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When The Pentagon Comes Knocking: An Open Letter To Silicon Valley
Oct 05, 8:00PM
The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, has made two trips to Silicon Valley this year, but has only spoken directly to his counterpart in Russia once in the same period — despite NATO being on its highest possible alert level. That’s how serious the Pentagon is about courting Silicon Valley to bolster defense innovation. Read MoreReport: Google Invests In Wall Street Messaging Tool Symphony
Oct 05, 8:00PM
Google Inc. has participated in a new round of funding for Symphony Communication Services, valuing the company at $650 million, reports Dow Jones. The deal is expected to close this week. Launched last year, the Palo Alto-based messaging service has previously received financing from Wall Street giants including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and BlackRock. Symphony hopes its… Read MoreSecret Co-Founder David Byttow Preps New Enterprise Startup After Stint At Medium
Oct 05, 6:45PM
Though his last startup flamed out, Secret co-founder David Byttow is ready to take another shot alongside former Secret designer Ben Lee. TechCrunch has learned the new startup will be in the enterprise space and won’t be based around anonymity. An image attained by TechCrunch shows Byttow told Facebook friends late last week that he’d been working at Medium on their upcoming… Read MoreRussia's Regulators: Google Has Until November 18th To Play Fair
Oct 05, 6:45PM
Early last month, Russia’s FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) stated that Google had violated Russian competition rules with its stock apps in Android. The folks complaining happen to be Google’s biggest competition in Russia…Yandex. Today, the FAS announced that Google has until November 18 “to eliminate the violation of the law on protection of competition in terms… Read MoreVideo Collaboration Startup Frame.io Raises $2.2M
Oct 05, 5:10PM
Frame.io, a startup that improves the collaboration process around video production, is announcing that it has raised a $2.2 million seed round led by Accel Partners. Co-founder and CEO Emery Wells previously worked in video post-production, and he said Frame.io emerged from his own frustrations about the tools available to work with clients, team members and other collaborators. Read MoreTwitter Shares Pop 5.7% On News Of @Jack's Return
Oct 05, 5:07PM
Providing proof that markets are silly, shares of Twitter stock are up around 5 percent today following news that Jack Dorsey will again be its CEO. Dorsey will retain his role at Square, making him a rare double executive. Read MoreAdobe Partners With Morisawa To Bring 20 Japanese Fonts To Typekit
Oct 05, 5:00PM
Adobe continues to expand its support for East Asian languages in its services. Earlier this year, the company partnered with Google to launch a new open-source font for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) languages. In addition, Adobe extended its Typekit font service to support these fonts. Today, at its MAX conference, Adobe announced additional support for Japanese fonts. The company… Read MoreThe Apple Watch Hermès Collection Is Now Available For Purchase
Oct 05, 4:45PM
#Fashion! The Apple Watch Hermès models are now available for purchase. But not online. These options are only sold in a handful of Apple Store and Hermès retail locations. Prices start at $1,100 for the 42mm single strap option, which is available in black and brown (noir or gauvre), and a red strap (capucine) is available in the 38mm size. The iconic Hermès double strap band costs $1,250… Read MoreGoogle Starts Rolling Out Android Marshmallow To Nexus Devices
Oct 05, 4:23PM
Last week, Google promised it would release Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the latest version of its mobile operating system, to Nexus devices sometime this week. As the company announced this morning, the rollout is now in progress, so if you own a Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus 7 (2013) or a Nexus Player, you can expect to see your update notification in the near future. Read MoreFlixel Grabs $2.2 Million For Its Mesmerizing Cinemagraph Apps
Oct 05, 4:06PM
Toronto-based startup Flixel has built some pretty neat apps for OS X and iOS. Today, the company is announcing a $2.2 million seed round led by Extreme Venture Partners with Cranson Capital Securities and business angels also participating. Read MoreA Decade After Being Founded In SF, Kiva Turns Its Focus Toward Zero-Interest Loans For Bay Area Entrepreneurs
Oct 05, 4:00PM
