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PokItDok Healthcare API Platform Picks Up $34 Million In Series B
Aug 12, 5:22PM
PokItDok, the API provider for the healthcare industry, has today announced the close of a $34 million Series B. The company, launched back in 2011, provides software framework for things like payment processing, eligibility checks from insurance companies, referrals, claims submissions, online scheduling, patient identity management and provider search. In other words, any mobile or web… Read MoreThe Boom, Not Doom, Of Market Failure
Aug 12, 5:00PM
While it might seem that the disruption du jour is all anybody is ordering these days — making innovation, growth and new value seem like insurmountable things — businesses should focus on where they can find value most quickly. Three common challenges plague companies today: non-consumption, organizational friction and market failure. However, such unexpected failures provide… Read MoreTwitter Removes 140-Character Limit From Direct Messages So That People You Follow Can Send You Long Rambling Missives About Their Day And Stuff And Things. You Know, Like Horror Stories About Their In-Laws Or Boss. But Hey, How Are You?
Aug 12, 5:00PM
They warned us back in June that this day was coming. I was in denial. Surely, Twitter wouldn’t. Couldn’t. Welp, they have. Get ready for people to drop a book into your DMs, because starting today Twitter has officially dropped the 140-character limit in direct messages. The brevity that we’ve enjoyed for so so long, that natural cutting off point…gone. Poof. Your… Read MoreKik Brings Music-Themed Communities To Its Mobile Messaging Service
Aug 12, 4:53PM
Mobile messaging firm Kik is upping its focus on music after launching a new service to connect fans of top artists and bands via its popular chat app. Read MoreLink-Sharing Site This. Raises $610,000 Seed Round
Aug 12, 4:45PM
Who may be on first and What may be on second but This. is on it’s first seed round. The media company, incubated inside of Atlantic Media, is a “curation platform for people passionate about journalism, art and entertainment.” Users can share their favorite content by submitting just one link a day, thereby reducing the noise associated with similar systems. Andrew Golis… Read MoreDemo Your Virtual Reality Startup At TechCrunch Disrupt SF's VR Pavilion
Aug 12, 4:21PM
We were promised flying cars, and we got them — they’re just virtual. But we still want people to pilot them in between hearing the top tech CEOs speak at TechCrunch Disrupt SF in September. That’s why we’re calling on all virtual reality/augmented reality/distorted reality startups to come be a part of the first TechCrunch Disrupt VR Pavilion. We’ve got spots for… Read MoreSpotted Gets $14.5M For Its Crossed Paths App For Subtly Pinging Crushes
Aug 12, 4:15PM
German startup Spotted, which plays in the serendipitous connections space, with a location-sensitive app that lets users view and message the people they’ve crossed paths with — a la Happn — has pulled in a new chunk of funding which it says it’ll be using to expand to the U.S., Korea and Japan, as well as seeking to beef up its user-base in Europe and North Africa. Read MoreGoogle Launches New Site To Showcase Experimental Open Source Apps For Android And Android Wear
Aug 12, 4:02PM
Google launched Android Experiments today, the mobile apps counterpart to its Chrome Experiments site. Just like with Chrome Experiments, the idea behind Android experiments is to showcase apps that use new and cutting-edge technology, aesthetics and interfaces. All of the apps in the Android Experiments Gallery will be open source so other developers can see how they were made. Read MoreBox Snags Former EMC Exec To Run Nascent Platform As A Service Offering
Aug 12, 4:00PM
Box announced today that it was hiring former EMC executive Jeetu Patel to head its platform business. Patel will have the title senior vice president of platform and chief strategy officer. His primary responsibility will be building out the Box Developer Edition product, which enables developers to take advantage of services built on the Box platform to create applications without… Read MoreStartups.co Will Restart Virtual Assistant Service Zirtual
Aug 12, 3:43PM
Following the “pause” in operations of Zirtual, founder and CEO Maren Donovan published a blog post last night offering a few more details about what went wrong. She also announced that she’s made a deal to sell Zirtual to startup launch platform Startups.co Apparently Wil Schroter, Startups.co’s founder and CEO, was a Zirtual customer himself, and the company says… Read MoreWindows 10 Is Now Available For The Raspberry Pi
