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Google Starts Deprecating Web Hosting Support In Google Drive

Aug 31, 6:14PM

google_drive One of the lesser-known features of Google Drive has always been its ability to host basic web sites for free. If you only found out about this from the preceding sentence, you now have one year to enjoy this tool. Google today announced that it will deprecate the web hosting service starting today and will turn it off completely on August 31, 2016. Read More



India's Antitrust Commission Accuses Google Of Rigging Its Search Results

Aug 31, 5:40PM

Sundar Pichai Less than a week after it responded to anti-competitive claims laid down by the EU, so Google is under-fire again for its business practices. This time in India. Read More



Tep Is An Adorable Fitness Tracking App That Works Like A Tamagotchi

Aug 31, 5:40PM

Tep Remember the Tamagotchi? Those little monsters were great. A new iOS app called Tep created a Tamagotchi-like app for your phone to help you stay motivated when it comes to working out. Move around if you want to feed your giraffe. Read More



Hit Video Messaging App Dubsmash Raises $5.5 Million Led by Index Ventures

Aug 31, 5:11PM

dubsmash Dubsmash, a roughly two-year-old, 15-person, Berlin-based startup whose video messaging app lets users create and share dubbed “selfie” videos (you choose a famous audio clip, then record yourself lip-syncing the words or lyrics), has just raised $5.5 million in Series A funding. Index Ventures led the round, with firm cofounder Danny Rimer joining the… Read More



This Week On The TechCrunch Bitcoin Podcast: The Number 8

Aug 31, 4:56PM

tcbtc-square TCBTC, TechCrunch’s bitcoin podcast is back this week, on video, with a special guest, and no John Biggs. All that is fun, aside from the lack of Biggs. Jason Rowley, the person who actually got me into bitcoin originally was on hand, taking us through a meeting that he and I had with a member of the Chinese mining community about the future of bitcoin. All told, we had a fun time. If… Read More



Issara Is Everlane For Leather Goods

Aug 31, 4:51PM

ISSARAxRayRanoa_Campaign6 logo Meet Issara, a new e-commerce player focused on selling leather goods, cutting the middleman and fairly compensating workers. In many ways, Issara is reminiscent of Everlane, a clothing startup that has inspired many entrepreneurs. Read More



Sling's Streaming TV Service For Cord Cutters Now Runs On Amazon Tablets

Aug 31, 4:47PM

sling-tv Sling TV, the Dish-owned live TV service aimed at cord cutters – or those who never wanted to sign up for a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription in the first place – is today available on Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, including the Amazon Fire HD and HDX devices. This rounds out Sling’s already extensive device footprint, which also includes support for Amazon Fire TV… Read More



Apple TV 4 Will Retail Under $200 Starting In October: Report

Aug 31, 4:22PM

Apple TV Though there has been quite a bit said about the forthcoming Apple TV 4, price is still a yet-to-be-determined factor. But 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman has sources who say the new box, reportedly powered by an A8 chip, will retail for under $200 (either $149 or $199). The Apple TV is set to be unveiled alongside the next-gen iPhones at a September 9 event, according to sources.… Read More



Eatsa, A Futuristic Restaurant Where Robot Cubbies Serve Quinoa

Aug 31, 4:15PM

eatsa Eatsa has no lines because it has no cashiers. You order on an iPad, your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa. Opening today in San Francisco at 121 Spear St, Eatsa is a new restaurant designed around technology. Eatsa only serves quinoa, a couscous-like grain that’s high in protein and absorbs flavor well, but is cheaper and more… Read More



The Best Times To Get A Grip On Your Startup's IP

Aug 31, 4:00PM

protectidea What’s a tech startup’s most valuable asset? It’s not the seed money. It’s not the workspace. And it’s definitely not the espresso machine or Ping Pong table. The priceless heart of a promising startup is its intellectual property (IP) — the disruptive idea, the brilliant invention, the genius breakthrough. This hot commodity needs to be protected by… Read More



