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IBM Sells Salary.com Compensation Business To The Original Founding Team
Jan 07, 11:55PM
This week at CES, IBM unveiled a some new Watson partnerships that underscore its push into big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence. But at the same time, the company has quietly divested itself of an older asset. Today it was announced that Salary.com — a portal for people to find and compare remuneration data across lots of different industries, as well as look for… Read MoreKymeta's Partnership With Panasonic Brings Internet To Maritime Markets
Jan 07, 11:05PM
This week at CES, Kymeta announced a partnership with Panasonic to bring lightweight, flat-panel antennas to the maritime market. Kymeta’s core technology, the mTenna, is designed to communicate with satellites in order to bring high speed Internet to anything on the move. Read MoreThe GoSun Stove Cooks With Just The Power Of The Sun
Jan 07, 10:58PM
Fire is for prehistoric man. The modern man uses the sustainable and renewable of solar power to cook meats an veggies – like the GoSun Stove. The company was selected from the halls of CES as the Wild Card contender in Hardware Battlefield 2016 where it is competing with 14 other startups in a bid to win $50,000 and the Hardware Battlefield trophy. The stove is clever. It uses a… Read MoreToday On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Drones, Smart Fridges, French Startups And Tales Of CES
Jan 07, 10:48PM
This week, we’re bringing you not one, not two but three episodes of the TechCrunch Gadgets podcast, live from CES. Every morning, we look back at the news coming out of the show. In case you missed it this morning, have a look at this morning’s show to get our take on the current drone craziness, Samsung’s Frankenstein fridge and other wearables, and a preview of the… Read More
Segway Made A Robot That Connects To Your Two-Wheeled Scooter
Jan 07, 10:41PM
Another day, another autonomous two-wheeled robot. Segway, the maker of two wheeled riding machines, has released something called the Segway Robot. This little robotic head connects to a standard Segway and adds an Intel RealSense RGB-D camera, speech recognition, and self-driving capabilities all powered by an onboard computer. It will also have an SDK so you can program your robot to do… Read MoreMeet Glance, A Smart Wall Clock That Displays More Than The Time
Jan 07, 10:40PM
Glance is a smart wall clock featured in our Hardware Battlefield competition at CES and launching soon. The device is not only a good looking wall clock, it is also a great way to get all the information you need in a visual way. For instance, when you wake up, the clock will display how much you slept based on your activity tracking device. Read MoreSnap, The 4K Flying Camera With Auto-Tracking, Is Ready For The Spotlight
Jan 07, 10:09PM
Snap, a flying camera we first wrote about in September, is ready for the spotlight as it takes the stage today to compete in the TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield at CES. The device, made by Vantage Robotics, provides an alternative for those who want professional aerial shots but don’t want the hassle of controlling a cumbersome (and expensive) drone like the DJI Inspire. Read MoreWho The F Is The EFF? John Legere Wants To Know
Jan 07, 10:01PM
Welp, it happened. T-Mobile CEO John Legere decided to field questions about the “Binge On” program the company launched. Is it great? Is it throttling? The EFF has its thoughts. The organization also decided to participate in Legere’s Twitter Q&A which led to this gem: .@EFF pic.twitter.com/pv6V4oOJwS — John Legere (@JohnLegere) January 7, 2016 “Who the… Read MoreGilt's Unicorn Tale Comes To An End After Being Acquired For $250M
Jan 07, 9:53PM
Hudson’s Bay Company, the owner of department chain stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, said today it was acquiring Gilt Groupe for $250 million. The sale still represents a tough end to the story of Gilt. The startup was one of the original darling flash-sale sites coming out of New York. But that whole market has found itself challenged by slim operating margins, its initial popularity… Read MoreGet You A Growler Of Brass Monkey On Demand With Hopsy
Jan 07, 9:34PM
We truly live in the future, friends. Food on demand. Love on demand. Uranium ore on demand. Now you’ve got growlers – essentially buckets – of beer on demand. This new app, created by Sebastien Tron, Andrew Perroy, and Bodie Paden, is called Hopsy and offers 32oz growlers of microbrew beers on demand. The company has raised $450,000 in pre-seed from angels and are looking to… Read MoreFind Your Trainer Helps You (Duh!) Find A Personal Trainer
Jan 07, 9:15PM
We’ve seen plenty of startups succeed in the fitness space, from activity frackers like Fitbit to gym subscriptions like Classpass. But access to a personal trainer has yet to be democratized. Until now Find Your Trainer, with a fresh $1.5 million in seed funding, is an on-demand marketplace that connects customers with personal trainers that fit the user’s personal goals. Most… Read MoreThe Grillbot Is A Robot That Cleans Your Grill
Jan 07, 8:42PM
Lazy grillers, rejoice. Thanks to the Grillbot, you may never have to clean your grill again. Today at CES we discovered the Grillbot, and it’s exactly what it sounds like – a robot that you plop down to automatically clean your dirty grill. Selling for $129, the robot has three replaceable metal bristles that help the robot both clean and move around your grill. Read MoreAre Republicans The Party Of Silicon Valley?
