Hi there!
Here's the latest feed from TechCrunch.
Add feeds@feed2email.net to your contact list to make sure you receive all your emails
Make sure to visit feed2email.net to get more feeds sent to your inbox.
To find out which feeds you are subscribed to, or to get further help, just reply to this email.
Apple Watch Lands In Seven New Countries, Coming To Three More July 17
Jun 26, 2:51PM
The Apple Watch is expanding beyond the launch group of countries today, shortly after the device first became available for in-store purchase at Apple Retail with a reservation. The international sales expansion includes Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan as of today, and the next group includes the Netherlands, Sweden and Thailand starting July 17.… Read MoreKindle's Sharing Features Now Support Messaging Apps, Plus Web-Based Book Previews
Jun 26, 2:28PM
Kindle e-book reader owners will now have a new way to socialize with their friends about their favorite books or book quotes by way of mobile messaging apps, including Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, texting, and more. The change is indicative of the trend toward private sharing as the preferred means of connecting with friends, versus larger, more public social media platforms like Facebook… Read MoreWith $3 Million From Castlight, Lyra Health Is Bringing Big Data To Mental Health Care
Jun 26, 1:30PM
One in five Americans suffers from a diagnosable mental health or substance disorder, but 70 percent are undiagnosed. This fact prompted David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, to launch Lyra Health earlier this year. Read MoreMolson And Google Built A Beer Fridge That Unlocks Via Voice Translation
Jun 26, 12:40PM
Some of you may know that I hail from Canada, the country to the north of most of you that only occasionally enters your consciousness when someone mentions Drake or Bieber. Our nation’s symbolic birthday is July 1, next week, and so some #brands are looking to capitalize. Molson, maker of ‘Canadian’ beer, is one such #brand, but its project involved some real technical… Read MoreTeach Kids Tech And Life With A Pi-Powered DIY Camera Trap
Jun 26, 12:07PM
U.K. startup Naturebytes is bringing a different emphasis to the tech-plus-education space. It’s aiming to combine hackable technology with a mission to spark kids’ curiosity in the great outdoors. Read MoreNew Process Can Print Stretchy Electronics Onto Your Clothes
Jun 26, 11:44AM
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a single-step process to print conductive material on cloth, allowing manufacturers to build stretchable wearables that can test vital signs like heart rate and muscle contraction. From the release: Now, Professor Takao Someya’s research group at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering has developed an… Read MoreCould This 1970s Patek Philippe Be The Inspiration For The Apple Watch?
Jun 26, 11:14AM
In what could be the most interesting conspiracy theory of the morning, the folks at ABlogToWatch have found a watch that could have been the inspiration for Apple Watch. It’s a Patek Philippe Ellipse Ref. 3582 (3582G) made in the 1970s and usually sold through high end watch stores. The piece, which is amazingly rare in white gold, almost perfectly matches the case shape of the Apple… Read MoreJD.com Partners With ZestFinance To Offer Credit Service To Chinese Consumers
Jun 26, 9:45AM
JD.com has become the latest internet company in China to venture into the consumer credit space, after the Nasdaq-listed online retailer — a rival to Alibaba — launched a joint venture alongside LA-based financial services company ZestFinance. Read MoreSecurity Firm Sophos To Raise $125M In UK IPO, Valuing It At $1.6B
Jun 26, 7:05AM
As malicious hacks, data breaches and other forms of cyber crime continue to persist in our very networked, Internet connected world, Sophos, the security company that makes antivirus software, firewall hardware and other products for networks, individual users and servers, is going public on the London Stock Exchange, with Sophos Group plc to trade as “SOPH.” In its initial… Read MorePlaybasis Lands $1.8M To Fuel Its Gamification For Enterprise Push
Jun 26, 6:00AM
Playbasis, a company that offers gamification solutions for business and enterprises, has closed a $1.85 million Series A round as it bids to broaden its services and develop new technology such as virtual reality for companies. Read MoreAlibaba's Digital Bank Comes Online To Serve 'The Little Guys' In China
