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Yes, Google Photos Can Still Sync Your Photos After You Delete The App
Jul 13, 3:27PM
Google’s recently rebooted Photos app might be syncing your photos without you realizing it. David Arnott, an editor at the Nashville Business Journal, writes that he found it was doing just that after he installed the app to test it out and subsequently changed his mind about using it — deleting it from his Android phone and thinking that was the end of Google’s access to… Read MoreAccidental Tweet Reveals Apple Pay Will Hit U.K. On Tuesday
Jul 13, 3:16PM
Although we’ve known since Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference that Apple Pay, the company’s own mobile payment solution, would arrive in the U.K. in July, a British bank accidentally revealed by way of a tweet that the service is, in fact, launching tomorrow. According to a now-deleted tweet by HSBC, Apple Pay will arrive in the country on Tuesday, July 14th. The blog… Read MoreBudapestCrunch II Was A Great Success
Jul 13, 2:39PM
I got to Budapest after a massive storm had gone from northern Europe through to the Central hills and plains. Trees were downed and it had cooled off considerably and I thanked the meet-up gods for ensuring that I wouldn’t sweat through my clothes. I also realized that we were truly celebrating BudapestCrunch II, not one. The inaugural Budapest event happened way back in 2007 when I… Read MoreWalmart Answers Amazon's "Prime Day" With Deals And Free Shipping
Jul 13, 2:34PM
Walmart today announced its intentions to take the wind of the sails of Amazon’s upcoming “Prime Day,” a one-day event happening on July 15th which will offer Black Friday-like sales and savings for Prime subscribers in nine countries, including the U.S. Walmart’s own membership-based savings program called ShippingPass, an Amazon Prime competitor of sorts, is still… Read MoreBacked By Y Combinator, Willing Makes Estate And Funeral Planning Easier
Jul 13, 2:20PM
It’s hard to face the business of death when you are busy living. According to one survey, 51 percent of Americans aged 55 to 64 don’t have wills. Even if they have prepared estate documents, their adult children often have no idea where to find them. Fresh from the latest Y Combinator batch, Willing is a startup that takes on the $20.7 billion per year U.S. funeral industry by… Read MoreShipster, The On-Demand Shipping Service For Businesses, Expands To SF
Jul 13, 2:00PM
Shipster, a logistics startup that will ship practically anything on-demand for business clients, is launching today in San Francisco. After launching in New York in November, Shipster is currently shipping 11,000 packages per month for hundreds of businesses that range from tech startup Squarespace to high-end fashion brand Diane von Furstenburg. “If you’re a regular shipper… Read MoreMicrosoft Hopes To Unify Big Data And Analytics In Newly Announced Suite
Jul 13, 2:00PM
Today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite. It takes the company’s machine learning, big data and analytics products and packages them together in one huge, monolithic suite. Microsoft has put together the suite with the hope of providing a one-stop, big data and analytics solution for enterprise customers. “Our goal was… Read MoreComcast Debuts Stream, A Cable TV-Like Streaming Service For Cord Cutters
Jul 13, 1:48PM
Comcast has now become the latest pay TV provider to launch its own alternative to big cable TV packages with the debut of its own internet-based streaming cable service it’s simply calling Stream. The service, which is preparing to go into beta in limited markets this summer, will offer live TV, on-demand content, and cloud DVR access to Comcast Xfinity Internet customers for $15… Read MoreThe MB&F MusicMachine 3 Is A Rich Nerd's Dream
Jul 13, 1:29PM
As we approach Peak Star Wars at last week’s Comic-Con, I’d like to present something so inexplicable yet potentially beguiling that it seems on the verge of exploding into a supernova of rich nerd lust. It is the MusicMachine 3, a music box shaped like an Imperial TIE Fighter. In fact the MusicMachine 3 contains two mechanical music playback systems, hidden in the rear of the fighter. Read MoreCircleUp Raises $22M To Invest In Consumer Brands On Its Crowdfunding Platform
Jul 13, 12:39PM
As crowdfunding sites like Tilt and GoFundMe and lending site Funding Circle raise large rounds to take their businesses to the next level, a startup that sits in the same area of web-based fundraising is trying a new approach. CircleUp, a crowdfunding platform for consumer brands to raise money from accredited investors, has closed a $22 million fund of its own to back a range of brands… Read MoreU.K. Gov't To Fund IoT For Cities Project With Up To $15M
