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Retail Expert Francine Della Badia Joins Bonobos As New CEO
May 07, 12:00PM
Former Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn is “stepping up” to Executive Chairman of the company and will be replaced by retail expert Francine Della Badia. Dunn will become a brand ambassador and media face for the company while Della Badia will handle day-to-day business and manage the company’s Bonbos, AYR, and Maide lines. “It was a huge decision,” said Dunn. “I wanted… Read MoreZero-Fee Stock Trading App Robinhood Nabs $50M From NEA To Go Global
May 07, 11:31AM
In case you thought paying $7 to $10 to trade a stock in the US was bad, it costs $65 in Australia. So now that its zero-fee stock trading app is thriving stateside with hundreds of thousands of users, Robinhood is planning to go international, starting in Australia. A $50 million Series B cash infusion from NEA will fuel that expansion, as well as hiring and development of… Read MoreToppr.com Grabs $10M To Help Indian Students Prepare For Entrance Exams
May 07, 9:53AM
Toppr.com, a Mumbai-based startup that helps students prepare for entrance exams, has raised $10 million from Fidelity Growth Partners India, SAIF Partners, and Helion Ventures. Founded in 2013, Toppr.com helps students study for entrance exams to engineering and medical schools, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (public universities that are considered the most prestigious… Read MoreEx-Skypers Launch Virtual Whiteboard Deekit
May 07, 8:30AM
Deekit, which exits private beta today, is a virtual and collaborative whiteboard to help remote teams work smarter. Read MoreBanjo Scores $100M Series C Led By Softbank To Analyze Events As They Happen
May 07, 7:24AM
Banjo, a startup that analyzes data about events and breaking news in real-time, has pulled in a $100 million series C led by Softbank with participation from returning investor BlueRun Ventures. The deal marks one of Japan-based Softbank’s largest investments in a U.S. startup. Read MoreXiaomi On Its 5th Birthday
May 07, 1:00AM
GGV Capital recently celebrated the 15th birthday of its long-time friend and former portfolio company, Alibaba, which went public in 2014. In April, we again celebrated the birthday of another dear friend, Xiaomi Technology. Read MoreAnd The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 Is… Liquidity
May 06, 10:25PM
This year’s Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield was amazing. At the very beginning, there were 24 great companies presenting in front of multiple groups of industry leaders serving as judges. The startups were competing for $50,000 and the highly coveted Disrupt Cup. After hours of deliberations, TechCrunch editors pored over the judges’ notes and narrowed the list down to seven… Read MoreMark Pincus Is Back — And His Vintage Management Style Might Be, Too
May 06, 10:01PM
About two years ago, Mark Pincus brought on former Xbox executive Don Mattrick to run the company, and he took a step back. This was actually a tremendous surprise to the industry. Pincus has a reputation of being a bit of a micro manager and is not often able to delegate responsibility or empower his lieutenants. It was seen as a change in direction for Zynga, which became one of the most… Read MoreOculus Confirms Gear VR Consumer Launch On Track For Later This Year
May 06, 9:04PM
The Oculus Rift is heading to consumer hands in Q1 of 2016, but that won’t be the first official consumer VR hardware launch that Oculus takes part in: Oculus’ VP of Product Nate Mitchell told me backstage at Disrupt NY that it is indeed still on track to deliver a consumer Gear VR unit in conjunction with Samsung, timed for later this year. Mitchell confirmed that those plans… Read MoreGate Tells You When The Postman Rings Once
May 06, 8:58PM
The folks at Gate want you to know when the postman is coming. Their new product, available now on Kickstarter, is a smart mailbox sensor that tells you when someone is digging in your post box or dropping off letters. The system, which mounts to both traditional “rural” mailboxes as well as in-door “flap” models, pings you when the mail is coming and can even estimate… Read MoreTesla Still Saw Profit Loss In Q1, But Beat Wall Street Expectations
May 06, 8:47PM
