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Snapchat Plans Music Feature, Acquired QR Scan.me For $50M And Vergence Eyeglass Cam For $15M,
Dec 17, 3:02AM
Leaked emails from the Sony Pictures hack have uncovered several acquisitions made by Snapchat, as well as plans for a music feature and meetings to discuss partnerships with Twitter. According to emails between Snapchat, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, and Snapchat board member Mitch Lasky, Snapchat bought a QR scanning and iBeacon startup called Scan.me for $14 million in cash, $3… Read MorePay TV Disruption Doesn't End With Unbundling
Dec 17, 1:00AM
Editor’s Note: Albert Lai is the CTO of Media at Brightcove. Which would you rather do: pay for all available content or only the content you consume? At first blush, this would seem like a simple cost issue: why not cancel your cable subscription in favor of Netflix, Hulu or Prime Instant Video – or all three? Instead of spending $70 a month for content you don’t watch,… Read MoreGoogle Takes Play Music's Songza-Powered Playlists Abroad, First Stop UK
Dec 17, 12:12AM
With catalogues of unlimited music on streaming services so extensive these days that we never quite know what to listen to first, playlists have become one of the key ways that music fans use services like Soundcloud. So to compete better against the likes of Spotify, Rdio, Deezer and the rest, as well as lure more people to pay for the Play Music streaming service, Google is now stepping… Read MoreSony Hackers Threaten 911 Attack On Movie Theaters
Dec 16, 11:31PM
A threatening message from the Guardians of Peace, the group responsible for hacking into and releasing more than a terabyte of Sony’s internal data so far, is alleging an attack on movie theaters that plan to screen Seth Rogen and James Franco’s movie “The Interview.” “The world will be full of fear,” the message, first reported by BuzzFeed, reads. Read MoreEmployee Data Breach The Worst Part Of Sony Hack
Dec 16, 10:54PM
The Sony hack has taught us so much. It’s taught us to send corporate email as if everyone is reading those emails. It’s taught us that people in Hollywood are just as mean as people in any other industry (and potentially racist). And it’s taught us that Channing Tatum is really enthusiastic about beating “TED” at the box office. Read MoreTwitch COO Kevin Lin On The Importance Of Live Stadium Events For E-Sports
Dec 16, 10:30PM
As TechCrunch went full e-sports at the Intel Extreme Masters in San Jose, we managed to snag a quick interview with Twitch COO Kevin Lin. Read MoreA Wave Crests: Silicon Valley, Postsecondary Education And A Half-Trillion Dollars
Dec 16, 10:00PM
It’s easy to forget that these are early days for the Internet. We still have different ideas on what it is or how it should work. The web is governed by an iterative improvement process that moves faster than any other invention in human history. Ed tech is no exception. Read MoreExpect A Gentler Valleywag In 2015
Dec 16, 9:33PM
“If I had my druthers, I’d write about AI, and supercomputers, and fusion energy. I don’t really care about who’s fucking whom,” new Valleywag editor Dan Lyons tells me, signaling a tone shift for the tech tabloid. “Even when I did the fake Steve stuff, I had a rule that I never wanted to write about Steve’s family or his wife. It was just about… Read MoreNowThis Media Raises Another $6M To Deliver Video News Stories In Less Than A Minute
Dec 16, 8:38PM
NowThis Media, which covers the news with videos that are usually around 15 or 30 seconds long, is announcing that it has raised $6 million in Series C funding. NowThis was founded by Kenneth Lerer (chairman at BuzzFeed and co-founder of the Huffington Post) and Eric Hippeau (former CEO of the Huffington Post), with backing from their firm Lerer Hippeau Ventures. The startup launched in 2012,… Read MoreZenefits Fires Back At Utah
Dec 16, 8:19PM
Zenefits is taking the Utah Insurance Department ruling to stop offering free services to task. Utah Insurance Commissioner Todd Kiser issued a ruling last month that would ban Zenefits from giving away its cloud-based HR software for free, claiming this was a violation of Utah law and unfair to local insurance brokers. Zenefits offers the management of hiring, firing, and all the… Read MoreGmail Now Protects Your Inbox From Malevolent Extensions
Dec 16, 8:17PM
