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Can Emerging Nations Create Their Own Silicon Valleys?
Mar 01, 2:00AM
Innovation requires a level playing field that Silicon Valley elites seem unprepared to give emerging nations. Are the original Valley’s glory days over? And will successful mini versions of the Bay Area’s tech Mecca spring up in other locations around the world? Alec Ross, technology policy expert and former Senior Advisor for Innovation to Hillary Clinton, doesn’t think so. Read MoreApple vs FBI: Read Apple's Opening Statement To Congress Tomorrow
Mar 01, 12:14AM
Apple’s general counsel Bruce Sewell will testify before a congressional Judiciary Committee tomorrow. The hearing has been convened to discuss what is being described as “The Encryption Tightrope” — subtitle: “Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy”. Read MoreBuffer Adds Twitter-Based Customer Service Tools
Mar 01, 12:00AM
Buffer is best known as a scheduling tool to help marketing teams schedule content on social media, but with the acquisition of Respondly they signaled a plan to expand its repertoire to cover customer service users. Buffer’s Respond is a tool to help companies reach its audiences, reply to queries, and monitor what’s being said about them. Read MoreInnovations In Cybersecurity At RSA 2016
Feb 29, 11:30PM
Beyond artificial intelligence and machine learning to the brave new world of cybersecurity. Read MoreIs Singularity Near?
Feb 29, 11:00PM
The 11th of December 2015, Open AI, a nonprofit artificial intelligence research company was announced to the world. With $1 billion in funding from high-profile investors, such as Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel, the company put forward an ambitious research agenda to keep artificial intelligence beneficial to humanity. Both the research agenda and the objective of the company, is… Read MoreWhy Facebook Hosted 200+ African-American Students From The SF Bay Area
Feb 29, 10:40PM
Just one day after Mark Zuckerberg’s internal memo leaked, which asked employees to stop crossing out Black Lives Matter slogans, Facebook hosted more than 200 African-American students from the San Francisco Bay Area. The day-long field trip to Facebook this past Friday, which had been weeks in the making as part of Black History Month, was spearheaded by the employee resource… Read MoreNY Judge Rules In Favor Of Apple In Government Request For iPhone Data
Feb 29, 10:40PM
In a New York case, Judge Orenstein has ruled in favor of Apple, denying a government request for information on an iPhone. Read MoreMeet The Judges For The TC Meetup + Pitch-Off In Brooklyn Tomorrow Night!
Feb 29, 10:17PM
Did I mention we’re having a pitch-off in Brooklyn tomorrow night? Because we are! It will be held at Output in Williamsburg at 6pm, and tickets are still available, which you can buy here. But what is a pitch-off? Well, ten companies have been selected to show off their wares on our stage. They will have exactly sixty seconds to wow a panel of expert judges and the audience, after… Read MoreGoPro Spends 20% Of Its Cash On Hand To Acquire Two Video Editing Startups
Feb 29, 10:06PM
GoPro today announced the acquisition of two startups to address one of the company’s sore spots: Video editing. Stupeflix and Vemory are the companies behind the mobile apps Replay and Splice, respectively. GoPro tells TechCrunch the company spent $105 million on the two companies combined and that all the employees from these companies will join GoPro’s ranks but work from… Read MoreGmail Gets Improved Security Features For Business Users
Feb 29, 10:00PM
Google announced a number of new security features for Gmail users in the enterprise today. Last year, the company launched its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) feature for Google Apps Unlimited users that helps businesses keep sensitive data out of emails. Today, it’s launching the first major update of this service at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The DLP feature allows businesses to… Read MoreINNOVATE2016: CTA President Gary Shapiro On Marco Rubio As Silicon Valley's Best Hope
Feb 29, 9:30PM
Perhaps it’s not surprising that Silicon Valley is apparently praying for the “good billionaire”, Michael Bloomberg, to run for President. According to the Consumer Technology Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro, nobody in the current election is looking after the interests of Silicon Valley. Nobody, that is, except Marco Rubio who, Shapiro argues, really is thinking… Read MoreCrosley's First Direct Drive Turntable Doesn't Disappoint
Feb 29, 9:17PM
The Crosley C200 is a great turntable, and I highly recommend checking it out it if you are in the market for a new record player. The design is great, the price is fair, it’s easy to set up, and it sounds wonderful. Read MoreGoogle's Self-Driving Car Gets Into A Minor Accident While The AI Was Driving
Feb 29, 7:47PM
It was bound to happen eventually: one of Google’s self-driving cars has gotten into a minor accident – and, for once, it was while the AI was in control. Read MoreMachine Learning Is Not The Answer To Better Network Security
Feb 29, 7:30PM
Machine learning isn’t a silver bullet for network security. I know, right now you’re saying “But wait Matt, All I hear is that every hot new company in the space is based on machine learning and that VCs are funding machine learning companies in record numbers, even with the economy in question.” And you’re right, they are – usually for very good reasons.… Read MoreIBM Adds Post-Cyber Attack Planning With Resilient Systems Acquisition
Feb 29, 7:10PM
The RSA security conference is being held this week in San Francisco where security pros come together to discuss strategy. IBM made several security announcements this morning ahead of the conference, headlined by the purchase of Resilient Systems. Instead of trying to prevent an attack, Resilient gives customers a plan to deal with a breach after it’s happened. While IBM offers… Read MoreA New, Standardized Way For Employees To Keep Their Vested Stock Options Longer
Feb 29, 7:01PM
Amid headlines about billion-dollars valuations are many employees who remain trapped unless their employers eventually go public or else sell to an acquirer in a cash deal. The problem centers on the option plan structure that startups use. Owing to a decades-old tax provision, employees have to exercise their options within 90 days of leaving or else lose them to the company. It’s… Read MoreCornerJob Fires Up Its Blue-Collar Jobs Marketplace App With $10M Series A
Feb 29, 6:45PM
Another despatch from the ‘mobile messaging is eating the world’ file: blue collar recruitment app and European startup Corner Job has closed a $10 million Series A funding round. Read MoreFacebook's Private Photo-Sharing App Moments Now Supports Video
Feb 29, 6:17PM
Facebook’s Moments, the social network’s private photo-sharing application — and replacement for photo syncing — will now support video sharing, the company announced today. The new feature is live in the updated version of the Moments mobile application for iOS and Android devices. In a few weeks, Facebook says that Moments will also allow users to include videos… Read MoreIsraeli Investment Firms receive $665 Million In Commitments In February
Feb 29, 5:30PM
Fund February: A flurry of VC funds launch in Israel. Read MoreMongoLab Changes Its Name To mLab As It looks Beyond Database Management
Feb 29, 5:19PM
MongoLab has long been the de facto service for deploying and managing MongoDB databases, but now that the company has cornered this market, it’s looking to expand into new areas. Before launching any new products, though, the company decided to change its name from MongoLab to mLab. MongoLab/mLab CEO and co-founder Will Shulman tells me that he always saw MongoLab as the first part of… 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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