Wall Street didn’t have the highest expectations for Tesla this quarter, but the company actually did quite a bit better than was expected. It was predicted that Tesla would lose about 50 cents per share; instead, they lost 36 cents. It’s still a loss, of course — but the news of the beat has Tesla stock up by about 4% at the time of publishing. This story is developing, as… Read MoreZynga Pops On Q1 Revenue Beat, Plans To Fire Lots Of People
May 06, 8:44PM
We’ve found the tech company that isn’t hiring. Zynga reported its first-quarter financial performance today following the bell, sending its shares skyrocketing as investors cheered its revenue beat and plans to cut around 18 percent of its workforce. Read MoreRockYou Buys Mobile Ad Network PlayHaven
May 06, 8:30PM
Gaming and advertising company RockYou has acquired mobile ad network PlayHaven from startup studio Science Inc. PlayHaven actually changed hands last fall, when Science bought it from Upsight, the company created from the merger of PlayHaven and Kontagent. By acquiring a mobile ad network, CEO Lisa Marino said RockYou can do a better job of making money from mobile games like Kitchen Scramble… Read MoreMeerkat Launches Developer Platform To Differentiate From Periscope
May 06, 8:18PM
How did it feel getting cut off by Twitter with just 2 hours notice? “It sucked” says Meerkat founder Ben Rubin. That’s why it’s determined to treat developers with more respect. In the nine weeks since Meerkat launched, 37 developers have built companion experiences to the livestreaming apps on its unofficial, private API, including stream discovery, automatic uploads… Read MoreHow Tristan Walker Plans To Reach 5,000 Minority Students In Tech This Year
May 06, 7:41PM
This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, Walker & Co. founder Tristan Walker spoke about bringing more diversity to Silicon Valley and his plan to reach 5,000 black and Latina/o students this next year through his Code2040 program. The former Foursquare exec and co-founder of Code2040 also runs the aforementioned Walker & Co., a health and beauty startup with a focus on people of color.… Read MoreBob Bowman, CEO Of MLB Advanced Media, On Deciding To Build A Streaming Video Service In 2002
May 06, 7:10PM
MLB Advanced Media started streaming baseball games in 2002 — way back before live streaming had become as prevalent as it is today — and that’s part of the reason MLB’s Bob Bowman said at TechCrunch NY that MLB’s streaming service is as successful as it is today. Read MoreWhich Metrics Matter For Today's App Developers?
May 06, 7:02PM
What sort of metrics should mobile app developers be paying attention to these days? That question kicked off a discussion about the changing nature of the mobile app ecosystem at TechCrunch Disrupt NY this afternoon between former IDC analyst and now App Annie’s new head of research, Danielle Levitas and Sequoia Capital’s Alfred Lin. Read MoreVoxieBox Displays 3D Images Just Like R2D2's Message From Princess Leia
May 06, 7:00PM
Voxon, chosen out of the Hardware Alley to do the ‘wildcard’ pitch during TechCrunch Disrupt NY, demonstrated a truly amazing technology today. Imagine the scene from Star Wars where Princess Leia is projected in 3 dimensions recording a message to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Well, Voxon’s VoxieBox product does just that. Read MoreCommunications Platform Layer Expands To Web, Announces Fund To Back Layer-Powered Apps
May 06, 6:34PM
TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield alumni and former Disrupt winner Layer, a company which is offering developers tools to build their own communications platform where they control the experience and the data, announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY that it’s expanding beyond mobile to now include support for web applications, as well. In addition, the company also announced the launch of… Read MoreMeerkat Founder On Getting The Kill Call From Twitter
May 06, 5:47PM
Meerkat founder Ben Rubin has criticized Twitter for only giving the live streaming startup two hours’ notice before pulling the plug on access to its social graph. Speaking onstage with TechCrunch’s Josh Constine here at Disrupt NY, Rubin said: “Big platforms should take leadership coming from courage and not fear.” He added that getting a call from Twitter with just… 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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