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Firefox Founder Writes Original Screenplay Called 'PRICKS' Brutally Parodying Theranos

Nov 04, 9:26PM

Screen Shot 2015-11-04 at 1.16.53 PM When Firefox cofounder Blake Ross last showed off his writing wits, he was imagining new adventures for the fictional Pied Piper team on HBO’s Silicon Valley. Now he’s creating a new original series called “PRICKS,” based on the antics of a fictional high profile startup that’s developing a specialized blood test. Sound ever so vaguely familiar? Well, now add… Read More



"Circle With Disney" Is A New Device That Helps Families Manage Online Usage And Apps

Nov 04, 9:26PM

Lifestyle 2 Parents looking to manage their children’s internet usage and screen time have a new option with today’s launch of Circle with Disney, a hardware device that works in conjunction with an iOS application that allows moms and dads to filter web content, set “bedtimes,” block ads, view insights and usage history, and even pause the internet entirely. In addition, the… Read More



Hortonworks Picks Up 3% After Reporting Better-Than-Expected Q3 Earnings, Strong Guidance

Nov 04, 9:24PM

2067062407_c0ebf2204e_o Following the bell, Hortonworks announced its third quarter financial performance including adjusted earnings per share of negative $0.74, and revenue of $33.1 million. Investors had expected the company to lose $0.83 per share, off revenue of $30.69 million. Up a mote in regular trading, the Hadoop shop is up several points in after-hours trading following its earnings beat. The… Read More



With $93 Million in Spending Money, OfferUp Quietly Becomes a Top Shopping App

Nov 04, 9:16PM

FounderPhotoFinal OfferUp, a four-year-old, Bellevue, Washington-based mobile-first marketplace that’s trying to take on stodgy – albeit stubbornly successful – Craigslist, is making a big media push right now. The reason, in part: so reporters will stop calling to ask how much the company has raised. Recode reported back in March that OfferUp was raising between $60 million and $100 million at… Read More



FireEye Shares Tank 14% After Hours On Sales Miss

Nov 04, 9:16PM

fireeye Cybersecurity and malware protection company FireEye on Wednesday reported its third quarter sales were $165.6 million, compared to the $167.13 million Wall Street expected. Despite missing on sales, the company’s losses were not as high as analysts expected. Wall Street thought the company would lose 45 cents per share, but instead the company posted a loss of 37 cents per… Read More



Facebook Speeds Past 1.55 Billion Users And Q3 Estimates With $4.5B Revenue

Nov 04, 9:05PM

Facebook Mau 2015 Facebook’s growth continues as it hit 1.55 billion users and beat the street’s estimates in its Q3 2015 earnings with $4.5 billion in revenue and $0.57 earnings per share. Facebook’s monthly user count was up 4.02% quarter over quarter, up sharply from Q2’s 3.47% growth. That shows that while it might have hit sign-up saturation in its core markets, it’s… Read More



Party Like It's 1849: The Developer Tools Gold Rush

Nov 04, 9:00PM

prospectors “You can’t make money selling to developers.” That was a common axiom that permeated the venture community as recently as a few years ago. But just in the last couple of quarters, GitHub, Stripe, Twilio and Slack have all raised giant rounds, valuing each company at at least one billion dollars. Meanwhile, in the public markets, while the Twitters, Yelps and Etsys of the… Read More



Eminem Partners With Genius, Alex And Drew Rap Battle The News

Nov 04, 7:46PM

eminem Today, Eminem announced that he’d be investing in and partnering with lyric-annotation site Genius. It’s kind of a match made in heaven, seeing as Eminem’s lyrics are constantly scrutinized. Here’s what Eminem had to say about the tie-up: Coming up we would always obsess over the lyrics from our favorite MCs. Picking everything apart, trying to get into their heads. I… Read More



Vera Joins Forces With Dropbox And Okta On Secure File Sharing

Nov 04, 7:30PM

File sharing concept picture. Vera, a secure file transfer company announced an agreement today with Dropbox and Okta to offer customers a way to transfer files in a secure fashion from end to end. While Dropbox, Vera and Okta may sound like the beginning of Silicon Valley joke about three startups walking into a bar, the partnership is a serious attempt to attract companies who may be concerned… Read More



Hassle's Alex Depledge To Talk Sharing Economy, Being Acquired, And Women In Tech At Disrupt London

