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AngelList Launches Syndicates In The UK, But Regulation Hampers EU Rollout
Feb 13, 6:00AM
AngelList, which has shaken up the world of tech investing by opening up the process of Angel investing, is parking its tanks on Europe’s lawn. Today it launches UK syndicates, which will allow individuals to co-invest with early investors in European unicorns like Hailo, Transferwise and Zoopla. However EU and individual government regulations will hamper its wider rollout. Last year… Read More
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission Monitoring Qualcomm For Antitrust Violations
Feb 13, 5:48AM
Just days after getting slapped with a massive fine in China for violating antitrust regulations, Qualcomm is facing a similar investigation in South Korea. Read MoreEver Tasted Grilled Unicorn? Lessons Forged In Hyper-Growth Fires
Feb 13, 3:00AM
Have you ever heard of a Silicon Valley unicorn? I rode one with Box for a number of years, and I’m so proud that my startup unicorn made it past the gates of the IPO with flying colors. Box’s exciting milestone (and my new start at Infer) have led me to reflect on the mindsets, strategies and playbooks that are most important when setting the stage for unicorn-like rapid growth. Read MoreLine Launches New Chat App To Connect Businesses And Brands With Consumers
Feb 13, 2:50AM
Messaging app company Line has released a new service that will allow brands, SMEs and other business users to tap into its platform communicate with customers and consumers. Read More500 Startups Keeps Its Commitment To Invest In Women In Tech
Feb 13, 2:08AM
“The best thing women in tech can do is to invest in other women,” 500 Startups managing partner Christine Tsai told me by phone earlier today. That’s exactly what the early-stage investment firm has been trying to do over the last five years, and it seems to be succeeding. Its commitment starts with the makeup of the organization itself, but extends into the portfolio… Read MoreLyft Seeks To Raise Another $250 Million At A $2 Billion Valuation
Feb 13, 1:22AM
Car-for-hire startup Lyft is going back to investors for another round of funding. As earlier reported by the New York Times, the company is looking to raise another $250 million at a $2 billion valuation. The funding comes nearly a year since Lyft’s last financing — a $250 million round from Coatue Management, Alibaba, and Daniel Loeb’s Third Point, along with existing… Read MoreWhen You Win Dating Game The Catch, You Don't Chat, You Go Out
Feb 13, 12:32AM
You know what’s more fun than swiping and small talk on Tinder? Actually hooking up. That’s why new dating game The Catch tries to by-pass the chat phase and get you and your prospective bae to meet up. The Catch is like a digital version of the old 60’s TV show The Dating Game. It goes like this: Girls set age and location preferences, browse guys’ profiles on The… Read MoreYC-Backed SigOpt Helps Customers Optimize Everything From Online Ads To Shaving Cream
Feb 12, 11:01PM
SigOpt, a startup incubated by Y Combinator, has a big vision — co-founder and CEO Scott Clark told me that he aims to “optimize anything that has tunable parameters.” Some of that might sound familiar, especially since there’s a well-known tech company with “optimize” in its name, but Clark said that SigOpt goes beyond A/B testing. Put simply, it… Read MoreThis Week On The TechCrunch Bitcoin Podcast: Let's Play Poker
Feb 12, 10:47PM
Hello friends, and welcome back to another episode of the mostly accurate TechCrunch bitcoin podcast, better known as TCBTC. This week we dig back into the gambling question on the back of some recent news, and then decipher the current growth of Coinbase as a market to buy bitcoin. Also, John Biggs gets some numbers backwards, and Jameson Lopp shows up to show us up. Read MoreA Relic, An Iron And The King Dish Their Financial Results To Wall Street
Feb 12, 10:25PM
It’s earnings season, which puts a bright light on newly and recently public technology firms’ performances. Given that 2015 is widely expected to be an active year for IPOs, how are the new kids doing? Let’s take a look at New Relic, the most recently public; MobileIron, the middle child; and King, which, of the three, has been public the longest. Read MoreApple Adds More Security To iMessage And FaceTime With Two-Factor Authentication
Feb 12, 9:58PM