A popular service like Gmail inevitably becomes a target for hackers. Over the years, Google has made quite a few security improvements, such as requiring HTTPS connections to prevent others from getting access to your email. Today the company announced that it has implemented support for Content Security Policy (CSP) to prevent cross-site scripting attacks and malevolent browser plug-ins… Read MoreEbay Expands Local Pilot Program Offering Same-Day Delivery, In-store Pickup In Brooklyn
Dec 16, 8:05PM
Ebay’s testing of “last-mile” delivery hasn’t been totally shelved, it seems. The company, distancing itself from its earlier eBay Now initiative, announced today that it’s expanding its eBay Local pilot program in Brooklyn with the addition of 80 small businesses that will offer scheduled and same-day delivery, as well as in-store pickup to area customers. Read MoreFacebook Starts Auto-Enhancing Photos Because Algorithms Are Better At Filters Than You
Dec 16, 8:02PM
We’re not ace photographers, but we all take photos. Most could use a little help with light and shadow. So rather than making you manually filter them, Facebook tells me it will now auto-enhance newly uploaded photos starting today on iOS and soon on Android. You’ll be able to adjust a slider to control just how enhanced you want the light, shadow, and clarity, or revert back to… Read MoreAmerican Re-Urbanization Drives More On-Demand Innovation
Dec 16, 8:00PM
The generational shift occurring as millennials come of age and baby boomers just keep aging has massive implications for both technology and society. As mobile devices become magic wands for marketplaces, matching supply and demand and making goods and services more accessible than ever before, we’re experiencing an “uberfication” of the economy. Read MoreAfter A Difficult 2014, Bitcoin Hopes For A Brighter New Year
Dec 16, 7:57PM
Bitcoin spiked to north of $1,000 in late 2013, before starting a long decline in the current year. After some optimistic fluctuation, it has landed in a mid-$300 trading range that the virtual currency can’t seem to shake. Gone, for now it seems, are the go-go days of bitcoin heading straight north. Read MoreApple Stops Online Store Sales In Russia Amid Ruble Value Drop
Dec 16, 7:33PM
Apple has stopped selling its hardware online in Russia, owing to the currently volatile state of the Ruble, the country’s official currency. In a statement provided to Bloomberg, the company said that it’s taking things offline while it goes through the process of evaluating its pricing, and apologized to customers put out by the site being taken down. Apple’s decision to… Read MoreAiming To Be A 'B2B Google' For Business Intel, Mattermark Raises $6.5M Led By Foundry Group
Dec 16, 7:10PM
Mattermark, the business intelligence site that pivoted out of YC-backed curation site Referly, is today announcing that it has raised a round of $6.5 million, funding that the startup will use the funding to build out its ambition to be a “B2B Google.” Read MoreInstagram Adds Five New Filters
Dec 16, 6:46PM
Today Instagram has added five new filters for still images, which is the first time they’ve done such a thing in two years. The most recent filters before this, which seems odd considering they’ve been there longer than most of Instagrams users have actually been on the app, were Willow and Mayfair. Just like you’d expect, each of the new filters has a slightly odd-sounding… Read MoreOnline Consignment Shop For Kids' Items Swap.com Raises $4 Million Series A
Dec 16, 6:46PM
A newer competitor in the online consignment space, Swap.com, has raised $4 million in Series A funding for its e-commerce shop where parents can buy secondhand kids’ clothing, gear, books, toys, games and more. Though similar in some respects to competitors like thredUP.com, which also began by focusing on the kids’ clothing resale market, Swap.com differentiates itself by not… Read MoreJury Sides With Apple In iTunes DRM Antitrust Lawsuit
Dec 16, 6:20PM
A jury has found in favor of Apple in a lawsuit brought against it for DRM practices employed in iTunes, which claimed it was in violation of U.S. antitrust regulations owing to decisions it made regarding software updates. The case essentially alleged that iTunes updates, including 4.7, 7.0 and 7.4 were created strictly to introduce FairPlay updates to block competing services from offering… 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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