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Videos On Instagram Now Loop Continuously… Just As They Do On Vine
Feb 04, 6:21AM
Instagram is taking a leaf from another vine — quite literally — after it updated its app to make videos on its service loop, just as they do on Twitter’s own video service, Vine. Read MoreMobileIron Wants To Be Your Cloud Content Security Umbrella
Feb 04, 5:00AM
MobileIron is introducing a new Content Security Services (CSS) today that provides IT with a cloud security umbrella to set document protections across a variety of services, even when employees save documents to a personal account. In today’s BYOD (bring-your-own-device) world, IT knows all too well that people save company content to personal cloud storage accounts, even if there… Read MoreTechlist Is A Data Nerd's Dream For Asia's Tech And Startup Industry
Feb 04, 3:33AM
Reliable startup data is tough to find in Asia — let alone in the U.S. or other parts of the world — and, with the region an increasingly important market, this is a problem Techlist, a service from fellow blog Tech In Asia (hi guys), aims to fix. Today, Tech In Asia announced the service has pivoted to a new model and that it is part of the Y Combinator Winter 2015 program. Read MoreHem, Jason Goldberg's Pivot From Fab, Is Buying Design Business Discipline.eu
Feb 04, 1:04AM
Hem, the home furnishings company that Jason Goldberg created last year as a pivot out of his flashy-but-challenged e-commerce portal Fab.com, is close to sewing up another acquisition. It is buying Disclipline.eu, a startup based in Italy that produces and sells a small line of furniture and other objects designed by independent studios. Sources close to the company say that the… Read MoreDisney Mulling Dedicated Marvel And Star Wars Subscription Video Services
Feb 03, 11:12PM
Disney says that it’s looking at other ways to work with services like Dish’s Sling TV, which offers unbundled content to broadband subscribers independent of a cable or satellite TV subscription. That’s not the best part, though: Disney’s planning around this possibility includes Marvel and/or Star Wars-specific offerings, which could mean that all my dreams really do… Read MoreIs There A Tech Bubble In China?
Feb 03, 11:00PM
I recently returned from my latest business trip to China, where I had the opportunity to meet with local entrepreneurs, VCs, and representatives from China’s Silicon Valley, Zhong Guan Cun. This reinforced my belief that China has become a hub for high-growth startups. The recent international success stories of Jack Ma’s Alibaba and Xiaomi, which just raised $1.1 billion, are just… Read MoreFly Or Die: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro
Feb 03, 9:06PM
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet Pro 2, while long-winded in name, is pretty interesting when it comes to form and function. The kickstand-equipped tablet offers pretty standard capabilities, with a 13.3-inch (2560×1440) IPS display, an Intel Atom processor, 2GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal storage, and an added surprise. The 13-inch tablet also comes with a built-in Pico projector so that you can… Read More
Liftoff Raises $5 Million To Help App Makers Acquire Engaged Users, Not Just Installs
Feb 03, 9:02PM
Mobile application marketers have traditionally chased new users through campaigns designed to prompt app installations. But a company called Liftoff is focused on helping companies acquire a more valuable customer base – those who take action beyond the install. That is, it helps target customers who do things like make purchases, renew subscriptions, reserve a hotel room, or whatever… Read MoreNew Nintendo 3DS XL Review: A Big Upgrade For Now, And For The Future
Feb 03, 8:29PM
The *New* Nintendo 3DS XL doesn’t exactly have a name that rolls off the tongue, but it does reflect that what you’re getting is hardware that’s very similar to its predecessor, albeit with some fresh paint and new features that really do help make a big difference in very specific areas. The result is a handheld console that feels as though it has ‘graduated,’… Read MoreThe Blank Das Keyboard 4C Is For Mavis Beacon Graduates Only
Feb 03, 8:29PM
“She remembered the deck he’d used, the one he’d taken with him, a gray factory-custom Hosaka with unmarked keys. It was a cowboy’s deck; he’d insisted on traveling with it, even though it caused problems during customs checks.” -Mona Lisa Overdrive I’ve wanted a blank keyboard since high school. As a young nerd, I pictured myself rocking a Hosaka… Read MoreWho Needs Sundance When You've Got Crowdfunding?
