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CrunchWeek: iPhone 6S Madness, Telling Time, And Instagram's Growthsplosion
Sep 25, 7:26PM
Hello internet aliens, and welcome to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s weekly roundup show where we talk the biggest things in tech. As you can tell from the show, we spent the entire week in a warehouse talking about disruption, but have no fear, we’ve had our eyes and ears open about what happened this week. The iPhone 6S and 6S plus made their debuts, Watch OS2… Read MoreThe Worst Possible Name For Your Brand And Three Things You Can Learn From It
Sep 25, 6:00PM
Let’s say you want to come up with a great brand name for a new beverage brand you’re launching. You know what consumers are looking for, and you’re the creative type. What’s the biggest naming mistake you could make? How about a name like “Sweat” or “Pschitt?” Or something difficult to spell and pronounce? Those missteps would certainly be… Read MoreTwitter Polls Are An Awful Idea
Sep 25, 5:22PM
They’ve done it. Twitter has cracked the code. No, it’s not a new CEO. Nope, it’s not a new way to deliver content with context that you might be interested in. It’s polls. Read MoreLive Broadcasting Is Too Important To Be Left To The Broadcasters
Sep 25, 3:00PM
When we founded the mobile live video broadcasting service Bambuser several years ago, we embarked on a mission to democratize live video broadcasting — something that was available only to media giants with multi-million dollar budgets. One of our fundamental ideas was that, given the pace and scope of smartphone development and distribution, not even these global brands would eventually… Read MoreData Driven Everything Remains Elusive
Sep 25, 1:20PM
One thing was clear at Dreamforce last week, Salesforce’s enormous customer conference — something that has become apparent to anyone paying attention. It’s becoming a data-driven world. We are awash in data, but the problem is figuring out what we are supposed to do with it. Salesforce wants to be the center of your data-driven customer strategy, of course. To that end,… Read MoreApple's iPhone 6s Produces A Colorful Vision Of Haiti Through A Painter's Eyes
Sep 25, 12:00PM
In advance of the release of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple gave one to RYOT, maker of VR and documentary films. They produced a short about a painter in Haiti who is trying to transform the very poor neighborhood he lives in into a bright palette of colors. The entire film was shot on the iPhone 6s, which now supports 4K resolution. I noted in my review of the new device, out today, that… Read MoreAn Investor's Journey To Future Science And Technology
Sep 25, 3:00AM
Venture capital is booming again. VCs invested a total of $48 billion last year — the highest amount in a decade. The lion’s share went to software, which attracted $19.8 billion, versus just $6 billion for biotech. There are many reasons why, and it’s worth in-depth exploration: Our ability to thrive on planet Earth depends on our ability to make continued scientific… Read MoreThe Problem With Rental Marketplaces
Sep 25, 12:00AM
Most of the successful peer-to-peer marketplaces are purchase-oriented. There are two fundamental problems with rental marketplaces: The average order value for most of them is too low, and frequency from demand-side renters is too low. Incentivizing supply in any marketplace is really important to get liquidity. Read MoreOakland To Tech: Please Don't Screw This Up Like Last Time
Sep 24, 10:32PM
A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with Darrell Jones III, who heads up business development at Clef, at the southern restaurant Pican a few blocks away from the Oakland building that 3,000 Uber workers are slated to move into by 2017. Jones, who is half-black and half-Filipino and grew up partly on the North Side of Chicago, makes a point of being a patron at mostly black-owned businesses in… Read MoreMeet Jukin Media, The Company That Now Owns Pizza Rat
Sep 24, 10:19PM
PizzaRat, the lovable scampering rodent that took the Internet by storm last week, now has representation in Hollywood. An entertainment company called Jukin Media bought the rights to the 15-second video that reached over 5 million views on YouTube, a move that surprised many of the rat’s fans who retweeted gifs of the rodent in action. The guy who recorded PizzaRat, comedian Matt… Read MoreThe Surprising Bias Of Venture Capital Decision-Making
