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Amazon Said To Start Selling Babysitting And Other Home Services Later This Year
Jun 10, 7:52PM
Amazon wants to be your one-stop shop for everything – including trades and services, according to a new report by Reuters. The company is looking at debuting sales of things like babysitting, handymen services, painters, haircuts, home repair and more. The move would extend Amazon’s range of competitors to sites like Angie’s List and Craigslist. According to Reuters,… Read MoreAmazon Now Lets You Buy Any Kindle On A Payment Plan Without A Credit Check
Jun 10, 7:32PM
Those interested in buying an Amazon Kindle e-reader or tablet can now pay in a series of five equal monthly payments instead of one lump sum at checkout. According to the promotion page, this payment plan doesn’t require a credit check and doesn’t add anything to the price of the gadget, making it a pretty sweet deal for those on a budget looking to pick up a device. Read MoreOpera Is Buying Mobile Video Ad Network AdColony, Sources Say
Jun 10, 7:30PM
Opera Software is making another acquisition to build out its mobile advertising business: It has either purchased or is close to purchasing mobile video advertising startup AdColony, according to sources with knowledge of the companies. We’ve contacted both companies asking for comment. Opera spokespeople in the U.S. and Europe have told us that the company will not comment on market… Read MoreRoost Takes On Twitter, RSS With A Platform For Web-Based Push Notifications
Jun 10, 7:10PM
A new Y Combinator-backed startup called Roost wants to succeed where RSS readers perhaps failed with the introduction of a new service that lets consumers subscribe to websites using browser-based push notifications. However, unlike a browser plug-in system such as PageMonitor, for example, Roost is based on an upcoming standard for web push, which is built into Safari and is coming soon… Read MoreZuckerberg-Backed Lobby Group Fwd.us Will Spend $250K Airing Two New Pro-Immigration Reform Ads
Jun 10, 7:00PM
Immigration reform, conventional wisdom goes, becomes less likely to pass the closer we come to the midterm election cycle. Despite that, and recent reticence of House Republicans to put the issue on the agenda at all, the Mark Zuckerberg-backed FWD.us lobbying group is spending $250,000 to air new advertisements on cable. Why? According to the group, to “prod” the lower chamber… Read MoreFlickr Hires Creator Of PhotoDrive To Overhaul Its Photo Uploader
Jun 10, 6:49PM
PhotoDrive, a fantastic photo uploading service powered by Flickr, is being shut down – but that’s because its founder, Jeff Bargmann, is now joining Flickr, as it turns out. This one-man startup machine had earlier impressed us with his mobile apps and newer photo uploading service, which worked something like Dropbox (or the recent Dropbox acquisition Loom) to provide you with… Read MoreFormer Vice President Al Gore Declines To Call Edward Snowden A Traitor
Jun 10, 6:31PM
Speaking at the Southland Conference, former Vice President Al Gore declined to call former NSA contractor Edward Snowden a traitor for leaking tens of thousands of secret government documents to journalists. Read MoreWeotta Launches A Search Engine To Help You Find What To Do Tonight
Jun 10, 6:00PM
Startup Weotta has focused for the last few years on helping users find cool activities that they’re interested in. Today it’s unveiling a search engine-style interface that mirrors how you think and ask about those kinds of activities. So if you’re wondering, “Where should I go for date night?” or “Where can I take my kids this weekend?” you can… Read MoreExabeam Raises $10 Million For Network-Tracking Security Software
Jun 10, 5:52PM
Security software developer Exabeam has raised $10 million in a Series A round of financing to protect businesses from the latest kinds of hack attacks. These days, businesses are being targeted by a more savvy kind of attacker, according to Exabeam chief executive Nir Polak. Rather than simply try to penetrate a network using brute force, today’s secret data espionage warriors mimic… Read MoreGoogle Confirms Purchase Of Satellite Startup Skybox Imaging For $500M
Jun 10, 5:38PM
Google is today confirming that it has purchased Skybox Imaging, the satellite startup that we reported it was close to acquiring last month. The price is somewhat lower than we had heard it would be: $500 million rather than close to the $1 billion our sources had told us. Read MoreCan Montebourg Seduce French Startups Again?
