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Only Fifth Of U.S. Apple Watches Shipped Over Launch Weekend, Says Data Firm
Apr 27, 11:48AM
Apple’s debut wearable, the eponymous Apple Watch, started shipping Friday — but according to U.S. online commerce market research firm, Slice Intelligence, the launch weekend saw only around a fifth of U.S. buyers get a delivery from Cupertino. Read MoreGlia Raises Cash To Match Consumers And Companies Around Values
Apr 27, 10:30AM
It’s with an eye toward that hypersensitive political climate that Barry Klein, a longtime political consultant has raised the first capital to grow Glia. Along with co-founders Chris Rappley, a longtime startup consultant, and Tahlia Sutton, a product development executive, Klein has developed Glia to be an app that blends Yelp and eHarmony, for what Klein calls “values-based… Read MoreEngineering Director Lars Rasmussen Leaving Facebook To Co-Found A Music Startup
Apr 27, 10:00AM
Facebook at Work, Facebook’s first move to turn its social network into an enterprise tool, has remained in closed beta since its launch in January this year. But as the product continues to inch its way to general availability, it will be doing so without one of its key architects. Lars Rasmussen — Facebook’s engineering director, who helped create and run Facebook… Read MoreAlibaba Teams Up With China's Largest Telecom To Sell Smartphones To Rural Customers
Apr 27, 5:56AM
Alibaba has partnered with China’s biggest telecom operator to sell low-cost smartphones to people in rural areas for prices as low as 299 RMB ($48). The deal with China Telecom, which has 186 million users, is part of a two-pronged strategy for the e-commerce giant, which sees smaller cities as key to its growth plans for its e-commerce business and operating system YunOS. A line of… Read MoreFreelancer.com Acquires Payment Service Provider Escrow.com For $7.5M
Apr 27, 4:07AM
Job marketplace Freelancer.com announced today that it has agreed to purchased Escrow.com for $7.5 million in cash. The acquisition was funded by through an placement of $10 million AUD (about $7.8 million) in ordinary shares of Freelancer.com to institutional investors. As its name suggests, Escrow.com provides online escrow services for e-commerce sites by holding payments for goods or… Read MoreBitcoin's Q1: Record VC Investment, Falling Prices, And Slow Consumer Adoption
Apr 27, 3:33AM
The bitcoin-watching news service CoinDesk recently released its first quarter look into the cryptocurrency’s performance during the opening months of 2015. Mostly the data is net positive, showing an increase in total wallets, and investment. However, there are a number of included data points that demonstrate slowing growth in key bitcoin, and bitcoin-related areas. The collected… Read MoreuBeam's Ultrasound Wireless Charging Is Real, And About To Be Really Funded
Apr 27, 1:45AM
What if wireless power at a distance actually worked? It does. uBeam invented a way to wirelessly send energy up to 15 feet away with ultrasound. What if you could slap a wireless charging case on your phone and charge it while you move around or use it? uBeam invented that too. While early uBeam prototype were massive, non-portable boxes that merely shot power around, it now has a working… Read MoreInternet Privacy Is The Wrong Conversation
Apr 27, 1:00AM
On April 2, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook is in hot water with government regulators in six European countries over its practice of tracking users’ movements across the web to sell targeted advertising. The kerfuffle illustrates the bind that the world finds itself in over tracking – the collection and sharing of data on users’ browsing habits to help sites… Read MoreThe Micro VC Shakeout
Apr 26, 10:00PM
When we started Bullpen Capital in 2011, there were about 30 or so “microVC” or “micro-seed” funds — and we knew them all. Today, four years later, there are likely over 220 micro VC funds and growing. In fact, I joke with my partners that “we will likely get to 400 before we go back to 40.” That line always elicits a nervous laughter, as it captures… Read MoreSilicon Valley Can Accelerate Social Impact Globally
Apr 26, 9:00PM
Silicon Valley’s influence is undeniable but its global impact has always been a passive byproduct of success at home. To make a lasting, material difference, there needs to be a concerted effort to expand its reach in a substantial and sustainable way. For the better part of the last century, the Valley has been a bedrock for technological progress and era-defining industry. From the… Read MoreBack To The Future In Enterprise SaaS Selling
