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Opera Buys SurfEasy To Add Secure VPN Services To Its Browser Software
Mar 19, 10:00AM
Opera, makers of a suite of software for browsing the web on mobile and desktop devices used by some 350 million consumers, has made another acquisition to build out the services it offers to users. It has acquired SurfEasy, makers of a virtual private network (VPN) app that lets users browse the web more securely. This is Opera’s first security-focused acquisition, and it is made in… Read MoreMicrosoft's Lumia Range Just Got Even Cheaper With The New $70 Lumia 430
Mar 19, 8:43AM
Another day, another new “most affordably priced Lumia” from Microsoft. Or at least that’s how it seems. Just weeks after outing the $81 Lumia 435 (and slightly more expensive $93 Lumia 532), Microsoft is back with another: the $70 Lumia 430. Read MoreRakuten Buys Ebook And Audiobook Platform OverDrive For $410M
Mar 19, 7:58AM
Rakuten is beefing up its digital content chops after it announced the acquisition of e-book and audio-book marketplace OverDrive for $410 million. Read MoreIndian Music And Movie Streaming Firm Hungama Is Raising $100 Million
Mar 19, 7:32AM
The promise of mobile in India is attracting venture capital at a rate never seen before. The latest deal of note involves Hungama, a media company that provides music, videos and movies on mobile, desktop and beyond, which is on the cusp of raising more than $100 million. Read MoreYahoo Is Closing Its Office In China And Laying Off Hundreds Of Staff
Mar 19, 3:45AM
Yahoo is bidding adios to China with the closure of its research center in Beijing — its only location in the country — as SCMP first reported. Hundreds of staff are expected to be laid off. Read MoreThe SXSW Robot Petting Zoo Displays Robots That Help Humans Survive Natural Disasters
Mar 19, 12:22AM
SXSW is a zoo in and of itself, but the Interactive portion of the festival actually had a robot petting zoo within the event this year. While some may think of robots as scary things that could destroy us all and lead to some sort of dystopian future, the robots in this zoo were created with natural disaster relief efforts in mind. Attendees who wandered into the ballroom at the JW Marriott… Read MoreMake Games On Your iPhone With Playr
Mar 18, 10:28PM
For nearly two years, eighteen-year-old Chris Galzerano has been working on Playr, an app that lets anyone make their own games. Unlike engines and kits like Unity or GameSalad, Playr doesn’t require a powerful PC or professional-tier tools to get started — all development takes place in the phone. Read MoreSlack Gets A Standalone Windows App
Mar 18, 9:27PM
If you use Slack on Windows, you’ve probably found yourself feeling a bit… unloved. Despite making up over a quarter of Slack’s user base, using Slack on Windows has always meant running it in a browser tab — unlike with OS X, Android or iOS, there was no dedicated Windows app. Well, today’s your day. Slack has, at long last, released a Windows app. Read MoreSkimmers Are Now Grabbing Your Credit Card Data At The Door
Mar 18, 9:03PM
Just when you thought you were safe, the card skimmers are at it again. This time they’re placing their card readers inside the door locks that require you to dip your card before you can enter an ATM vestibule. According to Brian Krebs, the scammers hide the readers inside the comparatively unnoticed locks and then add a small hidden camera around the ATM. They grab your card data via… Read MoreClearpath Raises $11.2 Million To Automate Warehouses In A Decidedly Non-Creepy Way
Mar 18, 8:53PM
Unlike the robots in Five Nights At Freddy’s, Clearpath’s new products won’t sneak up on you in the dark while you’re guarding an abandoned warehouse. In fact, their products are aimed at making warehouse workers’ lives easier and decidedly non-scary. The company, which recently raised an $11.2 million ($14 million CAD) Series A from RRE Ventures after six years… Read MoreAccel Bets Big On Startup-To-Startup APIs
Mar 18, 7:23PM
Uber isn’t just Uber. It’s Google Maps, Checkr background checks, Braintree payments, and Twilio texts. The best way to do business isn’t to build it all in-house. Top companies are increasingly piecing together a composite of APIs from specialized startups. That lets them concentrate on their unique value-add rather than reinventing the wheel. Now, those building blocks… Read MoreDarrell Issa: Government Shouldn't Protect Dinosaur Industries
