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The Agenda For The Europas Conference: AI, Drones, Health, FinTech, Fashion & More

May 29, 11:28AM

awards12 The Europas Conference & Awards for European Tech Startups, is on on June 16 in London, and TechCrunch is the exclusive Media Partner. Think ‘a summertime Crunchies, with a daytime unconference attached, by a sunny River Thames’. The agenda for the event has just been released. You can find it here and the roster of international speakers is here. Attendees will… Read More



Glose Brings Its Social Ebook Reader To Android, Adds Free Excerpts

May 29, 10:42AM

Glose Photo Elon Musk Zoom Glose is a brand new take on ebook reading for phones and tablets. Yet, until today, one thing was crucially missing — Android support. Today, the company is launching its app on Android phones and tablets. It is also adding free book excerpts for its entire catalog. “Things are going well,” co-founder and CEO Nicolas Princen told me. “We basically doubled our catalog,… Read More



Ampion Opens Applications For Its Road Trip Showcasing African Tech

May 29, 10:15AM

DSCN5139 Ampion, the Berlin-based accelerator and advisory firm promoting technology entrepreneurship in Africa, is opening up the latest round of its pan-African bus tours for corporate executives, startup founders, and investors. Now in its third year the buses will hit the road between September and December with trips across East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, and Tunisia. Last year,… Read More



These Videos Would Totally Kill It On Facebook

May 29, 9:26AM

Voyage To The Moon By putting videos on mute autoplay in News Feeds, Facebook is redefining the way they are used by marketers. This presents new challenges for social media managers. Fortunately, they can turn to a group of content makers who were ahead of the curve by almost a century. Read More



Path Didn't Sell Its 'Places' Business Messaging Service To Daum Kakao

May 29, 8:25AM

path talk places Path announced that it has sold its flagship messaging apps to Korea’s Daum Kakao today, but the company has retained one interesting part of its business: its Places business-to-consumer messaging service. That’s according to Daum Kakao, which confirmed to TechCrunch that it didn’t acquire that asset. Read More



Open Source Platform Emojidex Offers "Emojis-As-A-Service"

May 29, 5:02AM

emojidex Like them or not, emojis are turning into the mobile era’s lingua franca. Now a project called emojidex is offering “emojis-as-a-service,” with a platform that lets developers share new emojis with each other and add them to their websites and apps. Read More



Path Sells Its Social Networking App To Daum Kakao

May 29, 2:00AM

dave-morin2 The company behind the Path social networking app might be looking for a new name. That’s because Dave Morin and crew have sold their social networking app of the same name to Korean messaging heavyweight Daum Kakao. Read More



Inventors, Entrepreneurs And The Space In Between

May 29, 2:00AM

needlehay Got a hot idea for a new product? You’re not alone. However, hard data on exactly how many products are introduced each year is surprisingly sparse. Go ahead, give it a search. So far, the best source I’ve found is Mintel’s Global New Product Database. Read More



Here's A First Look At Android M

May 29, 12:39AM

Android-M Android M is still in its very early days; Google just released the first developer preview for use on test devices today. We flashed it onto a Nexus 5, and took a look around to see what was new. The OS is far from feature-complete at this stage, but you can still get a first look at some key features in the video above. The changes to the app drawer, and to volume controls, are small but… Read More



8 Super Handy Things I Just Learned About Google Photos

May 29, 12:08AM

0 intro Google just launched a free, unlimited photo storage service. They’re calling it — wait for it — Google Photos. I met with Google shortly after the announcement, and they mentioned all sorts of neat tricks they didn’t get around to discussing in the keynote. Read More



Microsoft Launches New Project To Help Enterprises Improve Their DevOps Practices

May 28, 10:41PM

Screenshot 2015-05-28 at 14.05.56 Microsoft today announced a new project that aims to help developers and IT pros in the enterprise — and even smaller development shops — improve their DevOps practices. The company today launched both a self-assessment tool that gives companies recommendations for how to improve their development practices, as well as an e-book that chronicles Microsoft’s own learnings in… Read More



Google Photos' Unlimited Free Storage Could Clobber Apple's Expensive iCloud

May 28, 10:01PM

Google Photos Price How much does a terabyte of photo storage cost? On iCloud, $240 a year. Dropbox, $100. Microsoft OneDrive, $84. Flickr, $25. Google, $0. It’s free on desktop, Android, and iOS. Today, Google announced its new Google Photos product, which offers unlimited free storage of photos and videos. The only limits are that photos must be under 16 megapixels, and video resolution is capped at 1080P. Read More



Bitfinder's Awair Air Monitor Is Now Available For Pre-Order

May 28, 9:22PM

Screenshot 2015-05-28 17.07.31 Bitfinder, launched out of the R/GA accelerator in February, has opened up pre-order availability for the Awair air-monitoring system. The Awair sits in the home, office or other indoor space to monitor the quality of the air in that environment, with sensors to detect temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide (CO2), fine dust particles (PM2.5) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). The information… Read More



Uber Unveils Design Concept For Its New, 420,000 Square-Foot Headquarters In SF

May 28, 9:02PM

150514_CORNER_UPDATE Images detailing the design behind Uber’s giant new corporate headquarters have emerged, showing what the new, two-building corporate campus should look like when it opens up in a few years. Occupying San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood, the new buildings should offer up more than 420,000 square feet of new office and retail space to the company. Read More



Google Launches Smart Lock Passwords Manager For Android To Make Signing Into Apps Easier

May 28, 9:00PM

Screenshot 2015-05-28 at 12.46.00 Google is combining all of its login and identity solutions into a single platform today under the ‘Google Identity Platform’ moniker. What’s more interesting than that, though, is that Google is launching the Smart Lock Passwords Manager today, which will make it easier for users to sign in to third-party Android apps that implement this service. Read More



Everything You Need To Know From Today's Google I/O Keynote

May 28, 8:38PM

0 io Today was Keynote day at Google’s 2015 I/O Conference, and you know what that means: announcements, announcements, announcements. Who has time to follow all that? We’ve crammed everything down into bite-sized morsels so you can walk away knowing everything there is to know about I/O 2015. Read More



Instacart Adds To Its Exec Ranks With New General Counsel And VP of Comms

May 28, 8:30PM

Instacart Bags On-demand grocery delivery startup Instacart has been rounding out its management team, as the company seeks to expand into new markets and find new customers. To support that mission, it’s brought on a new general counsel and VP of marketing. Read More



Google's Cardboard VR Now Works (Very Well) With iPhone

May 28, 8:30PM

cardboard-iphone Google’s Cardboard VR app first appeared last year at I/O 2014, but the initial version was somewhat limited in terms of device support. A new version released this year works with devices with screen sizes ranging up to 6 inches, but the more exciting news for many might be that it now also works with iPhone. Read More



Amazon Debuts A $99 Kindle Bundle For Kids Including An E-Reader, Cover And Warranty

May 28, 8:24PM

amazon-kids Amazon wants parents to buy Kindles for their children and is today launching a discounted “Kindle for Kids Bundle” to encourage them to do so. This new package includes the combination of a Kindle e-reader, a durable cover, and an extended warranty on the device which protects against spills and drops. The Bundle is being sold for $99, which is a savings of $39.98 if all three… Read More



Google Updates Play Games With Improved Player Analytics

May 28, 8:00PM

IMG_9981 Google Play Games, Google’s cloud-based platform for game developers, got a number of updates at the company’s annual I/O developer conference today that should make the life of game developers a little bit easier. Play Games, which launched at I/O two years ago, will now offer developers a far easier way to get data about a game’s player, making it easier for developers… Read More




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