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VPN Maker CyberGhost Aims To Grow A Privacy Hub In Eastern Europe

Jul 18, 4:00PM

CyberGhost privacy Earlier this year a London-based cyber security incubator called CyLon opened its doors. Now Europe is getting a pro-privacy bootcamp program, with bootstrapped Romania-based VPN startup CyberGhost this week kicking off a search for startups wanting support to build privacy tech. Read More



Welcome To The Unicorn Club, 2015: Learning From Billion-Dollar Companies

Jul 18, 3:00PM

paper-unicorns It’s been over a year since we wrote our original post sharing our analysis of the last decade’s most successful U.S.-based, venture-backed tech companies. In that piece we focused on the many entrepreneurs and investors who seek to build big, revolutionary companies valued at a billion dollars or more. Read More



We're All Doomed, Or, Towards A Border Gateway Super Posse

Jul 18, 1:00PM

Description=PAUL NEWMAN & ROBERT REDFORD IN BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID. 01/05/1969CTC4468 Everything is broken. Just ask any security engineer. Way back in 1998, the members of the hacker collective L0pht testified to Congress that they could take down the entire Internet in 30 minutes by abusing BGP, the Border Gateway Protocol an obscure but critically important routing system. That was seventeen years ago and BGP is still vulnerable. Everything is terrible. Read More



The Benefits Of Being A Total Zero

Jul 18, 11:00AM

zero “There are three types of people,” astronaut Chris Hadfield told me. “-1, 0, and +1.” When a business fails it feels like a -1. When a relationship fails, often it’s because I’ve been a -1. Certainly stalking and begging and crying has made me a -1 many times. When I clam up in my shell, refusing to take responsibility, afraid to return calls, afraid to… Read More



A New Class Of Worker Could Fix The On-Demand Economy

Jul 18, 2:00AM

5279833992_1b91f78e21_o The rise of the on-demand economy has presented difficult questions for both employers and employees. It’s not uncommon to see stories about the series of legal and regulatory challenges Uber is facing. Through all of these legal and moral difficulties, the debate remains the same: Should contractors be considered employees or is the solution to create a third classification of worker? Read More



Microsoft Will Release Cortana For Android In "Next Few Weeks"

Jul 17, 10:36PM

google logo Following an apparent leak of Cortana for the Android platform, Microsoft released comment indicating that it is in fact testing its digital assistant for the Google platform, and will cut it live in short order. The full quote is as follows: In the spirit of the Windows Insider Program, we’re testing the Cortana for Android beta with a limited number of users in the U.S. and China… Read More



Twitter's Mastering The Emoji, But Are They Missing Out On A Gravy Train? 🍗💵💰🍗

Jul 17, 10:04PM

16748508705_2afd2bbfd2_k Today’s one of those completely useless internet fake holiday days. It’s World Emoji Day! Anyways, emojis can be serious business, or in the case of Twitter…should be serious business. My colleague Jon Russell pointed out that Twitter might be missing the boat on charging for cool emoji packs like messaging service Line and others do. Twitter is missing a trick not… Read More



CrunchWeek: Tech Makes Money, Reddit's Implosion Continues, And Your Favorite Startup Is Doomed

Jul 17, 9:17PM

crunchweek-4-3 Hello my friend, and welcome back to another episode of CrunchWeek. This time ’round Drew Olanoff, Sarah Lane, and your humble servant discussed three of the week’s largest stories: The massive spike in technology earnings, Reddit’s never-ending issues regarding content and Internet trolling, and, of course, the current carnage among some of Uber For X startups. All that and… Read More



Limited Ticket Release Of TechCrunch Summer Party At August Capital

Jul 17, 9:17PM

august capital summer party Well, that went fast! Because of high demand, we’re releasing more tickets for the TechCrunch annual summer soirée at August Capital today. But act quickly because they won’t be available long. Read More



Yahoo Quietly Launches A New "Video Texting" Mobile Messaging App On iTunes

Jul 17, 9:11PM

Screen Shot 2015-07-17 at 1.51.38 PM Yahoo has been rumored to be working on a revamped messenger app for a while now, and it looks like that new app may be taking its first step into the wild. Yahoo has quietly released the next version of its Yahoo Messenger mobile application, which is available under the name “Yahoo Livetext – Video Messenger” in the Hong Kong iTunes App Store. The app went live earlier… Read More



