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18 *More* Female Founders Who've Had A Very Good 2015

Dec 28, 10:46PM

We Can Do It Last week, we wrote about 18 female founders about whom the TechCrunch staff happened to find ourselves discussing recently. We ran that list of rising stars and asked you, readers, for your own ideas about women whose companies have taken off in 2015. You very quickly reminded us of many more people we might have featured in that original list, so herewith, a new batch of… Read More



What Will The Internet Of Things Be When It Grows Up?

Dec 28, 9:00PM

growingup An old proverb advises, “Keep a thing seven years, and you’ll find a use for it.” Well, it’s been about seven years since there were officially more “things” connected to the Internet than people. It looks like they’re keepers, and we’ve found countless uses for them. Now that the IoT seems to be firmly embedded in our lives, 2016 may be that… Read More



Report: Apple Devices, "Phablets" Dominate Holiday Sales

Dec 28, 9:00PM

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 29:  An attendee looks at a display of new Google devices during a Google media event on September 29, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Google unveiled its 2015 smartphone lineup, the Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P, the new Chromecast and new Android 6.0 Marshmallow software features.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) More consumers were unwrapping new “phablet” devices this holiday season, according to a report out this afternoon from Flurry. The big-screened form factor, whose name is a mashup of “phone” and “tablet,” accounted for 27 percent of a new device activations in the week leading up to Christmas – a doubling of its share from the year prior, and up from… Read More



Trademark Filings Point To More Beats Radio Stations Coming To Apple Music

Dec 28, 6:47PM

beats-angled Just-spotted trademark applications from Apple-owned Beats Electronics, LLC point to Apple’s plans to introduce more live streaming radio stations to its Apple Music service to accompany its 24-hour station, Beats 1. It appears Apple’s radio lineup may be expanding to include Beats 2, Beats 3, Beats 4, and Beats 5, according to the applications filed with the U.S. Patent and… Read More



Live Studio Turns Your Videos And GIFs Into Live Photos

Dec 28, 5:41PM

Screen Shot 2015-12-28 at 12.32.40 PM A good handful of apps have emerged to expand the capabilities of Live Photos introduced in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, including a tool to turn Live Photos into GIFs,  a Live Photo editor called Alive and another app known as Lively. A fourth option from an indie student developer is Live Studio which – though a slightly less-polished app overall – offers a few unique tricks… Read More



Even In The Face Of Ebook Hegemony Used Bookstores Are Still Popular

Dec 28, 5:23PM

stack of books In an article that should bring you and yours a bit of holiday warmth, the Washington Post has found that despite Amazon used bookstores are still thriving – for now. They have found that various factors including the aging of the Baby Boom generation, the headwinds of digital adoption, and the general need for a place of community have all led to a resurgence in used bookstores. The… Read More



Announcing The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists

Dec 28, 5:00PM

crunchies After a multitude of worthy nominations, TechCrunch is proud to announce the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards finalists. Take a peek below at the full list of finalists for each award category. There are 12 categories that recognize a variety of significant accomplishments by the startup community, ranging from Fastest Rising Startup and Best Founder to our inaugural Include Diversity Award. When… Read More



RoboFisher Will Let You Fish In Even The Harshest Of Storms

Dec 28, 4:13PM

CV4AGgzUkAAw8iO Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man’s inability to fish in thee! In northern, colder climes, fish, as we all know, tend to freeze right in place and take nutrients in through their skin because they have their pores open all the time. But what if you want to go catch some of those fish? Robofisher has the answer. This service allows you to rent time on a fishing… Read More



How Psychology Is Adapting To The World Of Tech

Dec 28, 4:00PM

notificationsbubble With the increased use of online therapy and wellness-based mobile applications, the field of mental health is following in the path of physical health initiatives in the design of more accessible and convenient platforms. While these programs provide services through different platforms, to a different audience and from a greater distance than ever before, it remains to be seen how these… Read More



This Is The First Picture From Michael Fassbender's Assassin's Creed Feature Film

