photographs that were a cross between a Soviet-era crime scene snapshot and Henri Cartier-Bresson’s street photography. Now the company is looking to launch the Lomo’Instant, an instant camera that… Read More



New Materials Let You Bake Your Own Robot

May 31, 2:23AM

Screen Shot 2014-05-30 at 9.27.50 AM MIT researcher Daniela Rus wants to help you bake a robot. Not out of cake batter, silly (although that would be delicious.) Instead, Rus’ project involves cutting out and “printing” plastic materials that change shape when baked, essentially allowing for self-forming objects that build themselves. The system takes a 3D CAD file and flattens it, adding creases that react to… Read More



This Algae Battery Could Power A Tesla With 200X The Charge

May 31, 12:11AM

2014-05-01 19.44.29-1 In a small lab, near a lake at the edge of West Berkeley, sits the prototype of what could revolutionize battery power as we know it. The secret to this power? Algae. OK, just hang with me here. Lots of research has already been done on algae’s possible power capabilities. Prototype creator Adam Freeman says this new kind of battery, the one he’s working on, could power even a Tesla. Read More



Virgin Galactic Deal Gets Them A Bit Closer To Sending You To Space

May 31, 12:01AM

Screen Shot 2014-05-30 at 5.01.26 PM It’s been a good week for space travel. Just last night, SpaceX unveiled the Dragon V2 — their very first spacecraft capable for carrying astronauts (as opposed to just cargo) to the stars. They expect to be shuttling astronauts back and forth to the International Space Station by 2017. That’s great for astronauts and all, with their many years of rigorous training…… Read More




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