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Apple Adds A Black Person To Its Board Of Directors
Oct 01, 7:34PM
When members of the Congressional Black Caucus visited Silicon Valley in early August, their message to tech companies was crystal clear: hire more African-Americans and diversify their boards of directors. Well, it looks like Apple was listening. Earlier today, Apple announced the addition of James Bell, former CFO and president of The Boeing Company, to its board of directors. Bell, an… Read MoreAmazon Bans Sales Of Apple TV And Chromecast On Its Site
Oct 01, 7:26PM
In a anti-competitive move that bumps up against one of Amazon’s core principles – “customer obsession” – the online retailer confirmed today that it would no longer allow the sales of some competing media players, including Apple TV and Chromecast, on its shopping site. Specifically, the company informed its marketplace sellers by way of email that no new… Read More3D Modeling Startup BioDigital Launches An API For The Human Body
Oct 01, 6:18PM
Imagine a reality where surgeons practice difficult procedures on virtual renditions of their patients before walking into the operating room, and professional athletes review their exact muscle movements on a 3D game tape after they walk off the field. Now that BioDigital, a 3D human body modeling startup, is releasing its API to the public, this is possible. Read MoreWith Reid Hoffman's Backing, Development Economists Build Segovia, A Startup That Tackles Poverty
Oct 01, 6:16PM
Six years ago, Paul Niehaus and Michael Faye were two Harvard-trained development economists who began a small, private experiment in East Africa. Instead of donating food, bedding or medical care or offering high-interest micro-finance loans, their model was just to give families cash. They gave families unconditional, cash grants of about $1,000 — or the equivalent of a… Read MoreCooperation Is The New Normal At Microsoft
Oct 01, 5:56PM
When Microsoft settled its patent lawsuits with Google yesterday, it ended a long battle with the search giant, but it wasn’t an isolated action. It was part of a continuing pattern of serving its customers instead of its corporate ego. Whether it’s evolving agreements with Apple, Salesforce or Box or putting an end to senseless lawsuits, Microsoft is attempting to… Read MoreYouTube Addresses Complaints About Inappropriate Content In Updated YouTube Kids App
Oct 01, 5:39PM
When YouTube first launched its dedicated “Kids” app earlier this year, parents welcomed the opportunity to be able keep their children away from the more adult content found on the larger YouTube network, thanks the new app’s curated selection of kid-friendly videos. But the app soon came under fire from consumer watchdog groups who claimed YouTube was not doing enough to… Read MoreGoogle Launches New Cloud Platform Region To Better Serve Eastern U.S.
Oct 01, 5:31PM
Google today announced the launch of a new Cloud Platform region for its customers on the U.S. East Coast. The poetically named “us-east1” region will now be available for Google Compute Engine, Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL users. Support for App Engine and other services is coming soon. This is Google’s fourth Cloud Platform region and its second in the U.S. The company… Read MorePioneer Square Labs Grabs $12.5M To Dream Up, Then Kill Off Or Spin Out Startups
Oct 01, 5:00PM
Brilliant entrepreneurs are wasting their talents trapped inside Seattle’s big tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon. Pioneer Square Labs wants to give them a startup to run. Today with $12.5 million from 12 VCs and 50 angels, Pioneer Square Labs launches its startup studio. Based in Seattle, PSL’s team of experienced founders, investors, and former CTOs will test tons of… Read MoreGitHub Launches Support For U2F Security Keys
Oct 01, 5:00PM
Today at its first user conference, GitHub Universe, GitHub announced that it’s launching support for FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys from companies like Yubico and others. These physical USB keys automatically generate a second-factor code for you when you plug the Read MoreChewing On Life's Big Questions With Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake
Oct 01, 4:44PM
SoulPancake is one of the more popular channels on YouTube boasting 1.5 million subscribers and more than 210 million views. Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight Schrute from the Office) founded the platform in 2009 with the slogan “Chew on life’s big questions.” The idea behind the platform is to get us thinking about life’s deeper meanings on love, faith, and death – and… Read MoreRhapsody Targets Parents With Launch Of A Music Streaming Service For Kids
Oct 01, 4:30PM
As the demand for digital music streaming services heats up, thanks in large part to Spotify’s traction and Apple’s more recent entry into the market, a number of competitors are working to differentiate themselves from the pack. In the case of the 14-year old Rhapsody, the company is today is going after moms and dads by launching a new service which claims to be the first-ever… Read MoreTechCrunch Giveaway: SMART kapp 42
Oct 01, 4:30PM
SMART kapp is giving away one of its smart, modern dry-erase boards to a TechCrunch reader. What is SMART kapp? Glad you asked. SMART kapp is a smart whiteboard (a $899 value) that lets you save and share content via an app. Using the SMART kapp is like taking the simplicity of a regular dry-erase marker and whiteboard, combined with an app. This 42″ device is like a… Read MoreThe TC Meetup + Pitch-Off In Denver Goes Down Tonight!
