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SolarCity Beat Revenue Expectations With $114 Million In Q3 2015 Earnings
Oct 29, 8:42PM
Analysts expected the solar energy company SolarCity’s revenue to hit $111 million in the third quarter, 2015. But the company beat expectations with a near $114 million bump in revenue announced in earnings today. That’s a 95.2 percent year-over-year increase, beating estimates by $2.43 million. This was “driven by increased installations and high system performance in… Read MoreMobileIron Posts Lower-Than-Expected FQ3 Loss Of $0.20 Per Share Off Revenue Of $38M
Oct 29, 8:21PM
Following the bell, device management shop MobileIron announced its fiscal third quarter financial performance, including revenue of $38.0 million, and adjusted profit of negative $0.20. Using normal accounting techniques, the company lost a stiffer $0.30 per share. Investors had expected MobileIron to lose an adjusted $0.20 per share, off of $37.61 million in revenue. The company’s… Read MoreLinkedIn Earnings Beat Expectations With $780M In Revenue, Stock Jumps 9%
Oct 29, 8:14PM
LinkedIn handily beat analyst expectations today with revenue of $780 million and earnings of 78 cents per share. Analysts were expecting earnings of 45 cents per share on about $756 million in revenue. LinkedIn shares promptly spiked as much as 8% in extended trading. In total, the company’s revenue grew 37% year-over-year, up from around $568 million in the third quarter last year.… Read MoreEdtech's Next Big Disruption Is The College Degree
Oct 29, 8:00PM
For centuries, the college degree has been the global gold standard for assessing an individual entering the workforce. But after cornering the credentials market for nearly a millennium, the degree’s days alone at the top are most definitely numbered. By 2020, the traditional degree will have made room on its pedestal for a new array of modern credentials that are currently gaining… Read MoreUnderwater Drone Startup OpenROV Launches A Super Fast Exploration Robot
Oct 29, 7:59PM
Trident is a remote-controlled, camera-equipped underwater drone – and it’s the fastest machine yet from underwater robotics startup OpenROV. Trident can go “as fast as Michael Phelps,” according to co-founders David Lang and Eric Stackpole. For reference, Phelps clocks in at 4.4 mph if you factor his record for 50.77 seconds in the 100 m. So that’s faster than… Read MoreEU Parliament Votes Snowden Should Have Asylum On Human Rights Grounds
Oct 29, 7:36PM
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday voted former government contractor Edward Snowden should be granted asylum in Europe on the grounds that he is a “defender of human rights.” The vote does not mean Snowden will actually gain asylum in Europe. The member countries will need to decide if they want to take on the MEPs resolution or not. However the vote… Read MoreSlack Introduces User Groups, Allowing Larger Teams To Collaborate Way More Effectively
Oct 29, 7:36PM
A great deal of enterprise messaging service Slack’s success has come from their product’s ability to allow companies to communicate internally in a fluid and transparent manner. Now Slack is looking to enhance the experience of how larger organizations function through the introduction of User Groups. Their new feature allows notification to be specifically sent to separate… Read MoreINNOVATE2016: Technology Can Spur Political Engagement
Oct 29, 7:30PM
Whether or not we all show up in 2016, the Uber or Airbnb moment hasn’t yet arrived in politics. Disruption is everywhere in America except in the corridors of Washington DC. Let’s hope that next year’s election will trigger real innovation from entrepreneurs determined to change the very nature of politics itself. Read MoreTrueFacet, A Marketplace For Pre-Owned Jewelry, Relaunches With New Texting Feature
Oct 29, 7:00PM
If you were to collect all of the designer-label jewelry and watches in the world and throw them in a pile, TrueFacet cofounder and CEO Tirath Kamdar tells TechCrunch, over 40 percent of the pile would be counterfeit. Knowing that, buying pre-owned pieces of jewelry or a watch from another individual, or even one of the many jewelry stores across 47th street in NYC’s Jewelry District,… Read MoreMicrosoft Integrates Skype With Office Online, Rolls Out An Office Chrome Extension
Oct 29, 6:37PM
Microsoft today announced its plans to extend the social features of Office by integrating Skype into Office Online, allowing users to communicate by voice and video chat within Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Online documents, as well as in Outlook.com. With the integration, users will be able to see and chat with Skype contacts right from within their file, which Microsoft says will… Read MoreFacebook Turns Photos Into Dynamic "Slideshow" Ads For The Developing World's Slow Connections
