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How The Facebook Bubble Is Driving Online Startups Into The Arms Of Offline Advertising
Apr 18, 12:00AM
Facebook advertising played a big part in my startup’s rapid growth. So big in fact that in our first two years of operations, all other online advertising platforms combined did not provide as big a growth contribution to the business as Facebook singlehandedly did. And yet, over the past nine months, I’ve been making every effort possible to divert our 8-figure annual… Read MoreThis DIY Raspberry Pi Laptop Is Perfect For Your Weekend Machinations
Apr 17, 10:44PM
My favorite DIY projects are ones that an idiot like myself can do in a few days. To wit, this Raspberry Pi laptop that lets you create a portable computer with keyboard and mouse with only a few parts. The project uses the PiJuice battery module and a 5-inch TFT module. In this project you simply cut or print a case for the screen – this one uses laser cut wood – and an HDMI cable. Read MoreAd Startup FameBit's Long Tail Of Creators Grows To More Than 9K YouTubers
Apr 17, 9:57PM
We hear more and more about the big stars of YouTube, but what about the creators who haven’t quite reached superstar status? Well, if they’re looking to connect with advertisers, startup FameBit aims to help. Co-founder and CEO David Kierzkowski told me that most multi-channel networks — which help YouTube content creators build a business around their videos — are… Read More15 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week
Apr 17, 9:50PM
This week’s tech headlines saw Etsy’s IPO, the Falcon 9 rocket launch, and an abundance of funding news. These are our best stories of the week (4/11-17). Read MoreDisney's New 3D Printer Prototype Makes Huggable Things Out Of Fabric Instead Of Hard Plastic
Apr 17, 9:12PM
We’ve seen lots and lots of 3D printers over the last few years, and they almost all have one thing in common: the objects they print are hard* and mostly rigid. What if you wanted to print something soft, instead? Something you can hug, or snuggle with, or hand to your kid without fear of them jabbing it in their eye? Disney is on it. Read MoreThe Promise Of Invisibles
Apr 17, 9:00PM
Flight or invisibility? The age-old question about which superpower one would choose unveils a preference for either showboating or stealth. When the same lens is applied to wearable technology, the question becomes rhetorical. We do not want to be overshadowed or defined by our devices. Rather, we want to retain a sense of agency. Technology should serve as a secret helper. Enter… Read MoreTaplet Lets You Pull HD Photos From Any Video With A Single Tap
Apr 17, 8:57PM
The iPhone has offered the ability to take photos at the same time as you record video, but capturing photos from video that has already been captured isn’t quite so straightforward. Taplet aims to solve that. Read MoreA Conversation With DemocracyOS, The YC Non-Profit That Built A Latin American Political Party
Apr 17, 8:41PM
One of the stranger things that Y Combinator has supported — among the many more interesting things they’ve started to back like prosthetic legs, macrobiotic research and Uber-for-marijuana startups — is a non-profit that built an entire political party in Buenos Aires, Argentina. DemocracyOS is a software platform that allows regular voters to debate and forward policy ideas.… Read MoreCrunchWeek: Yahoo+Foursquare, Etsy's IPO Goes Boom, And Slack Raises Another Chunk Of Capital
Apr 17, 8:26PM
We hope you accomplished enough this week. If not, you won’t be saving your productivity this Friday afternoon, so we’re here to CrunchWeek with you. This time around Sarah Buhr, Colleen Taylor and Alex Wilhelm riff through the latest Yahoo and Foursquare rumors, Etsy’s mind-bending initial public offering, and Slack’s massive new capital raise. Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 04.17.15
Apr 17, 8:02PM
Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session has concluded for today. Join a live chat session amongst Gang members and viewers here Gillmor Gang on Facebook Our sister show, G3, on Facebook G3’s archives on Ustream Read MoreMicrosoft Promises 'Universal' Office App For Phones Running Windows 10 This Month
Apr 17, 5:29PM
Microsoft promised this morning to release by the end of April a set of Office applications that it calls “Universal” for smartphones running Windows 10. The company has a two-prong productivity strategy in place for Windows: Office 2016 for desktop use, and, for all other Windows 10 experiences, its touch-focused Office Universal apps. The latter apps, according to Microsoft,… Read MoreTrio Lets You Mash Up Your Own Media With GIFs, Vines, Music And More