Jan 07, 8:30PM
According to Sean Spicer, the RNC’s chief strategist, innovation is central to the Republican’s chances in 2016. Spicer argues that the Republicans — with their pro business, anti regulation slant — are the natural party of Silicon Valley. Read MoreToo Private To Fail
Jan 07, 8:00PM
At a San Francisco Halloween party this year, I ran into a man wearing nothing but bubble wrap, covered in glitter, waving a wand. “I’m a unicorn,” he explained. Anyone from the bankers on Sand Hill to the barista at Philz can tell you: A unicorn is a startup that reaches the rare and vaunted high-water mark of a $1 billion valuation. Except that it’s no longer that rare. Read MoreFusar Mohawk Turns Any Helmet Into A Powerful Smart Helmet
Jan 07, 7:57PM
Meet Fusar, a helmet kit. Instead of trying to reinvent helmets, the Fusar system works with any helmet. You just have to clip the main component, the Mohawk, to your existing helmet to turn it into a safe, smart helmet. The full kit will be available for $549, and early adopters can buy it for $349. Read More3DR Makes It Easier To Take Exactly The Drone Video You Want
Jan 07, 7:53PM
3D Robotics (3DR) is making it a lot easier for the owners of its Solo drones to take exactly the video they want. The company is introducing a couple of new functions for its drone (and especially the smartphone apps that control is) at CES this week. Read MoreBiz Stone "Unpivots" To Revive Q&A App Jelly
Jan 07, 7:50PM
After a year on hiatus, Biz Stone is restarting active development of the social Q&A app Jelly he originally launched in January 2014. Stone, one of Twitter’s founders, paused Jelly in November 2014 to focus on a whimsical opinion sharing app called Super. “For anyone who remembers Jelly, yes, we took a break but we’re back 100%. Silicon Valley types might call this an… Read MoreIly Aims To Be The New Home Phone That Keeps Your Family Connected
Jan 07, 7:44PM
If you’re a parent who’d like to do a better job keeping in touch with your kids when you’re not a home, then a forthcoming product called Ily might be the answer. Ilan Abehassera, founder and CEO of Ily-maker Insensi, has talked about his vision before, but today he’s demonstrating Ily onstage at TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield the Consumer Electronics Show.… Read MoreFuturistic 'Uncanny Valley' Explores The Potential Unintended Consequences Of VR
Jan 07, 7:37PM
As we dip our toes into virtual reality more and more each day, one could imagine a far-off unintended consequence — the blurring of virtual and actual reality. A short film called “Uncanny Valley” explores that notion, with a bit of an “Ender’s Game” plot and feel. Here’s the setup from its creator, Federico Heller. In the slums of the future,… Read MoreSmart Toy Maker Elemental Path Starts Accepting Pre-Orders For IBM Watson-Powered Dinos
Jan 07, 7:30PM
Elemental Path is now accepting pre-orders for its smart toy products. The smart toy maker made its debut on Kickstarter this year with a line of what it calls CogniToys, or toys that learn and grow with the child that plays with them. These toys, including a 3D printed dinosaur, are powered by IBM’s Watson supercomputer to help each toy listen to and engage with its child owner and… 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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