Oct 29, 6:03PM
Facebook has hit user saturation in its core developed world markets, so to boost revenue, it needs to make ads work in emerging markets with older technology. But video, the hottest ad format, takes too much data for people with low-bandwidth connections to watch. Facebook’s newest ad format, “Slideshow” could address this conundrum. Slideshow is an ad format that takes three… Read MorePorch Acquires Mobile Advice Marketplace Fountain
Oct 29, 6:00PM
The Seattle-based online home services platform Porch.com today announced that it has acquired Fountain, a service that connects Internet users with doctors, lawyers, mechanics, tech support and other experts through video chats, texts and annotated photos. Fountain was co-founded by Aaron Patzer, who is best known for founding and leading Mint.com. Patzer, who was also Fountain’s CEO,… Read MoreVSCO Takes On Instagram's Boomerang With Its New GIF Creation App DSCO
Oct 29, 5:11PM
VSCO, one of the few apps to give Facebook’s Instagram solid competition with a photo editing application aimed at more serious mobile photographers, is today releasing its next new creation. DSCO, as the just-launched spin-off is called, takes advantage of VSCO’s imaging technology to allow users to create short, looping GIF images which can be shared to VSCO’s user… Read MoreJessica Verrilli Returns To Twitter After Short Stint At Google Ventures
Oct 29, 5:10PM
A familiar face is returning to Twitter. Jessica Verrilli is rejoining the company after a 5ish month partner stint at Google Ventures. Sudden change of heart, perhaps? Her GV bio is still up on the site. Verrilli was key in many facets of the company, especially M&A. Her involvement in bringing the likes of Vine, Periscope and the India-based ZipDial into the nest is much-discussed in… Read MoreAn Inside Look At Upthere, The Company Aiming To Be Your Personal Cloud
Oct 29, 5:00PM
The year is 2015 and yet the promise of the “personal cloud” has failed me. There are tons of drag and drop and syncing “backup services” but nowhere that’s my slice of the puffy white stuff. Enter the 80 employees and impressive pedigree of Palo Alto based Upthere. Read MoreLifeLock Acquires Music Sharing Platform Bop.fm; Site To Shut Down
Oct 29, 4:52PM
Bop.fm — a Y Combinator startup that had built a platform to share links for music tracks across a number of different walled-garden streaming services — has been acquired. But it’s not a buyer from the music industry: it’s LifeLock, the identity theft protection company. Bop.fm — whose motto had been “The music never stops on Bop.fm” —… Read MoreOpenGov's Comparisons Aims To Help Local Governments Benchmark Spending
Oct 29, 4:37PM
OpenGov launched Comparisons yesterday morning, a feature that allows local and municipal governments in its network to compare their performances against other jurisdictions and established benchmarks. In addition to giving governments using the platform access to information about other local authorities, Comparisons also pulls census data and financial metrics, which are incorporated into… Read MoreGiphy Expands Beyond Messenger With Its New GIF-Sharing App
Oct 29, 4:28PM
Giphy, the popular resource for finding and sharing GIFs, has rolled out a significant upgrade to its flagship mobile application today, which sees the app rebranded from an add-on utility for Facebook Messenger users, to a fully-featured, standalone app for finding and sharing GIFs across a number of channels, including social networks, text messages, Messenger, email and more. Read MoreThe Sonos Play:5 Is A Compact, Wireless Music Machine That Sounds Great
Oct 29, 4:24PM
Sonos has long been my favorite speaker company. While the sound quality is fair to good – I’ve heard better and I’ve heard far worse – the ease of use, the simplicity of setup, and the access to millions of pieces of streamed content far outweighed any grumbling I had about not hearing the highest highs and lowest lows. Thankfully, with the new Play:5 speakers, even… Read MoreMeet Teforia, A Tea Brewing Robot For The Home
Oct 29, 4:00PM
Tea making is a delicate process that only the truest of enthusiasts around the world appreciate. The time-honored tradition of sourcing the right ingredients, taking care to consider the age of the leaves, the season of the year and the temperature of the water and then waiting for it to steep to just the right amount of time takes knowledge and patience. And, according to Han, most of us… 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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