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Xiaomi Expands Its Online Retail Channels In India And Inks First Offline Sales Deals
Apr 07, 11:02AM
Xiaomi is broadening its horizons in India with news that its Mi devices will soon be available through two of the country’s major e-commerce sites, and offline retailers for the first time. Read MoreMumbai-based Classifieds Site Quikr Grabs $150M In New Funding
Apr 07, 10:18AM
Quikr, which claims to be India’s largest classified ads site, has scooped up $150 million from returning investors Tiger Global and Investment AB Kinnevik, as well as Steadview Capital. Read MorePrivateer Holdings Closes $75 Million In Funding To Create The P&G Of Pot
Apr 07, 4:01AM
It’s high time the cannabis industry got some attention from investors. So it’s a good thing that Privateer Holdings, a company focusing on producing, distributing, and educating consumers about legal marijuana, has closed on a $75 million round of funding it will use to create new brands of cannabis products. Read MoreMeet The Startups That Will Pitch At The TechCrunch Meetup in Seoul
Apr 07, 2:44AM
The TechCrunch Meetup in Seoul presented by Campus Seoul is set for April 16 at the aA Design Museum and we’re thrilled to announce the startups vying for your attention in the great pitch-off. We found a great group of interesting startups that might just have what it takes to make it, and we look forward to learning more about them next week. Read MoreTwitter Officially Launches Its "Retweet With Comment" Feature
Apr 07, 2:09AM
Twitter just officially launched its “retweet with comment” feature, which it began testing last summer. “Retweet with comment” allows users to embed a tweet in their own tweets, which lets them get around Twitter’s 140-character limit when they write their own commentary. The feature is now available on Twitter’s site and iPhone app and will be available on… Read MoreHands On With Microsoft's Surface 3
Apr 07, 1:27AM
Microsoft is back at the well with a new Surface device, the Surface 3. If you’re familiar with the Surface Pro 3, which was released last year, you understand the Surface 3: It’s like the Pro 3 but smaller and less expensive. The new Surface will cost you $499 at base, a sharp discount from the lowest-tier Surface Pro 3 which tips the scale at $799. Microsoft hopes that it can… Read MoreSamsung Electronics Forecasts Q1 Profit Decline, But May Be Poised For Recovery
Apr 07, 1:09AM
Samsung Electronics just issued its earnings guidance for the first quarter, and once again the company, which has seen its smartphone sales eroded by increasing competition, said it expects another drop in operating profit. Read MoreWeilos, The YC-Backed Weight Loss Startup, Has Been Acquired By Weight Watchers
Apr 07, 12:02AM
Weilos, the startup that runs an online community for people interested in fitness and weight loss, has been acquired by Weight Watchers, TechCrunch has learned. According to a source, the purchase price is in the single-digit millions. The startup seems to be relatively small as far as staff goes, as LinkedIn lists two current full-time employees at the company. Weilos first launched out… Read MoreWe Asked Rock Health Founder Halle Tecco About The Future Of Digital Medicine
Apr 06, 11:44PM
Health technology is becoming a big topic in 2015. We’re seeing wearable technology that can automatically upload our health data to the cloud, cellphones are becoming tools to connect us to the doctor’s office, a Google moonshot project detects cancer on an app and 23andMe has received FDA approval for at least one genetic test of a rare disease. This is now a multi-billion… Read MoreThe Best Surface 3 Easter Egg
Apr 06, 11:08PM
Today is Surface 3 review day for hardware kids — video incoming, I promise — meaning that the media is mostly getting its first full day with the new Microsoft tablet hybrid. The device is much as we expected it to be, a less expensive Surface Pro 3 in a smaller package. Most importantly, however, is the simple fact that you don’t to charge the Surface 3. Ever. Read MoreApple Acquired Search Startup Ottocat To Power The 'Explore' Tab In The App Store
Apr 06, 10:41PM
Apple has slowly been making changes to improve how people search and navigate the App Store. Part of the way it does that is via small acquisitions — some of which stay under the radar for years. TechCrunch has learned that Apple quietly bought a startup called Ottocat some time ago, which had developed a system to organize and surface apps on the app store based on… Read MoreAndroid Co-Founder Andy Rubin Is Now A Partner At Redpoint Ventures, Raises $48M For His Own Hardware Incubator
Apr 06, 10:41PM
Back in October of 2014, Android co-founder Andy Rubin parted ways with Google after nine years with the company. At the time of his departure, word trickled out that he was building a hardware-focused incubator called Playground — and sure enough, that incubator just disclosed this morning that they’ve raised $48M . Turns out, that’s not all he’s got on his plate… Read MoreThe Future Of Messenger
Apr 06, 10:00PM
It took Dasher.im three months to get its first angel investment via message. The NYC startup, built by Jesse Boyes, previously head of mobile development at Gilt Groupe, had set up Venmo payments to send right in the stream of the chat app. For the first few months the main use of payments were to add your $0.02 as a sort of emoji replacement to punctuate your advice at the end of a polite… Read MoreThiel Fellow Raises $25M For OYO Rooms, A Network of Branded Budget Hotels in India
Apr 06, 9:48PM
In the largest funding round to date for a Thiel Fellow project, Ritesh Agarwal has raised $25 million from Lightspeed, Sequoia and others to build a branded budget hotel network across India. Called OYO Rooms, the company partners with property owners across India and makes sure that their facilities meet a baseline of requirements from linen quality to breakfast to Internet access for… Read MoreNintendo As A Service
Apr 06, 9:02PM
Nintendo should aim to have as much of its first-party library available on the Wii U and 3DS as possible: NES through N64, with any consoles from Sega’s past serving as icing on the cake. Read MoreAmberjack Reels In $500K To Let You Book A Fishing Trip
Apr 06, 8:19PM
Fishing isn’t necessarily sexy. But it turns out that it’s one of the most popular participation sports in the world, or at the very least one of the most profitable. Amberjack looks to capitalize on that by offering a service that lets users book fishing trips from outfitters using their own filters and preferences without having to endlessly search the web for the right trip. Read MoreVine's Jason Mante Will Speak At Disrupt New York
Apr 06, 8:06PM
Twitter launched its newly acquired Vine service all the way back in January of 2013, and over the course of that two years, we’ve never actually had anyone from the company on our Disrupt stage. But that’s about to change. In May, we’ll be joined by Jason Mante, head of user experience at Vine, on the stage at Disrupt New York to discuss all things Vine, mobile video,… Read MoreWith Tech, What's Old Is New Again
Apr 06, 7:42PM
Technology tends to run in cycles, and as it evolves some early failed attempts might be worth another look in the context of more modern infrastructure. In several instances lately, whether streaming video or meal delivery, everything old has become new again. Streaming Video? Been There, Done That Let’s start with video streaming darlings Meerkat and Periscope as a prime example… Read MoreKifi Debuts A "Deep" Search Engine For Twitter Based On Your Own Tweets
Apr 06, 7:18PM
A startup called Kifi is rolling out a new tool that allows you to automatically save all the links you tweet in order to create a personalized search engine that includes those links as well as others it recommends based on what you’ve already shared. Called “Kifi for Twitter,” the company describes the new feature as something of a deep search engine for Twitter because… Read MoreHulu Launches Its Own GIF Search Engine
Apr 06, 5:51PM
Streaming video service Hulu is today launching its own tool for fans of GIFs, with the debut of its own GIF search engine powered by Tumblr. The new site, dubbed “The Perfect GIF,” isn’t just a standard Tumblr blog, however, but more of customized Tumblr experience where you can search for and discover TV-related GIFs by tag, show, reaction or action involved. The idea… 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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