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Palantir Raises $450 Million, Now Valued At $20 Billion
Jul 24, 4:21PM
Palantir, the makers of a data analytics platform used by government agencies, law enforcement, as well as financial, insurance, retail and healthcare industries, has confirmed by way of an SEC filing that it has raised an additional $450 million in a new round of funding. The filing indicates the company had offered $500 million in stock, which means $50 million more could still be in… Read MoreKeep Your Apps Playful
Jul 24, 4:00PM
Computer software and apps are our modern-day toys. Whether it’s a hot dating app or a system for planning molecules (a true story), interface designers must treat the process of creating a new app as if they were creating a new toy. I’m calling it “playification,” and I believe it’s a must-have tool for anyone in our industry. Read MoreApple Adjusts Its App Store Algorithm, Impacting Some iPad Developers
Jul 24, 3:52PM
To keep the playing field level and fair for all app developers, Apple on occasion changes the way its App Store ranking algorithm works, the fallout of which can impact developers’ standings in the App Store charts, which ultimately can impact their visibility, downloads, and revenue. Around a week ago, it appears that Apple yet again tweaked the way its rankings worked, but this… Read MoreYahoo Quietly Acquired Germany's Media Group One For $23M In Q1
Jul 24, 3:33PM
Yahoo’s well-worn acquisition trail to bring tech and talent back into the Internet company has been one of the more notable hallmarks of life under CEO Marissa Mayer. And while M&A appears to have slowed down significantly in 2015, it’s not stopped altogether: Yahoo quietly made an acquisition in Europe earlier this year to build out its advertising business in the region,… Read MoreYC-Backed GetScale's Quality Control System Protects Factory Workers And Hardware Companies
Jul 24, 3:30PM
At first glance, GetScale’s cameras might seem like just another factory surveillance system. The startup, however, wants to make life easier for engineers and assembly line workers by allowing them to communicate directly and record the entire manufacturing process. Read MoreIbotta's New Shopping List Finds Cash Back And Rebates As You Add Items
Jul 24, 2:13PM
Mobile savings app Ibotta, which got its start by targeting millennial shoppers who no longer seek out and clip paper coupons, has been working to re-think the role smartphones can play when it comes to shopping in the offline world. To date, that’s largely involved submitting receipts and scanning barcodes in order to save on in-store purchases, including those from grocery stores.… Read MorePitch Your Startup In The TC Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM
Jul 24, 2:01PM
Each week, John Biggs and I make the long trek up to 49th Street to sit on tall chairs, slap on some headphones, and bring weekly tech news to the world of internet radio (specifically Sirius XM Insight 121 listeners). Why do you care? Well, if you’re reading TechCrunch.com right now (which you are, by the way), then you likely have a mild interest in the goings on of the tech world. Read MoreMumbai-based Fitternity Raises $1M Seed Funding To Match Users With The Right Workouts
Jul 24, 12:14PM
Fitternity, a discovery platform for workout classes and other fitness services based in Mumbai, has raised $1 million in seed funding led by Exfinity Venture Partners. The company’s search platform, which lets users book free trials with exercise classes, personal trainers, and nutritionists, is currently available in Mumbai, Pune, and Bangalore, with operations starting in Delhi soon. Read MoreVoxel8 Raises $12M To Bring Its 3D Electronics Printer To Market
Jul 24, 11:40AM
Voxel8, the startup behind the first multi-material 3D electronics printer, has raised $12 million to bring its printers to the desks of engineers and designers everywhere. ARCH Venture Partners and Braemar Energy Ventures led the Series A round, joined by Autodesk, through its Spark Investment Fund, and In-Q-Tel. The result of a decade of patented research by co-founder and Harvard… Read MoreTrinity Backs Dave Asprey's Bulletproof With $9M For Butter Coffee, Nootropics
Jul 24, 12:53AM
Dave Asprey, a self-proclaimed and self-taught biohacker who has amassed a huge following online, has just raised $9 million from Trinity to take his butter coffee and FATwater™ to a broader public audience. Trinity’s Gus Tai and others are betting that Asprey’s line Bulletproof could be an emerging alternative to mainstream coffee lines like Starbucks (which, by the way, the… Read MoreYouTube's New App Plays To Creators
Jul 24, 12:38AM
