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Dropbox Buys Mobile Productivity Startup CloudOn, Gets Office In Israel In The Process

Jan 21, 7:16AM

dropbox image Dropbox is beefing up its team once again after it acquired mobile productivity startup CloudOn. The Israel-based startup confirmed the news — first reported by The Wall Street Journal — in a note on its website. Read More



Singapore Launches Program In San Francisco To Attract More U.S. Startups

Jan 21, 5:39AM

singapore Singapore is already one of the most developed startup hubs in Asia. Now its government wants to bring more U.S. startups to the city-nation. Earlier today, the Infocomm Development Authority Of Singapore, a government organization focused on growing the country’s tech industry, opened a new office for Infocomm Investments in co-working space Block 71 San Francisco, which was originally… Read More



Twitter's Acquisition Of ZipDial Proves There's Tech Innovation In Emerging Markets

Jan 21, 5:07AM

world map Twitter’s acquisition of India-based mobile marketing startup ZipDial is not only a smart move to boost monetization of its international user base, but it highlights that there are innovative tech companies hiding in plain sight in emerging markets. Read More



Clinical Study Software Platform goBalto Raises $12M In New Funding

Jan 21, 4:56AM

drug study shutterstock goBalto, a software company that wants to make running clinical drug trials easier and faster, announced today that it has picked up an additional $12 million in funding from Mitsui Global Investment and Dolby Family Ventures. Read More



Slackbot Bot Turns A Roomba And A Tornado Siren Into A Wonky Little Robot That DJs And Gives High Fives

Jan 21, 12:37AM

slackbot bot Roombas are great. I mean, sure, sometimes it’ll choke on a sock. It cleans your floors while you watch Gilmore Girls and eat Cheetos — that’s pretty much magic. But don’t you ever wish it could do more? Things like giving high fives, invading your private bathroom time, or shouting to everyone in the office that it’s taco tuesday — you know, the… Read More



TC Cribs: Sliding Into Ticketmaster's Hip London Outpost

Jan 20, 11:07PM

TicketmasterCribs_3 In this special episode of Cribs we headed across the pond to London, England to check out ticketing and events behemoth Ticketmaster’s U.K. outpost. To do this Cribs in true English fashion, we sent our UK-born and bred editor at large Mike Butcher to conduct the tour. Watch the video embedded above to see what it’s like at Ticketmaster’s crib in the startup-friendly… Read More



Plex Arrives On PS4 And PS3 In The U.S And Canada Today

Jan 20, 10:48PM

Plex PlayStation Plex is coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 today. The personal media hub software originally came to Sony’s consoles back in mid-December of 2014, with a U.S. launch promised for a later date. While the release date is different, the software is the same – offering a horizontal browsing experience designed to surface content from your library that you should find… Read More



TC Droidcast Episode 34: HTC One M9 – More Of The Same?

Jan 20, 10:20PM

droidcast-banner-34 This week we look at the rumoured new HTC One M9 (or whatever it’ll be called, HTC’s newest flagship) which we’ll get our first look at on March 1. These first spy shots seem to indicate it’ll be similar to last year’s M8, but is that good enough to make it one of the best Android phones of 2015? In other news, we take another look at the Amazon Fire Phone, six… Read More



Netflix Predicts That It Will Wrap Up Its Global Expansion In Two Years

Jan 20, 9:37PM

globe If you live in a country that doesn’t have Netflix yet, you may not have long to wait. In the shareholder letter accompanying its most recent earnings report, the company writes, “We now believe we can complete our global expansion over the next two years.” Read More



SpaceX Raises $1 Billion In New Funding From Google And Fidelity

Jan 20, 9:32PM

spacex-dragon SpaceX, the space exploration startup helmed by ex-PayPal founder Elon Musk, has confirmed that it has raised $1 billion in new funding, in a round including Google and Fidelity, who join existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn. Google and Fidelity get an ownership stake just shy of 10 percent in exchange for their investment. A report… Read More