When online donors overloaded the requests of Kiva co-founders Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley more than a decade ago, they were targeting some of the world’s poorest borrowers in places as far away as East Africa and India. But 10 years later, Kiva is shifting its focus back home with a program called “Keep the Heart in San Francisco.” It’s taking its longstanding… Read MoreFixya's New App "6ya" Lets You Get Voice & Video Tech Support For Anything In 6 Minutes Flat
Oct 05, 4:00PM
For nearly 10 years, online Q&A site Fixya has offered a way for web searchers to find information and receive troubleshooting support from area experts and other local pros. Today, the company is heading in a new direction with the launch of 6ya, a mobile app that lets consumers get product help and advice by way of a voice or video call from Fixya’s network of repair experts in… Read MoreSOLS Lets You Buy 3D-Printed Insoles, Customized To Your Feet, Right From An iPhone App
Oct 05, 3:59PM
SOLS, a company taking advantage of 3D-printing techniques to custom print shoe insoles that help alleviate foot and back pain, among other ailments, is today making its product available directly to consumers with the launch of SOLS Flex, a modern-day alternative to Dr. Scholl’s inserts which are personalized to the individual customer. SOLS previously worked with doctor’s offices… Read MoreThe TC Meetup + Pitch-Off Is Coming To New Orleans This Week
Oct 05, 3:51PM
TechCrunch is headed back to New Orleans, just in time for Nola Tech Week. In true TC fashion, we’ll be bringing the TC Meetup + Pitch-off with us, where ten companies will have the opportunity to pitch their wares to a live audience and a panel of local VC judges. These startups, which will be announced shortly, will have exactly sixty seconds on stage to pitch their product, after… Read MoreIBM Acquires Cleversafe To Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Storage Strategy
Oct 05, 3:35PM
This morning IBM announced plans to acquire Cleversafe, a Chicago-based data storage vendor. The move appears to be a way to shore up IBM’s hybrid cloud storage chops. Terms of the deal were not available. Cleversafe was founded in 2004, and was well ahead of its time when it came to anticipating the big data revolution. According to its website, the company foresaw the coming data… Read MoreMuch Ado About Peeple
Oct 05, 3:02PM
“Imagine every positive and ugly opinion about you— from your mother to that awkward co-worker you rejected at the company Christmas party— centrally located on one online profile. Sound scary? It is.” That’s the way people are characterizing Peeple, a year-and-a-half-year-old, Calgary-based company whose app is currently being beta tested by 35,000 people… Read MorePatreon Hacked, Gigabytes Of Data And Code Leaked
Oct 05, 2:50PM
Maker-funding site Patreon was hacked last week resulting in the dump of gigabytes of code and user data. User passwords were encrypted using bcrypt which suggests they are mostly safe but some users have found their data in the trove. Founder Jack Conte wrote: There was unauthorized access to registered names, email addresses, posts, and some shipping addresses. Additionally, some… Read MoreAirpaper Will Cancel Your Comcast Service For You
Oct 05, 2:31PM
There are few things in this (first) world that are worse than trying to cancel your Internet and cable service. In fact, Comcast has folks that are dedicated solely to the mission of retaining those who wish to graze in other Internet pastures, complete with a guidebook on how to keep a customer on the phone and persuade them to keep their Comcast service. We have seen this go horribly awry.… Read MoreThe RoboBee Can Now Swim
Oct 05, 2:16PM
July 2024 – I am writing this so future humans will know our downfall. The first RoboBees were harmless. These tiny robotic bugs used to flit around with reckless abandon, spreading joy to the last of mankind. Researchers Yufeng Chen, E. Farrell Helbling, Nick Gravish, Kevin Ma, and Robert J. Wood from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University… Read MorePinterest Expands Buyable Pins To More E-Commerce Platforms, Reaching Thousands Of Merchants
Oct 05, 1:53PM
Pinterest announced this morning it’s expanding the reach of its “Buyable Pins” – meaning those pins that allow you to make purchases directly on Pinterest – to several more e-commerce platforms, including Bigcommerce, Magento, and IBM Commerce. The company previously supported Buyable Pins with Shopify and Demandware, when the feature first launched earlier… 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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