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Yahoo Introduces Password-Free Login — Just Don't Lose Your Phone
Mar 16, 9:00AM
Yahoo wants to end your dependency on memorizing passwords — or creating crap ones that can be guessed or hacked — after it introduced a new “on-demand” system that sends a one-time password when you need to log in. Read MoreGovernment Requests For Facebook Data Decrease In U.S. And UK, But Rise In India
Mar 16, 7:21AM
Facebook’s latest report on government requests shows a decrease in requests from many Western countries in the second half of 2014, but that’s offset by increases from India, Turkey and Russia. Read MoreFixing "Videogames"
Mar 16, 6:00AM
Games don’t seem to be taking over the world. Games struggle to gain a wider acceptance equivalent to their footprint. Plenty of people play games but much fewer want to really associate themselves with “Videogames”, an entity that many people within gaming talk about, participate in and subscribe to. And Videogames is often not warm. It’s cold, sour and riven with… Read MoreSecure Messaging App Wiper Adds Bitcoin Support, Gets Yanked In China
Mar 16, 1:52AM
Wiper, a chat application designed to provide users with control over their sent and received messages, recently rolled out support for bitcoin transactions between its users. The tool is simple, allowing individuals to send cryptocurrency to others inside the app’s main chat interface. When the company first rolled out bitcoin integration, I tested it and found it a competent way to… Read MoreIn Search Of European Unicorns
Mar 16, 1:00AM
When you look at the returns of a typical VC fund, they may appear somewhat evenly distributed. For instance, 25% of the portfolio may be worth zero, 25% may return one times the cash invested, 25% may yield a reasonable three times multiple, and what happens to the remaining 25% will determine whether or not you are a top-tier venture capitalist. Since fund returns are usually discussed in… Read MoreMarketers Tricked SXSW Tinder Users With A Chatbot
Mar 16, 12:57AM
There are a few universal truths in online dating: most photos are carefully staged, most profiles are slightly puffed-up, and most people on them (and this is clearly fast-changing) are actually human. Until some unlucky Tinder users spotted Ava. A company promoting the movie Ex Machina created a fake account, Ava, with a photo of the star of the movie. Ava is an AI in the film and… Read MoreFacebook, Oculus And The Future Of Virtual Reality
Mar 16, 12:30AM
Editor’s note: Dan Kaplan helps startups tell their stories. He’s done marketing for Twilio, Asana and Salesforce and blogs about marketing, growth, and storytelling at Threadling. Imagine a scene: You’re in your chair at home, the latest Oculus VR headset encircling your head, and you use its voice recognition feature to access Facebook. Facebook’s virtual reality… Read MoreSenator Rand Paul Courts Tech's Support For His Likely 2016 Run At SXSW
Mar 16, 12:11AM
Trying to make the case that he is the tech community’s candidate in 2016, Senator Rand Paul took the stage at SXSW this weekend to discuss privacy and youth political engagement. Drawing applause from the room, the Republican from Kentucky said that he is the only candidate for 2016 who wants to bring an end to the National Security Agency (NSA) programs collecting bulk telephone… Read MoreHonest Company CEO Brian Lee Celebrates His Birthday By Talking IPO Possibilities At SXSW
Mar 15, 11:51PM
When Brian Lee and Jessica Alba (yes, that Jessica Alba), co-founders of eco-friendly e-commerce startup The Honest Company, spoke this afternoon at the South by Southwest, they didn’t make any big announcements or drop any (metaphorical) bombs. Nonetheless, Alba kicked things off with one surprise — she mentioned that today is Lee’s birthday. (She didn’t say how old… Read MoreHe Still Cannot Lie: Sir Mix-A-Lot's First SXSW
Mar 15, 11:39PM
Every year, there’s always one musician or celebrity who decides South By Southwest Interactive is the place to be. Maybe they’ve always been interested in technology, or recently start investing in startups, or just want to be associated with smart people making apps. This year, that person is Sir Mix-A-Lot. Read MoreConnected Home Products Need To Shift From Nerds To Normals
Mar 15, 11:02PM
