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Influencer Marketing Startup Mavrck Raises $5M
Nov 13, 9:33PM
Mavrck, a startup that helps marketers recruit customers to create promotional content, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. There are plenty of other companies working on influencer marketing, but Mavrck co-founder and CEO Lyle Stevens said they usually identify influencers without helping brands “activate” them, or they’re focused on how to… Read MoreTim Cook On Apple Employees Refusing To Let Black Students Enter Store: Customer Respect Is The Foundation Of Everything Apple Does
Nov 13, 9:09PM
Earlier this week, Apple Store employees at the Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia asked a group of black students to leave the store because they worried they might “steal something.” Apple has since apologized to the students, and Apple CEO Tim Cook recently sent out a company-wide email, obtained by BuzzFeed, in which he called what happened (see below) an… Read More
How "Failing Forward" Can End In A Lawsuit
Nov 13, 9:00PM
Can you imagine a world where an entrepreneur could be sued for refusing to give up? A world where starting over could attract a lawsuit? We live in that world. It has happened before, and it will happen again. Startups die, but the entrepreneurial spirit dies hard. After a failure, some founders may want to work on an entirely new project, but others refuse to let go, and give the same… Read MoreFallout 4 Is More Powerful Than Porn
Nov 13, 8:57PM
Pornhub, an internet web portal site for videos of people that are naked doing things, which I have never ever visited, ever, shared some interesting traffic. Speaking of things I don’t do, a game called Fallout 4 came out on the 10th. And that’s where Pornhub’s story begins… According to the smutwranglers site, gamers chose to play the new game rather… Read MoreSnapchat Now Sells Selfie Lenses For $1
Nov 13, 8:36PM
Snapchat recently launched selfie lenses after acquiring Looksery. Every day, a new lens is added and an old one is removed from the current lineup of seven. The company now also showcases around 30 other lenses that you can buy for 99 cents and keep forever. Read MoreApple's App Store Gets A Smarter Search Engine
Nov 13, 8:20PM
A number of mobile app developers and industry observers recently noticed a significant change in the way the App Store’s search algorithms are returning results. Following a series of shifts that took place beginning on November 3rd, developers say that app search results now appear to be more intelligent, and far more relevant – especially among the top results – than in… Read MoreLet's Have A Chat About Virtual Reality
Nov 13, 7:32PM
“Virtual reality” according to Wikipedia: Virtual reality (VR), which can be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated life, replicates an environment that simulates physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds and lets the user interact in that world. Virtual realities artificially creates sensory experiences, which can include sight, hearing… Read MoreEVE Online Maker CCP Games Raises $30 Million For VR Games
Nov 13, 7:27PM
CCP Games, the company behind the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game EVE Online, just raised another $30 million from Novator and NEA. But this time, the funding round isn’t about supporting the 12-year-old MMORPG, it’s all about virtual reality games. Read MoreInstructure Up 8% From IPO, CEO Sees "Huge Renaissance" In EdTech
Nov 13, 6:03PM
Instructure, the Utah-based educational technology company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. After pricing at $16, shares were up 8 percent by early afternoon trading. Instructure builds educational software for both K-12 education and corporate learning. The Blackboard competitor says it has over 10 million users of its products in over 25 countries. Read MoreStary's Electric Skateboard Is Super Light And Super Cool
Nov 13, 6:00PM
Electric skateboards are cool — that’s official — but they come ten-a-penny these days. If you want to find a good one, China is the place to look. But don’t worry, we went there and did the searching for you. At our TechCrunch Beijing event earlier this month, I hung out with the team from Stary, a very cool company from China’s electronics hub Shenzhen. Rex… Read MoreCoreOS Launches Clair, An Open-Source Tool For Monitoring Container Security
Nov 13, 6:00PM
CoreOS, the company behind the popular lightweight Linux distribution for data center deployments with the same name, has recently made a big bet on containers. Today, the company is launching Clair, an open-source tool for monitoring the security of containers — and it’s also integrating Clair into its paid Quay container registry service as a beta feature (with support for… Read MoreWatchwith Raises $8M For Its In-Program Video Ads
Nov 13, 5:58PM
Watchwith, a startup offering an alternative to the standard pre-roll and mid-roll ads that delay or interrupt online videos, has raised $8 million in Series B funding. The company says its technology can analyze the content of a video, then use that data to find the right moments to place “interactive overlay” ads. So instead of interrupting a video, these ads just sit… Read More15 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week
Nov 13, 5:30PM
This week saw headlines about the iPad Pro becoming available for pre-order, the New York strikedown of fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings and a new Facebook app that could pose a threat to Twitter. Alex Wilhelm talked with The Next Web reporter Lauren Hockenson about why journalists are jumping ship on Bullish, and the Cribs crew visited the visually stunning HQ of Minted, an… Read MoreDigg Raises $4M Series A From Betaworks Backer Digital Garage
Nov 13, 5:18PM
More interesting developments for Digg, the Internet curation site founded way back in 2004 that was acquired and relaunched by Betaworks in 2012. The site has announced a “Series A” of $4 million, and it has named its COO Gary Liu as new CEO, effective immediately. This is essentially Digg’s second Series A — the company in its previously independent state had… Read MoreAOL CEO Tim Armstrong To Speak At Disrupt London
Nov 13, 5:15PM
Tim Armstong has had a busy year. Back in May, AOL (owner of TechCrunch) got acquired by giant U.S. carrier Verizon for $4.4 billion. While AOL is now a subsidiary of Verizon, Armstrong said that he would continue to head up AOL after the deal was completed. That’s why we are excited to announce that Tim Armstong will join us on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt London on December 7-8, 2015. Read MoreGoogle Crowdsources Business Listing Corrections, Map Edits With Expanded Local Guides Program
Nov 13, 4:29PM
Google today is expanding its Local Guides program – the company’s answer to Yelp’s Elites, which encourages and rewards users for providing information on area businesses, including reviews, photos, and other details. That program has now received a significant update involving a new points system that allows guides to also earn points by correcting business information… Read MoreThe Biggest Cybersecurity Risk Is Not Identity Theft
Nov 13, 4:00PM
What would happen if a hacker edited a major news website to falsely report an anthrax attack in Times Square? Even if the site removed the story within minutes, it already would have been reposted and retweeted thousands of times. The misinformation likely would lead to crowded sidewalks, traffic accidents, overflowing hospitals, a plummeting stock market and other chaos. Read MoreVarsity Tutors Raises $50 Million In Series B
Nov 13, 3:35PM
Varsity Tutors, the platform that connects elite tutors with students, has just closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures and Adam Levine, frontman for Maroon 5 and judge on The Voice, as well as education executive Stuart Udell. Varsity Tutors is based out of St. Louis and looks to pair students with the most brilliant tutors available — folks… Read MoreAmazon Pantry Arrives In U.K. Along With A Prime Price Cut
Nov 13, 3:05PM
Amazon is today expanding its grocery delivery options for U.K. consumers with the launch of its Amazon Pantry service to Prime subscribers in the U.K. The service allows shoppers to fill a box with household items like detergent or tissues, baby care items, pet items, and food and drink items that don’t need to stay cold or frozen, and more. In the U.K., the box can be filled up to 20… Read MoreBeats Music To Shut Down On November 30
Nov 13, 2:55PM
It was bound to happen. Now that Apple Music is available on Android, Apple is going to shut down its other music streaming service, Beats Music. The company will automatically cancel all subscriptions on November 30, and remaining users should move to Apple Music. 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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