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Developing Targeted Initiatives For Women Of Color In Tech
Aug 24, 6:00PM
More than 30 diverse tech startups recently attended the first-ever White House Demo Day as part of President Obama’s Startup America initiative to call attention to the low numbers of women and minority tech entrepreneurs. Obama’s call to action included new public/private partnerships that promise to provide Americans with the opportunity to “pursue their bold,… Read MoreTwitter Tries To Keep People Engaged With Web Notifications For DMs And Tweaks To Tweet Sharing On Android
Aug 24, 5:58PM
If you’re a Twitter on the web user, like I am, then you’ll be happy to know that the company has now introduced web notifications when you get a direct message. Just keep Twitter open in a tab and click around wherever else you like, the notification will jump out at you anyways on the top right side of the screen. Direct Message notifications are now available on web. Opt in… Read MoreUber Tests Bus-Style Discounted "Smart Routes"
Aug 24, 5:51PM
Uber lets us trade money for time. But the cheaper the rides, the more people who will use Uber. That’s why it’s testing a way to let you pay less money for a little less convenience and a little less time saved. I recently spotted a new option in UberPool in San Francisco, and Uber now confirms it’s testing what it calls “Smart Routes”. Rather than hailing an… Read MoreThis Technology Monitors Our Cellphones To Calculate Wait Times At Airports
Aug 24, 5:43PM
There are plenty of things that I don’t like, one of them is waiting. For just about anything. I’m not alone. The airport is one of those places where hours upon hours can disappear…just while waiting. A company called BLIP Systems wants to let us know where we stand, while we stand, at the airport (most notably, JFK in NYC). Sounds good to me. But the way that… Read MoreDevelopers Can Now Import Data To Google Cloud Storage By Mailing In Their Hard Drives, Tapes And USB Flash Drives
Aug 24, 5:31PM
Back in 2013, Google started a preview of a new service that let developers ship their hard drives to Google for import into its Cloud Storage service. Today, it’s expanding this service and giving it a new name: Offline Media Import/Export. Using this service, developers will be able to send their physical media, including hard disk drives, tapes and USB flash drives to its partners… Read MorePitch Your Startup In The TC Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM
Aug 24, 4:49PM
If you enjoy reading TechCrunch, there’s a really good chance you’d enjoy the TechCrunch Radio show on Sirius XM. Yes, that’s a real thing. John Biggs and I discuss the latest in tech news for the first half hour and then we dive right into the TechCrunch Radio Pitch-Off. Five companies have exactly 60 seconds to pitch their products to a special guest judge, John Biggs… Read MoreWhat Does The Chinese Fallout Mean For Apple?
Aug 24, 4:41PM
This morning, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) suffered from a stark drop when the stock market opened. Its shares tanked 10 percent to $95.17 compared to Friday’s closing price. Shortly after, Apple bounced back. As of this writing, Apple is back to $105.48 down only 0.2 percent compared to Friday’s closing price. Read MoreMicrosoft Launches First Public Beta Of Cortana For Android
Aug 24, 4:34PM
After a private beta and a few leaks, Microsoft today launched the first public beta of its Siri- and Google Now-like Cortana personal assistant for Android. Microsoft describes the Cortana app as a “companion to your Windows 10 PC” that extends the service’s functionality across any device you carry (which, of course, implicitly acknowledges that you’re very unlikely… Read MoreGoogle Classroom Gets An Update Ahead Of New School Year
Aug 24, 4:00PM
Google launched a couple of updates to its Classroom educational platform today that will make life a little bit easier for teachers as they get ready for the next school year. Read MoreAshley Madison Offering $500,000 Reward For Info On Hack Now Linked To Two Suicides
Aug 24, 3:53PM
At a news conference on Monday, police in Canada revealed that Avid Life Media, the company that operates the Ashley Madison website, is now offering a $500,000 reward (CAD) to anyone providing information that leads to the identification and subsequent arrest of those involved in the large-scale hack that revealed the personal information, including names, emails, phone numbers and… Read MoreWith $1M In Funding, VC Database CB Insights Launches A Data Tool For Salespeople