While connecting devices in the home to the internet creates all kinds of interesting possibilities, the concept still has a ways to go before it really enters the mainstream — and there are a number of obstacles, according to Quirky CEO Ben Kaufman. “In general there is a belief that the internet brings functionality to devices you could not have without it. Trying to crack the… Read MoreTapping Into The Growth Of India's Emerging Mobile Markets
Mar 15, 9:00PM
It took only seconds for Xiaomi phones to sell out on the e-commerce platform Flipkart in India. This feat is staggering considering the Indian e-commerce industry is a relatively new concept for many consumers. In fact, Indian smart phone sales doubled from 156 million sold in 2013 to 364 million units sold thus far in 2014. With a product in such high demand, mobile manufacturers that want… Read MoreBill Gurley Is Skeptical Of Driverless Cars, But Bullish On Uber (Of Course)
Mar 15, 6:27PM
Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley doesn’t believe there’s a driverless car revolution happening anytime soon. Today in a conversation with author Malcolm Gladwell at SXSW Interactive, the famed Silicon Valley investor said the technical requirements to bring driverless cars to market will be much too high to have any sort of short-term impact. Read MoreSeparating The Rest From The Best In Venture Partners
Mar 15, 6:00PM
I‘ve studied Tier 1 venture firms for over seven years, and I see two weaknesses in partners, particularly young ones, that separate the rest from the best: they don’t take enough risk, and they aren’t candid enough with the founders they don’t fund (or even sometimes with those they d Read MoreOn Secretly Terrible (Old) Engineers
Mar 15, 4:47PM
Last week, I wrote a column on the deep fear held by many in the startup ecosystem of hiring a “Secretly Terrible Engineer.” I argued that for a variety of cultural reasons, software engineering has developed an elaborate interview system to ensure that these STEs – who seem practically mythical in reality – are caught before they can do any damage. I also heaped scorn… Read MoreWith $3M In Funding, Honest Dollar Hopes To Make Retirement Plans Affordable For SMBs
Mar 15, 4:00PM
Honest Dollar wants to eliminate the hurdles associated with setting up and maintaining employee retirement accounts for small businesses. The company also wants to help reduce the fees workers are hit with through typical 401(k) programs. Read MoreIoT Startups Need To Consider Their Business Models Carefully
Mar 15, 3:00PM
With forecasts projecting that billions of new devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020, device makers are rushing to release new products they hope will corner the Internet of Things market. This much was evident at CES this year, when dozens of companies exhibited new connected hardware for the home, car, body, factory floor and more. Read MoreElon Musk Says Tesla Model S 'Range Anxiety' Will End With A Software Update
Mar 15, 2:15PM
Elon Musk has teased something big coming from Tesla this week – an end to ‘range anxiety.’ The Model S (and every other electric vehicle), Tesla’s current flagship, has been known to inspire so-called range anxiety, wherein a driver spends a lot of time worrying about when they’ll next be able to get a full charge, and consequently don’t often drive… Read MoreAshton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Launch Sound Ventures, The Successor To A-Grade Investments
Mar 15, 3:35AM
Most people probably know Ashton Kutcher for his success in television and film, but he’s not-so-quietly also become a pretty successful investor in startups as well. So successful, in fact, that Kutcher and investment partner Guy Oseary have convinced a group of limited partners to put money into a new firm Sound Ventures. Read MoreInsiteVR Makes It Easy To Bring 3D Models Into Your Virtual World
Mar 15, 1:48AM
As we all entire the bright VR future we find ourselves at an impasse: we all have amazing 3D models we want to see appear before us like tiny digital floating incubi but how do you get those selfsame models into your randomly generated digital pleasure palace? That’s where YC company InsiteVR comes in. Founded by Columbia roommates Angel Say and Russell Varriale, the project started out… 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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