Apple has improved the security of FaceTime and iMessage, its voice/video and multimedia chat communication tools. The services received two-factor authentication today as an option for users to enable, meaning that even if someone uses their Apple ID email and password to enable iMessage or FaceTime on a new device, they’ll still need to use a PIN from an existing trusted device to… Read MoreThe Fitbit Charge HR Brings Back The Basics
Feb 12, 9:57PM
As a longtime lover of all things Fitbit, I’ve missed the good old days. The bright, readable displays and the little tidbits like a slowly growing flower to indicate progress were a real joy back in 2008 when the company launched onstage at Disrupt. Now, seven years later, after multiple styles and sizes, after the launch of the diminutive Flex and the odd Zip, we come to the Charge HR.… Read MoreHands On With The Windows 10 Technical Preview For Phones
Feb 12, 9:44PM
Windows 10 is coming this year, and a Technical Preview came out today. The Preview is limited in terms of devices it can run on, and in terms of features it offers, but it’s a start, and a first look at the next generation of Microsoft’s mobile OS. I loaded it onto a Lumia 830 to see what it brings to the table, and limited though it may be, it already does a lot to improve the… Read MoreiOS Apps Can Now Be Twice As Big
Feb 12, 9:36PM
For the first time since the launch of the App Store, Apple has increased the maximum size allowed for apps and games distributed through its App Store. Read MoreFacebook's App Now Makes Addictive/Annoying Little *POP* Sounds
Feb 12, 9:29PM
*Zing* *Shring* *Bloop* No, these aren’t comic book fight sounds. They’re the new noises Facebook’s app makes as you navigate. The idea seems to be that these little tones will make browsing Facebook more fun and subtly convince you to use the app more. After discovering the sounds in the Facebook for iOS app, I asked Facebook and it confirmed the news to me, saying,… Read MoreZynga Drops 9% After Its $192M Q4 Revenue And Guidance Disappoint
Feb 12, 9:22PM
Zynga reported its fourth quarter financial performance today after the bell, including revenue of $192.5 million and earnings per share of $0.00. Investors had expected the company to earn $0.00 on revenue of $201.11 million. The firm also reported bookings in the quarter of $182.4 million. The company’s flat earnings per share is based on adjusted profit. Using normally accepted… Read MoreGroupon Q4 Beats Street On Sales Of $925.4M, EPS Of $0.06, But Posts Weaker Outlook For Q1
Feb 12, 9:09PM
Groupon, the daily deals platform that has been making an effort to widen its business into local commerce and more mobile services, appears to be turning is ship around. Today, the company posted Q4 earnings with a 20% rise in Q4 revenues to $925.4 million on non-GAAP EPS of $0.06 and GAAP EPS of $0.01 — results that handily beat analyst estimates. Analysts were expecting revenues… Read MoreApple Brings Groups To TestFlight
Feb 12, 8:16PM
Apple has introduced groups to TestFlight, the app beta testing tool it acquired with its purchase of Burstly last year. The TestFlight Groups feature allows developers to split their beta testers into easily-managed groups, to which they can send different communications regarding their app and offer separate instructions regarding what to watch out for and report back on. Actions can also… Read MoreBringg Lets Any Business Offer Uber-Like Experiences To Their Customers
Feb 12, 7:56PM
Uber has set the standard for mobile transportation apps, allowing customers to order, pay for and view their driver’s location right from their mobile device. Now, a new startup called Bringg wants to offer a similar level of visibility for any delivery-based service or those with drivers en route – whether that’s a mom-and-pop dry cleaner making their daily runs,… Read MoreThis Facebook Bug Allowed Anyone To Delete Your Photos
Feb 12, 7:34PM
How many photos do you have on Facebook? How many of those are photos you never thought to back up? This just-disclosed Facebook bug would have allowed for anyone with a bit of technical know-how to delete any photo on Facebook. Fortunately, the guy who discovered the bug (Laxman Muthiyah of India) was quick to give Facebook a heads up — and for his troubles, he got a $12,500 bounty.… 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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