Jul 13, 12:17PM
The U.K. government is parceling out some of the £40 million earmarked for Internet of Things research back in the March pre-election budget, announcing a competition aimed at exploring the benefits connected tech might bring to U.K. cities with up to £10 million available for the winning project. Read MoreSecurity Company CrowdStrike Scores $100M Led By Google Capital
Jul 13, 12:00PM
If you need proof that security is a red hot market these days, how about this morning’s announcement that cybersecurity company CrowdStrike landed a $100 million Series C investment round? The round was led by Google Capital with Rackspace, which happens to be one of the company’s customers also investing. Existing investors Accel and Warburg Pincus also participated.… Read MoreAndreessen-Backed Honor Pledges $1M In Free Care For Seniors, Expands Across The Bay Area
Jul 13, 12:00PM
Honor, a startup focused on caring for the country’s aging population, is giving away $1 million in free care to seniors and is opening across the San Francisco Bay Area today. At an event on aging at the White House this morning, Honor CEO Seth Sternberg is announcing plans to bring $1 million in free care to 10 cities across the United States. The company sends workers to homes of… Read More8sec, The Latest Startup From Investor Jérémie Berrebi, Aims To Develop A New Mobile Game Each Week
Jul 13, 11:49AM
“8 seconds to pick up, impossible to put down,” reads the strap-line of new mobile game startup 8sec. The company, co-founded by serial investor and entrepreneur Jérémie Berrebi, sits at the extreme end of casual gaming. Its business model feels extreme, too, promising to release a new mobile game each week. Read MoreMaker Creates A 3D-Printed "Poison Dart Gun"
Jul 13, 9:06AM
Maker Peter Alaric DeSimone has created a 3D-printed dart pistol that shoots 40mm blowgun darts using a piston system. The entire gun takes about eight hours to build and features rubber bands to bring the piston down and reset the trigger. DeSimone made a point to note that the gun is completely legal and is a direct reaction to proposed regulation that could make all gun blueprints –… Read MoreWatch Adam Savage And Chris Hadfield Walk Comic-Con Floor In Some Amazing Space Suits
Jul 13, 8:33AM
Adam Savage is one of our most beloved makers and real astronaut Chris Hadfield is a modern Earth hero. Together they make one of the funnest sets of fake astronauts in all of San Diego. Every year Savage dresses up as Adam Incognito and walks the show floor at Comic-Con. Hiding inside complex costumes, Savage is nearly unrecognizable until he takes off his mask or helmet. This year, to muddy… Read MoreIndonesian Lunchbox Startup Berry Kitchen Raises $1.25M Series A
Jul 13, 8:01AM
Startups around the world are snapping up funding to solve an important problem: how to eat healthy, delicious meals with the least possible amount of effort. The latest is Jakarta-based meal delivery service Berry Kitchen, which just raised a $1.25 million Series A led by Sovereign’s Capital, with participation from East Ventures. Read MoreRakuten Buys Virtual Fitting Room Startup Fits.Me In A Fashion Commerce Play
Jul 13, 6:50AM
Rakuten — Japan’s answer to Amazon with e-commerce operations and investments that stretch from digital media and e-commerce marketplaces through to social media and transport apps — is making another acquisition to expand its holdings, this time in the area of fashion. The company has acquired Fits.me, a startup founded in Estonia and now headquartered in London that… Read MoreSupport Center Software Ameyo Nabs $5M To Expand Into The U.S.
Jul 13, 5:46AM
Ameyo, a Gurgaon-based startup that makes software for customer support and sales centers, has raised a Series A of $5 million from Forum Synergies. The company, which already has customers throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, plans to use the capital to expand into the United States. Read MoreForrester: Tablet Sales Have Plateaued But There's A Future In Business
Jul 13, 5:29AM
As iPhone revenue soars, Apple’s iPad sales dropped 18 percent year-over-year in the final quarter of 2014 and has now hit a plateau, according to a new study from Forrester Research. Even the new iPad Air didn’t help. But it’s not just Apple’s device that slipped. The study points to an overall plateau in tablet sales worldwide. The reason for the slump in sales is… 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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