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Maybe There Doesn't Need To Be An Apple Watch App For Everything

Jul 31, 4:15PM

Apple Watch Should Apple be concerned that a number of popular app makers like Facebook, Google and Snapchat have yet to embrace its Apple Watch platform with apps of their own? That’s a question raised by a recent New York Times piece detailing how many developers are taking “wait-and-see” approach when it comes to Apple’s new wearable. But maybe the right question to ask is… Read More



Google Rejects French Watchdog Demand For Global Privacy Delistings

Jul 31, 3:41PM

google sign Google said “non.” In a blog post, Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer explained why Google wouldn’t comply with the French data protection watchdog demands. The CNIL wanted the American company to widen its implementation of the so-called European ‘right to be forgotten.’ In its current implementation, Google only delists results from the Google.fr subdomain,… Read More



9 Basic Tips For Not Getting Pwned At Blackhat 2015

Jul 31, 3:20PM

security-breach Honestly, does anyone even say ‘pwned’ anymore? Am I exposing myself even more by putting it into the headline? Ugh, this is not off to a good start. Read More



Oolu Is Bringing Solar Energy To West Africa's Off-Grid Population

Jul 31, 3:05PM

Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 7.03.33 PM In rural West Africa, 150 million people are currently living without electricity. Oolu, a Y Combinator company launching today, aims to reduce this number by delivering affordable solar energy to West Africa’s off-grid population, beginning in Senegal. Despite the surge of innovation in solar storage and panel technology, Oolu founder Daniel Rosa says that many people living in… Read More



YC-Backed Saida Wants To Bring Short-Term Loans To People In Emerging Markets

Jul 31, 3:00PM

team-saida-raw-1 Saida, an app that helps people get approved for short-term loans based on their activity on their phones, launched out of Y Combinator today. Saida can see how a person, for example, uses their prepaid cellphone plan, such as how often they recharge that plan and what proportion of the plan is spent on data services, voice or text messaging. Users give Saida some information that helps… Read More



December's Disrupt London To Feature Delivery Hero And Wallapop

Jul 31, 2:23PM

15405820227_2f11177c4f_o1 We’re continuing to announce speakers for our TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8, 2015. The conference will feature an amazing slate of global startups, investors, influential speakers, VIP guests and more. Niklas Östberg, Delivery Hero Niklas Östberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Delivery Hero. Niklas has been involved in the start-up scene since… Read More



Amazon Prime Music Gets Its Own Exclusive Content With Launch Of Amazon Acoustics

Jul 31, 2:18PM

Guitar music Amazon is expanding its Prime Music service today with the launch of a new collection of exclusive acoustical recordings from a number of artists, both established and up-and-coming. At launch, there are just over 30 recordings being made available, which is accessible by way of the Amazon Music app on iOS, Android, Android Fire devices, Amazon’s connected speaker Echo, or online at… Read More



UK Is Leading The Way To Become A Global Bitcoin Hub

Jul 31, 2:11PM

a real bitcoin When it comes to regulating bitcoin companies, it’s still mostly a work in progress. Some governments want to restrict bitcoin quite a lot, while others are adopting a more favorable stance. The U.K. has been the financial hub of Europe for decades now, and it looks like it plans to do the same thing with bitcoin. British Prime Minister David Cameron is currently wrapping up his first… Read More



Klarismo, A Service That Makes A 3D Model Of The Inside Of Your Body, Raises $2.1M

Jul 31, 2:00PM

Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 2.11.56 PM Klarismo, which takes existing MRIs and other kinds of body scans to build a 3D model of a person, has raised $2.1 million and launched out of Y Combinator. Klarismo is an online service where users are able to take a much deeper look at their body’s internal structure. It takes MRI scans and other kinds of scans that people are getting already and then uses that to build a 3D model of… Read More



