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PayPal makes money every time you use Uber, Airbnb
Mar 05, 3:23AM
PayPal has been going through some big changes since separating from eBay last year. The company recently introduced a redesigned app and is now monetizing its popular peer-to-peer payments app, Venmo. Already with 18 million users, PayPal is expanding its One Touch checkout to 120 new countries. And they are doubling down on Braintree, which powers the mobile transactions on Uber, Airbnb… Read MoreHow to politely ask people to get the f*ck off their phones
Mar 05, 2:00AM
You’re with a small group of friends at a nice restaurant. Everyone is enjoying the food and conversation when someone decides to take out his phone — not for an urgent call, but to check email, Instagram and Facebook. Maybe you’ve witnessed this behavior and found it unsettling. What do you do? Do you sit idly by, thinking disparaging thoughts? Or do you call out the offender? Read MoreSpaceX successfully launches SES-9 into GEO but crash lands rocket on drone ship
Mar 05, 1:45AM
Today at 6:35pm EST, SpaceX successfully launched the SES-9 communications satellite into Geostationary orbit (GEO). Launching the SES-9 payload was the primary goal of today’s mission, but many had their eyes back on the ground for what would have been the first successful landing of a rocket on a drone ship in the ocean. Unfortunately, however, the rocket landing was… Read MoreLegal battles loom as technological ubiquity creates tensions between privacy and security
Mar 04, 11:30PM
The debates in Congress will be ugly, uninformed, and emotional. Lawmakers won’t know which side to pick and will flip flop between what lobbyists ask and the public’s fear du jour. Read MoreKissmetric's Hiten Shah on VC funding vs bootstrapping and how to determine founder 'grit'
Mar 04, 11:17PM
What’s it like being the founder of two wildly successful startups, advisor to Linkedin and Automattic and a prolific angel investor with Buffer and Mattermark? Hiten Shah shares a glimpse in our latest interview. We discussed the pros and cons of VC funding compared to bootstrapping your startup, the implications of financing and self-funding and how Hiten’s time in the startup… Read MoreTechCrunch went skiing with a drone
Mar 04, 9:53PM
Add this one to the bucket list. A startup called Cape Productions will use a drone to capture footage of you skiing. Stationed at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, the team provides aerial footage of you racing down the slopes, including different angles from your GoPro. Because of its impeccable safety record, Cape is currently the only FAA-approved company that’s allowed to fly drones… Read MoreAndreessen Horowitz talking with investors about a new, $1.5 billion fund
Mar 04, 9:29PM
The Sand Hill Road venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is in the thick of fundraising and talking with investors about a fresh $1.5 billion fund, according to several sources who note the fund could always close at a higher number. It was almost exactly two years ago that the firm closed its forth, multi-stage venture capital fund, Andreessen Horowitz Fund IV, with $1.5 billion. The money also… Read MoreWant an Echo Dot? Here's how to bypass Amazon's restrictions and order one today
Mar 04, 9:05PM
Amazon is making it difficult to pre-order the $90 Echo Dot. But there’s still a way, and it’s really easy to nab your place in line for the new mini Echo. Better hurry, though. Amazon could close this loophole at any moment. To pre-order the Echo Dot: Open the Amazon iOS shopping app Search for “Echo Dot” On the search result page, swipe right on the device to add it… Read MoreWhy browser extensions change the way we work
Mar 04, 9:00PM
Browser extensions change the way we work. They alter facets of your job by changing the experience of the apps on which you rely so they conform to your workflow — versus having to open 17 separate browser tabs just to complete a simple task. Historically, browser extensions were a little wild as far as how they were built. Read More13 TechCrunch stories you don't want to miss this week
Mar 04, 8:53PM
This week we went hands-on with a few awesome gadgets, including the Fitbit Blaze and the Meta 2 AR headset, Slack introduced voice calling, and one of Google’s self-driving cars got into a minor accident. These are the stories to catch you up this week. Read MoreThe Sony Future Lab could be as forward-thinking as the Walkman
Mar 04, 8:36PM
