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Drug Information Startup Diagnosia Sued By Big Pharma
Apr 14, 9:56AM
In a classic case of David vs. Goliath, the Austrian startup Diagnosia, which provides apps for doctors and hospitals to help them quickly access drug information, is being sued by global pharmaceutical company Sanofi over how it lists the painkiller Metamizole. Read MoreDocker Raises $95M Series D Round For Its Container Platform
Apr 14, 9:45AM
Docker, the company that kicked off the recent enthusiasm for containers two years ago, today announced that it has raised a $95 million Series D round led by Insight Venture Partners. New investors in this round include Coatue, Goldman Sachs and Northern Trust. Existing investors Benchmark, Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, Trinity Ventures and AME Cloud Ventures also participated. Read MoreMusic Education Startup Tonara Scores $5M Led By Baidu, China's Largest Search Engine
Apr 14, 9:00AM
Tonara, the Israeli startup behind the eponymous interactive sheet music app, has raised new funding to the tune of $5 million from Chinese Internet giant Baidu and returning investor Carmel Ventures. Read MoreSpanish After-Market Ticket Exchange Ticketbis Raises Further €3 Million
Apr 14, 8:30AM
Ticketbis, the Spanish startup that operates an exchange for buying and selling after-market tickets to events in Europe, Latin America, and most recently Asia, has topped up its funding for a sixth time. Read MoreOpera Launches Redesigned Opera Mini For Android
Apr 14, 7:00AM
Opera Mini, the little brother to Opera’s regular mobile browser, is getting a major makeover on Android today. The company says the new design, which is pretty much in line with the regular Opera mobile browser, is meant to give the browser a more native look and feel. If you’re confused about why Opera offers both its regular mobile browser and Opera Mini on Android,… Read MoreFlipkart Backs Out Of Airtel Zero Program After Backlash From Net Neutrality Supporters
Apr 14, 6:59AM
After protests from net neutrality supporters, Flipkart, one of India’s largest e-commerce businesses, has announced that it will pull out of Airtel Zero, a controversial platform planned by telecom operator Bharti Airtel. Read More'Uber For Weed' Startup Eaze Raises $10 Million In Funding Led By DCM Ventures
Apr 14, 4:01AM
There’s an Uber for everything nowadays, so why not an Uber for weed? Eaze, a startup that enables medical marijuana patients to order cannabis products online and have those goodies delivered to their homes, today is announcing $10 million in Series A round funding led by DCM Ventures with participation from Fresh VC, 500 Startups, and other strategic investors. The new funds come on… Read MoreHere's The Agenda For The TechCrunch Meetup In Seoul On April 16
Apr 14, 1:57AM
This Thursday, TechCrunch is staging our first Pitch-off and Meet-Up in Seoul, South Korea, in collaboration with Google Campus. With just over 48 hours to go, we wanted to give a full picture of the schedule and speakers for the 1,300 people who are down to attend and anyone else who is interested. Read MoreBig Valuations Come With Dangerous Small Print
Apr 14, 12:00AM
About three years ago we started noticing a sliver of founders who were obsessively focused on valuations start to make short-term decisions in their fundraising that risked meaningful long-term consequences. With the popularity of the “unicorn” label, this trend has gotten worse. A few months ago a Midas List friend shared a story of dismay with an example in their portfolio… Read MoreRakuten Is Looking To Acquire PopSugar For $580 Million
Apr 13, 11:24PM
We’ve heard PopSugar is the latest online content company that Japanese conglomerate Rakuten is about to snap up. These things could always fall apart, but should the deal go through, we’re told it will happen in the next couple of weeks and that Rakuten will buy PopSugar for $580 million. To put this in perspective, AOL bought the Huffington Post, a site with 117 million… Read MoreCharge The New MacBook From A Battery Pack With Monoprice's $10 USB-C Cable
Apr 13, 10:55PM
The new MacBook‘s single USB-C port might lead to some concessions, but it also adds some versatility – like making it possible to use the computer with third-party power banks. And thanks to the Monoprice USB-C to USB-A 2.0 cable, it’s remarkably easy to make that happen, and for just ten bucks, too. Of course, $10 assumes you already have the MacBook in hand, plus an… Read MoreCrossChx Raises $15M To Identify Medical Patients And Fix Mistakes In Their Records
