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Twitter Starts Breaking Meerkat Features By Limiting Social Graph Access
Mar 14, 2:57AM
Talk about timing: Twitter confirms they’ve bought Meerkat-competitor Periscope, and but a few hours later Twitter makes a move that kills off a few Meerkat features. Meerkat is a fast-rising, Twitter-centric live video broadcasting platform that seems to be gaining quite the fanbase since launching just a few weeks back. Viewers of your livestream can tweet at you and have those… Read MoreEv Williams' VC Firm Obvious Ventures Has Raised $77.7 Million For Its First Fund, Filing Shows
Mar 14, 12:29AM
Obvious Ventures, the venture capital firm started by Twitter and Medium co-founder Ev Williams, has raised a total of $77.7 million for its inaugural fund, Obvious Ventures I, according to a regulatory document filed today. Obvious Ventures, which counts longtime tech entrepreneur James Joaquin and executive-turned-investor Vishal Vasishth as co-founders, was unveiled in December 2014 with… Read MorePinterest's Head of Partnerships To Speak At Disrupt NY
Mar 14, 12:10AM
Bookmarking site Pinterest has established itself as one of the top social networking sites on the web with some 70 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore. But the company, whose last funding round valued the business at $5 billion, is still in the early days of experimenting with its revenue model, and building out relationships with advertisers and partners. Playing a key… Read MoreSeinfeld Will Be Streamable Online Soon, Hopefully
Mar 13, 11:22PM
I’ve never watched more than one or two random Seinfeld episodes. I know, I know. I’ve always meant to watch the whole series, really — but it’s not (legally) streamable anywhere, outside of a few random episodes. So I don’t bother. This may change soon. Word has it that Sony is finally getting around to licensing the streaming rights. Read MoreThis Guy Turned A Quadcopter Into A Star Wars Speeder Bike And It's Amazing
Mar 13, 9:54PM
Okay, this is the last quadcopter-to-“Star Wars Universe”-thing we (or at least I) will post*, I promise. BUT SERIOUSLY, LOOK AT THIS THING. It is perfection. About 30 seconds into the video, I actually stood up and whooped. Read MoreBalanced To Close Its Payment Platform, Strikes Transition Deal With Rival Stripe
Mar 13, 9:00PM
The march of consolidation in the world of e-commerce has claimed its latest victim. Balanced, a payments platform for peer-to-peer marketplace businesses, is closing its doors after failing to grow fast enough, or as co-founder Matin Tamizi describes it, “reach the escape velocity necessary to be a large, innovative, independent player in the payments space.” The company,… Read MoreReadMe Creates Crisp Documentation For Developers Using Your APIs
Mar 13, 8:55PM
Y Combinator-backed ReadMe wants to make it easy for any company to provide quality documentation for developers who might be interested in using their APIs. With the prevalence of APIs, it’s easier than ever to integrate features from your favorite apps and services into your own work. If you’re one of those companies looking to get your APIs in the hands of third-party… Read MoreFacebook Buys And Shuts Down Shopping Site TheFind To Boost Commerce In Ads
Mar 13, 8:49PM
Facebook today announced it has acquired personalized shopping search engine TheFind to help improve its commerce ads. TheFind had raised $26 million from Lightspeed and Redpoint since getting off the ground around 2005, but will now be shut down. Some, but not all, members of the team are joining Facebook. Read MoreTC AppleCast 9: New MacBook And Apple Watch First Impressions
Mar 13, 8:47PM
This week you get TWO AppleCast episodes, because that’s just how much Apple news we had thanks to Apple’s special event on Monday. We’ve had a few days now to reflect on the big event, as well as our hands-on experience with both the new MacBook and Apple Watch. In some ways, the intervening time has raised more questions than answers, but Apple’s latest products are… Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 03.13.15
Mar 13, 8:35PM
Gillmor Gang – John Taschek, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, Peter Schwartz, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session Has concluded for today. Gillmor Gang on Facebook Today’s live Friendfeed chat during live show broadcast Our sister show G3 on Ustream Our sister show, G3, on Facebook Read MoreDiary Of A Cord Cutter In 2015 (Part 4: Favorite Apps And Resources)
Mar 13, 7:46PM
