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With EmoWatch your Apple Watch knows if you are :) or :(

Apr 09, 2:04AM

EmoWatch Siri is good for a lot of things, but she generally doesn’t care much whether you sound your usual perky self. Launching today is EmoWatch, a new app for your Apple Watch that will help you track your emotional state. EmoWatch is a technical demo for Smartmedical Corp’s Empath API, and it does what it needs to: Showing a read-out (in the form of a graph) of your moods throughout… Read More



6 insights into the French SaaS landscape

Apr 09, 12:00AM

Arc de triomphe Paris France As a Berlin-based VC firm focused on SaaS, we often get questions about the current state of the European cloud software landscape. To be able to answer these questions more precisely we decided to analyze each major European ecosystem, starting with France. Our goal was to find all the relevant players in the French cloud ecosystem — from early-stage startups to large public companies. Read More



White House announces the kids and projects of its 2016 Science Fair

Apr 08, 10:38PM

newheader_sciencefair_2015 The annual White House Science Fair is always a heartening occasion. Watching President Obama ramble around and shoot the breeze (and sometimes marshmallows) with a bunch of smart, nerdy kids is entertaining, and the projects are often pretty impressive. This year’s fair is, of course, the last in the president’s term, and it promises to be a good one, if the list of exhibits… Read More



SpaceX just landed a rocket on a drone ship for the first time

Apr 08, 10:01PM

autonomous At 4:43 pm EST, SpaceX successfully launched their next resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). In addition to a seamless launch, SpaceX landed the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket on an autonomous drone ship for the very first time. Landing from the chase plane pic.twitter.com/2Q5qCaPq9P — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 8, 2016 This was SpaceX’s fifth landing… Read More



Alphabet's secretive Schaft Inc. shows off new bipedal robot in Tokyo

Apr 08, 8:46PM

schaftbot There’s a new bot in town (Tokyo, specifically), and while it might not be as cute as Nao, as creepy as Spot and BigDog, or as anthropomorphic as Atlas, it might be more practical than all of them. It walks on two legs, but not like a man, or even a bear. This one, designed by Alphabet-owned Schaft Inc, has its own uniquely robotic form of locomotion. Read More



New Facebook rules allow publishers and celebrities to share sponsored content

Apr 08, 8:15PM

lady gaga sponsored As more and more online content ends up hosted on Facebook, it becomes more important for Facebook to provide ways for publishers and creators to make money. That’s why some changes announced today to the social network’s branded content and ads policies could be a big deal. Under the new rules, verified Facebook Pages can now share branded content (i.e., “any post —… Read More



BMW just jumped into the U.S. car-sharing biz, with the help of YC alum RideCell

Apr 08, 7:46PM

Screen Shot 2016-04-08 at 12.23.17 PM BMW just launched a new car-sharing service called ReachNow that will enable Seattle residents to access 400 cars that they can pick up and drop off pretty much wherever they like, as long as that’s not on the outskirts of town. Eventually, the idea is to expand into cities nationwide. BMW’s isn’t a revolutionary concept at this point. Daimler has a similar service… Read More



General Catalyst's Phil Libin eyes bots with his first investment in stealth bot startup Begin

Apr 08, 7:10PM

Phil Libin, chief executive officer of Evernote Corp., poses for a photograph prior to an interview at the New Economy Summit 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. The conference, organized by the Japan Association of New Economy, will be held through April 8. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Phil Libin has made his first investment since joining General Catalyst in a bot company called Begin that’s co-founded by GDGT co-founder Ryan Block, who left AOL Alpha in September last year to pursue the new venture. This is Libin’s first investment in bots, but it certainly wont be his last, as he will be primarily focusing on bots for the next few years. Begin will be… Read More



Chariot for Women is a new ridesharing service for women only

Apr 08, 7:03PM

Chariot for Women Uber driver Michael Pelletz is launching a new ridesharing service with a twist: All the drivers and passengers will be women. Chariot for Women will be active in the Boston area on April 19. But does the world need another ridesharing service? Especially one so specific? It turns out maybe it does. “The premise is the same as all the other ridesharing services,” Pelletz said in… Read More