Feb 03, 7:07PM
Film festivals used to be do-or-die moments for movie makers. They were where you met the producers that could fund your project, and if the buyers liked your flick, they’d pay to have it distributed to the only place it could be seen — the grande ole cinema. But if they didn’t dig the idea or rough cut, your film never got made or was dead on arrival. Fast-forward and… Read MoreWith $1.2M In Funding, MightySignal Brings Some Technology To B2B Sales Teams
Feb 03, 7:00PM
If you’re an enterprise SaaS salesperson, a new company called MightySignal wants to help you find better leads based on information they can find by crawling the web. It was founded by Jason Lew and Shane Wey, who have been friends since sixth grade. Lew previously worked at Apple on the iPhone and iPad engineering teams. Meanwhile, Wey worked at Accenture on enterprise software. Read MoreStudy: Facebook Can Cause Depression
Feb 03, 6:58PM
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found that being envious of your Facebook friends can lead to depression, a finding that should give some of us pause. Based on a survey of 700 students, the study found that users who engage in “surveillance use” – “brows[ing] the website to see how their friends are doing compared with their own lives”… Read MoreRentLingo Acquires Rental Listing Aggregator RoomHunt
Feb 03, 6:48PM
RentLingo, an apartment review and listing site that launched in 2012, today announced that it has acquired RoomHunt, a service that also aggregates listings, but with a focus on helping you find roommates for those listings. The acquisition actually closed last December, but the two companies decided to keep it under wraps until now. Read MoreTinder Tests Limited Right Swipes
Feb 03, 6:34PM
Tinder is looking at a way to swipe left on spam. The company released an update to the app that includes a beta feature for Tinder Plus called “Unlimited Likes”. Obviously, unlimited likes is already a free feature on Tinder, but the feature is only meant to be shown to spammers and bots. Read MoreStartup Europe Summit In Berlin To Feature Key Players (And Us)
Feb 03, 6:25PM
This is a brief note to make you aware that TechCrunch is officially supporting the launch of a new ‘Popup’ conference in Berlin, on February 12-13. Startup Europe Summit will feature some key leaders of Europe’s technology industry and key decision makers from the European Commission. The aim is to get Europe on the right track in terms of how it deals with tech startups… Read More
Binpress Now Lets You Sell Directly To Customers With Its New Storefronts For Digital Goods
Feb 03, 6:20PM
Binpress, a company that started off as a source code marketplace for developers, is now launching a new service which the company describes as a “Shopify for digital products.” That is, Binpress is offering developers their own online storefronts, designed specifically for the sale of digital goods – mainly software sold directly to end users, instead of other developers.… Read MoreThree Ways Asia Could Continue To Inspire The Rest Of The Mobile Gaming World
Feb 03, 6:00PM
Asia has inspired and dominated the global video-game market since the past decade and has given no sign of relinquishing its throne. Japan and China represent two of the top three video-game markets in the world, and the Asia-Pacific region generated $12.2 billion in mobile game revenue in 2014, as compared to $4.9 billion and $3.2 billion for North America and Western Europe, respectively. Read MoreLegal Tech Startup Casetext Raises $7 Million Series A Round Led By Union Square Ventures
Feb 03, 5:45PM
Casetext, a Y Combinator-backed legal tech startup that is both a community site for attorneys to share knowledge and a service that gives users free access to legal texts annotated by attorneys, today announced that it has raised a $7 million Series A round led by Union Square Ventures. Other participants in this round include Formation 8 and former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, as well… Read MoreAmazon's Kindle Convert Can Turn Your Paper Library Into E-Books
Feb 03, 5:36PM
If you’ve been hanging on to those paper books because the idea of having to repurchase them all as Kindle titles is daunting, Amazon has a new option for you: Kindle Convert, a program for Windows that turns print books into digital versions fully compatible with Amazon’s Kindle software, including adjustable font, Whispersync for making sure you’ll be able to go to 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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