Yahoo Files To Spin Off Its Alibaba Stake As "Aabaco Holdings"

Jul 17, 9:05PM

Yahoo_Sunnyvale_BuildingDSign Yahoo is moving forward with plans to spin off its Alibaba assets, as outlined in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Basically, Yahoo is tossing its Alibaba stock and a minor part of its operations into a new corporate entity. The spinoff will be a public company called Aabaco Holdings, and it will own 384 million shares of Alibaba, which is about 15 percent of the total.… Read More



Meetings That Don't Suck

Jul 17, 9:00PM

meeting For most of us, and certainly for most of your team, meetings are the least productive part of our day. Yet too many brilliant people are stuck in too many meetings. Meeting cultures begat more meetings, and the downward cycle continues, crippling productivity and crushing psyches. Read More



Of Course Microsoft Will Push Windows 10 Updates To Consumers

Jul 17, 8:51PM

windows 10 Freak out, everyone, Microsoft intends to update its software. That it said it would update. That it said it would update on a continuous basis. Because it’s trying to build and release Windows 10 as a service. So it’s going to push new code. LOSE YOUR SHIT. Kidding. But really, I’m slightly confused. I had to spend the morning on trains to meet an unelected political… Read More



Smart Bed Startup Luna Joins Y Combinator, Has Raised $1.3M In Private Funding

Jul 17, 8:33PM

Luna Bed Cover Luna had a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, raising more than $1 million for a mattress cover that adjusts temperature, tracks your sleep and connects to other devices. Now the company is sharing more news. It’s part of the current class of startups at incubator Y Combinator, and it has also raised $1.3 million in funding from private investors — roughly the… Read More



People Watch More YouTube Than Ever Before – Especially On Their Phones

Jul 17, 7:38PM

youtube_topic - NOT FOR FEATURED IMAGE YouTube is bigger than cable TV. Well, to be more precise, it’s bigger than any single U.S. cable network among the key demographic that includes those ages 18 to 49 – or so said Google during yesterday’s earnings call. The video-sharing network’s heavily engaged user base and its traction with mobile consumers were among the highlights discussed during the… Read More



Surprise! Tesla Is Working On A New Roadster

Jul 17, 7:08PM

roadster 2 The first car Tesla ever built, the Roadster, hasn’t gotten a whole lot of love lately. They stopped building them back in 2012, after all. It looks like the Roadster is set for a revival, though. Buried deep in today’s other Tesla news was word of a brand new Roadster model. After announcing a holy-crap-that’s-fast, 0-to-60-in-2.8-seconds mode for the Model S P85D that… Read More



This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Jolla, Eden, iPod touch, And HTC's New Phones

Jul 17, 7:00PM

gadgets-podcast July 17 Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest edition of the TechCrunch Gadgets podcast. This week, we’re focusing on Jolla’s split, Eden’s on-demand tech help service, the new iPod touch, and HTC’s freshly revealed Desire smartphones. This week’s episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast is brought to you by John Biggs, Romain Dillet Natasha Lomas, and Jordan Crook. We… Read More



Tesla's Model S Gets "Ludicrous" Mode, Will Do 0-60 In 2.8 Seconds

Jul 17, 6:22PM

s Tesla’s Model S P85D is well known for its wonderfully named “Insane” mode, which tunes the car to go from 0 to 60 in 3.1 seconds. Not insane enough for you? Now the Model S is getting a “Ludicrous” mode. Seriously. The aptly named Ludicrous mode will do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, that acceleration pins you to the seat at a 1.1 Gs. Read More



Homejoy Is Shutting Down At The End Of The Month

Jul 17, 5:41PM

homejoy On-demand house cleaning service Homejoy is shutting down, after talks of an acquisition by its biggest competitor and a failure to raise enough money to keep things moving. Read More



13 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week

Jul 17, 5:35PM

weekly roundup USE This week, Uber added a bold feature, major changes took place at Reddit, and Amazon Prime Day made a lot of people really mad. These are the stories to catch you up on everything that happened in tech this week. Read More




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