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Beacon Is Crowdfunding Journalism In Ferguson, Missouri
Aug 14, 11:03PM
Now this is a startup crowdfunding campaign that I can get behind. Beacon, a Y Combinator-backed startup for crowdfunding journalism, has started a campaign for original news coverage of the protests and police response in Ferguson, Missouri. Read MoreTeVido BioDevices 3D-Prints Skin And Fat Grafts For Breast Cancer Survivors
Aug 14, 11:00PM
Laura Bosworth spends most of her time talking about breasts — nipples, specifically. For the past three years as CEO of TeVido BioDevices, which works with human tissue and 3D printing to create skin and fat grafts, Bosworth has been researching how these products can help breast cancer survivors. For women who survive breast cancer, the damage left behind by lumpectomies or… Read MoreThe Tech Behind 50 Cent's New SMS Audio Fitness Tracking Earbuds
Aug 14, 10:54PM
50 Cent’s SMS Audio is holding an event in NYC tonight, but the cat’s out of the bag: the product to be unveiled is a new fitness tracking in-ear headset, which is entirely Intel inside – the technology used was originally developed by Indira Negi, an Intel engineer who created Intel’s smart earbuds reference design, which is what the SMS Audio product will basically… Read MoreYC-Backed Naytev Enhances Social Media Shares To Drive Website Traffic
Aug 14, 10:38PM
Digital publishers are increasingly reliant on content shared with social networks like Facebook and Twitter to drive readers to their sites. Naytev hopes to optimize the way content is shared by A/B testing headlines and images that make their way to those networks. The Y Combinator startup helps digital publishers increase their traffic and engagement by improving the content that readers… Read MoreSmartThings Acquired By Samsung For Around $200 Million
Aug 14, 10:20PM
Remember back in July, when we said that Samsung was looking to acquire Internet-Of-Things company SmartThings for around $200 million? It just happened. That’s another big exit for a company that got its start on Kickstarter. Apt for their name, SmartThings builds… smart things. Light switches. Water sensors. Door locks. All packaged up and prepped to hook into their… Read MoreMicrosoft Debated Rebranding Internet Explorer
Aug 14, 10:16PM
In a Reddit AMA session, the Internet Explorer team revealed that it has discussed rebranding the browser. The comment was made in response to a query referring to the negative market perception that Internet Explorer garnered during its Dark Age interregnum. It’s fair to say that Internet Explorer has improved rapidly in recent years. Its brand, however, has lagged. Microsoft has… Read MoreUnity Will Let You Make Plugin-Free, Browser-Based Games For Free
Aug 14, 9:55PM
Back in March, Unity announced that they’d soon allow developers to deploy Unity-based games to the web without the need for any plugins, thanks to the magic of WebGL. Unity’s WebGL announcement was pretty light on details — but with the company’s annual Unite conference coming up next week, more details are starting to trickle out. Namely, Unity’s WebGL… Read MoreSquare Wants You To Know Everything's Perfectly All Right Now. We're Fine. We're All Fine Here Now, Thank You. How Are You?
