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Periscope Is Secretly Building An Apple TV App
Sep 08, 6:30PM
Periscope is developing an app for the new Apple TV, according to multiple sources. It will allow users to watch livestreams on their television that are broadcasted from Twitter’s Periscope app. You could consider it a coming of age moment, considering the acquired startup’s website is Periscope.tv Tomorrow, Apple will unveil an upgraded Apple TV set-top box that includes an Apple… Read More
Microsoft Details Surface Enterprise Push Ahead Of Apple Event
Sep 08, 6:01PM
Ah, the Apple press cycle, when other technology companies either try to preempt Cupertino’s news, or bury their own nasty bits inside of the media whirlwind. Today, Microsoft announced several things relating to the enterprise that come, it appears, only a few dozen hours before Apple announces a new iPad, aimed at corporate customers. The Redmond-based software shop has formed a deal… Read More
Drupal And WordPress Hosting Service Pantheon Launches New Enterprise Product
Sep 08, 6:00PM
Pantheon, a well-funded website hosting and management platform for Drupal and WordPress sites, today announced that it is launching a new enterprise service. Pantheon Enterprise builds on the company’s experience in building and running its service for agencies that handle the sites of multiple clients. That service now hosts the sites of more than 1,500 of Pantheon’s agency… Read More
Help Us Rename Our 'Collaborative Consumption' Category Because It No Longer Makes Sense
Sep 08, 5:36PM
Halp! For years, TechCrunch has had a “Collaborative Consumption” category, which included companies like Airbnb, Uber, etc. But as time passes, and more and more ‘on-demand’ companies move from 1099 to W2, the term ‘collaborative consumption’ begins to make less and less sense. Internally, we floated the idea of changing the name of that category to… Read More
TC Cribs: Trulia's Cozy New Office Made Us Feel Right At Home
Sep 08, 5:18PM
This week’s Cribs episode brings us to Trulia’s newly designed real estate headquarters in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Zillow snatched up the rival real estate site earlier this year in a stock-for-stock purchase of $2.5 billion. But Trulia quietly worked behind the scenes to make its workplace a comfy experience for employees who call the SF office home. Located near… Read More
India's Taxi-Hailing Firm Ola Adds Shuttle Service In A Bid For More Scale
Sep 08, 4:46PM
While Uber dukes it out in China against Didi Kauidi, a homegrown rival in India is also piling pressure on the U.S.-based transportation app with global ambitions. Ola, a taxi app backed by the likes of Softbank and DST Global (coincidentally also both backers of Didi Kauidi), is launching a new shuttle service to complement and expand on its taxi offering, with rides costing under $1.… Read More
Rating The Websites Of The 2016 Democratic Political Candidates
Sep 08, 4:35PM
I asked four web design, branding and marketing exerts to review and rate the sites of the leading Republican candidates. Now we’re taking a look at the sites of the top four Democrats in the race and putting them through the same process. Read More
Tech's In Vogue This Year…Literally
Sep 08, 4:15PM
I know this might be shocking to you, but I’m not a fashion expert. I’m lucky if I can find two matching socks to wear. Most of the time I give up and don’t. However, it looks like the rest of the tech world is looking to up its fashion game, namely Apple and Amazon. Read More
Chat App Kik Introduces QR Codes To Connect Users And Brands
Sep 08, 4:11PM
Mobile messaging company Kik recently landed investment from Tencent at a billion dollar valuation, and now it is borrowing a hallmark of the Chinese company’s blockbuster WeChat app: QR codes. Read More
ShapeShift, A Cool Cryptocurrency Converter, Clinches $1.6 Million In Cash
Sep 08, 4:10PM
Do you need Clams? Nucoin? ShapeShift.io is here to help. This oddly simple system is a universal and anonymous cryptocurrency converter created by one of the pioneers in bitcoin, Erik Voorhees. How does it work? You request a certain cryptocurrency – Litecoin, for example – and give the service a deposit address. Then you simply deposit another currency – Bitcoin, for… Read More
What To Expect At Apple's 'Hey Siri' Event
Sep 08, 4:01PM