Apr 13, 10:36PM
Healthcare startup CrossChx is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The company focuses on what it calls “global patient identification.” That might sound a little arcane, but CrossChx says its technology can improve patient care and prevent identity theft. Read MoreApple Seeds iOS 8.4 Developer Beta With All-New Music App
Apr 13, 10:15PM
With iOS 8.3 out the door, it was inevitable that Apple would launch iOS 8.4 in developer preview – and now it’s here. The pre-release software ships with a new version of Apple’s native iOS Music app, complete with a brand new design and a reworked version of iTunes radio. The release notes for the new version of the beta, as noted by 9to5Mac, describe some of the changes… Read MoreApplications Are Open For The Disrupt NY Startup Alley
Apr 13, 9:10PM
Close your eyes. (Don’t actually close your eyes because you have to read this, but just get in the mindset of having your eyes closed.) Now imagine yourself in a sort of glamorous shopping mall. The shopping mall is lined with various stores, all of which are filled with the latest technology from across the globe. Each store is attended not only by a helpful representative, but by… Read MoreNo AI Warning Label Necessary
Apr 13, 9:00PM
Notwithstanding the great positive potential for AI, there has recently been a great debate in the media and industry, and even in recent movies regarding the possibility that AI could lead to dangerous super intelligence. People should sit down, take off their shoes, pour themselves a drink and relax, because AI is safe for human consumption and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Read MoreTwitter's Former IR Boss Joins Secondary Shop Battery East Group
Apr 13, 8:57PM
Twitter’s former head of investor relations Nils Erdmann has a new job. Instead of doing the logical thing, and going to the beach, Erdmann is now a partner at Battery East Group, a boutique shop that helps facilitate the sale of shares of private companies to external parties. That process is called a ‘secondary’ transaction, in contrast to a ‘primary’ sale… Read MoreAfter Net Neutrality Rules Are Published, Congressional Republicans Take A Stand
Apr 13, 8:52PM
Congressional Republicans are following through on their promise to oppose the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality order. Since the commission first publicized its rules earlier this year, Rep. Doug Collins of Virginia has said that he would dissent the agency’s rulemaking. Today, when the rules were published in the Federal Registry and became fair game for… Read MoreChat App Chat.Center Rebrands, Dumps Freemium Model In A Bid For Businesses
Apr 13, 8:48PM
When we last left ChatCenter it was running on the URL chatcenter.me and was aimed at creating a one-stop spot for chatting. Now, a few months later, it has moved from a freemium product and gone full software as a service. It will offer $1.99 chat accounts so businesses can jibber jabber with customers via an embeddable widget and it has also snagged the Chat.Center. What a difference a… Read MoreLawsuit Calls FCC's Net Neutrality Rules "Arbitrary" And "Capricious"
Apr 13, 8:16PM
As expected, the FCC’s recently passed net neutrality regulations came under fresh legal fire today. USTelecom, a telecommunications-focused trade group, filed suit, calling the FCC’s open Internet regulations “arbitrary” and “capricious.” The FCC passed net neutrality regulations this year on a party-line vote of 3 to 2, reclassifying broadband under Title… Read MoreVideoBlocks Launches New Stock Video Marketplace, Pays 100% Commission To Content Creators
Apr 13, 8:00PM
The trend in startup stock video and imagery services right now seems to be toward all-you-can eat plans. We recently saw the launch of StockUnlimited, which currently focuses on vector graphics; VideoBlocks follows a similar model for stock videos with plans that start at $99 per year. VideoBlocks has its aim squarely set at Shutterstock and other incumbents, though, and it is also launching… 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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