Aug 14, 9:53PM
Square just published a blog post outlining and refuting what it says are the “top 10 myths” about the payments company. In some ways, the post is like a general FAQ, saying that, yes, Square does indeed offer customer support, and no, it’s not just for small businesses. Read MoreWatch A Thousand Micro Robots Self-Assemble Into Wild Shapes
Aug 14, 8:15PM
The madmen at Harvard have finally done it: they’ve simulated real life swarms with tiny robots, thereby bringing the coming robot apocalypse that much closer. Or maybe they just created some really cool proof-of-concept robotic self-assembly systems. Either way, what you’re seeing is a set of a thousand “kilobots” that can self-assembled into shapes and patterns. The… Read MoreThe JOBS Act Progress Report: The Number Of Tech IPOs Can Double By 2016
Aug 14, 8:00PM
In early January 2014, there was a widespread concern that the IPO window was going to snap shut. But the chilling IPO winter transformed into an early blossom and the market rebounded. Recently, the soul-searching and spirited talk about the long-term health and sustainability of the IPO market has included much discussion of the benefits brought by the JOBS Act, which two years ago the… Read MoreSenator Calls On FCC To Hold Net Neutrality Round Tables Outside Of Washington
Aug 14, 7:30PM
Senator Patrick Leahy recently called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to host round-table discussions about net neutrality outside of Washington. The agency previously announced that it will hold a number of sessions concerning the open Internet inside of the capital. The FCC should heed the senator’s call and follow through with hosting sessions around the country. It… Read MoreHeads-Up Display Navdy Hits $1M In Pre-Orders During First Week
Aug 14, 7:16PM
Navdy, the voice and gesture-controlled heads-up display that wants to keep your eyes on the road, hit $1 million in pre-orders in its first week of the company’s pre-order campaign. Read MoreBumped From Your Hotel? WalkSource Aims To Find You A Free Room Fast
Aug 14, 7:15PM
You’re probably familiar with getting bumped from a flight. But have you ever been “walked” from a hotel? Like airlines, hotels book more reservations than they can accommodate to ensure they are always operating at maximum capacity. But sometimes they overbook and have to “walk” their customers — transfer them to another hotel. When Brett Leonard was… Read MoreWhy #Ferguson Wasn't Trending For Some Social Media Users Last Night
Aug 14, 7:13PM
As the situation worsened for a fifth night in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, where protestors were met with rubber bullets and tear gas, journalists were arrested, and many were asking how something like this could happen in America, a number of people following the events in real-time on social networks like Facebook and Twitter had a few questions of their own. For starters,… Read MoreAirEnergy Is An Upgradable Wind Turbine You Can Keep In A Backpack
Aug 14, 7:00PM
Have you ever wanted to become a self-sufficient hermit, living off the grid and generating all your own energy? Well you can stop drying out and burning your number-twos because here comes AirEnergy 3D. This Polish crowdfunding project is a compact, portable, and upgradable wind turbine that consists of blades and a base station. Created by the folks at Omni3D, a 3D printer manufacturer… Read MoreChrome's Safe Browsing Tool Now Also Protects You From Downloading Deceptive Software
Aug 14, 6:47PM
Over the years, Google has added all kinds of security features into Chrome through its Safe Browsing service. It can warn you when you are surfing to a site that it deems unsafe, like malware and phishing sites, but also when you are about to download software from known malware sites. Starting today, Google is expanding this program to include downloads of “deceptive software,”… Read MoreUber Gives Middle Finger To Ban In Berlin
Aug 14, 6:38PM
Berlin’s State Department of Civil and Regulatory Affairs has served up a prohibitive order to Uber this morning saying the San Francisco-based ridesharing service hadn’t done enough to protect the safety of its passengers. The department has threatened Uber with a 25,000 euro (£20,000) fine should it ignore the order. Uber drivers are still in operation in the city, despite the ban. Read MoreFree Startup Idea: BurritoCannon
Aug 14, 6:38PM
So it’s lunch time, and you haven’t accomplished nearly enough to warrant yourself a jaunt outside to get some food, let alone having iced so many to-dos that you are going to leave the office for a sit-down meal. And you want a burrito. After full minutes of running estimates in my head, I’ve discovered this situation happens between three and fourteen times per week to… Read MoreWith Prayas Analytics, Retailers Can Use In-Store Footage To Become More Efficient
Aug 14, 6:21PM
Startup Prayas Analytics says it’s giving brick-and-mortar retailers a new way to reduce customer wait times and otherwise make their stores more efficient. The company was founded by Yash Kothari and Pranshu Maheshwari, who are both entering their final year as undergraduates at Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania. And they’ve gotten backing from First Round… Read MoreInfor Adds Missing CRM Piece With Saleslogix Purchase
Aug 14, 6:13PM
Infor, an enterprise business software company, announced plans to buy Saleslogix a CRM vendor from Swiftpage, who also own Act!, the customer and contact manager. Act! was not part of the deal. Saleslogix offers on-premises, mobile and cloud solutions. R Ray Wang, who is founder and principal at Constellation Research says Saleslogix is a decent product, but it’s been shuffled about… 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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