It’s now been over three months since I’ve adopted the cord-cutting lifestyle, thanks to finally following through on a long overdue New Year’s Resolution. Today, my “TV” diet largely consists of streaming video from the top three services, Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and Hulu Plus. I also find myself watching TV from more devices, including iPhones… Read MoreCrunchWeek: Box's Earnings, Apple's Watch, And What The Hell Is Meerkat
Mar 13, 7:28PM
CrunchWeek is back with a new face running the ship: Recent TechCrunch hire Sarah Lane was our captain this time around, joined by myself and Kyle Russell. We kicked over the most important stories of the week, including the announcement of pricing data and release dates for Apple’s Watch, Box’s earnings which caused the company’s stock to move dramatically, and Meerkat,… Read MoreThis Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Apple Watch, Macbook, Chromebook Pixel
Mar 13, 7:00PM
It’s been an amazing week for gadgets, with Apple announcing the pricing for the Apple Watch, as well as the unveil of the ultra-impressive MacBook. But that wasn’t all. Google got in on the mix with the announcement of the Chromebook Pixel second generation. We discuss all this and more on this very special episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast featuring Matt Burns, Jordan Crook… Read More11 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week
Mar 13, 6:45PM
It’s been a controversial week in tech, to say the least. With Apple’s reveal of a new one-port MacBook to the Ellen Pao gender discrimination trial, the tech world has been up in arms. These are our best stories of the week (3/7-3/13). Read MoreYouTube Now Lets You Upload 360-Degree Video
Mar 13, 6:19PM
Immersive video is now accessible to just about anyone, both on the creator and audience side. Google just turned on 360-degree video uploads for YouTube creators, letting anyone who can film the immersive footage using something like the Bublcam or Ricoh Theta the ability to put their creations on YouTube, where they can be viewed in the YouTube for Android app or in Chrome (with iPhone and… Read MoreQ&A With The Congresswoman Taking On Gamergate
Mar 13, 6:17PM
Earlier this week, Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark called other members of Congress to sign a letter with her that demands the FBI crack down on cyberstalking and online harassment. Clark first became involved in this issue when she learned one of her constituents, Brianna Wu, was a victim of Gamergate. Last year, Wu, a Boston-based video game developer, received a series of death and… Read MoreAudvisor Raises $1.4M To Deliver Expert Advice In Three-Minute Audio Clips
Mar 13, 6:10PM
If you’re the kind of person who’s got a pile of business books on your desk, books that make you think, “God, when am I going to have the time to read these?” — well, you might want to check a new smartphone app called Audvisor. The startup offers advice in the form of three-minute audio clip from more than 100 contributors like author/blogger Seth Godin,… Read MoreEmployment Issues Your Startup Should Not Ignore
Mar 13, 6:00PM
Startups of all sizes face challenges in finding folks who want to work at the company and share their vision. Hiring is tough and welcoming these people into your organization can present “sleeper” employment law challenges and pitfalls that often go overlooked, much to the detriment of the bottom line. Too often, startups attract talent by offering equity in the quickly… Read MoreTC Makers: Your World-Changing Project Could Send You To Space
Mar 13, 5:51PM
Usually on TC Makers we visit a team or factory building something incredible. Now, however, we’re showcasing an incredible opportunity for you guys. The venerable Hackaday has announced what they are calling the Hackaday Prize. The goal is to get individuals or teams to work on projects that will change the world and the best one wins amazing trip: a space flight on the carrier of… Read MoreTwitter Confirms Periscope Acquisition, And Here's How The Livestreaming App Works
Mar 13, 5:38PM
Today Twitter officially announced its January acquisition of livestreaming app Periscope. According to several sources, it will be launched as a separate app from Twitter with the ability to watch both live and previously broadcasted mobile video streams. That lack of ephemerality is the first of many differences between Periscope and Meerkat, the livestreaming app that recently launched… 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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