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Home Services Startup Porch Sheds 90 Employees, Key Executives Bolt
Nov 01, 8:12PM
Porch, one of the many companies positioning themselves to be the go-to place for “home services,” has laid off 90 members of its staff according to Geekwire. We’ve reached out to Porch for a statement (See the update below). The company has raised $98.85M to date in 3 rounds. Their competitors include Amazon, Angie’s List, Pro.com and HomeAdvisor, just to name a few.… Read MoreAugmented Reality: Believe The Hype (Cycle)
Nov 01, 8:00PM
Gartner’s annual report in 2008 was titled “Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies.” This was the first year the IT and technology research firm’s annual report mentioned augmented reality (AR). In it, Gartner estimated that AR was “more than 10 years” from mainstream adoption. Read MoreThomas Korte Of AngelPad On Its "Disproportionate Success" With European Founders
Nov 01, 6:07PM
In another week or so, AngelPad, a five-year-old incubator that twice a year chooses roughly a dozen startups to coach over a three-month period, will host an invite-only “demo day” for a couple hundred angels and VCs in San Francisco. Likely, the investors are already looking forward to it. AngelPad has funded 115 companies to date, including its current cohort, and half a dozen… Read MoreInstagram Launches A Curated Feed Around Events, Starting With Halloween
Nov 01, 5:36PM
Is Snapchat, the brazen baby of the major social media platforms, slowly killing the hashtag? It looked that way yesterday, when for Halloween, Instagram curated content in a special feed for users who wished to view Halloween-based content from their friends and others, reports Wired. This normally wouldn’t be a very big deal, and on its own, it isn’t. However, Twitter… Read MoreInneract Project Teaches Underserved Kids Design And Technology
Nov 01, 5:00PM
Design plays just as big of a role in technology as computer science. That’s why it’s no coincidence that boatloads of successful startups have designers on their founding teams. Since 2010, 27 designer-founded startups have been acquired by large tech companies like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Adobe, Dropbox and LinkedIn, according to the Design In Tech Report, produced by… Read MoreWhat Startups Need To Know About The Safe Harbor Ruling In Europe
Nov 01, 6:00AM
Rooted in history and deep-seated cultural beliefs, the European Court of Justice’s recent decision to invalidate a major data-sharing agreement should be as unsurprising as it is unsettling to U.S. companies conducting business in Europe. Read MoreThe Best Pros Won't Work For You, But You Can Still Engage Them
Nov 01, 3:00AM
Recruiting is one of the top jobs for any executive or entrepreneur. Talent is the lifeblood of your company; let it drain away, and you die. Unfortunately, that lifeblood is in very short supply — and it’s about to get worse. Here’s why. Read MoreStitch Is A Social Network For Seniors
Oct 31, 11:56PM
The winner of a recent TC Radio Pitch-Off contest, Stitch is a social network designed for those over 50 years old. Headquartered in Australia, the site is designed to help members find friends, romantic companionship, or just new activities to try. Marcie Rogo, cofounder of Stitch, explained that “many older adults have lots of things they want to do, but nobody to do them with.… Read MoreThe Path To Expertise
Oct 31, 10:00PM
There’s a popular meme that it takes ten years of effortful study to become an expert at something. Studies show that in reality, the number of years varies a bit from subject to subject and from one individual to the next, but one thing is clear – expertise takes time. Therein lies the problem. Read MoreHow To Extract More Than Capital From Your VCs
Oct 31, 7:00PM
The relationship between VCs and their portfolio companies has changed significantly over the past five or so years. In many ways it is still the same, in that VCs provide capital, then take a significant equity stake and often a board seat. However, as the funding process has become more transparent and new capital sources have emerged, startups are looking for more value from their… Read MoreAppDynamics, A "Unicorn," Raises Fresh $83.4 Million, And It's Targeting More
Oct 31, 6:45PM
Looks like investors approve of former Adobe digital chief David Wadhwani. Just weeks after it was announced that Wadhwani has joined seven-year-old, San Francisco-based AppDynamics as its new CEO, an SEC filing shows the company has raised a fresh $83.4 million in funding as part of a round that’s targeting up to $150 million. AppDynamics makes software to monitor the performance… Read MoreChecking In On Windows 10
Oct 31, 6:44PM
Mired as we are in earnings season, I was slightly remiss this week in keeping tabs on Windows 10, Microsoft’s new operating system. A few things happened that are worth our time, and, as it’s the weekend, we have the minutes. First up, Microsoft detailed how it will continue to encourage — force? — users up from Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10. Here’s the… Read MoreGillmor Gang: Deep Cleaning
Oct 31, 6:15PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, October 30, 2015. The Gang reconvenes with talk of Republicans, notifications, Web standards, Jack Dorsey, Marissa Mayer, and Apple TV. Plus, the latest G3 with Halley Suitt Tucker, Mary Hodder, Francine Hardaway, Tina Chase Gillmor, and guest Lisa Lang. Read MoreCan Civil Comments Kill The Internet Troll?
Oct 31, 5:00PM
To paraphrase an oft seen Internet trollism, ‘Internet comments are the worst thing since Hitler’. By which I mean: they suck. They suck bad. No, they really suck. The problem we have right now with Internet comments is clear: negativity and nastiness is burying or discouraging everything else. Read MoreThe History Of Gaming: An Evolving Community
Oct 31, 3:00PM
Since its commercial birth in the 1950s as a technological oddity at a science fair, gaming has blossomed into one of the most profitable entertainment industries in the world. The mobile technology boom in recent years has revolutionized the industry and opened the doors to a new generation of gamers. Indeed, gaming has become so integrated with modern popular culture that now even grandmas… Read MoreLiquid Bitcoin
Oct 31, 1:00PM
Happy Halloween! Let’s talk about the scariest thing in the tech world today. No, no, not bubbles, drones, or unicorns: Bitcoin. Seriously. (Mostly.) Whether you think it’s a boondoggle scam, a libertarian Trojan horse that threatens governments, the scourge of Wall Street, or the thin edge of the post-capitalist wedge, you face two scary prospects: what if you’re right?… Read MoreNational U.S. Privacy Laws Are Needed
Oct 31, 3:00AM
Somehow we missed “privacy” from the initial constitutional design and amendments thereafter. This “right” was not endowed to us by our Founding Fathers, and does not make up the conscience of our jurisprudence system of government today. As the most recent heinous breaches have taught us around the world, losing one’s privacy means also to lose one of… Read MoreA Look At Who's Down From Google
Oct 31, 2:13AM
No longer content to just being the ubiquitous source of information of all kinds for the typical college student, Google is now trying to be the platform that friends use to plan their next hangout. As 9To5Google reported earlier today, the company launched an app called ‘Who’s Down’ on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store this morning. Ostensibly a tool that allows… Read MoreProtect Yo-self: 9 Ways To See If A Company Has Your Best Interests at Heart
Oct 31, 1:30AM
I believe it’s paramount that in an increasingly digitized world you, as a proactive consumer, learn what exactly companies are doing with your data – and how to rate them on it, just like you rate a hotel on Trip Advisor or a product on Amazon. If they don’t have a passing grade, don’t give them your data! Read MoreRide Sharing Will Give Us Back Our Cities
Oct 31, 1:00AM
Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services have been with us for several years now. What began as a convenient novelty to replace traditional taxi and limo services soon became a standard commute for many people. Commentators and company executives caught on to the paradigm shift and have begun issuing provocative statements such as, “Hey! You no longer need to own a car.” 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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