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Hardware Incubators Are Critical To The Future Of Making Things
Aug 09, 3:37PM
Hardware is hot — and poised to get hotter. Venture capital investment in connected device hardware startups reached approximately $1.48 billion in 2014, more than triple the amount of two years earlier. Meanwhile, the “fairy tale” acquisitions of Dropcam, Nest, Beats and Oculus — and the IPOs of Fitbit and GoPro — fuel public interest and momentum for new startups… Read MoreHow Gulf Countries Can Ignite Their Startup Revolution
Aug 09, 6:00AM
There is hardly a day that passes without a new major initiative, announcement or bold proclamation by the Gulf economies of United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to promote tech startups in the region. Be it incubators, investment funds or free zones, you name it and they have it. Read MoreHacking For Cause: Today's Growing Cyber Security Trend
Aug 08, 10:00PM
What do the following data-breach headlines from the past year have in common? The Sony Pictures hack: Everything we know so far; Anonymous hackers release emails ordering bear cubs be killed; Hackers threaten to release names from adultery website … Connecting the dots yet? Read MoreThe Thin Black-Clad Line
Aug 08, 9:24PM
We live in a cyberpunk novel. Every major nation-state clandestinely develops (and/or purchases) carefully targeted malware, and constantly probes—or penetrates—other nations’ defenses while desperately evaluating their offensive capabilities. Criminal undergrounds ransom ordinary users’ computers for bitcoin. Fortune 500 companies are breached almost monthly. Read MoreYahoo To Get Its Iconic San Francisco Billboard Back
Aug 08, 6:53PM
Happy 20th Birthday, Yahoo! What did you get, what did you get? I bet there’ll be parties galore. Gifts, prizes. Presents! – A BILLBOARD! A Billboard? – THE Billboard. If you’ve lived in, or have ever been to, the Bay Area, you’ve probably seen the Yahoo Billboard (it’s on Interstate 80). It was a pretty sad day for a lot of Yahoos when it was taken down… Read MoreVisa Selected Three Black-Founded Startups To Help Solve Its Marketing Challenges
Aug 08, 6:31PM
On the heels of U.S. President Barack Obama hosting the first-ever White House demo day, which placed an emphasis on diversity, Visa has announced the winners of its The Everywhere Initiative. And, wait for it, all of the winning startup founders are black. The Everywhere Initiative sought out to source innovative solutions from startups for Visa’s marketing… Read MoreUnderstanding The Future Of Mobility
Aug 08, 6:00PM
We recently had the opportunity to participate in two important conferences focused on the future: one on the on-demand economy (On Demand Economy 2015) and the other on mobile communications (Rutberg Future Mobile 2015). While each conference covered a range of fascinating topics, if taken together, one can develop from the conversations and presentations a clear picture of the future of… Read MoreUK-Based Carphone Warehouse Hack Could Affect Up To 2.4M Customers
Aug 08, 5:46PM
Happy Saturday! Today, UK-based mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse shared with its customers that it had been the subject of a “sophisticated” cyber attack, potentially laying bare the personal details of 2.4M of its customers. If that wasn’t bad enough, credit card information for upwards of 90,000 of those customers might be running out and about, too. The company found… Read MoreGillmor Gang: Foxy Lady
Aug 08, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Borthwick, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, August 7, 2015. Thanks to Twitter and a mid-debate nap, the shape of the 2016 race begins to come into focus. Meanwhile, our Facebook overloads map out the new Show Biz Rules. Plus, the latest G3 with Halley Suitt Tucker, Rebecca Woodcock, Francine Hardaway, and Tina Chase Gillmor. Read MorePlate IQ Turns Paper Invoices Into Predictive Insights
Aug 08, 4:00PM
YC-backed Plate IQ is using smartphone tech to tackle a recurring paper-based pain-point for small and medium-sized restaurants — namely the stack of invoices they get from food suppliers every week. Read MoreZenHub Brings Its Project Management Service To GitHub Enterprise
Aug 08, 3:30PM
ZenHub, a service that helps engineering teams manage their GitHub projects through Trello-like drag-and-drop task boards, was previously only available for regular GitHub accounts. Starting now, however, enterprise users who use the on-premise GitHub Enterprise service, will also be able to use ZenHub. This new enterprise version of ZenHub is one of the first collaboration and project… Read MoreCities As Platforms
Aug 07, 11:00PM
Take a look at the last decade’s fastest-growing companies. You’ll notice they have one thing in common: They’re all platforms.YouTube was not the first video-hosting site, but it was the first to disrupt the stagnating online broadcasting model, creating a platform with digital engagement at its core. And the catalyst for Google’s exponential growth trajectory was when… Read MoreAd Tech Startup C1X Raises $5.1M
Aug 07, 10:35PM
C1X is announcing that it has raised $5.1 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Mukundu Kumaran spent seven years as an engineering director at Yahoo. He said that during that time, he saw the complexity of the ad-tech industry, and now his vision at C1X is “to simplify how the basic advertising transaction works.” Read MoreApple's App Store Saw $1.7B in Billings And Broke Customer Records In July
Aug 07, 10:28PM
Perhaps to counter concerns over iPhone sales and China, Apple this week released numbers related to the App Store’s growth that demonstrate the very real impact China is having on its app ecosystem and developer community. The company said that, in July, it had its largest number of transacting customers with over $1.7 billion in billings. In addition, the same month broke records… Read MoreHack The Planet! (Before It's Too Late)
Aug 07, 9:43PM
Greetings from the gaudy hellscape of Las Vegas, and that overcrowded maelstrom of surly hackers known as DEF CON! What follows is a brief rundown of the talks here (and its big corporate sister Black Hat) that seemed particularly interesting. Short version: software is eating the world; software can be hacked; ergo, the world can be hacked. Be afraid. Read MoreCrunchWeek: Earnings Beatdown, Twitter's Palace Intrigue And VR Goes Full Weird
Aug 07, 9:29PM
Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s recurring roundup of the biggest tech stories of the week. This week our humble band delved into recent earnings by Etsy and Fitbit, Twitter’s share price declines, hints about the social company’s next CEO, and, of course, that VR thing you might have heard of. Read MoreA Look Back At Earnings
Aug 07, 9:10PM
Tired of earnings and financials and share price changes and non-GAAP operating margins and future cash positions? Too bad. It’s earnings season in the markets, and that means that the tech companies we can spell and have heard of are collectively spilling their guts about their recent performance. For some firms, this means recurring record highs. And for others, recurring record lows. Read MoreApple's Next iPhone Rumored To Debut On September 9th
Aug 07, 8:45PM
I’m not a betting man — but if someone were to say “Quick! When will Apple announce the next iPhone?!”, I’d say September. It’s… just what they do. Sure enough: word around the rumor mill is now that the next announcement will come on September 9th. Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 08.07.15
Aug 07, 8:45PM
Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session has concluded for today. Our LIVE CHATROOM here Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Our sister show – G3 – on Facebook HERE G3 All Episodes Archive on Ustream HERE Read MoreSmartwatches Decimated Traditional Watch Sales Last Month
Aug 07, 8:41PM
An NPD survey is suggesting that the Apple Watch has pushed watch sales to the lowest point since 2008. NPD has found that watchmakers sold $375 million worth of watches in July, down 11 percent from last year. This decline is the largest since a similar decline in 2008 due to the financial crisis. 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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