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Zortrax Launches A 3D Model Library For Its Robotic-Arm Loving Users
Sep 22, 7:08PM
Polish 3D printer manufacturer Zortrax has announced that they’ve added a 3D model library to its Z-Suite software suite, a closed place where Zortrax users can store and share their models. To celebrate the launch the team has released a printable robotic arm, available here. Zortrax is one of the larger 3D printer manufacturers in Europe and they recently announce the M200, a 90-400… Read MoreStartup Battlefield Applications Extended for Disrupt London!
Sep 22, 7:01PM
Startups, it’s time to get your act together and apply for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London on December 7-8th. We’re looking for the most promising companies from London to Budapest, Madrid to Stockholm, and everywhere in between. Maybe you were out on vacation. Maybe you were focused on that key hire. Maybe you started but forgot to finish the application. Whatever the… Read MoreSoftBank's Nikesh Arora Says The Key To Investing Is Big Bets And Close Friendships With Founders
Sep 22, 6:43PM
A leading Japanese telecom, SoftBank is also one of Asia’s most prolific tech investors and known for taking big stakes in growth-stage companies. In an onstage interview at Disrupt today, SoftBank president and chief operating officer Nikesh Arora told TechCrunch’s Jon Russell that the secret to successful investments is keeping portfolios streamlined, but striking close… Read MoreFacebook's Ad Chief Boz Announces "Click To Message A Business" Ads
Sep 22, 6:23PM
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015, Facebook ad chief Andrew “Boz” Bosworth sat down with Josh Constine to discuss the state of advertising on the social network. Boz started by discussing Instant Articles and emphasizing how the feature was built to improve the user experience of traditionally waiting 6-8 seconds for content to load. Read MoreMeet Nuclear Power's Comeback Kids
Sep 22, 6:21PM
Leslie Dewan and Jacob Dewitt are part of a new generation of nuclear scientists pushing for use of safer technologies. Both young founders took to the TechCrunch Disrupt stage today to chat about their work in developing upgraded types of nuclear power generators that are designed to eat their own waste. Literally. Both MIT-trained nuclear physicists founded separate but similar startups… Read MoreHouzz CEO Adi Tatarko Wants To Redefine The Term "Unicorn"
Sep 22, 6:17PM
Houzz co-founder and CEO Adi Tatarko says she wants to redefine the word “unicorn” in tech industry lingo. The term, which refers to companies whose valuations are in the billion-dollar range, could easily apply to what Tatarko and her husband Alon Cohen built with Houzz, a company that now sees 35 million unique visitors per month, and over 800,000 home professionals like… Read MoreAOL/Verizon Completes Spinout Of CrunchBase Funded By Emergence Capital
Sep 22, 6:09PM
CrunchBase, the database of startups, other tech companies and the people who work in them that was originally developed alongside TechCrunch, is spinning out from AOL/Verizon. Emergence Capital is leading an investment in the newly-independent company, while AOL/Verizon — owner of TechCrunch — will retain a stake in the business. The independent company will be led by Jager… Read MoreTwitter Loses Its Sr. Director of Engineering, Growth and International Team To Uber
Sep 22, 5:42PM
Twitter is losing some key talent and leadership lately, which we told you about before…specifically to the company a few blocks over, Uber. Today, Akash Garg announced that he was leaving Twitter for the logistics company: 1/ After an amazing 4+ years at @Twitter, I am saying goodbye to my friends and co-workers — akashgarg (@akashgarg) September 22, 2015 2/ I feel… Read MorePingpad Launches Mobile-Centric Tools For Group Collaboration
Sep 22, 5:40PM
Ross Mayfield said that at his new startup Pingpad, “We’re trying to build the next great productivity app.” Mayfield previously worked as director of business development at LinkedIn and co-founded collaboration company Socialtext. He created Pingpad with his wife Leila Al-Shamari — in fact, they said the idea first came to them when they were planning for their… Read MoreGmail Now Lets You Easily Block Annoying Senders
Sep 22, 5:34PM
Here is a small but useful new feature in Gmail that’s launching today: you can now block specific email addresses with two clicks. So whenever you’re getting a lot of email from somebody who is being annoying, you can now easily ban them from your inbox (and after they show remorse, you can unblock them again). Read MoreApple Asks Developers To Verify Their Version Of Xcode Following Malware Attack On Chinese App Store