Jun 10, 5:28PM
Buying what Arnaud Montebourg just said is a tough sell for French startups. France’s minister of the economy, industrial renewal, and the digital economy delivered an optimistic speech in front of entrepreneurs, startup employees and influential people of the French tech ecosystem. In fact, it’s a total change from his previous positions. But can we believe him? At Criteo’s… Read MoreGoogle Bets Big On Docker With App Engine Integration, Open Source Container Management Tool
Jun 10, 5:15PM
Docker is sure making a splash in the developer community these days, and Google is taking note. After adding some basic Docker support to Compute Engine earlier this year, the company today announced that it is embracing Docker in App Engine, too, with the help of its recently launched managed virtual machines. Read MoreFAA Approves First Commercial Drone Flights Over Land
Jun 10, 5:13PM
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration today announced that it has given approval for the first commercial drone flights over land. Energy corporation BP and unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer AeroVironment will now be able to legally fly a drone for aerial surveys over BP’s Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. Read MorePinterest Snags Longtime Apple Alums To Head Up Engineering And Design
Jun 10, 5:00PM
Social pinboarding site Pinterest today announced that it has picked up two notable new hires, both longtime Apple alums, to head up its Engineering and Design departments. All that funding is not going to waste, it seems. Michael Lopp, who was previously a director of engineering at Palantir, will head Engineering; Bob Baxley, the former Director of Design for the Apple Online Store, will… Read MoreThe Next Legend Of Zelda Game Lands On The Wii U In 2015
Jun 10, 4:56PM
At its E3 press conference this morning, Nintendo gave us the first real look at the first game in the “Legend of Zelda” series to be made from the ground up for the Wii U. Read MoreMario Maker Lets You Build Your Own Levels For The Greatest Platformer – And Tweak Graphics
Jun 10, 4:45PM
Nintendo debuted Mario Maker at its E3 special digital event, which allows you to build your own courses for the famous plumber to navigate. You can build the courses on your Wii U, and paint using tiles and objects you’ll remember if you’ve played the series at all, including bricks, enemies and pipes, and you can render them in either 8-bit or New Super Mario Bros. U-style 3D… Read MoreNintendo Reveals Amiibo, Skylanders-Style NFC Figurines That Evolve As You Play
Jun 10, 4:18PM
Today during its digital event, Nintendo revealed Amiibo, its new product category of Skylander and Disney Infinity-style collectible figurines. These include an NFC chip, and when used with a Wii U controller, they can appear in compatible games and be used as player characters. The Amiibo marks Nintendo’s entry into the “toys to life category,” as Nintendo of America… Read MoreTango Brings Publishers And Brands Into Its Mobile Messaging App With Tango Channels
Jun 10, 4:05PM
Mobile messaging company Tango is announcing a new way for companies like Spotify and 500px to push updates and content to consumers through a service called Tango Channels. At first blush, this might sound like a new ad program, but that’s not exactly it. Turns out that Tango already runs in-stream ads through a partnership with Twitter-owned MoPub. The new channels, on the other… Read MoreRingly Lets You Know Who's Calling By The Buzz Of Your Finger
Jun 10, 4:00PM
Ringly is a truly wearable fashion technology in the form of finger jewelry. This high-tech ring actually buzzes and lights up when you get a phone call or text or even when someone likes your Instagram. Read MoreEventblimp For iPhone Aggregates Nearby Events From Facebook, Eventbrite, Meetup And More
Jun 10, 3:37PM
A handy iPhone application called Eventblimp is launching today on the iTunes App Store to help you better discover all the different types of local events and activities happening around you. To do so, the app is aggregating from a number of popular event finders and social services, including Facebook, Eventbrite, SeatGeek, Bandsintown, Eventful, and Meetup in order to serve as something of… 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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