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Get A Free Gear VR At Best Buy This Weekend When You Buy A Galaxy Phone
Jan 23, 12:42AM
If you’re in the market for a new Samsung phone, this weekend might be the right time to go for it. Now through Saturday, Best Buy is offering a free Samsung Gear VR with the purchase of a qualifying Galaxy phone. Gear VR retails for $99, so this is definitely an awesome deal and a great way to get your hands at one of the only commercially available headsets. Now, you can’t just… Read MoreLendUp Scores $150M For A Credit Card That Won't Screw You Over
Jan 23, 12:29AM
Banks are so greedy that LendUp can undercut them, help people avoid debt, and still make a profit on its payday loans and credit card. Not only is software eating finance, but morality is too. LendUp’s slogan is “Ladders Not Chutes”. Building a business that doesn’t try to exploit everyone has not only brought it years of double-digit monthly growth. LendUp has now… Read MoreGravit Lets You Illustrate In Your Abode Or On The Road
Jan 22, 7:51PM
There have been plenty of tools around that replace powerful photo editors but very few that replace tools like Illustrator. Sure you can fake it but what if you want truly unique designs like the one above? Pretty tough. Gravit is a design tool that resides deep within the cloud and lets you create documents, advertisements, and illustrations within your browser. Created by Alexander Adam,… Read MoreApple Has A New Apple TV Ad, And It's All About Apps
Jan 22, 7:50PM
Apple has released a new TV spot for the Apple TV. Compared to previous ads that were focused on content, this time, it’s about apps and the Apple TV App Store. This is interesting for a few reasons. Apple has used the app angle when it first introduced the new Apple TV. But does a TV App Store make sense? Read MoreWerner Herzog On His Documentary Lo And Behold, Cockroach Movies And Moving To Mars
Jan 22, 7:48PM
A new documentary entitled Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World is being premiered at Sundance tomorrow. I’ve already written up my impressions of the film, which is very good and very different from other documentaries about the Internet you may have seen. Read MoreA Day After Launch, "Exploding Kittens" Tops The App Store
Jan 22, 7:43PM
“Exploding Kittens,” the hugely successful Kickstarter-funded card game from ex-Microsofties Elan Lee and Shane Small along with The Oatmeal’s creator Matthew Inman, has now been translated into a mobile game. And that game is now exploding onto the App Store, too, having scored the #1 Paid App slot only a day after launching. The game, as you may recall, became one… Read MoreSpaceX Tested Its Capsule That Will Send Humans To Space
Jan 22, 7:41PM
Yesterday, SpaceX released a video showing a successful hover test of its human-rated spacecraft, Crew Dragon. If all goes according to plan, in 2017, Crew Dragon will be placed on top of a Falcon 9 and send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The test, which was completed in McGregor, Texas, back in November, analyzed the spacecraft’s ability to fire its SuperDraco… Read MoreWhy Cloud Computing Will Shake Up Security
Jan 22, 7:00PM
As the curtain opens on 2016, you can expect massive changes in the security landscape. Technology providers such as firewall vendors, switching vendors and others will fade as new solutions better suited to the cloud computing environment emerge. On the flip side, companies that provide encryption and anti-malware technologies will continue to see their fortunes rise because the demand… Read MoreMeet The Apps Vying For The Crunchie For Best Mobile App Of 2015
Jan 22, 6:00PM
The 9th Annual Crunchies are right around the corner. On February 8, some of your favorite startups, entrepreneurs and investors will make their way to San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House for the Oscars of startups and technology. They’ll be hoping to win a Crunchie award in one of 12 categories up for grabs at this year’s show. Read MoreAfter 30 Days, The FAA Has Now Registered Almost 300K Drone Owners
Jan 22, 5:50PM
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that almost 300,000 drone owners have now used its online registration system. The site went live 30 days ago and until today, the FAA would refund the $5 registration fee. The biggest rush of registrations probably came in the first couple of days (about 45,000 people registered in the first two days after the site opened), but the… Read MoreGet Ready For A Smaller iPhone 6s Mini
Jan 22, 5:11PM