Apr 26, 6:00PM
Given the success of Box, it’s hard to imagine that founder Aaron Levie believes he should have done something differently in the company’s early years. However, while speaking to Storm Ventures’ Jason Lemkin at this year’s SaaStr conference, Levie revealed exactly what he would have changed. Although it is somewhat hidden in the rest of the interview, Levie points out… Read MoreYou Need To Be A Billion Just To Make A Million
Apr 26, 5:40PM
I always love peering into the world of executive recruiting. As a grad student and as a writer, the thought that there are people out there chasing other people to get them to work at massive wages always seemed to me like a bounty hunter scene out of a strange science fiction movie. Sometimes the wages offered are as much as $1 million; sometimes, that’s not enough. Competition in… Read MoreGoogle Executive Dan Fredinburg Dies In Everest Avalanche After Nepal Earthquake
Apr 26, 1:38PM
Dan Fredinburg, a respected Google executive who headed privacy for Google X and lead its product management team, has died in the avalanche on Mount Everest which was triggered by the huge earthquake in Nepal. The natural disaster has already killed over 2,000 people in the region and devastated infrastructure. Some 18 other climbers have been killed in what is being described as the worst… Read MoreDon't Turn Internet Independence Into Government Dependence
Apr 26, 1:00PM
April marks the 20th anniversary of the commercialization of the Internet, ironically, the very same month that the Federal Communications Commission’s new Open Internet regulations were officially published, tossing the Internet into a public utility model characterized by stagnation and ambiguity. The rules kill the “permissionless innovation” they purport to protect by… Read MoreHello?! Nokia Releases Official Statement Denying Reports It Will Return To Mobile Handsets
Apr 26, 11:45AM
Nokia sold its handset business to Microsoft last year, but since then rumours have bubbled up now and again that the firm is planning to return to the mobile space. Citing anonymous sources, Re/code recently lit the touch-paper on a round of new stories floating this idea. It reported that the firm was plotting more mobile moves, spearheaded by Nokia Technologies, the division which handles… Read MoreXiaomi Boosts Its Business In India With Strategic Investment From Tata Sons Head
Apr 26, 8:43AM
Xiaomi is making a push to be a local player in India. Days after unveiling its first phone customized to the South Asia country (the impressive $205 Mi 4i), Xiaomi announced that it has taken investment from leading Indian businessman Ratan Tata. Read MoreA Journey To Intelligent Design
Apr 26, 4:00AM
If you’re looking for zeitgeist Biblical metaphors for the tech sector, you can’t do much better than the Tower of Babel. Human civilization a hundred years after the Flood; monolingual and gathered in a city called Babel. They become possessed with the mission of building a tower to the heavens. Which they begin… Read MoreSlightly Slighted, Apple's Diehards Still Do The Launch Day Lineup
Apr 26, 1:30AM
While the atmosphere outside the store was generally similar to previous launches, a glaring difference was the fact that I wasn’t waiting outside of an Apple Store. I was sitting on the sidewalk outside of the upscale fashion boutique Maxfield, on trendy Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Read MoreWhat The U.S. Can Learn From Europe's Growing Commercial Drone Industry
Apr 26, 12:00AM
Drones are an auspicious future technology that can service a vast number of professional industries. Businesses around the world are discovering the great benefits that drones can provide. However there is a notable difference in the economic growth of the drone industry in Europe compared to the rest of the world. For example, in Europe, the number of companies deploying drones for… Read MoreTesla's Site And Twitter Account Hacked
Apr 25, 9:42PM
Looks like it’s going to be a rough Saturday for Tesla’s IT department: they’ve just had both their website and Twitter account hijacked. 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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