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Self-Help: There's An App For That

Dec 18, 10:00PM

notificationsbubble Digital therapy is the new frontier of health innovation — and the tech world has taken notice. Myriad apps promise to make you happier, more mindful, less anxious — you name it. But, do they work? Read More



Extroverts Rejoice! Now Facebook Finds You Parties

Dec 18, 9:48PM

giphy Facebook should tell me what to do tonight. It already knows what I like, where I live, and who I hang out with. Now it will. After accidentally becoming the most powerful force in party invitations, Facebook is jacking us into its omniscient view of the event landscape. Starting today on iOS, Facebook has a powerful new Event browsing experience. First, rather than suggesting Events on… Read More



Gillmor Gang LIVE 12.18.15

Dec 18, 9:09PM

Gillmor Gang Artcard Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session has concluded for today. Chat with the Gillmor Gang during their live broadcast recording session on Chat Center Gillmor Gang on Facebook Our sister show, G3, on Facebook Entire archives of G3 on Ustream Read More



U.S. Department Of Justice Is Reportedly Pursuing Criminal Investigation Of Uber Data Breach

Dec 18, 9:00PM

uber The United States Department of Justice is pursuing a criminal investigation around Uber’s May 2014 data breach, Reuters, citing “sources familiar with the situation,” reported. Last May, Uber’s database was breached by an unknown third party, and revealed the names and license plate numbers of about 50,000 drivers throughout the country. Uber confirmed the data… Read More



This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Holiday Cheers And CES Fears

Dec 18, 8:00PM

giftguide With the holiday season in full swing, we’re looking forward to everything CES has to offer in the new year. But we’re also prepping for more gift-giving, following along with the TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide. And because we can’t help ourselves, there is also a bit of Star Wars discussion there at the end. This week’s episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast is brought to… Read More



Five Good 3D Printers You Can Buy Before The Holiday

Dec 18, 7:35PM

slack-imgs-3.com If you’re looking to build your own Christmas tree out of plastic this year, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve collected my five favorite 3D printers that you should be able to order and receive before or on Christmas. While it might be tough to get one or two of these on such short notice if the ones you love want to do some 3D printing, you can do no better than these five. Read More



11 Fantastic Gifts From Cool Hardware Startups

Dec 18, 7:08PM

giftguide15-hardwarestartups It’s no secret, we love startups. And yet, finding the perfect gift for a startup lover is challenging. The great thing is that some of our favorite startups are now making cool hardware products. This year, instead of buying yet another Apple gadget, look no further, we’ve rounded up eleven gifts. These aren’t Kickstarter campaigns. All these gifts are shipping today. Need… Read More



Microsoft Acquires Big Data Startup Metanautix

Dec 18, 6:49PM

microsoft hq Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Metanautix, a big-data focused startup that came out of stealth in 2014. The company was backed by $7 million in capital, including cash from well-known venture firm Sequoia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to TechCrunch’s prior coverage of Metanautix, the company’s external funding came in majority at the time of… Read More



These Robots Wish You A Holly, Jolly Period Of Cold Weather Between The End Of December And The Beginning Of January

Dec 18, 6:19PM

Screen Shot 2015-12-18 at 1.17.57 PM The robots at RE^2 robotics are tricksy devils. In this video a pair of robot manipulators carefully cut out a snowflake-shaped piece of paper with a pair of regular scissors – a feat that, if truly assessed in the context of future technology, should give us pause. Sure this robot is wishing us a happy winter solstice with its jolly decoration but what happens when these arms become… Read More



Lively Lets You Trim Your iPhone's Live Photos, Pick Your Best Shot From The Video

Dec 18, 6:11PM

lively Since the debut of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, which introduced support for a new, animated type of photo called Live Photos, a number of apps have launched to help iPhone owners do more with those moving images, including turning them into GIFs, save storage space by deleting the Live Photos and more. Now one of the first movers in this space, Lively, has rolled out a couple of notable… Read More



13 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week

Dec 18, 6:07PM

weekly roundup USE This week, tech companies geared up for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere with a bunch of fun Easter eggs like this phonesaber from Google, WhatsApp was ordered to shut down in Brazil, and we got more information about the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. These are our best stories of the week. Read More



Behind Abbey Road Studios' New Incubator For Music Tech

Dec 18, 6:02PM

ARs2 The past decade has rendered the music industry unrecognizable. Digital music is king and songs are purchased (and created) in the cloud. Faster computer processing and affordable hardware allow professional recording tools to be available to all. Artificial intelligence has produced albums, scored films, and generated mood music in games. So where does a historic recording studio like Abbey… Read More



DotDashPay Wins $250,000 Startup Competition At UC Berkeley

Dec 18, 5:59PM

800px-UCBerkeleyCampus Last summer, we told you about a new competition sponsored by Pejman Mar Ventures, a two-year-old, Palo Alto, Ca., venture firm with close ties to Stanford and a growing interest in technologies coming out of the University of California, Berkeley. Today, the firm is announcing that the winner of that competition. Evidently, it couldn’t resist creating two new award categories,… Read More



Box Marketing SVP Whitney Bouck Announces She Is Moving On

Dec 18, 5:50PM

Whitney Bouck at Boxworks 2014 keynote address. Five years ago Whitney Bouck joined Box from EMC Documentum to teach them a thing or two about the enterprise. Today she announced she was leaving the company. Her last day at Box is today. In an interview with FierceContentManagement right after she joined the company, she likened the experience at Box with her early days at enterprise content management vendor Documentum.… Read More



The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative May Be More Important Than Facebook

Dec 18, 5:36PM

zuck1 The first millennial CEO is leading the end of “two-pocket thinking” Read More



Target May Launch Its Own Mobile Wallet Next Year

Dec 18, 4:22PM

Target Target may launch its own mobile wallet as soon as next year, according to a report out this morning from Reuters, citing unnamed sources. The move would put the fourth-largest U.S. retailer in direct competition with other payment platforms, including Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay, for example. It also follows a similar move from Walmart involving the introduction of its own… Read More



Benedict Evans On 16 Mobile Themes To Watch Next Year

Dec 18, 4:02PM

benedict-evans-code-mobile-preview-andreessen-horowitz-ina Andreessen Horowitz partner and longtime mobile analyst Benedict Evans met with reporters in San Francisco yesterday morning to discuss the 16 mobile trends that he thinks will be the most worth watching in the New Year. Since Evans has a long history of producing sharp analysis, we thought we’d share his observations with you. You can also listen to a related podcast here. Read More



A Turning Point For Quantum Computing

Dec 18, 4:00PM

quantum Quantum computing is moving from theory and experimentation into engineering and applications. But now that quantum computing is going mainstream, it is incumbent on businesses and governments to understand its potential, for universities to beef up their teaching programs in quantum computing and related subjects and for students to become aware of promising new career paths. Read More



Nielsen: Facebook Remains The Top App Of 2015, But Messenger Was The Fastest-Growing

Dec 18, 3:38PM

facebook-messenger Facebook this year continued to hold the number one position as the top app installed on U.S. smartphones based on the average number of unique users, according to a new report out this week from Nielsen, but its mobile messaging application clocked in as the fastest-growing app of 2015. Having foreseen the shift from more public social networking to private communications, Facebook… Read More



7 Star Wars Gifts For The Jedi Knights In Your Life

Dec 18, 3:34PM

1521_sw_han_leia_hand_towels_inuse It’s impossible to escape Star Wars. And that’s great! What follows are some of the best Star Wars-themed gifts available right now. From droids, to LEGO kits, to plush toys, this list has a bit of everything. If nothing else, no one has ever turned down a Star Wars t-shirt. Read More




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