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Kim Kardashian: Hollywood And The Viral "Oops"
Aug 06, 10:00PM
Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal writes about the intersection of psychology, technology and business at NirAndFar.com. He is the author of “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products”. Recently, I started looking into the explosively popular new game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. The game has ranked at or near the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store charts for the most downloaded… Read MoreThe GOP Is Using Support For Uber As A Fundraising Pitch
Aug 06, 9:42PM
The GOP is cool, guys, and they want you to know it. Out today from the Republican party is a petition in support of Uber. The petition is predictably partisan, blaming “liberal government bureaucrats” alongside “taxi unions” for “setting up roadblocks” and “issuing strangling regulations” to the detriment of Uber. Cities, according to the GOP… Read MoreVogogo Raises $8.5 Million To Bring Crypto Payments To The US, EU
Aug 06, 9:41PM
Vogogo isn’t a new company. The payments processor has been around for about 13 years and is currently processing $75 million in payments in the last 10 months from their Calgary headquarters. Now they’ve raised $8.5 million to help bring their expertise in payments and cryptocurrency to the U.S. Cormark Securities Inc. led the round which included Salman Partners Inc., Clarus… Read MoreOneDrive Touches Down For Amazon's Fire Devices
Aug 06, 9:41PM
Dozens rejoice. Read More
Path's Dave Morin Will Hit Up Disrupt SF 2014 To Talk About How Social Has Changed
Aug 06, 9:40PM
As August sets in and the tech world goes on vacation, it signals the return of the best part of every year: TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014. This is the big show, folks. This is the main stage. And luckily, we’ll have a true star of the tech world up on our stage in the form of Path founder Dave Morin. Dave Morin built Path as a way to fundamentally change the way we do social media. The… Read MoreThree Ways For Retailers To Survive The Amazon Fire Crusade
Aug 06, 9:00PM
On July 25 Amazon began shipping its Fire phone, which includes Firefly, software that instantly recognizes products you can directly purchase on Amazon. Hot on the heels of this announcement was the news that Amazon released a beta version of its mobile wallet, Amazon Wallet, which will allow users to save gift cards to their device. For traditional retailers, Amazon has long been the… Read MoreIncubated: Capital Factory Leverages Austin's Startup Scene To Lead Companies To Success
Aug 06, 9:00PM
Austin-based Capital Factory is one of the jewels of the city’s startup scene, offering up an accelerator program and space for community events and workshops. The accelerator has a flexible, rolling application process that allows startups to join and use its coworking space for generally as long as they need. Read MoreGoogle Acquires Directr, An App For Shooting Short Films On Your Phone
Aug 06, 9:00PM
Directr, an app that we’ve covered a few times since its launch back in 2012, has just been snatched up by Google. In an age of ultra-brief videos, Directr existed to help users and businesses shoot videos that were a bit longer than your average Vine — think ads, or promo clips, or family holiday videos. Read MoreNew Study Shows The Decline Of Startups And America's Geriatric Economy
Aug 06, 8:50PM
A few months ago, I asked a simple question: “Can Google ever be beat?” The query was less about Google itself, and more a question about the potential of startups to disrupt the largest companies in our economy. Do we have the talent and capital infrastructure needed for nascent companies to grow and compete against mature incumbents? I argued strongly that we do not, but I based… Read MoreFacebook Data Privacy Class Action Now Oversubscribed
Aug 06, 8:20PM
A civil class action lawsuit being brought against Facebook on privacy grounds by Europe vs Facebook campaigner Max Schrems has hit its current maximum of 25,000 participants less than a week after the action was announced. Read MoreSocialTables, A Collaborative Event-Planning Service, Raises $8 Million Series A
Aug 06, 8:11PM
DC-based SocialTables has announced its latest raise, an $8 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Thayer Ventures joining. The company previously raised $1.6 million to help streamline event planning with collaborative tools. Founded by Dan Berger, a programmer and event-planner, we’ve been following this company since 2012 when I was impressed by their clever… Read MoreWhy The Gmail Scan That Led To A Man's Arrest For Child Porn Was Not A Privacy Violation
Aug 06, 7:54PM
No one will argue against the outcome of a case which saw a man arrested on child pornography charges, after Google tipped off authorities about illegal images found in the Houston suspect’s Gmail account. But the nature of how the discovery came about led some to questions about the methodologies used behind the scenes. Was Google actively scanning Gmail for illegal activity? Was… Read MoreMicrosoft Offers Chinese Workers A Free Windows Phone To Quit
Aug 06, 7:25PM
News broke today that Microsoft is offering employees in China a Lumia 630 device to leave the company voluntarily. Microsoft’s mass layoffs are not going over smoothly in China. Reports of protest have cropped up, with workers reacting in anger about the company’s impending job cuts that will eventually total 18,000 across the company. When Microsoft purchased most of… Read MoreUnclouded App Lets You See What's Eating Up Your Cloud Storage
Aug 06, 5:10PM
Back when the PC was king, a number of software programs were available that would let you analyze your hard drive utilization, allowing you to delete and relocate files in order to free up more storage space. But now that we’ve moved to using cloud services, where overuse isn’t just an annoyance, but incurs additional monthly charges, gaining that same sort of visibility is… Read MoreYahoo Snags Netflix Exec To Be Its CIO
Aug 06, 5:02PM
Yahoo announced this morning that it has hired Mike Kail, formerly of Netflix, to take on its chief information officer role, along with the title of senior vice president of infrastructure. Kail’s background in video is fitting, given Yahoo’s recent attempts to bolster its video content efforts. Yahoo also recently hired Alex Stamos to be its chief information security… Read MoreMovo Wave Wants To Make The Activity Tracking Wristband Affordable For All
Aug 06, 5:00PM
The days of the $100+ activity tracker might be over; Movo, a consumer tech company out of NYC, is kicking off pre-orders today for a $29 wearable wrist band that tracks steps, distance traveled and calories burned, collecting and reporting that data via an iOS and Android app. The Movo Wave, as the device is called, is expected to launch this fall following its self-hosted pre-order campaign.… Read MoreGoogle Acquires Emu, An IM Client With Siri-Like Intelligence
Aug 06, 4:51PM
Google has acquired Emu, a new mobile messaging application that just exited beta earlier this year. Emu was at heart an IM client, but it differentiated itself from the crowded market with smart features that incorporated a virtual assistant not unlike Siri to automate tasks based on your conversations – meaning you could do things like schedule appointments to your calendar, set… Read MoreCan iBeacons Be Used To Help The Visually Impaired Navigate Public Transport?
Aug 06, 4:23PM
London-based digital design studio ustwo is working on a project with the Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) to determine whether iBeacons/Bluetooth Low Energy beacon technology can be used to help visually impaired individuals navigate public transport by mapping their location dynamically and providing audio cues to direct them through stations and onto trains via an app. Read MoreWith Lyft Line, Passengers Can Split Fares For Shared Rides
Aug 06, 4:00PM
On-demand ride-sharing startup Lyft is launching a new product in San Francisco today that it hopes will get more people using its service. Called Lyft Line, the product is designed to lower costs for passengers by having multiple people ride together when they share a common route. Read More500 Startups Accelerator Announces Its Tenth Batch Of Companies
Aug 06, 4:00PM
Hot on the heels of its demo day last week, 500 Startups is already announcing its tenth batch of startups. In order to get more companies through its program, 500 Startups has been alternating between hosting batches in San Francisco and Mountain View, California. The accelerator’s tenth batch will be the second based in San Francisco. 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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