Aug 12, 3:39PM
Want to run a stripped-down version of Windows on your Raspberry Pi? Sure you do. Windows 10 IoT Core, a version of Windows for embedded devices, is now available from Microsoft and looks to be an interesting alternative to Raspbian and other Linux-based portable OSes. What is it, exactly? First, it’s Microsoft’s effort to get ahead of the single-board computer craze. It is… Read MoreMeet Genee, Your Artificially Intelligent Personal Assistant
Aug 12, 3:33PM
Genee, an artificially intelligent scheduling app, is launching today into public beta so that anyone can have a personal assistant. On the heels of Zirtual’s collapse, Genee hopes to take humans out of the equation entirely with its end-to-end scheduling helper that plugs into any existing calendar app and email provider. Former colleagues at VMWare, co-founders Charles Lee and Ben… Read MoreJoin The Giants Of The Maker Movement At TC Disrupt In San Francisco
Aug 12, 3:10PM
Makers rule the world. Whether you sling code or craft hardware, the ability to build is of absolute importance in the new economy. That’s why I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be hanging out with Makerbot CEO Jonathan Jaglom, TechShop head Mark Hatch, and Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Jaglom took over Makerbot this year and… Read MoreA Review Of The Dead-Simple Pirate3D Buccaneer 3D Printer
Aug 12, 2:57PM
3D printing has never been this easy. Meet the Pirate3D Buccaneer printer. It takes minutes to set up and works flawlessly. Yet this isn’t a printer for the serious DIY tinkerer. This is a printer for someone who wants to bypass the hassle that comes with endless customization and just own a printer that can easily spit out doodads. Pros It just works Fantastic print quality Very… Read MoreGet Ready For The New Nexus Phones
Aug 12, 2:45PM
If you like your Nexus 5 but it’s starting to feel old, rejoice! It looks like Google is teaming up with not one but two Android OEMs to manufacture the next Nexus phones. Huawei is working on a Nexus 6 phablet replacement, while LG is taking care of a smaller Nexus 5-style device. Read MoreOn-Demand Massage Startup Soothe Unwinds With $10.6M In New Funding
Aug 12, 2:30PM
Soothe, which sends massage therapists to clients’ homes, is smoothing its expansion with $10.6 million in new funding. The startup’s new round was led by The Riverside Company and will be used to hire key employees, improve its platform’s technology, and acquire new users with the goal of turning Soothe into a ”trusted household name,” says founder and chief… Read MoreNew ATM "Shimmer" Fits Invisibly Inside The Card Slot
Aug 12, 2:22PM
The wily ATM hackers are at it again with a new form of card data gathering system, a “shimmer.” These super-thin card readers slide right into the card slot and are technically invisible unless you go poking around inside the ATM. This shimmer was found in Mexico and it is unclear if it was connected to a PIN pad camera or other hardware. What’s special about this unit is… Read MoreRussian Government Threatens To Block Reddit
Aug 12, 2:17PM
The Russian government isn’t too happy with Reddit these days. But it’s not even over critical comments made about the government’s handling of Ukraine, it’s about a single thread on the site regarding how to grow “narcotics.” Roskomnadzor, essentially Russia’s FCC, announced on Vkontakte, essentially the Russian Facebook, that it has asked Reddit… Read MoreBranch's Deep Links Let You Preview Apps In Your Browser
Aug 12, 2:00PM
Branch, a startup focused on deep-linking technology, today released a new tool for developers called Deepviews that will help them deliver previews of their applications before they’re installed. If someone doesn’t have a specific app installed, they’ll be sent to a landing page the developer makes that’s basically a preview of the application when they click a… Read MoreThis Week On Bullish: Can The Bold Italic Come Back?
Aug 12, 2:00PM
Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of Bullish, TechCrunch’s first talk show. This week we’re taking a look at digital publications, the spate of recent shutdowns we’ve endured, and what they might mean. In the studio this week is Sunil Rajaraman, who, with a partner, recently bought what is left of The Bold Italic, a beloved San Francisco publication that… 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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