Oct 01, 4:22PM
It’s here! October, and also, the TC Meetup + Pitch-Off in Denver. The TC Meetup + Pitch-off is a hoot of an event, with local startups participating in a rapid-fire pitch-off, with exactly 60 seconds to show off their wares to a panel of expert VC judges. After each pitch, the judges hold a quick Q&A and when all the pitches have concluded, they determine a winner. First place… Read MoreLobster, The Marketplace For User-Generated Content, Strikes A Deal With YouTube
Oct 01, 4:16PM
Lobster, the platform for licensing user-generated content on social networks, has today announced their biggest partnership to date by way of YouTube. Now, users can request a license to download and use YouTube videos from their contributors for a flat, one-time fee. As it stands now, media, creative and advertising agencies are stuck using creative commons content (that, let’s face… Read MoreYahoo's Open Source Omid Project Brings Scalable Transaction Processing To HBase
Oct 01, 4:15PM
A while back, Yahoo quietly made the code to Omid, an open source transaction processing system for the Apache HBase Hadoop big data store, available on GitHub. This is the same software the company uses internally to help it power thousands of search transactions per second. Until now, the company remained rather subdued about this project, but with the latest update, launching today, Yahoo… Read MoreTweetbot 4.0 Becomes The Best Alternative Twitter Client For iPhone And Now iPad
Oct 01, 4:12PM
Third-party Twitter client Tweetbot is back with a new major version. Developed by two-man development studio Tapbots, Tweetbot has been a long-time favorite of iOS Twitter users who were dissatisfied with the official versions of the Twitter apps. With this new version, Tweetbot secures this position thanks to a few great new features, starting with a huge iPad update. Read MoreTaxi App Hailo Goes Back To Black Cabs Only In London
Oct 01, 4:08PM
Handbrake turn! U.K. based taxi app Hailo is handing in its private hire vehicle (PHV) license in London and going black cab only, which is where the business began — only expanding to include PHVs in May 2014 and causing some irate cabbies to attack its offices last year. But from now (5pm U.K. time today) Hailo will only offer the ability to book black cabs in London. Read MoreNotification Summit at Betaworks 10.01.15
Oct 01, 3:41PM
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Amazon's Supply Reordering Service Gets Integrated In Nearly A Dozen More Household Devices From GE, Samsung, Oster And More
Oct 01, 3:24PM
Amazon this morning announced a significant expansion of device partners who will support its Dash Replenishment Service – the initiative that enables connected household devices to monitor their supply levels and automatically re-order when those supplies run low. For example, printers can re-order ink just before you run out. Your Brita water pitcher can re-order a new filter as the… Read MoreWebsite Builder Weebly Gets A Revamp And Its First App Center
Oct 01, 3:21PM
Weebly is launching the third generation of its product today, which it calls Carbon — CEO David Rusenko described it as the “first big step” in a new direction. Until now, Weebly has been known as an easy-to-use tool for building websites and online stores. It’s been successful too, with 30 million people creating sites on the platform, and 250 million visitors to… 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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