Aug 24, 3:32PM
Many of you probably know CB Insights as the venture capital database that puts out reports about trends like the on-demand economy and compiles lists of unicorn startups. Today, the company is expanding far beyond the venture world with the launch of CB Insights For Sales, a product that puts its private and public company knowledge to work on the sales floor. CB Insights was launched… Read MoreJon Callaghan Of True Ventures To Talk At Disrupt SF 2015
Aug 24, 3:10PM
Jon Callaghan is a founder and managing partner of True Ventures, an industry-leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology firms. We’re thrilled to announce that Callaghan will be joining us for an on-stage interview at Disrupt SF 2015, where he’ll talk about all things tech and what he looks for when investing in new startups. Callaghan is an entrepreneur… Read MoreGoogle Maps Tests A New Feature That Collects Users' Foodie Photos
Aug 24, 3:01PM
Though services dedicated to photos of food – like Foodspotting or Forkly, for example – have exited the scene (as well as consumers’ collective consciousness) over the years, snapping photos of your delicious dinner still remains a popular activity. Now Google is looking to capitalize on this ongoing trend with a new feature in Google Maps that encourages users to share… Read MoreFacebook Down 12.1%, Apple Down 10%, Google Down 6.5%, Microsoft Down 5.8% As Stock Markets Plummet
Aug 24, 2:14PM
Tech companies are suffering from the current hostile stock market environment as stock markets around the world are plummeting following concerns over China. All tech companies are tanking right now, with some suffering from a stark correction. When the stock markets opened, compared to Friday’s closing price, Facebook was down 12.1 percent to $75.62, Apple was down 10 percent to… Read MoreControversial Climate-Change Solution May Be In The Clouds
Aug 24, 2:00PM
In a move that has some environmentalists up in arms, a group of retired Silicon Valley engineers and scientists are proposing a new approach to fighting climate change. They want to brighten clouds. It’s one of the many solutions being proposed in the controversial industry of geoengineering. Read MoreTwitter Shuts Down Services That Tracked Politicians' Deleted Tweets In 30 Countries
Aug 24, 1:50PM
Two services that tracked deleted tweets by politicians and other diplomats in an effort to maintain a transparent, public record of statements made on social media, Politwoops and its sister site Diplotwoops, have now been cut off from accessing Twitter. According to a post published Sunday by the Open State Foundation, Twitter revoked access to its API for Diplotwoops on Friday, as well as… Read MoreHaving Won Over VCs, Y Combinator Turns To LPs
Aug 24, 1:03PM
Last week, Y Combinator ran investors through 105 presentations by early-stage startups in a two-day show it calls Demo Day. The pace of deal-making for such events, staged every summer and winter, has grown so feverish that the incubator introduced a new wrinkle: backers could commit to plowing millions into a company by simply clicking the equivalent of an “easy button” via an… Read MoreIt's Opening Day In Los Angeles For The Dodgers Accelerator Program
Aug 24, 12:52PM
The LA Dodgers Accelerator, an accelerator program in partnership with R/GA, is kicking off its first class today in the City of Angels with 10 sports-related tech startups. In April, the Dodgers put out a call for all startups “at the intersection of sports, technology, entertainment and media,” which resulted in nearly 600 applications from companies based in 34 countries,… Read MoreAdMobilize And Verizon Partner To Monitor Ads In The Real World
Aug 24, 12:30PM
AdMobilize, a new monitoring and tracking technology that measures attention and traffic in stores and for outdoor advertising, is partnering with Verizon* to add 3G connectivity to its outdoor beacons. Read MoreSelling News Feeds As A Service, Stream Raises $1.75M
Aug 24, 11:30AM
Building off the strength of a successful open source project, a new startup that provides newsfeed development and management as a service — Stream — has raised $1.75 million in its first round of funding. 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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