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Netatmo Makes Outdoor Security Cameras Suck Less
Jan 05, 12:00AM
Netatmo just announced the Netatmo Presence, a new smart outdoor security camera packed with actually useful features. In particular, this camera can detect if there’s a car in your driveway, a person waiting outside or a pet running around your garden. Read MoreWithings Launches Incredibly Sophisticated Thermometer To Track Your Fever
Jan 05, 12:00AM
You may know Withings for its beautiful smart watches, but the company has had a long history of health tracking devices. The $100 Withings Thermo is keeping up with this trend. It’s a smart temporal artery thermometer, and arguably the best thermometer you can get today. Read MoreParrot's Pot Helps You Keep Your Houseplants Alive
Jan 05, 12:00AM
Parrot is probably best known for its drones, but the company actually offers a wide range of products that also includes headphones and in-car infotainment technology. Last year at CES, Parrot first showed its robotic plant pot. At the time, that was just a prototype, but now the company is ready to launch this new product line in the first quarter of 2016. Read MoreParrot's Newest Drone Has Wings
Jan 04, 11:27PM
When you think of consumer drones, chances are you are thinking of quadcopters. But fixed-wing drones have long been a staple of the military and the model aircraft community and now Parrot, which pioneered the quadcopter craze with its AR.Drone, is getting into the fixed-wing game, too. The 700-gram Parrot Disco, which the company has been working on for the last two years, is a small… Read MoreGoogle SEC Paperwork Reveals It Paid Over $380 Million For Bebop
Jan 04, 11:22PM
At the end of November, Google announced it was buying bebop, a cloud platform startup founded by former VMware CEO and co-founder Diane Greene. Today, the company filed paperwork with the SEC revealing the purchase price: $380,241,352 to be precise. In addition, the paperwork revealed that Greene’s portion of the sale, 7,244,150 shares of bebop stock was exchanged for 200,729 shares… Read MoreActivision Confirms Major League Gaming Acquisition, No Plans To Shutter Business
Jan 04, 11:01PM
Some consolidation in the world of gaming and specifically e-sports. Today Activision Blizzard confirmed that it has acquired Major League Gaming, a specialist in live gaming events as it vies to become the “ESPN of e-sports.” The news follows reports over the weekend that Activision would be buying MLG for $46 million and shuttering the business. In the event, Activision is… Read MoreImages Of Faraday Future's Crazy Concept Car Seemingly Leak Via Its App
Jan 04, 9:35PM
Whoops. Faraday Future — the super mysterious electric car company that no one really seems to know much about — is all set to debut something tonight… and it seems that something might’ve just leaked. An app called “Faraday Future Concept” briefly hit the app store this morning, complete with concept images and slides describing a “1000… Read MoreHide Unwanted iPhone App Icons With This iOS 9 Trick
Jan 04, 8:00PM
For those who believe a cluttered desk is a cluttered mind, the same is likely doubly true when it comes to your iPhone’s home screen. Unfortunately, those who desire complete control of the aesthetic flow of their phones have always had to play around the unavoidable inclusion of Apple’s stock iOS apps on their launch screens. Whether it’s a free-spirited soul looking… Read MoreYahoo Shuts Down Yahoo Screen, Its Home For Original Content Like "Community"
Jan 04, 7:25PM
According to a report by Variety, and confirmation by Yahoo, Yahoo Screen has closed its doors with its content being split among its various magazine properties. Screen launched in 2013 as a place to house Yahoo’s original content, which the company has since backed away from (remember the $42 million write-down?). From bringing back the show “Community” to airing an… Read MoreAmazon's Other App Store, Alexa's "Skills" Section, Has Quietly Grown To Over 130 Apps
Jan 04, 7:03PM
Amazon has been quietly building out an ecosystem of applications for its connected device, the Amazon Echo. While nowhere near as well-known or buzzed about as the two top app stores on the market today – Apple’s iTunes App Store and Google’s Play Store – the Echo app store, aka the “Skills” section in the Amazon Alexa mobile app, has now grown to over… Read MoreIs The Password Dead? The Future Of Web And Mobile Authentication
Jan 04, 7:00PM
Will 2016 be the year when passwords become obsolete? Or will we just continue to grin and bear it? And what’s the matter with passwords, anyway? Read MoreWe Want To Fly You To San Francisco To Attend The Crunchies
Jan 04, 6:16PM
We want to fly you to San Francisco for the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards! Walk the Green Carpet in style! One lucky winner will be able to invite three friends on a whirlwind trip to San Francisco to rub elbows with founders, VCs and other attendees at the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards. Read MoreIntel Acquires German Drone Startup Ascending Technologies
Jan 04, 5:43PM
Intel has made yet another hardware acquisition to build up its business of integrating its processors and RealSense imaging technology into the next wave of connected devices beyond PCs. Today the company announced it has purchased Ascending Technologies, a Germany-based startup that makes small drones and the software used to fly them. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed… Read MoreEurope's BlueYard Capital Is A New $120M Early-Stage Fund From Ex-EarlyBird VCs
Jan 04, 4:46PM
It was a few months back that rumours began to circulate within the European — and specifically Berlin — startup community that ex-Early Bird VCs Ciarán O’Leary and Jason Whitmire were raising a fund of their own. Well today that news comes to surface with the new firm, dubbed BlueYard Capital, getting an official, albeit modest, outing via a blog post written by O’Leary. Read MoreOculus Rift Pre-Orders Will Open On Wednesday
Jan 04, 4:45PM
Pre-orders for the consumer version of the virtual reality headset are due to open on Wednesday January 6, at 8am PT, Oculus Rift announced today. Read MoreThe Griffin BreakSafe Brings MagSafe Back To The MacBook
Jan 04, 4:14PM
If you have small children, pets, or drunken roommates you understand the value of MagSafe. These chargers woulds snap off and on magnetically without damaging your computer or port and they were amazingly great at saving your laptop from tipping onto the floor. But with the launch of the USB-C MacBook MagSafe seemed doomed – until now. This $40 cable adds magnets to your power cord… Read MoreIsraeli Adtech Looks To Scale Up
Jan 04, 4:00PM
Israeli startups look to America for inspiration, money and, of course, exits. But recent events indicate a change in course, at least for Israeli advertising and marketing technology companies that have quietly become global powerhouses. Read MoreMicrosoft Says Windows 10 Is Now Running On Over 200 Million Devices
Jan 04, 3:57PM
Microsoft this morning announced promising numbers related to the growth and traction of its Windows 10 operating system. The company confirmed today that Windows 10 is now running on over 200 million monthly active devices worldwide, and is also the fastest-growing release of any version of the Windows operating system ever. Microsoft said Windows 10 growth has outpaced Windows 7 by nearly… Read MoreMakerbot Releases The Smart Extruder+
Jan 04, 3:53PM
Makerbot has just announced the availability of their new Smart Extruder+, a PLA 3D printer head that offers “better performance over a longer period of time.” This is the first major upgrade to Makerbot’s extruder since the launch of their Fifth Generation printer. The new head is the first that has been tested by parent company Stratasys for reliability. I tested an… Read MoreAs "Paying The Writer" Gets Easier, Whither Bookstores?
Jan 04, 3:23PM
There has been a bit of fussiness in publishing over the past few weeks regarding the rise of used bookstores as cultural centers/ways to screw writers. While many are coming down on the side of “any exposure, even through piracy” is good, many more writers are taking the “pay the writer” tack. The good news is that they’re both right. First, let’s look at… 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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