Nvidia Issues Recall For Shield Tablets After Overheating Poses Fire Hazard

Jul 31, 1:16PM

shield-tablet8 Nvidia is issuing a voluntary recall for its 8-inch Shield tablets after determining that they may, in fact, combust. The company has learned that the battery in the device has the potential to overheat and catch fire, and thus Nvidia will be replacing the products with versions that don’t burst into flames. The exact wording from the release: NVIDIA has determined that the battery… Read More



Apple To Release New Apple TV In September, Report Says

Jul 31, 11:50AM

Apple TV Rumor has it that Apple should soon release a new version of its set-top box as well as a new streaming service for TV content. According to a new report by Buzzfeed, Apple was supposed to announce the new Apple TV at WWDC, but it was delayed for a September launch. Read More



JustTheBell Is Just The Bell

Jul 31, 11:43AM

Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 1.38.56 PM Sleeping with a cellphone in your room is, according to scientists who aren’t real, akin to sleeping with a radioactivity-emitting sleeplessness machine. That’s why artist and designer Ignasi Giro made JustTheBell. This box is quite literally just a bell. You set your alarms on via Bluetooth, leave your cellphone in another room, and go to bed. The box rings to wake you up and… Read More



Major Security Bug In Aptean's Customer Response System Puts User Data At Risk

Jul 31, 11:19AM

timewarner A bug discovered by security researchers Eric Taylor and Blake Welsh can change a standard customer feedback system called Aptean SupportSoft into a method for hackers to grab passwords, credit card information, and usernames. Taylor and Welsh have also been able to inject code into chat sessions that makes small windows appear when a customer service chat session is initiated. The exploit… Read More



Uber Is Investing $1B To Grow Its Business In India To 1M Rides Per Day

Jul 31, 9:28AM

money cash Not content with raising $1 billion to fund a major expansion in China, Uber has announced that it is putting aside another billion dollars in resources to grow its business in India. Read More



HTC Spends Nearly $10M On A 15% Stake In Virtual Reality Platform WEVR

Jul 31, 7:24AM

HTC-Vive HTC is planning to release its extremely well-received virtual reality headset Vive to consumers later this year, possibly in November. In the meantime, the Taiwanese company is busy building out its VR ecosystem. HTC disclosed that it spent almost $10 million for a 15 percent stake in WEVR, an open VR platform and community based in Los Angeles. Read More



Samsung And MasterCard Will Launch Samsung Pay Together In Europe

Jul 31, 4:04AM

Samsung Pay Samsung and MasterCard, which have been working together to bring Samsung Pay to consumers and merchants around the world, announced today that they will extend their partnership to launch the mobile payment system in Europe. Read More



Facebook Fuels Ad Tracking By Nagging App Users To Instantly Log In On Safari

Jul 31, 12:21AM

Facebook Safari Login 35 million people run into a Facebook email and password login roadblock on iOS each day, and over half of them bounce. That’s why Facebook confirms to me that it’s testing a new tool that lets users log in to Facebook on Safari with one tap, rather than having to type in their credentials — which most don’t. It could ease frustrations for users while boosting… Read More



Find A Photo, Get A Waffle

Jul 31, 12:15AM

Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 5.07.09 PM About a week ago, the Google Photos team shared this mystical and magical video about a waffle wafel. What could it mean? What is this all about? Why a waffle??!?!?! Read More



DogSync Is An App To Help Your Family Keep Track Of Feeding Fido

Jul 31, 12:02AM

Photo 2015-07-10, 5 41 39 PM Designed for pet-loving households, DogSync (a recent winner of our patent-pending TC Radio pitch-off) is a task manager that helps families communicate and sync tasks like feeding, walking or letting out Fido. So how do you sync real-life events like walking your dog? Read More



Requiem For The App Revolution

Jul 31, 12:00AM

too-many-apps-fb The app revolution is dead. In fact, it died years ago. It had been a good run, but a revolution is no longer a revolution when the model is the status quo. With new apps created every day, the revolution has definitely been televised, commoditized and capitalized. But while the app revolution is dead, a new movement is rising to take its place — the experience evolution. Read More




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