Wiselike, The Q&A Platform For Professionals, Picks Up $1.25M In Seed Funding

Aug 31, 3:58PM

Screen Shot 2015-08-31 at 11.55.36 AM There is no shortage of Q&A platforms on the web. But today, a new startup with fresh funding is looking to repurpose the Q&A format into something more valuable for the asker, the answerer, and the general viewer. Meet Wiselike, which has just picked up $1.25 million in seed funding led by GGV Capital, with participation from 500 Startups, GREE and more. Here’s how it… Read More



Newer Android Wear Watches Now Work On iOS

Aug 31, 3:46PM

android_wear_ios More than a year after the launch of the first Android Wear watches, Google is now finally bringing iOS support to its smartwatch platform with the launch of its Android Wear mobile app in Apple’s App Store today. This probably doesn’t come as a huge surprise, given that Huawei spoiled this launch by announcing iOS support for its upcoming Android Wear watch last week,… Read More



With Recently, Receive A Monthly Printed Magazine With Your Camera Roll

Aug 31, 3:41PM

Recently_Open_Bike_02 Many, many startups let you send postcards and print photo albums from your phone, but this startup is different. Recently is a subscription service to receive a monthly magazine with your best photos from your camera roll. It will cost you $9 a month with each magazine showcasing 100 photo. Read More



New Xbox One Bundle Comes With 1TB Hybrid Drive, New Elite Controller For $499

Aug 31, 3:07PM

c084fda3-fc01-4a38-a438-342a59f20ce3 Microsoft just announced a new bundle for the Xbox One. The Xbox One Elite Bundle is the first bundle to come with Microsoft’s new Elite controller. But that’s not all as the company also switched to a hybrid 1TB SSD and HDD drive for the first time. This bundle costs $499. Read More



The FAA Starts Moving To The Cloud

Aug 31, 2:58PM

ATC_Feature The Federal Aviation Administration plans to move away from its own data centers and toward cloud services. Last week, the FAA signed a deal with Computer Science Corp. (CSC) to help it migrate its data and systems to a hybrid cloud environment that will include Amazon Web Service, Microsoft Azure, and “other strategic business partners.” The current 10-year deal is worth $109… Read More



Cheap Airfare Finder Hopper Hits Android, Now Books Tickets With Just A Few Taps

Aug 31, 2:41PM

hopper-app Hopper, a travel application launched earlier this year with the goal of helping you pay less for airfare by telling you the best time to buy tickets, is out today with a new version that will actually help you book tickets yourself without leaving the app. Because it was initially sending traffic to third-party websites outside its own service, the company says it was unable to track whether… Read More



T-Mobile Doesn't Like Customers Who Use 2,000GB Of Data Per Month

Aug 31, 2:40PM

John Legere T-Mobile CEO John Legere issued a strong announcement saying that some customers are abusing the company’s network. While T-Mobile has become quite popular with its unlimited LTE mobile plans, unfortunately you don’t get unlimited LTE for tethering. After 7GB per month, you tethering speeds slow down. Read More



Ashley Madison Refutes Claims That Its Site Was Populated With Fake Female Accounts

Aug 31, 1:54PM

Ashley Madison Avid Life Media, the parent company behind hacked dating site Ashley Madison, says this morning that media reports claiming the site had very few active female users were inaccurate. That’s hard to believe, given that the leaked emails resulting from the massive data breach also revealed the company paid people to create fake profiles (dubbed “angels”) on an ongoing basis,… Read More



Twitter Is Testing Funky New Photo And Video Editing Tools

Aug 31, 1:15PM

Screenshot 2015-08-31 19.32.50 It looks like Twitter is planning to give its users a lot more creativity in the photo and video department soon. That’s according to numerous images posted by Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams and others popstars, who appeared to have access to unreleased editing features from Twitter at MTV’s VMA awards show this weekend. Read More



AOL Acquires Photo And Messaging Startup Kanvas Labs

Aug 31, 1:00PM

kanvas keyboard AOL is announcing another acquisition — Kanvas Labs, maker of mobile social apps. An AOL spokesperson told me that the company will continue to offer the existing Kanvas Labs products. Those include photo editing app Kanvas; Kanvas Keyboard, which allows users to include GIFs and stickers in their mobile conversations; and Kanvas for Messenger, which integrates the startup’s… Read More




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