We're giving you one more week to save $1,000 on Disrupt NY tickets

Apr 08, 7:00PM

brooklyn bird This one’s for you, procrastinators. We are giving you one extra week to get tickets to Disrupt NY at the early-bird price point of $1,995 per ticket, a full $1,000 off the full retail price of $2,995. You now have until next Friday, April 15, to get in on this incredible discount, so you’d better stop putting it off and get on over to our ticketing page and get your Disrupt… Read More



Feinstein and Burr's draft encryption bill would essentially make all encryption illegal

Apr 08, 6:52PM

Capitol Washington A draft version of a bill on encryption sponsored by Senators Burr and Feinstein has made its way to the internet, and it’s exactly as bad a proposed law as everyone worried it would be. The suspiciously (but mercifully) brief Compliance with Court Orders Act, as it stands in draft form, is the technological equivalent of requiring all pigs to fly. Read More



WordPress.com turns on HTTPS encryption for all websites

Apr 08, 6:15PM

Lock WordPress.com is adding HTTPS support for all its blogs. If you have a custom domain or have a blog under the wordpress.com domain name (like bestcrabrestaurantsinportland.wordpress.com), you’re good to go. While many social services like Facebook and Twitter have supported HTTPS for a while now, WordPress.com was still lagging behind for custom domain names. Since 2014, WordPress.co Read More



13 TechCrunch stories you don't want to miss this week

Apr 08, 6:01PM

Screen Shot 2016-04-08 at 9.26.42 AM This week, Tesla revealed its newest model; the HTC Vive VR headset dropped; the internet saw the largest leak of private documents ever; and Facebook’s chatbot plans were revealed. Here are the top tech stories from this week. Read More



Gamification, personalization and continued education are trending in edtech

Apr 08, 6:00PM

education_home_canvas I’ve spent most of my life in and around schools. First as a student, then as a teacher and lately as an innovator building tools and launching programs. As Nelson Mandela said, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Despite its importance, education seems to have been missed by the Internet revolution. When I walk down the hall of a… Read More



Justice Department keeps pushing Apple to unlock iPhone in New York drug case

Apr 08, 5:15PM

ipad-mini-3-touch-id The fight between the government and Apple is not over. While the most controversial case is now over, the Department of Justice keeps pushing Apple on another case. The government still wants Apple to unl Read More



Rumors swirl EMC wants to dump Documentum ahead of Dell acquisition

Apr 08, 4:38PM

Two speaking under huge EMC banners. Rumors are flying today that to nobody’s surprise, EMC and by extension its new sugar Daddy Dell are looking to dump dowdy Documentum, the company’s enterprise content management product. It’s worth noting up front that in email to EMC asking for a comment on the story, a spokesperson had this to say: “Not commenting on speculation.” You can’t get much… Read More



Today is the last day to save on Disrupt NY tickets

Apr 08, 4:00PM

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05:  General atmosphere during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 - Day 2 at The Manhattan Center on May 5, 2015 in New York City.  (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch) You’ve waited long enough — the time to act is now. Like, right now. Today is the last day to get tickets to Disrupt NY 2016 at the discounted early-bird price of $1,995 per ticket, $1,000 less than the full retail price of $2,995 that takes effect tomorrow. Read More



Here's why we invited B.J. Novak to TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016

Apr 08, 2:59PM

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17:  Actor/author B.J. Novak reads 'The Book with No Pictures' to children at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on February 17, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images) B.J. Novak is coming to Disrupt NY. We’re excited. Here’s why. B.J. is the cofounder The List App, which, well, is an app that features lists. It’s great. The lists tend to be more mature than Buzzfeed’s and the app’s stark design lets the content stand out. I’m curious if The List App’s business model of leaning on celebrities to fill out content… Read More



Luka, with $4.42 million in Series A, releases AI-powered chat bots

Apr 08, 2:51PM

luka Just in time for the chat bot craze, Startup Battlefield alum Luka is enhancing its AI-powered messaging service with a variety of smart bots to help users get whatever they desire. Luka originally launched as a Yelp competitor, all done over text. Users could ask Luka, via chat, about where they should go to eat, whether reservations were available, and recommended dishes. The company has… Read More



Fintech dominates Nordic startup investments

Apr 08, 2:30PM

Stockholm, Sweden Between January 1, 2014 and end of March 2016, 51 fintech investments were made in companies in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, totaling $390.17 million. Read More




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