Jun 26, 4:09AM
You may know Alibaba for its huge e-commerce business in China and the record-breaking U.S. IPO that it held last year. But there’s a lot more to the Hangzhou-based company than that, and, as of this week, that includes an online bank. Read MoreWhittl Picks Up A Chicago-Style $3.3M Series A
Jun 26, 12:43AM
It turns out geography is still a thing. Recently, Whittl, a Chicago-based company raised a $3.3 million Series A round of capital. The new monetary event follows a $1.3 million seed round that took place around two years ago. If you can’t see the irony, you haven’t lived outside of the Valley in some time. Given the generic chop of both Clinkle and Secret, it’s hard to keep… Read MoreReserve Strap Promises To Extend Your Apple Watch Battery By 30 Hours
Jun 26, 12:01AM
Reserve Strap just announced the final details for its Apple Watch battery band, which it claims will add an additional 30 hours of battery life to the device. The Reserve Strap will ship at the beginning of November and will cost a pretty staggering $249.99. Read MoreA Closer Look At The Silicon Valley Vs. Wall Street Talent War
Jun 25, 11:00PM
Gordon Gekko is but a distant blip in the rear-view mirror for this generation’s best and brightest. In lieu of Wall Street, today’s top graduates are flocking to Silicon Valley and other top technology hubs in droves, drawn in by visions of challenging the status quo with world-changing apps and the opportunity to make a real, lasting impact in the world. Read MorePayNearMe Lays Off Employees as It Forges Into New Territory
Jun 25, 10:06PM
PayNearMe is a financial services startup that has managed to fly under the radar of the tech-savvy. That’s largely because the six-year-old company is focused on the roughly 25 percent of people in the U.S. who don’t have bank accounts to pay for things like rent and utilities and online purchases. In fact, its customers largely interface with PayNearMe’s brand when… Read MoreFCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Defends Status Quo, Rebuffs Attempts To Open Up Spectrum Auction
Jun 25, 10:04PM
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler rejected calls from T-Mobile and others Thursday to expand the amount of wireless spectrum being reserved for small carriers in the upcoming wireless spectrum auction. In a blog post, Wheeler held that the “current reserve size of 30 megahertz balances the desire to make low-band spectrum available to parties with limited holdings while facilitating… Read MoreReal Estate Startup Zumper Raises Another $6.4 Million
Jun 25, 6:55PM
Zumper, the platform that allows you to list, find and apply to apartment rentals, has raised $6.4 million as a Series A1, a year after raising a $6.5 million Series A round. This round was again led by existing investors Goodwater Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Read MoreApple Bans Games And Apps Featuring The Confederate Flag [Update: Some Games Being Restored]
Jun 25, 6:14PM
Apple has now joined a host of merchants in removing the Confederate flag from its platform – in its case, the iTunes App Store. Several app developers are now reporting that their Civil War games, which featured imagery of the flag as part of their game’s historical context, have been pulled from the App Store. Read MoreFacebook Fails To Improve Diversity Despite Rapid Hiring
Jun 25, 6:10PM
Facebook’s team is still dominated by white and Asian men. Diversity improved only slightly despite Facebook adding 2897 employees this year, according to its new demographic report. The 10,082-person company has only 1% more women as a share of all employees than a year ago despite a 40% increase in head count. And the company made no quantifiable progress growing its percentage… Read MoreGoogle's Latest Self-Driving Car Prototypes Are Now On Mountain View Streets
Jun 25, 6:07PM
Google has an update on the status of its self-driving car project – the latest prototypes of its vehicles are road-ready and already driving in Mountain View. These are the same adorable prototypes that Google showed off in December, and are completely built by Google with self-driving in mind. The driverless cars aren’t without drivers on city streets, however – they… 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.
To stop all future emails from feed2email.net you can reply to this email with STOP in the subject line. Thanks
