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Lavaboom Is Another Zero Access Encrypted Email Service Hosted In Germany

May 15, 10:40AM

Lavaboom The post-Snowden boom in strongly encrypted services continues. To wit: Lavaboom, a made-in-Germany encrypted email service, which is currently in beta and seeking a $100,000 crowdfunding raise via Indiegogo to get a fully featured product to market. Read More



Google's Self-Driving Cars Will Hit Public Roads In Mountain View This Summer

May 15, 7:34AM

google car Google is shifting its self-driving car program up a gear, after it announced that it will begin testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in Mountain View this summer. Read More



Bengaluru Food Delivery Startup Dazo Helps Hungry Customers Figure Out What To Order Fast

May 15, 6:56AM

Dazo Most food delivery services try to offer a cornucopia of selections from as many restaurants as possible. A Bengaluru startup called Dazo, however, is taking the opposite approach. Dazo (formerly known as TapCibo) only works with a few partners, who each make just two dishes available on the platform for lunch, afternoon snacks, and dinner. Read More



Face++, Whose Facial Recognition Tech Is Used By Alibaba, Raises $25M

May 15, 5:45AM

Face++ Face++, a Chinese startup that makes facial recognition technology used by Alibaba, has secured an additional $25 million for its series B round. Along with capital raised in November, this brings the company’s total series B to $47 million. A Face++ representative tells TechCrunch that existing investors Qiming Venture Partners and Innovation Works returned for the round. Read More



Panasonic Begins Selling The First Firefox OS-Powered Smart TVs, Initially In Europe

May 15, 5:35AM

Firefox Mozilla picked CES in January to show-off is Firefox OS — know best for powering cheap smartphones for emerging markets — running on smart TVs. Now the initial fruits of its labor are on shelves in Europe from today. Read More



How To Better Predict Unicorns

May 15, 4:00AM

trendwatch Of course Airbnb is worth a billion dollars. There’s an expensive asset there sitting unused. People often struggle to make rent. Hotels are expensive. Of course Uber is worth a billion dollars. Taxis are awful; expensive, unreliable, and the last one I took I’m pretty sure I was sitting in some sick. Read More



The New York Times And Its Faustian Pact With Facebook

May 15, 1:00AM

old newspaper Quality news content providers are between a rock and a hard place, the second worst decision they could ever make is to give their content for free for Facebook to host, but probably the very worst one is not to. Read More



United Airlines Will Give You Up To A Million Miles For Finding Security Bugs

May 14, 11:58PM

united Bug Bounty programs are great. Utilized by everyone from Facebook to Google, they encourage security researchers to dig up bugs and disclose them responsibly in exchange for rewards — generally meaning a chunk of cash and a bit of glory. Here’s a new one, though: your bugs in exchange for… airline miles? United Airlines has just launched a bug bounty program, offering up… Read More



9 Of The Largest NYC Startup Funding Rounds Of The Last 2 Years

May 14, 11:15PM

nycskyline People say you can’t build a tech company outside of Silicon Valley, but these New York City startups prove that that just isn’t true. We picked some of the best known tech startups from New York, and dug into how much they raised over the last two years. The answer: North of $1 billion. Read More



TheLadders Announces A New Salary Database And A Returning CEO

May 14, 10:25PM

theladders iphone app TheLadders is simultaneously announcing a new boss and unveiling a new product, namely a database of company and salary information. Let’s start with the boss. Co-founder Marc Cenedella served as CEO of TheLadders from 2003 to 2012, when he left to focus on his new startup Knozen. He’s remained involved as chairman of the board of directors, and the company says he was reappointed… Read More



What Startups Can Learn From LearnVest's $250 Million Acquisition

May 14, 10:00PM

piggybankchild When LearnVest, one of the hottest startups in Fintech, announced its acquisition by Northwestern Mutual, the $250 million deal raised some eyebrows. While this partnership may seem unlikely at first, it actually makes a lot of sense for both parties. Read More