Sep 24, 10:00PM
Stories of entrepreneurs launching innovative ideas, raising millions in venture capital and turning startups such as Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat into multi-billion dollar companies has catapulted venture capital investments, setting record numbers since the dot-com era. On the surface, it appears that investors have everything under control. But as we peel back the layers, empirical research… Read MoreOculus Positions VR For Primetime
Sep 24, 7:50PM
Today Oculus gave 1,500 developers at the Oculus Connect 2 conference (as well as those at home via livestream or on Gear VR a chance to watch) a look at how the consumer version of the Oculus Rift will roll out in Q1 2016, how Oculus plans to bring virtual reality to millions through the Samsung Gear VR, and how new platforms and controllers will expand the uses of Oculus Rift from games… Read MoreNet Neutrality And Modern Exchanges
Sep 24, 7:00PM
A great victory was won earlier this year for supporters of innovation, competition and openness — net neutrality rules were adopted by the FCC. Those rules have recently come into effect, and we’ve already seen significant movement, including the $100 million AT&T fine for data throttling. Read MoreOculus' New $99 Samsung Gear VR Makes Serious Virtual Reality Affordable
Sep 24, 5:32PM
At half the price of its last mobile VR headset, the new $99 Oculus-made Samsung Gear VR is cheap enough to unlock virtual reality for the mainstream. Revealed today at the Oculus Connect conference, it works with the whole 2015 line of Samsung Smartphones including the Note 5, S6, S6 Edge, and S6 Edge+. It will ship in November in time for Black Friday. Compared to the $199 previous Gear VRs… Read MoreAmino Raises $6.5M To Build Mobile Communities
Sep 24, 5:06PM
Amino, a startup that’s built 41 different mobile community apps (so far), is announcing that it has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. I first wrote about the company a little more than a year ago, when it raised a $1.65 million seed round. Co-founder and CEO Ben Anderson told me that the idea was to reinvent the traditional online forum with a smartphone-optimized experience… Read MoreThe Magic Numbers For Startup Health
Sep 24, 5:00PM
In this new age of so-called tech “unicorns” and their eye-popping valuations, it’s important to remember that not all revenue is created equal. Indeed, recent volatility in the stock market has lots of industry watchers cautioning startups to concern themselves less with achieving unicorn status and more on building customer and employee satisfaction. Read MoreEarly-Bird Tickets To Disrupt London Are Now Available
Sep 24, 4:00PM
Disrupt London is fast approaching, and we’re thrilled to announce that attendee registration is now open. You can now grab your tickets here at the Early Bird rate of £800 and join investors, tech enthusiasts and the startup community from Europe and all over the world. The show runs from December 7-8 at London’s beautiful Copper Box Arena, and with all the great speakers and… Read MoreLedge Is A Mobile Peer-To-Peer Lending Platform Powered By Venmo
Sep 24, 4:00PM
Launching today with $900K in seed funding, Ledge is an app that lets users easily borrow money from their peers. Everyone knows it’s hard to lend money to family or friends. The process is awkward, and most people never actually get paid back. Ledge is trying to fix this issue by bringing automation and transparency to peer-to-peer lending. Here’s how Ledge works: After a… Read MoreThe Case For A Large Founding Team
Sep 24, 3:00PM
It is common wisdom nowadays that a founding team consisting of 2–3 founders is ideal. Doing it solo is simply too hard. Founder burnout is an imminent possibility, and statistics are simply not on your side. Until recently, the most common formula for a startup’s founding team was the MBA and techie duo. In recent years, there’s been a shift toward a three-member formula.… Read MoreBeyond Tech IPOs
Sep 24, 1:00PM
Technology darlings like Uber, Pinterest and Airbnb may be taking their time on the way to exit, but that doesn’t mean IPOs aren’t happening. They’re alive and well in the consumer space — from food brands to premium pet food and retail establishments. So why are these companies pursuing IPOs — and finding success in the markets — while tech companies are… 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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