Tomorrow’s Apple event is going to be a behemoth. First, it’s going to take place in San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium, which seats a huge crowd of 7,000 people. Second, rumor has it that Apple is going to touch on many product lines — the iPhone obviously, but also the Apple TV, the iPad and the Apple Watch. Here’s what to expect. Read More
Jawbone Adds Passive Heart Rate Tracking And Auto Sleep Mode To Its Wristbands
Sep 08, 4:00PM
Jawbone is releasing a firmware update that will add passive heart rate and an automatic sleep mode to their wristbands. The UP2, UP3, and UP4 trackers are also getting a facelift in the form of new colors and, for the UP2, a new design with thinner straps. Read More
Adblock Plus Finally Lands On iOS And In Google Play — As A Browser App
Sep 08, 3:43PM
Popular desktop ad-blocking software Adblock Plus, which has some 50 million+ monthly active users worldwide, has finally launched an iOS app. It’s also managed to convince Google to allow its ad-blocking browser for Android back in the Play Store, noting that this is the first time since March 2013 it’s been allowed in the Google-controlled Android app store. Read More
Emergence Capital, Long a Top SaaS Investor, Shifts Focus to the Next Big Thing
Sep 08, 3:31PM
Since its founding a decade ago, Emergence Capital Partners has become among the startup industry’s most highly regarded investors in enterprise software-as-a-service companies. Fact is, few firms are as specialized. But the approach has paid big dividends. In fact, in 2013, Emergence saw one of the industry’s biggest returns with the IPO of Veeva Systems, an enterprise cloud… Read More
Raspberry Pi Now Makes A Touchscreen Display So You Can Build Your Own PiPad Pro
Sep 08, 3:25PM
So you decided to stick to the Raspberry Pi architecture and have completely eschewed the Orange Pi? Good for you. In honor of your decision I offer a new $60 Raspberry Pi touchscreen that can turn your single board computer into a fun-sized multi-touch tablet. The officially licensed product connects to the RaspPi’s DSI and DPI connectors to avoid using the precious HDMI connector and… Read More
Kokoroe Lets You Find Your Next Ukulele Or Math Teacher
Sep 08, 3:19PM
French startup Kokoroe is a marketplace for any kind of course. On the company’s website, you can find a guitar teacher or a photography teacher and book a course in a few clicks. Teachers can also find students and manage their planning on the same website. Read More
Verizon's Mobile Video Service Go90 Launches Into Beta
Sep 08, 3:05PM
Verizon’s new mobile video service dubbed Go90 is launching this week, a report from The New York Times confirms. Verizon tells us the service is actually debuting into beta with Verizon Wireless customers and subscribers from other carriers starting today, with a broader rollout planned for the end of the month. The service, whose name refers to flipping your mobile device… Read More
Eden Raises $2 Million To Expand On-Demand Tech Help Service
Sep 08, 3:02PM
Eden, the on-demand tech help service launched out of Y Combinator, has today announced a new chunk of cash to be added to its previously announced (rolling) seed round. This brings Eden’s total funding to $3.3 million, with this most recent $2 million adding to the $1.3 million the company received in July. Eden is a service launched out of the most recent Y Combinator class that… Read More
Capriza Update Helps Surface Important Information
Sep 08, 3:00PM
By now, we all probably know the cloud and mobile have simplified many of the applications that have been used inside of companies for years. Yet as revolutionary as the cloud and mobile have been in the enterprise, they didn’t solve the problem of the sheer amount of functionality, even a cloud app like Salesforce.com offers users. As applications grow, over time they layer on more… Read More
Okta Joins Unicorns With $75M Round And Looks Towards IPO
Sep 08, 2:40PM
Okta, the cloud identity management company, announced a $75 million round. Okta was valued at $1.2 billion in this deal, meaning it has entered the hallowed halls of the Unicorn club, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the deal. CEO Todd McKinnon told TechCrunch that actual price is a tad below that reported figure at $1.175 billion. While being a Unicorn… Read More
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