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Epic Reddit Prank "Cat Facts" Is Now An App That Lets You Text Troll Your Friends
Aug 04, 9:06PM
What do you get when you combine cats and epic-level trolling? Only one of the most popular Reddit posts of all time: the hilarious “Cat Facts” prank from Reddit user “frackyou” is the 8th most popular post on Reddit, and now, it’s a mobile app you can use to automate cat facts-style pranking on your unsuspecting friends. Cat Facts? What’s Cat Facts, you say? Read MoreFacebook For Windows Phone Now Supports Video Uploads, Integrates With Messenger
Aug 04, 8:48PM
Today Microsoft announced it published a new version of Facebook for Windows Phone that adds video uploads and integration with Facebook Messenger, as well as new languages. Facebook will now link directly into the People Hub on Windows Phone for users running Windows Phone 8.1. That will bring Facebook deeper into the Windows Phone experience. Read MoreRhapsody Acquires SoundTracking And Exfm To Boost Music Sharing And Discovery
Aug 04, 8:43PM
Rhapsody, the stalwart music streaming service with 2 million paying subscribers, today acquired Schematic Labs, makers of “Instagram for songs” app SoundTracking, and Exfm, a social music discovery service that had been shut down since May. Read MoreLeak Lets You Send Anonymous Emails
Aug 04, 8:25PM
It’s clear that anonymity, in one way or another, is going to be a part of our digital future. But the folks over at JustLeak.it have looked to the past for inspiration in this brave weird new world. Leak is a web service that lets you send anonymous emails to people. Just put in a recipients’ email, choose the type of relationship you have with that person (friend, coworker, etc.)… Read MoreInside Bitcovery, The App For Finding Your Next Favorite Book, Movie, Or Album
Aug 04, 8:01PM
With the digitization of books, music and movies, there is no doubt that content discovery has changed. The days of browsing your friends’ bookshelves or leafing through CDs has passed. Yet, the iTunes store and other hosts of digital content have done little to support bringing social discovery into the digital age. This is exactly the experience that Bitcovery founder Raj Lalwani and… Read MoreChegg Strikes Distribution Partnership With Ingram Books, Announces 15% Boost In Earnings From Digital Services
Aug 04, 8:00PM
Student textbook resale site Chegg has struck a strategic partnership with Ingram Content Group today. Said to be the world’s largest distributor of books, Ingram will acquire a significant share of Chegg’s textbook inventory in the next coming months. Read MoreThe Father Of Net Neutrality Is Crowdfunding His Political Campaign
Aug 04, 7:48PM
Tim Wu, an academic known for his work on net neutrality, is campaigning to become the Democratic nominee for the lieutenant governor of New York. He’s an unlikely politician. Cerebral, soft spoken, and willing to speak freely, conversation with Wu is a far cry from the stilted, shrill dialogue that makes up most of our modern political discourse. Read MoreWhy Standalone Apps Are Supposed To Fail
Aug 04, 7:25PM
It’s scary to move a billion people’s furniture. That’s why Product Manager Michael Reckhow tells me Facebook built Paper. This fear has spawned the standalone app boom of 2014. Tech giants are experimenting with new user experiences outside the hallowed halls of their main apps that are too important to meddle with. Read MoreArt Everywhere
Aug 04, 6:59PM
If you start noticing an unusual crop of artwork on your daily commute, that would be the work of Art Everywhere U.S. Read MoreAfter Turning Down A Million In Funding, Over Brings Its Photo-Editing App To Android
Aug 04, 6:27PM
Over, a popular image editing application for iOS users that has grown to over 9 million installs since its launch, is now available on Android – a move that founder Aaron Marshall claims has been a top request for some time. In the new version, Android users will be the first to receive a few features, including full resolution photo saving, the ability to rotate text, and an improved… Read MoreGoogle News Gives Publishers More Control Over How It Indexes Their Sites
Aug 04, 5:45PM
While European publishers have a rather contentious relationship with Google News, U.S. publishers have no such qualms and are more than happy to be indexed by the search giant’s crawlers. And starting today with the launch of the Google News Publisher Center, those publishers will get a bit more control over how Google’s robots see their sites. Read MoreIt's Official: Square Acquires Food Delivery Service Caviar
Aug 04, 5:38PM
Square has acquired curated food delivery service Caviar today, confirming earlier reports that the companies had been in serious talks. We reported last month that the companies were in talks on a deal worth about $100 million. Both Re/Code and The New York Times reported the deal would take place this week, but the reported price now is for $90 million in stock. Read MoreWith $1.3 Million In Funding, Pantry's Smart Fridge Lets Businesses Sell Fresh Food Anytime
Aug 04, 5:26PM
Backed by hardware incubator and seed investor Lemnos Labs, Pantry provides a refrigerator that organizations like universities, hospitals, and gyms can stock with fresh foods to be purchased at any time. Read MoreiDrive Launches OOLOO, A Voice Search App Powered By People, Not Algorithms
Aug 04, 5:08PM
iDrive, a company better known for its data backup and syncing services, is now branching out in a new direction with the launch of a mobile application called OOLOO. (Seriously, we’re running out of names, aren’t we?). The idea for the app can best be explained as something of a “staffed” version of Siri – meaning that instead of algorithms and engines answering… Read MoreEurope's Bauer Media Sets Up Fund To Invest $134M In Startups Over 10 Years
Aug 04, 5:06PM
It’s only a few weeks since Google Ventures announced it’s setting up shop in London, as a hub for investing $100 million all over Europe. Now another big fund has been unboxed by local German media firm, Bauer Media. Read MoreMicrosoft Updates Visual Studio With Deeper Git And Azure Integrations, Performance And Diagnostic Tools
Aug 04, 5:00PM
There used to be a time when Microsoft would release new versions of its Visual Studio development environment every two years or so, with maybe a service pack in the middle. Since the release of Visual Studio 2013, however, the company has switched to a much faster update cadence and today, it is releasing the third update for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2013. While the… Read MoreDocker Sells dotCloud to cloudControl To Focus On Core Container Business
Aug 04, 4:53PM
Docker, Inc., the commercial company behind the open source Docker project, announced today it had sold its dotCloud Platform as a Service business to Berlin-based cloudControl. The deal allows Docker to focus on its core software containerization business. Docker CEO Ben Golub told TechCrunch the company wanted to concentrate on the Docker part of the business. “At a high level, what… Read MoreWindows Phone 8.1 Update 1 Goes Live For Developers
Aug 04, 4:15PM
As promised, Microsoft has released Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 to developers. If you are part of the company’s Windows Phone Developer Preview program, you can snag the update now. The update brings new features and user interface tweaks to Microsoft’s smartphone platform. Chief among the new features is a broader rollout of Cortana, the voice-activated digital tool that Microsoft… Read MoreTUNE (Formerly HasOffers) Acquires MobileDevHQ To Expand Into Unpaid User Acquisition
Aug 04, 4:00PM
Two Seattle-based mobile analytics companies are teaming up today. The ad attribution and analytics company TUNE (previously known as HasOffers), has made its first acquisition with the purchase of MobileDevHQ, a software-as-a-service that helps mobile marketers better understand app store visibility, search ranking, ASO (app store optimization), and competitive intelligence. The company… Read MoreGillmor Gang: Smoke Signals
Aug 04, 4:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — talk Slack, Nuzzel, micro-audiences, notification strategy, Microsoft futures, Office on the iPad, and a Sunday brunch of tech nuggets. Not discussed but no less relevant, IFTT, Instapaper, Digg Deeper, MediaREDEF, voice roaming, and the amazing set of circumstances that prevented the… 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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