Sony is doing something unheard of in the consumer electronic space: It’s going to show off prototypes. Can you imagine Apple or Samsung doing that? Not really, no. For several good reasons, electronic companies like to keep products under wraps until they’re completely finished and the company can unveil it with many dogs and ponies. Sony’s calling this program Future Lab… Read MoreGoogle now uses geolocation to hide 'right to be forgotten' links from its search results
Mar 04, 7:31PM
As promised, Google today announced that it is making a number of changes to how it handles links it has delisted under Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten‘ regulations. Instead of simply delisting links from the various regional versions of its search engine, it will now use geolocation to remove these links from all searches that come from a given region. To be delisted… Read MoreRando is a random social sharing app that lets you play Russian Roulette with photos, GIFs and more
Mar 04, 7:24PM
A new app from David Barnard, the developer behind the popular Launch Center Pro, promises to be the cure for boredom. Rando, as the app is called, offers a crazy twist on our carefully curated online personas — instead of allowing you to choose a photo or GIF to share with friends, Rando will randomly pick one for you. You can also share random text quotes, then post them to Facebook… Read MoreApple's best defense against the FBI is the one it can't share publicly
Mar 04, 7:11PM
With Apple vowing to resist the FBI’s demands for an iPhone backdoor in the San Bernardino case all the way to the Supreme Court, many people assume the company is motivated purely out of principle and concern for their customers. No doubt these are key reasons for Apple’s stand, and I have great admiration for Tim Cook’s leadership on this matter. Read MoreSource: Microsoft mulled an $8 billion bid for Slack, will focus on Skype instead
Mar 04, 4:37PM
When Slack announced new voice and video services earlier this week, the enterprise messaging startup signalled a move into territory dominated by the likes of Microsoft’s Skype. But it looks like this is not the only moment when the two company’s paths have crossed in recent times. Microsoft eyed Slack as a potential acquisition target for as much as $8 billion, TechCrunch… Read MoreLink from "The Legend of Zelda" pops up on Google Maps today
Mar 04, 4:33PM
Google has hidden a little surprise today in Google Maps for fans of “The Legend of Zelda” – the company is celebrating the release of the new game, “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD” for Wii U by turning Google Maps’ Pegman figure into the game’s hero, Link, for the next five days. You’ll find the Link avatar in the same spot as you… Read MoreComputer science is the key to America's skills crisis
Mar 04, 4:00PM
The United States faces a global competitiveness crisis that, if not addressed, will put our nation at a strategic disadvantage for decades to come. In just a few years, there will be 1.8 million jobs unfilled in our nation because we don’t have enough individuals trained with the necessary technical skills to fill them. Read MoreTwo new apps, Daycap and VideoSlam, help you create GIFs and videos to remember your day
Mar 04, 3:35PM
Two recently launched applications, Daycap and VideoSlam, make it easy to summarize your day in the format of videos or GIFs, which can then be shared out to social media. Do you need these apps on your iPhone? No. Are you totally going to download them on your lunch break because it’s Friday, they sound fun, and those TPS reports can wait? Yep! Daycap The first application,… Read MoreFormer NSA and CIA Director General Michael Hayden to appear at Disrupt NY 2016
Mar 04, 3:22PM
If you’re looking for a supremely qualified intelligence figure to talk to about the current state of technology, policy and intelligence, you could do worse than retired four-star Air Force General Michael Hayden. Hayden has held the two top intelligence roles in the US government, Director of the NSA (’99-’05) and CIA (’06-’08) and, post 9/11, presided over some… Read MoreApple is selling more phones in India's biggest cities than you might think
Mar 04, 2:49PM
Conventional wisdom dictates that Apple performs best in Western markets, where operator-subsidized contracts are most popular and consumer spending power is greater, but it turns out the U.S. company is doing better in India than many expected. 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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