This Robot Cracks Open Combination Locks In Seconds

May 14, 9:08PM

so fast Those combination locks you pick up for a few bucks at the office supply store have never been the epitome of security — but now there’s a robot that’ll own the lock in seconds, all without leaving a mark. Read More



Apple Says First HomeKit-Enabled Devices Land Next Month

May 14, 9:00PM

Screen Shot 2015-05-14 at 4.55.15 PM Apple has been relatively quiet on HomeKit, the protocol it announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last year for connecting its devices to third-party smart home gadgets and accessories. But that changed today. The company provided the following statement to TechCrunch confirming that HomeKit-enabled devices will come to market starting next month, meaning users won’t have to… Read More



Amazon Echo Can Now Do Some Of Your Shopping For You, Prime Members

May 14, 8:07PM

amazon-echo Amazon’s Echo speaker/intelligent tube/listening pal revealed a bit more of its true nature today: It can now field voice-powered buying requests, translating your spoken desire for more paper towels into more actual paper towels, for instance. The catch is that it’s restricted to Prime members, it only works with Prime-eligible goods, and you need both a U.S. billing address and… Read More



Pitch Your Startup In The Austin And Seattle TC Pitch-Offs

May 14, 7:39PM

16693440121_1a36f7cf00_k Hot on the heels of Disrput, we’re (re)packing our bags to come to two of our favorite cities in the world, Austin and Seattle. We’ll be hitting Austin on June 23, where we’ll get a little weird, and then we’ll head up to Seattle on June 25 for our third-annual Seattle Pitch-Off. These will be nights to remember, but prep starts now. The first priority is going… Read More



Bing Follows Google With Its Own "Mobile-Friendly" Ranking Algorithm Change

May 14, 7:10PM

Navigation There’s no “mobilegeddon” taking place on Bing, but Microsoft did announce today that it’s taking steps to improve the search rankings for mobile-friendly websites. The changes follow a similar move by Google which last month rolled out a change to its ranking algorithm which penalized sites that aren’t easily usable from mobile devices. The update was… Read More



TechCrunch Is Headed To Grand Rapids For A Mini-Meetup And Pitchoff

May 14, 6:16PM

Grand_Rapids_Skyline,_night,_2009 Join John Biggs and myself next week in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a mini-meetup and pitch-off. We’ll be at Start Garden’s new space on Thursday, May 21 from 5:00 – 8:00. The bar opens at 5:00 and the pitches start at 5:30. The event is free to attend and I’m sure the open bar will feature some great Michigan beers. Please RSVP here. Five local startups will present… Read More



Microsoft Just Dropped A Big Update For Windows 10 Mobile

May 14, 6:12PM

windows10 The newly named ‘Windows 10 Mobile’ picked up an update from Microsoft today, including a number of new features and device support. The new build, 10080, also includes support for the first non-Lumia Windows Phone, the HTC One. Most important to the new build is its inclusion of a “first look” at the Windows Store for mobile. Microsoft is working to build a single store… Read More



Tinkergarten Is Using Technology To Get Kids Back Outdoors

May 14, 5:56PM

10371654_714698398589604_6472852505633157509_n Many parents today recall childhoods where we were pushed out of the house by our parents, while told simply to “go outside and play.” But our children seem to be growing up in a different world: one filled with scheduled activities, hovering parents, and a lot of screen time. A new startup called Tinkergarten, now backed by half a million in seed funding, wants to change that… Read More



Atlantic.Net Hopes To Challenge DigitalOcean As It Expands To Europe And Asia

May 14, 5:25PM

8475764430_af4da5051d_o Atlantic.Net has been in the hosting business since it was founded in Gainesville, Fla., in 1994. For the longest time, though, the company was content being a regional player. But over the last year or so, it has been making a very concerted effort to expand its footprint and gain wider recognition, especially in the face of competition from fast-growing services like DigitalOcean, which offer… Read More




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