Yes, we love videos of cats falling, but YouTube’s content creator network has blown up over the past few years. There’s some really great content being created by budding superstars. coughPewDiePiecough. Today, the company released a new version of its app (Android first, and iOS soon) that helps feed content from those superstars to their fans. The app now has a new subscription… Read MoreThe Rise Of Silicon Savannah And Africa's Tech Movement
Jul 23, 11:09PM
Tech will be on President Obama’s agenda as he hosts the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya, taking along internet pioneer Steve Case and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Nascent as it may be, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) does have a promising tech sector — a growing patchwork of entrepreneurs, startups, and innovation centers coalescing country to country. Read MoreFlipboard Confirms New $50M Funding Round From JP Morgan
Jul 23, 10:47PM
Flipboard has confirmed to us that it has raised $50 million, two days after we first reported that the company had authorized the shares earlier this year. JP Morgan was the sole investor, the company says. “We raised this round with JP Morgan, one of the best institutional investors in the world. They are a fantastic team to have on board,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch. Read MoreDmail Makes Your Gmail Messages Self-Destruct
Jul 23, 10:22PM
Have you ever regretted sending an email, and wished you could take it back? Or maybe you’ve worried about sending confidential information over email – especially after seeing the damage a large-scale email hack can cause, like the one that hit Sony Pictures last year? A new “self-destructing” email service called Dmail aims to eliminate these concerns with the… Read MoreCreating The Open-Source Community Of Your Dreams
Jul 23, 10:00PM
When a company decides to embrace open-source software development, releasing the code under a suitable license is only the tip of the iceberg. The real challenge that companies face is learning how to attract and collaborate with contributors. It’s not easy, but fostering the growth of a healthy community is a necessary step that will help your open-source software project fulfill… Read MoreSoftBank President And COO Nikesh Arora Will Speak At Disrupt SF 2015
Jul 23, 9:54PM
With significant stakes in U.S. operator Sprint and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba — not to mention its own domestic empire in Japan — SoftBank is already one of the world’s most influential companies. On top of that, however, SoftBank is also making some of the largest investments in tech companies on the planet — making it a key player in the global tech space. Read MoreSelfie App Frontback To Shut Down On August 15th After Two Years
Jul 23, 9:38PM
It was a simple premise during the height of the selfie hype: take a photo of yourself as well as what’s in front of you. It was called a “frontback.” We launched Frontback two years ago, it’s been the highlight of our lives! Sadly, we're winding down on August 15th http://t.co/7Vb7IZuoyo — F. della Faille (@fredd) July 23, 2015 Now it’s called… Read MoreGoogle Promises Improved Voicemail Transcriptions, Cuts Error Rate By 49%
Jul 23, 9:26PM
“Hi, My name is Melissa and also i’m calling on behalf of terribly a meeting a technology company at the forefront of, and both the city of entertainment. I wanted to follow up with you to make sure you saw love to hear announcement about their new H T M R html 5.” That gibberish is what Google Voice showed me as the written transcript of a recent voicemail. Given how good… Read MoreY Combinator Backs An All-In-One, Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys To Take on Starbucks
Jul 23, 9:25PM
Nuclear fusion. Soylent. And now coffee stands?! Y Combinator is backing Wheelys, a European startup that has built an entire, compact cafe contained upon a bicycle. For $2,999, you can get a coffee stand with three built-in burners, running water, a loudspeaker and a high-powered electrical engine. They’re running an Indiegogo campaign for a new version of it today. “It’s… Read MoreExpensify Announces New Travel Integrations With Uber, Priceline, NexTravel And More
Jul 23, 9:14PM
Expensify is taking another step toward making expense reports easier by announcing integrations with a bunch of travel-related services. So instead of forwarding travel receipts to receipts@expensify.com, users can just make their bookings in the partner service of their choice, and the information will automatically be sent to Expensify for reporting. 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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