Apr 17, 5:26PM
If you spend entirely too much time creating, searching for and sharing the best GIFs and Vines with your friends, then you might get a kick out of a new mobile application called Trio. The app allows you to mash up media in order to create unique “remixes” that combine photos, videos, GIFs and music pulled from a variety of public sources, as well as from your own Camera Roll. Read MoreHow A Founder Can Think Like An Investor At The First Outside Round Of Funding
Apr 17, 5:00PM
The mean case can cost a founder up to $200k in self-funded investment and up to 24 months before they are ready to test outside funding. It is a nontrivial investment, in both capital and time, to test a hypothesis of product-market fit. And in many instances, a founder can fail to give themselves enough time and runway to reach product-market fit. Read MoreCoin, The One Credit Card To Rule Them All, Is Finally Shipping
Apr 17, 4:02PM
The Coin (promising to let you combine all your credit/debit/loyalty cards into a single piece of tech) has delayed for so long that you might have forgotten that you ordered one. In November of 2013, the YC-backed company blew past its $50,000 pre-order goal in forty minutes, but despite a promise of summer 2014 shipping, the company has yet to ship a product that wasn’t in beta.… Read MoreTwitter Makes It Easier For Developers To Add Timelines To Mobile Apps
Apr 17, 3:16PM
Twitter this week rolled out new features to its mobile developer platform, Fabric, aimed at expanding access to Twitter timelines from third-party applications. With an update to Twitter Kit, the platform component that lets developers authenticate users via Twitter and showcase tweet embeds within apps, developers are now also able to integrate Twitter timelines within their iOS or… Read MoreThree Weeks After Launch, Vessel Gets Another $57.5 Million In Funding Led By IVP
Apr 17, 3:00PM
Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has an ambitious plan for transforming the way we think about online video. His new startup Vessel is taking some of the same basic concepts that were successful in getting people to pay to watch streaming versions of their favorite TV shows on Hulu and applying it to YouTube videos. But hey, reinventing the digital video space isn’t cheap! There are all sorts… Read MoreNaspers Drops Off $40 Million For Brazilian Mobile Conglomerate Movile
Apr 17, 2:30PM
The on-demand delivery market has now raised more money in the first four months of 2015 than it did in all of 2014, and the latest beneficiary is the Brazilian mobile application and content developer Movile. The company has received a $40 million commitment from the South African technology investor and media company, Naspers . Read MoreAmazon Shuts Down TestDrive, The Appstore Feature That Let You Try Apps Before Downloading
Apr 17, 2:05PM
Amazon is shutting down TestDrive, one of the differentiating features of the Amazon Appstore which allowed consumers to test out new applications ahead of purchase. The feature was introduced back in March 2011 alongside the launch of the Appstore itself, where it then utilized a browser-based emulated instance of Android running in the cloud. This let consumers control an application… Read MoreGoogle Says "Vast Majority" Of Ads On Its Platforms Will Be Encrypted By June 30
Apr 17, 2:05PM
Google has been gradually moving all of its online services to HTTPS encryption — you may even remember the excitement wayyyy back in 2008, when Gmail switched to HTTPS. In a blog post published this morning, the company says that it’s now working to switch its advertising over as well. Specifically, it says YouTube ads and Google search ads for “a vast majority of… Read MoreWith Quickie, Make A Quick 5-Second Video Call With Your Friends
Apr 17, 12:28PM
Meet Quickie, a nifty little iOS app to make 1-on-1 video calls that automatically end after a few seconds. You might use Quickie to tell a joke to a friend or say good morning to your partner for example. Sending a text message won’t be as personal as a phone or video call, but calls are a strong commitment in our busy lives. “The idea came from frustration with phone calls that… 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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