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Nintendo's Mario Amiibo Gets The Silver Treatment
May 14, 12:22PM
Nintendo knows a money-maker when it sees one, and its Amiibo interactive toys are that. The figurines are getting special editions based on their early success, and the Silver Edition variant is the first-such collector-focused cash-in. The Mario – Silver Edition Amiibo is a bit reminiscent of Metal Mario, but this is a plastic figure similar to the existing versions, albeit with a… Read MoreHackers Are Using Popular Websites To Attack Governments And Other Targets
May 14, 12:08PM
There’s evidence to suggest that hackers are using popular websites to attack government agencies, NGOs and other cyber espionage targets with increasingly more subtle insurgencies. Read More$474M Fund Will Support Oxford University Spinouts
May 14, 11:49AM
A new £300 million U.K. fund has been set up to support high tech startups looking to spin out of the University of Oxford. The fund is being raised by Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), a newly formed company that is working in partnership with Oxford University and its commercialization arm, Isis Innovation. Read MoreMarketing Startup Percolate Raises $40M More
May 14, 11:31AM
Percolate is announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series C funding. I’ve written previously about the company’s social media tools, which allow marketers to find and publish content on social networks. (It works on mobile too.) Read MoreCloud-Based Sales Software Pipedrive Closes $9 Million Series A
May 14, 11:30AM
Pipedrive, which offers Software-as-a-Service designed to help small companies manage and increase sales, has closed another deal of its own. The Estonia/U.S.-based startup and AngelPad alumni has raised a $9 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, money it will use to accelerate growth and further build out its product. Paua Ventures also participated, along with existing… Read MoreCall For Google To Show Its Right To Be Forgotten Workings
May 14, 8:51AM
A group of Internet scholars and legal academics has called on Google to be more transparent about its decision-making process in regards to its implementation of Europe’s so-called ‘Right to be forgotten’ ruling. Read MoreOpenSignal Launches A Smarter Wi-Fi Hotspot Mapper App
May 14, 8:30AM
Mobile signal mapper OpenSignal is launching a new app that maps Wi-Fi hotspots to help device users in need of a connectivity fix — expanding its network of crowdsourced intel into another, albeit related area. Read MoreForget The U.S., India's Music Streaming Race Is The Big Growth Story
May 14, 8:16AM
A key part of Rdio’s new $3.99 plan for cost conscious consumers taking a baby step towards music streaming services is the important caveat that this new service is cheaper outside of the U.S.. In India, it will retail for 60 rupees (around 94 cents) per month. Read MoreAlibaba Needs To "Globalize," Says Its New CEO
May 14, 5:43AM
The bulk of Alibaba’s revenue still comes from China, but the e-commerce giant will focus aggressively on growing its global business this year. Daniel Zhang, who took over as chief executive officer last week, told employees in in a recent speech that not only will Alibaba pour money into its global businesses, but also transform its company culture. Read MoreRdio Launches $3.99 Monthly Plan For Cost-Conscious Subscribers
May 14, 4:12AM
In a bid to compete with rival streaming music services, Rdio has announced a new low-cost subscription program called Rdio Select. For $3.99 a month, users can download up to 25 new songs every day to play offline, which they can keep or swap out with new tracks once a day. Read MoreLast-Minute Ticket Sales App Gametime Closes $13 Million In Series A Funding
May 14, 4:01AM
Over the last 18 months or so, a mobile app called Gametime has helped sports fans book last-minute tickets to sporting events in cities across the U.S. Now, after growing nearly 600 percent year-over-year, the company has closed out on $13 million in funding led by Accel Partners. Read MoreTencent Backs Mobile Gaming Company Pocket Gems
May 14, 12:30AM
Pocket Gems announced today that it has taken an investment from Chinese Internet company Tencent. The funding will allow the mobile gaming company to expand globally, including into China. The companies did not disclose the size of the deal, but The Wall Street Journal reported that Tencent invested $60 million for 20 percent stake in Pocket Gems. Read MoreApple's App Analytics Beta Opens To All Developers
May 13, 10:52PM
Apple is making the beta of its new App Analytics product available for all registered developers, starting today. The program lets developers provides users with access to a selection of metrics regarding their app and its usage, including what types of devices are accessing their software, and from where in the world they’re using them. The native analytics feature don’t appear to… Read MoreSurveillance Reform Bill Clears House Only To Face Obstacles In Senate
May 13, 10:33PM
The House of Representatives today passed the USA FREEDOM Act on a 338-88 vote. Despite receiving overwhelming support in the lower chamber, the bill will have to overcome considerable hurdles as it moves to the Senate. Read MoreWalmart To Test A Free, Three-Day Shipping Service That's Half The Price Of Amazon Prime
May 13, 9:57PM
Walmart is preparing to test a new, unlimited shipping service that will compete to some extent with Amazon Prime, but at a lower price point of just $50 per year. The shipping service will be offered to select customers on an invite-only basis starting this summer, offering more than 1 million products for free delivery in three days or fewer. Read MoreThe Genome Engineering Revolution
May 13, 9:00PM
Over the years, the debate surrounding the ethics of genome engineering research and applications has cultivated a sense of fear among us that societies depicted in movies like Gattaca, or the book Brave New World, could come to fruition. Although these scenarios seem socially impossible execute, they were ultimately deemed scientifically farfetched because the complexity of such tasks… Read MoreGmail's New Login Screens Hints At A Future Beyond Passwords
May 13, 8:43PM
Google quietly rolled out a new login screen for Gmail this week, and not everyone is happy with the update. Where before, Gmail users would enter their username and password on the same page, the new login flow separates this process. Now, you’ll first enter your username, then be directed to a second page where you enter your password. Some complain that this change slows them down,… Read MoreCisco Drops A Fraction After Reporting Better-Than-Expected FQ3 Revenue Of $12.14B
May 13, 8:37PM
At the end of regular trading, Cisco reported its fiscal 2015 third-quarter financial performance. The networking company earned $0.54 per share using adjusted metrics on revenue of $12.14 billion. The street had expected a profit of $0.53 per share on top line of $12.07 billion. The company’s revenue grew 5 percent compared to the year-ago period. Up a fraction in regular trading, Cisco… Read MoreJérémie Berrebi Leaves Kima Ventures
May 13, 8:35PM
After five very active years, Jérémie Berrebi has announced he is leaving Kima Ventures, the Paris-headquartered VC fund he co-founded with French telco and media entrepreneur Xavier Niel in 2010. Read More
Health IT Startup Silversheet Raises $2.9 Million To Manage Medical Credentials
May 13, 8:19PM
Silversheet, a medical credentials verification startup, has pulled in $2.9 million in a seed round to launch a platform that aims to save administrators time by digitizing documents and automate the verification of medical records. There are numerous problems in the health IT space, particularly in medical records and the paperwork involved. What Silversheet attempts to do with medical… 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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