Sep 22, 5:08PM
Following the recent reveal that the Chinese Apple App Store had become infested with malware, thanks to dozens of infected consumer-facing mobile apps that had been built and updated with a compromised version of Apple’s iOS developer software, Xcode, Apple is now urging mobile app developers to verify their Xcode installations. The company reminded developers via email and a message… Read MoreGet Ready For A GoPro Drone
Sep 22, 5:05PM
GoPro founder and CEO Nick Woodman confirmed that a GoPro drone was on its way in an interview with our own Matt Burns at Disrupt SF. “Development is on track for the first half of 2016. We have some differentiations that are right in the GoPro alley,” he said. Read MoreMasteryConnect Raises $5M From Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan For Personalized Education
Sep 22, 4:59PM
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have been quietly amassing a portfolio of both philanthropic and venture investments in education from a $120 million commitment to Bay Area schools to the funding they contributed to Altschool’s most recent $100 million round. Now they’re adding another educational technology company to the group. They’re expanding a… Read MorePeriscope Turns Screenshotting Into A Social Experience
Sep 22, 4:34PM
A new version of Periscope popped up on the App Store today that allows viewers to share screenshots that they take during your stream. Additionally a little screenshot icon will show up in chat letting you and everyone else know that a screenshot has been taken. It’s basically Periscope’s version of a “retweet.” Read MoreCloudFlare Locks Down $110M From Fidelity, Microsoft, Google, Baidu And Qualcomm
Sep 22, 4:32PM
CloudFlare has secured a $110 million round of private financing, led by Fidelity, and participated in by a cadre of technology giants, including Baidu, Google, Microsoft and Qualcomm. The company has raised more than $180 million to date. The quickly growing startup now operates in more than 30 countries, and, according to material provided to TechCrunch, processes around 5 percent of the… Read MoreQuirky Files For Bankruptcy While Flextronics Puts Up A $15M Bid For Wink
Sep 22, 4:10PM
Quirky, the long-suffering startup that was once held up as a model for bridging the maker movement and corporate world, has filed for bankruptcy. Read MoreWith Focus On Improving Sam's Club Customer Relationships, WalmartLabs Snaps Up Silicon Valley-Based PunchTab
Sep 22, 4:00PM
WalmartLabs, the retailer’s Silicon Valley-based R&D group, announced this morning that it has acquired loyalty startup PunchTab, in order to better connect with and engage customers who shop at the company’s Sam’s Club stores. Terms of the deal were not revealed, but this is now WalmartLabs’ 15th acquisition since its formation in 2011, the company noted.… Read MoreBackblaze Announces Low-Cost Cloud Storage Service To Compete With Amazon S3
Sep 22, 4:00PM
Backblaze is best known for its consumer and enterprise backup service — and how many hard drives it buys to power that service. Today, however, the company is taking a step in a slightly different direction by announcing the private beta of Backblaze B2, a competitively priced cloud storage service that competes with the likes of Amazon S3 and the cloud storage services that are part… Read MoreReview: Apple's iPhone 6s And 6s Plus Go 'Tick'
Sep 22, 3:30PM
Tick, tock. Tick, tock. This is the familiar sound of Apple’s iPhone. Popularized by chip maker Intel, ‘tick tock development’ has come to refer to a major change in a product followed by a refinement of that product. For several years, Apple has focused on large design changes every two years, with healthy, though arguably less showy, upgrades in between. This has resulted… Read MoreHands-On With The New Formlabs Form 2 3D Printer
Sep 22, 3:05PM
When I first turned on the original Formlabs Form 1 I knew I was in the presence of something special. This 3D printer could make amazingly detailed models using lasers and resin, a process that was at once exhilarating and, thanks to the curing process, kind of gross. Formlabs has taken a closer look at what made the original printer frustrating and smoothed out the bumps, creating one of… 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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