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Watch how easy it is for someone to hack your iPhone
Mar 11, 2:44AM
With all the hoopla surrounding the FBI-Apple controversy, it may surprise you how easy it is to hack into an iPhone. In this video, Skycure CEO Adi Sharabani demonstrated how simple it was to access my device. He also offered some tips for keeping your smartphone secure. Read MoreEnding patent wars will be a huge boon to the tech industry
Mar 11, 2:30AM
Because of these patent wars and patent trolls, technology companies are divesting huge resources to defend themselves rather than advancing their innovations. This is the equivalent of nuclear arms race and is a lose-lose situation. Read MoreSources: India's Flipkart in talks to raise up to $1b, likely in a down round
Mar 11, 1:25AM
After years of raising hundreds of millions of dollars to tap into the burgeoning e-commerce market in India, one of the country’s biggest tech companies is facing a markdown in its valuation as it aims to pick up yet more investment. TechCrunch has learned from sources that Flipkart is looking to raise up to $1 billion in funding to grow its business and shore up against competition… Read MoreApple and the Justice Department enter the 'open hostilities' phase of iPhone unlocking case
Mar 10, 9:38PM
A 43-page rebuttal from the Justice Department today characterized Apple’s earlier response to an iPhone unlocking request as ‘corrosive’. Shortly thereafter, an Apple press conference attended by TechCrunch provided a rejoinder from two Apple executives, including General Counsel Bruce Sewell, who said that “the tone of the brief reads like an indictment.” For… Read MoreNew law changes the liquidity game for tech company founders, workers and investors
Mar 10, 9:00PM
Late last year, Congress passed legislation that substantially improved the legal landscape for startups, early-stage companies and the stakeholders in the ecosystem. You might have read about, for example, Congress making permanent the 100 percent tax exclusion for sales of qualified small business stock held for more than five years (up to $10 million). This is great news for company… Read MoreHPE's Haven OnDemand developer platform hits commercial availability
Mar 10, 9:00PM
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Haven OnDemand machine learning-centric developer platform has been around since late 2014, but it’s only coming out of beta and becoming commercially available today. Haven OnDemand, which is hosted on Microsoft’s Azure platform, provides developers with APIs and services for building data-rich applications. The roughly 60 APIs currently included… Read MoreMy Uber driver apparently moonlights as an underground electronics dealer
Mar 10, 8:51PM
Have you ever been riding in an Uber and become suddenly overtaken by the immediate need for a new Android tablet or a Dell Latitude E6420? Yeah, me neither. Read MoreSPLT brings ridesharing to you and your colleagues
Mar 10, 7:15PM
SPLT is bringing ridesharing to the corporate world. Instead of pairing you up with strangers who happen to be heading the same way, SPLT is targeted at large organizations to help ease the logistical and environmental impact of ping-ponging back and forth between the home and the workplace. The company also aims to maximize the side-effects of its service, such as encouraging mentor sessions. Read MoreWikipedia's new iOS app focuses on discovery, personalization
Mar 10, 6:21PM
Wikipedia today launched an upgraded version of its iOS application aimed at helping users better discover content matching their own interests, including both articles and images. In addition, the app has been optimized for Apple’s newer OS and latest iPhones (6s and 6s Plus) with support for 3D Touch and Spotlight Search integrations. This is the latest in a series of efforts from… Read MoreFred Wilson to rep New York at Disrupt NY in May
Mar 10, 6:18PM
Fred Wilson is a name that needs no introduction, but we’re going to do it anyway. TechCrunch is excited to announce that Fred Wilson will be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, which goes down May 9 through May 11, in a fireside chat. Read MoreYext sees $88.8 million revenue, 48% growth for location data
Mar 10, 5:15PM
New York-based Yext, which helps businesses manage their listings for store locations, is announcing $88.8 million in revenue for its fiscal 2016 year. The company says this is a 48 percent increase from last year and in the past month they have passed a $100 million run rate, or annualized revenue. Yext recently added Google to its PowerListings network, which means that clients can update… Read MoreApple sends out invites for March 21 event, likely for new iPad and smaller iPhone
Mar 10, 5:07PM
Apple has just issued for its next press event on Apple Campus in Cupertino. The event is going to happen on March 21. As usual, Apple wrote a cryptic message on its invites. “Let us loop you in,” the invite says. Read MoreUK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake in backdoors
Mar 10, 5:02PM
While the Apple vs FBI court battle has drawn all eyes to the question of what should be considered ‘reasonable assistance’ for companies to provide law enforcement agencies, over in the UK the government is attempting to enshrine in law surveillance capabilities that would enable state agencies to compel even very small startups to bake insecurities into their systems in order to… Read MoreOn-demand massage startup Soothe raises $35 million
Mar 10, 5:00PM
Soothe, the on-demand massage service, just closed a $35 million Series B round from its pre-existing investors. This brings its total funding to $47.7 million. This puts Soothe even further ahead of its main competitor, Zeel, which has raised roughly $13.2 million to date. In September, Soothe snatched up its other competitor, Unwind Me, for an undisclosed amount. Soothe says the funding is… Read MoreCrowdsourced weather app, Sunshine, now lets users train it to their temperature tastes
Mar 10, 5:00PM
In a bid to stand out in the bustling weather app crowd, crowdsourced app Sunshine is adding a new personalization feature — giving users the ability to specify how hot or cold the weather feels to them. Read MoreProsper Marketplace relaunches its BillGuard app under the Prosper brand
Mar 10, 4:52PM
Prosper Marketplace, the marketplace lender focused on refinancing and credit rehabilitation, has re-launched its BillGuard app (acquired last September) under its own brand as Prosper Daily. With the rebranding, the former BillGuard becomes Prosper’s first mobile app and is the company’s first beachhead into what chief executive Aaron Vermut hopes will be a broader suite of… Read MoreWith SQL Server 2016, Microsoft focuses on speed, security and luring customers away from Oracle
Mar 10, 4:36PM
A few days ago, Microsoft shocked us when it announced that it would soon bring its SQL Server database to Linux. It’ll take until 2017 before SQL Server will be available on Linux, though. Until then, the company’s database focus remains squarely on the upcoming release of SQL Server 2016, which is currently available as a release candidate and which will become generally… Read MoreNow you can get on the standby list with concert subscription service Jukely
Mar 10, 4:28PM
Here’s a simple-but-handy-sounding update to Jukely — a standby list. For those of you who haven’t tried it, Jukely offers access to an unlimited number of concerts for $25 per month. (Some caveats: You can only be on one guest list at a time, and you have to pay extra if you want to bring a friend.) The goal is to make it easy for members to discover up-and-coming bands and… Read MoreCola launches its app for smarter, more interactive text messages
Mar 10, 4:09PM
Do you sometimes get the feeling that you’re having a looooooong text conversation to accomplish some fairly simple planning? I’ve certainly had tedious back-and-forths where I’m trying to figure out when to meet with someone, and then where, and so on. That’s the problem that a startup called Cola is looking to solve. I first wrote about the company in November, when… Read MoreZuckerberg Education Ventures backs learning assistant camera app Volley
Mar 10, 4:03PM
“This is so fast it feels like cheating” students tell Volley. The education startup’s app lets students point their phone’s camera at a textbook page or piece of homework, and instantly see resources about key facts and tricky parts, prerequisites, and links to snippets of online classes or study guides that could help. But rather than manually cobble this info… 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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