Are you reading this post on an iPhone 5s? Chances are the iPhone 6s is too big for your taste and you’re now holding onto your trustworthy iPhone 5s. But it’s time to rejoice! Many leaks indicate that a smaller 4-inch iPhone is in the works — and there’s a brand new one from M.I.C Gadget. It’s unclear when it’s going to be released, but there are many… Read MoreFacebook Is Bringing 3D Touch To Your Timeline
Jan 22, 4:55PM
Facebook is bringing 3D Touch to its Timeline, the company says – meaning that users of Apple’s latest devices, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, will soon be able to press on links, profiles and more, in order to preview content without having to navigate away from their current spot. This previewing feature, dubbed “peek and pop,” was introduced last fall on… Read MoreAnnouncing The 2016 Crunch Network Editorial Calendar
Jan 22, 4:50PM
We’re looking for pieces that explore the intersection of technology and aspects of society. Everything from the latest laboratory research, to surveys of the startup landscape, to the newest innovation in the arts and latest thinking from philosophers on the ramifications of it all — we want to read about all of it — and, apparently, so do you. Read MoreAndreessen Horowitz GP Scott Weiss Won't Be Investing Next Fund
Jan 22, 4:05PM
This morning, former IronPort Systems cofounder and CEO Scott Weiss announced that he’s no longer going to be investing in new companies on behalf of Andreessen Horowitz, the Sand Hill Road venture firm. Weiss had joined AH in March 2011 as its fourth general partner. Weiss isn’t the first partner to step back at the now 6.5-year-old firm. Its third general partner after… Read MoreNetflix Makes Good On Promises To Crack Down On VPNs, But Blocks Are Short-Lived
Jan 22, 3:46PM
Netflix has begun blocking some users of VPN services, following the company’s global expansion earlier this month, and subsequent promises that it would begin to crack down on those customers using VPN software to access content not licensed in their region. According to a Melbourne-based VPN provider, uFlix, some users started to see an error message when they tried to stream… Read MoreThese Are The Most-Watched Vines Of The Year
Jan 22, 3:34PM
Vine, Twitter’s social platform for six-second looping video, just turned three. The company says that over 200 million people watch Vine videos (either on mobile or on the web) each month. But what are all those people actually watching? In celebration of time’s eternal trench forward, Vine has curated the most-watched (looped) Vines throughout the third year of the company: Some… Read More13 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week
Jan 22, 3:15PM
This week, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop got one step closer to becoming a reality, Amazon’s Dash-powered devices went live, Snoop Dogg announced an investment in a gaming conversation app and astronomers found evidence of a ninth planet in our solar system. Some of our TechCrunch team is reporting from the World Economic Forum in Davos, where we’ve hosted Kevin Spacey, the COO… Read MoreZestFinance Expands Parental Leave To Six Months Paid Time Off For Primary Caregivers
Jan 22, 3:00PM
ZestFinance, a data-driven underwriting and credit analysis platform, is implementing an expanded parental leave policy. Now, ZestFinance is offering employees six months of paid time off for primary caregivers, three months of paid time off for secondary caregivers, and the option for primary caregivers to work part-time for an additional six months without losing any benefits coverage.… Read MoreTilt CEO James Beshara On Crowdfunding For A Mobile World
Jan 22, 2:46PM
In what turned out to be a pretty strategic and hilarious interview James Beshara discusses a range of topics including the onboarding process for users on mobile, the importance of customer retention, his experience raising $37m from the likes of a16z, SV Angel, Sean Parker and Naval Ravikant and what investors really want when investing in Silicon Valley startups. Read MoreFiveStars Gets $50M To Help Small Retailers Run Loyalty Programs Like Their Bigger Rivals
Jan 22, 12:30PM
FiveStars, a five year-old startup that has built a platform and app to run loyalty programs and shopping analytics for small brick-and-mortar retailers, has received a reward of its own: the company has raised a round of $50 million, funding that it plans to use to continue its focus on “mom and pop shops” and building its brand and business across the U.S., CEO 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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