Nov 04, 7:25PM

Alexandra-Depledge As co-founder and CEO of on-demand cleaning startup Hassle, Alex Depledge is not only one of the more successful founders in London’s current startup scene but is also one of the most outspoken. In particularly she is known for her strong views on the sharing economy, women in tech and the challenges faced when trying to build a global company from within Europe. That’s why we… Read More



Google Drive Apps Get Sharing Notifications, Access Requests And Previews

Nov 04, 7:10PM

group_sharing Google Drive for iOS and Android has becoming pretty important for me. Whether I’m taking notes or writing up a post, I’ve used it to share my docs with colleagues from the road. Today, the team announced a few new features to help speed up sharing and collaboration, which if you’re not on your desktop can seem slow at times. Yeah, Google Drive sends share requests and… Read More



NewsON Brings Your Local News Stations To iOS, Android And Roku

Nov 04, 6:52PM

Roku My Video Screen Shot 11-3-15, 11.22 AM 2 A company called NewsON launched today, offering cord cutters and mobile consumers access to local news with an app that works on iOS, Android, and Roku devices. The service, which is financially backed by a cohort of TV stations, claims to offer local news coverage across 75 percent of the U.S., including video content from a total of 118 stations in 90 markets. The launch comes at a time… Read More



Totem's Press Page Builder Gets Automated Updates Thanks To Its New Concierge Model

Nov 04, 6:37PM

Totem Screenshot Here’s a product built for a very specific need: Totem creates press pages where reporters (and anyone who’s curious) can learn more about a company, find images and reach out for further information. Does this seem like an awfully narrow product? Well, as a tech journalist, I can tell you that many of the companies I write about have press pages, and I do visit those pages when I… Read More



Google Says Over 19K Organizations Are Now Testing Or Using Android For Work

Nov 04, 6:00PM

android-work Google today announced that over 19,000 organizations are now either testing, deploying or using its Android for Work service. Android for Work makes it easier and safer for businesses to allow their employees to bring their own Android devices to work. Read More



Stripe Hires Away Twitter's Romain Huet To Lead Global Developer Relations

Nov 04, 5:59PM

Stripe Office At Twitter’s Flight conference, one of the stand-out portions of the keynote was a pretty epic on-stage coding exercise. It lasted about a half-hour and turned into a sample project that was immediately made available on GitHub. Read More



VC Formation 8 Axes Plans For A Third Fund [Memo]

Nov 04, 5:49PM

We’ve heard about consolidation in the word of startups; today comes some news about a thinning of the ranks among VCs. Formation 8 — the VC firm co-founded by Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale, Brian Koo and Jim Kim — is winding down its investment activities. Specifically, the VC has sent out a memo to portfolio companies noting that it will not raise a Fund 3, according to… Read More



TechCrunch Tallinn, Meetup And Pitch-Off, November 18

Nov 04, 5:21PM

Scenic summer aerial panorama of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia TechCrunch Disrupt London, our stupendous European conference, is coming to London, December 5-8. In the lead-up to this we’re holding a Meetup and Pitch-off in Tallinn, Estonia, on November 18 and we want you there! We’ll be doing some amazing drinking, some amazing pitching, and some amazing networking. We’ll all have a blast. As well as TechCrunch people (ok, me), you… Read More



Hiku's New Connected Grocery Scanner Lets You Order Groceries From Walmart And Peapod

Nov 04, 5:13PM

hiku lifestyle image 2 Amazon may be leading the internet-of-things market when it comes to push-button ordering via hardware devices like its Dash grocery scanner and Dash buttons, but it’s not without its competition. Today, a company called hiku announced the second generation of its own shopping button, which now allows customers to order groceries from Walmart’s online service as well as Peapod,… Read More



Google Calendar Is Down, Feel Free To Be Late For Your Meetings

Nov 04, 5:10PM

google-calendar-down Google Calendar is having issues this morning, so if you don’t know what meetings you have and where you are supposed to be, you’re not alone. As far as we can see, the outage started sometime around 8:15am Pacific this morning and Google acknowledged it shortly after that. It seems like Calendar is down completely for quite a large number of users, but in my own experience, the… Read More



Watsi Receives $3.5M "Philanthropic Round" Donation For Nonprofit Healthcare Crowdfunding

Nov 04, 5:00PM

Watsi School Ron Conway, Tencent and Paul Graham aren’t getting their money back, and that’s the point. They’re part of today’s $3.5 million round that’s actually a donation to fund the operations of Watsi, Y Combinator’s first nonprofit that hosts crowdfunding of medical treatment for people in need around the world. Rather than constantly hitting up donors for money… Read More




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