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All Hail The Mega-Processor!

Jul 11, 1:00PM

Apple_A5_Chip Once upon a time, long ago, there were computers, and they were very large. Warehouse large. Multi-story large. Tractor-trailer large. So large that in those mythical days of yore, now lost in the mists of time, men were real men(1), women were real women(2), and bugs were actual physical bugs(3), to paraphrase Douglas Adams. Read More



A New User's Guide To Understanding Snapchat

Jul 11, 12:00PM

snapchat-ghost Snapchat was the first social network I was too old to understand. Read More



The Six Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day

Jul 11, 10:00AM

eatatdesk I admit I stole this title. Part of being productive is to piggyback on the shoulders of greatness. So I decided to write down what six things I do every day that help me with productivity. They make work for you. Or not. They work for me, although I always need to improve. Read More



The Next Big Opportunity In Enterprise Starts In The Field

Jul 11, 4:00AM

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Sorry, A Bug Gave You More Instagram Followers And They'll Disappear

Jul 11, 3:20AM

IMG_1313 No, your last selfie didn’t win you hundreds or thousands of new followers. Instagram confirmed to me today that a bug has caused some users’ follower counts to increase, but that this was a bug that’s being fixed. That increase in people’s follower count will disappear once the bug is completely fixed.  Earlier today, a manager that works with big social media… Read More



Digital Government Is The New Social Network

Jul 10, 11:00PM

datawhitehouse Recently, New York and Chicago, each a leader in two important municipal reforms — the open data movement and centralized (311) call centers — released requests asking the private sector to help them build a platform more akin to Facebook than 311 as we know it. Read More



Watch Microsoft Ventures Digital Works Accelerator Demo Day Presentations Right Here

Jul 10, 10:58PM

group_600x The live stream has finished. Thanks for watching! TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures Digital Works Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 4:00 p.m. PDT. This is the second class from Microsoft Ventures’s Seattle Accelerator where 14 startups received mentorship, technology guidance and a $25,000 check with no… Read More



Whistle While You Scroll, Or, How Facebook Could Win With Music Videos

Jul 10, 10:02PM

facebook-mtv FbMTV? Facebook is talking with record labels about paying them handsomely to share music videos to the News Feed, according to reports from Billboard and The New York Times. Normally, people go to YouTube to watch these mini music movies. But Facebook’s on a quest to conquer the video world, and it’s mounting an assault on YouTube’s most lucrative province. FaceTube A few… Read More



Reddit Co-Founder Steve Huffman In For Reddit CEO Job, Pao Out

Jul 10, 9:18PM

s2007 YCombinator class We’d been hearing that Steve Huffman, a co-founder of Reddit who also co-founded flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk, was being considered for the CEO job at Reddit. Now that move is confirmed. Huffman’s appointment follows turmoil at Reddit following the firing of Victoria Taylor, a community manager that the Reddit community relied on, last week. Y Combinator’s… Read More



Apple Finally Fixes The iPhone Keyboard's Worst Flaw In iOS 9

Jul 10, 9:14PM

kb It’s the little things in life. Like, you know, being able to tell if your keyboard is currently set to use capital letters or not. With iOS 9, Apple is finally fixing one of the platform’s strangest quirks: the keyboard will no longer appear to be all caps, all the time. If you’re an Android user, or someone who just doesn’t think about stuff like this all that much,… Read More



Gillmor Gang LIVE 07.10.15

Jul 10, 8:38PM

Gillmor Gang Artcard Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Keith Teare, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 1:30pm Pacific time (4:30pm Eastern). Find us on Facebook HERE Our live chatroom during the show is HERE Check out our sister show called G3! They are archived HERE on Ustream …and the Facebook page for G3 is HERE Read More



This Pixar Artist's Homemade Robot Is Adorable And I Want One

Jul 10, 8:33PM

mira You’ve seen Atlas, the robot that can walk just like a human. You’ve seen Small Dog, the quadruped bot that can scale hills and climb stairs. But have you ever seen a robot that just makes you say “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww”? Meet Mira — an adorable little mini-bot built by one of Pixar’s technical directors. Read More



Backed By Tim Draper, DataWallet Pays Users To Share Their Online Data With Businesses

Jul 10, 8:29PM

datawallet Consciously or not, there’s a kind of deal we make when we use many online services — in exchange for free access, we accept ads and give up some of our personal data. Now a startup called DataWallet is planning to make that exchange a little more rewarding, with real cash. Brands often want access to this kind of personal data, and DataWallet founder and CEO Serafin Lion Engel… Read More



CrunchWeek: Microsoft Swings The Axe, Facebook Updates News Feed, And Reddit Melts Down

Jul 10, 8:26PM

crunchweek-4-3 This week on CrunchWeek, we sat down to dig into the hottest stories from the last seven days: Microsoft’s massive writedown and layoffs, Facebook’s addition of new controls to users’ News Feeds, and Reddit’s community meltdown. Read More



The Pirate Bay Founders Acquitted In Criminal Copyright Case

Jul 10, 8:05PM

logo_pirate_bay_black_and_white_desktop_1440x900_hd-wallpaper-10067 The founders of The Pirate Bay, arguably the world’s most visible torrenting site, were acquitted by a Belgian court Thursday of charges alleging criminal copyright infringement and abuse of electronic communications. “The Pirate Bay Four,” consisting of Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström, have faced an almost comical amount of legal action… Read More



Self Lender Raises $1.5M To Help Americans Establish Credit

Jul 10, 8:02PM

selflender-2-of-9 Former Disrupt Battlefield participant Self Lender has raised a $1.5 million round of seed capital from Silverton Partners, who wrote the full check. The new cash comes after the firm raised a prior total of $535,000 from TechStars, Kickstart Seed Fund, and Galvanize Ventures. To date, Self Lender has raised $2.035 million. The company uses loans to help individuals establish, and in some… Read More



The Diary Of A Cord Cutter In 2015 (Part 10: The Rise Of Niche Video Streaming Services)

Jul 10, 7:41PM

cord-cutter1 While today’s cord cutters are replacing their former TV-viewing activities with popular streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, the shift away from linear television on to on-demand, online streams has allowed a variety of niche services to pop up, too. Available for a few more dollars per month, viewers now have the option of further customizing their over-the-top video… Read More



This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: GoPro, Micro:bit, And Google Glass

Jul 10, 6:57PM

Screenshot 2015-07-10 13.13.45 GoPro just announced its newest camera, the GoPro Hero4 Session, and Romain thinks that the company should maybe merge with Red Bull. The BBC is teaching children how to code via the Micro:bit, and Google Glass is apparently still a thing (that we’re talking about, at the very least). This week’s episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast is brought to you by John Biggs, Romain Dillet and… Read More



The Dinosaurs Of Cybersecurity Are Planes, Power Grids And Hospitals

Jul 10, 6:00PM

powerlines As we continue down the path toward complete connectivity — in which all devices, appliances and networks connect to each other and the Internet — it is evident that much of our longstanding technology can no longer keep up. And it’s not an issue affecting only tech companies and web-connected devices, it’s affecting systems and infrastructures that most would expect to… Read More



Taking A Spin On Bolt, The Tesla Of Electric Motorbikes

Jul 10, 5:35PM

Bolt is a San Francisco-based startup that makes electric motorbikes. The bikes are handmade in a small garage on the edge of town and come with the same type of lithium-ion batteries used in Teslas. Co-founder Nathan Jauvtis grew up riding and assembling motorcycles and bikes, but he really liked the idea of building his own bike – one that would be clean and easy to ride. He started… Read More




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