Dec 28, 3:13PM

assassinscreedpic If you play video games, chances are you’ve played Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed. After all, it’s one of the most popular video game franchises in history, with over 73 million copies sold. You might be surprised to learn, however, that Michael Fassbender (the actor and producer charged with turning that video game into a feature film) only started playing the game a… Read More



After Topping The App Store On Christmas, Fitbit's Stock Shoots Up

Dec 28, 2:53PM

fitbit It looks like Santa delivered a lot of Fitbits for Christmas this year. After topping the App Store just after Christmas morning, Fitbit’s stock has shot up by around 5 percent in pre-market trading on Monday morning. The app this morning is now the #2 Free App on the iTunes Store, and the #1 app in the Health & Fitness category. The stock surge has been reported by The Street… Read More



Protect Your Privacy & Security on the Internet With These Tools

Dec 28, 11:00AM

Batman All across the web companies are collecting information about you whether you like it or not. Knowing which companies are more trustworthy with your information than others and how to keep yourself as safe as possible on the internet is important. Read More



Uber And Beyond: 12 Transportation On-Demand Services In Asia

Dec 28, 10:12AM

olacabs india Here — in our latest festive period gallery — we look at 11 notable companies that are giving Uber a run for its money in one way or another across Asia. Read More



Amazon Says It Added 3M Prime Members In The Week Before Christmas

Dec 28, 7:03AM

amazon.com boxes Amazon is famous for press releases devoid of actual information. (As we saw after Thanksgiving.) But, in a rare moment of selective truth telling, the company just revealed that it landed over three million members for its Prime program during the week before Christmas. Read More



LinkedIn Rival Viadeo Exits China

Dec 28, 5:32AM

viadeo Viadeo, the French rival to LinkedIn, is to exit China in order to focus on becoming a profitable business. In another cut-cutting move, it will also close its data center in California and migrate all data to the cloud. Read More



How GoPro Is Building Its Future Drone Platform Foundations

Dec 28, 5:00AM

drone sunset sunrise GoPro started working on drones a few months ago in order to stake a claim in this multibillion-dollar market. This is a natural for them, as they will be able to offer the best flying immersive camera on the market — completely autonomous, no pilot required. We explain here why they could be the next big player in the emerging drone market. Read More



Is There A Smoother Road To Success For Tesla In China?

Dec 27, 11:00PM

A Tesla Model S P85d car is displayed at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015. Global car makers showed off hundreds of vehicles in China's commercial hub Shanghai on April 20, as the world's biggest auto market continues to attract despite a sharp deceleration in sales growth.  AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE        (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) Things weren’t looking good for Tesla in China in early 2015. The luxury automaker faced tax breaks that favor domestic manufacturers, complex local license-plate laws and an army of sophisticated domestic copycats. Such hurdles are to be expected when any U.S. tech startup expands into China, but they seemed to hit Elon Musk’s Silicon Valley darling particularly hard. Read More



Why Groupon Needs To Go Private To Rebuild Its Vision

Dec 27, 9:00PM

groupon After seeing big and small competitors collapsing or withdrawing altogether from the race, Groupon still enjoys an undisputed leadership in the deal space. However, with slow growth in North America, and no growth at all in the international markets, the once fastest-growing company in history is having a hard time meeting the growth expectations of public markets. Read More



Facebook Confronts The Free Internet Neutrality Dilemma

Dec 27, 8:47PM

Free Basics The subject of contention is Free Basics, Facebook and Internet.org‘s app that offers free data access but only to a limited section of the Internet. Free Basics is available in roughly 35 countries through Facebook’s partnerships with mobile carriers who see it as a way to persuade people to buy data plans. But Facebook’s control over the technical guidelines for what… Read More



The Freelancer Generation: Why Startups And Enterprises Need To Pay Attention

Dec 27, 4:00PM

shutterstock_279072494 Gone are the days of the 40-hour work week that kept us at work eight hours a day. I find that most startup founders or business owners in Silicon Valley work 50-60 hours a week. Today, freelancing is becoming the accepted norm of the startup world. As more startups are starting to use the millions of freelancers, it’s driving more and more people to join the freelancer generation. Read More




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