Mar 18, 7:15PM
Congressman Darrell Issa, a Republican from California showed up at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas last week and he had a lot to say about the government’s role when it comes to technology entrepreneurs — mostly that it should stay the heck out of the way. When talking about disrupted industries Issa said, “First of all, it’s not our job to protect dinosaur… Read More
Microsoft Drops New Windows 10 Build, Promises Faster Updates
Mar 18, 7:02PM
This afternoon, Microsoft released a new Windows 10 build for participants in its beta program for the forthcoming operating system. The build (“10041″ for those keeping score) includes a number of new features and fixes that we’ll get to in a moment, but more importantly Microsoft has retooled its release program to get new, fresher code more quickly into the market. The… Read MoreTesla Can Now Resume Car Sales In New Jersey
Mar 18, 6:44PM
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie just signed a law that will allow Tesla to start selling its vehicles again to residents of the state. About a year ago, New Jersey started enforcing a law that required vehicles to be sold to consumers through dealerships. Tesla doesn’t play nicely with dealerships. It sells its vehicles directly to consumers through company-owned showrooms instead… Read MoreLauncher, The Banned iOS Widget That Let You Launch Other Apps, Is Back
Mar 18, 6:23PM
With iOS 8, Apple introduced a way for mobile applications to add widgets to its Notification Center that offered snapshots of information, like today’s weather, stock quotes, headlines, and more. But one clever app called Launcher took advantage of the new functionality to turn its widget into a tool that allowed you to tap to launch other apps installed on your phone. Last fall,… Read More¿Qué Es? Sentisis' NLP SaaS Platform For Spanish Pulls In $1.3M
Mar 18, 6:16PM
Three-year-old Sentisis is a natural language processing (NLP) startup whose founder spotted an opportunity to do technology-powered sentiment analysis of Spanish language conversations on social media, given the prevailing focus on data-mining online English had left Spanish speech relatively overlooked. Read MoreFacebook Sued By Former Staffer Alleging Sex Discrimination, Harassment, Other Charges
Mar 18, 5:44PM
A former Facebook employee is suing the social networking giant for alleged sex discrimination and harassment, discrimination and harassment based on race or national origin, and wrongful discharge from the company, among other charges. In a lawsuit filed this week in San Mateo, plaintiff Chia Hong said that she started working at Facebook in June 2010, when she was hired as a program manager.… Read MorePostmates Will Deliver Starbucks, Starting In Seattle
Mar 18, 5:41PM
On-demand delivery service Postmates just announced that it has entered a deal with Starbucks to deliver the coffee giant’s addictive wares to customers who order via the Starbucks mobile app. Starting with a pilot program in Seattle in the second half of the year, you’ll be able to order a Grande Soy Latte with extra sweetener from your phone (or desktop browser when at the… Read MoreAt SXSW, Meerkat Beats McDonald's At Cutting Through The Noise
Mar 18, 5:15PM
If there’s any one thing that stands out at SXSW this year, it’s that it’s getting harder for even mainstream corporations to rise above the marketing din. What was once called “spring break for geeks” has slowly been taken over in the last couple of years by mainstream corporate sponsors. But are those corporate sponsors getting what they’re paying for? If… Read MoreFradio's New App Lets Anyone Be A DJ, Broadcast Live Radio To Friends And Fans
Mar 18, 5:02PM
A new application called Fradio is officially launching today, offering a service that allows anyone to become a DJ, broadcasting their favorite tracks to their friends or fans, and even talking over the tunes with a push of a button in order to engage their audience. The app, which is backed by Australian music service Guvera, is making its debut at the SXSW music festival in Austin where… 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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