"The Interview" Hits Netflix On Saturday

Jan 20, 9:31PM

The Interview Haven’t seen The Interview yet? It’s coming to Netflix on Saturday and will stream to subscribers for no additional cost. Netflix announced today that the scandalous Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy will be available to its U.S. and Canadian subscribers starting on Saturday. Read More



Netflix Beats The Street In Q4 By Adding 4.3M New Streaming Subscribers Worldwide

Jan 20, 9:14PM

netflix-earnings Netflix released fourth-quarter and full-year earnings numbers today, beating analyst expectations due to better-than-expected subscriber growth in the U.S. and abroad. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.35 per share on revenues of $1.48 billion during the final three months of the year. That compares to Wall Street’s earnings forecast of 45 cents a share on revenue of… Read More



Tune In To TechCrunch Radio On Sirius XM Indie 102 Tonight!

Jan 20, 9:00PM

techcrunch-radio1 We’re hitting your radios once again with TechCrunch Radio Live tonight at 6pm ET/3pm PT on Sirius XM Indie 102. John Biggs and I will be discussing the latest in tech news, and then we’ll be joined by a surprise guest for an interview. Read More



Startup L. Jackson Speaks Out About Diversity, Cool Products, And All The People He's Not

Jan 20, 8:51PM

b5o8lp_iiaaiury Anonymous Twitter persona Startup L. Jackson has captured a large following in the tech community due to his biting commentary on Silicon Valley culture and regular startup advice. We’ve made our guesses about who he is, but we’re still not sure. Read More



Facebook Banishes Hoaxes From The News Feed

Jan 20, 8:28PM

A massive walrus looking at the camera. “I declare all my Facebook photos are copyrighted” “Free Southwest Flights”, “Bigfoot spotted”. This is the kind of crap gullible people share on Facebook, until enough friends point out these are fake they delete them. Now the company’s getting proactive by reducing the News Feed visibility of hoaxes. Satirical content like The Onion will still fly,… Read More



LendingRobot Scores $3M To Automate Investing On P2P Lending Platforms Lending Club And Prosper

Jan 20, 8:00PM

LendingRobotTeam The successful IPO of Lending Club is testament to the growth of P2P online lending, a market that is said to be doubling every year as borrowers seek an alternative to the banks and other traditional lenders, and in turn investors look for a better return on their money. Read More



For Mobile Growth Pay Attention To Markets Beyond The US And China

Jan 20, 8:00PM

Old key chain in the shape of a small Earth globe In 2014, China-based Alibaba had a record-breaking IPO on the U.S. stock market, China surpassed the U.S. in terms of purchasing power, and the country earned itself a new position in the world economy. But China’s not the only emerging region we need to pay attention to. Other countries are quickly following China’s lead and solidifying their positions in the technology marketplace. Read More



DARPA's Incredible Humanoid Robot Can Now Walk On Its Own Two Feet, No Support Required

Jan 20, 7:50PM

Atlas Remember ATLAS? That massive walking robot that DARPA is building with (the now Google-owned) Boston Dynamics? Last time we saw it, it had two major flaws that made it ever-so-slightly less intimidating: it was loud as hell, and it needed a big, thick support cable to keep it powered and upright. Both of those issues have been fixed. Read More



Updated Chrome For iOS App Gets Material Design, Support For Handoff

Jan 20, 7:00PM

Screen Shot 2015-01-20 at 1.56.21 PM Google’s mobile web browser, Chrome for iOS, is the latest Google application to receive the new “Material Design” look with a new release of the app for iPhone and iPad users out today. Google’s new design motif, introduced with the latest version of Android, is meant to give Google’s mobile platform and services a universal look-and-feel, regardless of which… Read More



Amazon Invests In 150MW Indiana Wind Farm To Power Its Data Centers

Jan 20, 6:54PM

wind farm Amazon today announced that it is working with the Pattern Energy Group to construct and operate a 150 megawatt wind farm in Benton County, Indiana. The new wind farm will go online in about a year and the expectation is that it will supply at least 500,000 megawatt hours of wind power annually. That’s enough to power about 46,000 U.S. homes, but the “Amazon Web Services Wind… Read More




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