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The last time Logitech released a webcam, Obama was running for re-election
Sep 30, 1:17PM
The last time Logitech released a webcam, the year’s hit song was by a fresh-faced Canadian newcomer named Carly Rae, Ryan Lochte was most famous for swimming, and we were all pretty sure the world was going to end in December. Sure that last bit still seems like 50/50, Mayan prophecies aside, but one thing’s for certain: webcams just aren’t the hot commodity they once… Read MoreRemitly raises another $38M, adds World Bank's IFC as it pushes into emerging markets
Sep 30, 1:05PM
Remitly, a startup co-founded and led by a former executive of Barclays who saw a gap in the market to build money transfer and other financial services for emerging markets and the “unbanked”, is today announcing that it has raised $38.5 million, as well as expansion to seven more countries in Latin America. The funding, which brings the total raised by Remitly to just under… Read MoreAvast CEO on why it's just spent $1.4BN to absorb security rival AVG
Sep 30, 11:00AM
Security firm Avast has today confirmed the completion of a $1.4 billion acquisition of fellow Czech-based antivirus company AVG. The deal will see Avast’s customer base nearly double — swelling from 230 million to more than 400 million in total, 160M of whom are mobile users. Read MoreIntroducing the Startup Battlefield Scholarship Fund
Sep 30, 11:00AM
Today, we’re excited to formally announce a new addition to our competition – the Startup Battlefield Scholarship Fund. The Battlefield is TechCrunch’s premiere startup competition. Three times a year, the Battlefield takes place several times a year, where 20-something new companies will have the opportunity to present their product live onstage. While participation in… Read MoreWhatsApp's privacy U-turn on sharing data with Facebook draws more heat in Europe
Sep 30, 10:56AM
A dramatic privacy about-face by messaging app WhatsApp this summer, in which it revealed an update to its T&Cs would for the first time allow the sharing of its user data with parent company Facebook, is getting the pair into hot water in Europe. Read MoreJust a few hours left to save big on Disrupt London tickets
Sep 30, 9:00AM
Alright, procrastinators. You have just hours a few hours left to save £400 on tickets to the hottest startup show in Europe — Disrupt London 2016. Extra early-bird tickets are available now for just £800 apiece, or just £700 each when you purchase multiple tickets. Time is running out, so get on over to our ticketing page to get your extra early bird tickets today. At Disrupt… Read MoreNow CanvasPop wants to turn your Prisma photos into wall art
Sep 30, 8:53AM
Art photo filter app sensation Prisma, which only launched this summer but racked up more than 55 million downloads in a matter of weeks, has sparked a rush of other photo-processing apps all promising to transform your selfies into art fit to hang on the wall. Read MoreCome and see star European VC Frederic Court at London Disrupt
Sep 30, 7:27AM
The UK — and London specifically — is thought by many to be the capital of the UK tech industry, not just because of its size and the number of startups based here, but because of the fact that a lot of the big financing starts and finishes here, too. The Brexit vote in the UK has arguably thrown that title and position up into the air, and many are now looking to see which way… Read MoreHTC launches its Viveport VR store globally
Sep 30, 7:02AM
HTC’s partnership with Valve has given its users very seamless access to grabbing VR games on the Steam store, but Vive is increasingly looking to distinguish itself with the cool non-gaming experiences that you can dive into with the headset. To do that the company has created Viveport, a storefront for much of the non-gaming content being produced for virtual reality. Today, Viveport… Read MoreFood delivery startup Takeaway.com raises $368M in IPO, valuing it at $1.1B
Sep 30, 6:55AM
And it’s off to the races for another takeout food delivery business going public. Today, it was Takeaway.com‘s turn, an Amsterdam-based company with operations across Europe, which listed on Euronext Amsterdam. Takeaway.com priced its shares at €23 each ($25.82), giving the company an enterprise value of around €849 million ($952 million) and a market cap of… Read MoreAndreessen: "I feel 50 pounds lighter" without Twitter
Sep 30, 3:07AM
Speaking at a Strictly VC event in Palo Alto, noted venture capital investor Marc Andreessen talked about why he abruptly quit Twitter this week. “I feel 50 pounds lighter” without it, he quipped. “I feel free as a bird,” Andreessen added, seemingly referencing Twitter’s logo. His departure came as a surprise to some because for a time, he was extremely active on… Read MoreCrunch Report | Beyonce, AI Partnerships and Instacart Shopper Boycotts
Sep 30, 3:05AM
Stock-trading app Robinhood begins to monetize, Facebook at Work is launching October 10th, Beyonce invests in Sidestep, big tech forms Partnership on AI and shoppers are planning an Instacart boycott. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
HBO's new show Westworld explores the hedonism and horror of VR
Sep 30, 2:30AM
What if you could shoot or screw whoever you wanted without consequences? Would you feel bad about your decisions? Would you pity your victims, even if their digital memories were wiped clean? HBO dives into the heady, murky depths of virtual reality ethics with its new show Westworld, premiering October 2nd. Based on Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton’s 1973 book, Westworld… Read MoreVirtual reality looks to its adolescence
Sep 30, 12:53AM
After more than two years of heavy public hyping since Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of Oculus for $2 billion, virtual reality is reaching an important turning point. VR has been promoted up and down the street and consumers seem to have grown oversaturated with all the media coverage of expensive tech that’s inaccessible to them, but the platform is preparing for a… Read MoreShazam is finally profitable after a billion downloads
Sep 30, 12:13AM
Shazam, the mobile and desktop app that acts as a digital ear and song identifier, crossed the 1 billion download mark recently, according to a report from Billboard on Thursday. The London-based company, Shazam Entertainment Ltd., also announced that it has achieved profitability, at long last, thanks to a new focus on advertising sales, alongside revenue from commissions on digital… Read MoreProwler.io raises $2M to help AI systems make smarter choices
Sep 30, 12:00AM
As we inch closer to a time when we may rely on truly autonomous devices to move us or do things on our behalf, the need for software that’s able to think on its feet (or mid-air) will be essential. Now, an artificial intelligence startup working on this emerging area of machine learning has raised a seed round of funding to try to do just that. Cambridge, UK-based Prowler.io, which… Read MoreSpotify could out-dance Apple if it does acquire SoundCloud
Sep 29, 11:40PM
SoundCloud as a company is a disaster, but its the only streaming service with the DJ sets and remixes kids love. So it makes perfect sense that Spotify is in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud, the Financial Times reports. Spotify already declined to buy it twice over the past year and a half, but talks broke down over pricing. But since then, SoundCloud has hammered out deals with the… Read MoreThe Gravy Helmet
Sep 29, 11:38PM
It was a hot September night and we were being chased by a ghost. My two friends, Jon and Shane, were sweating. We’re older men, a little wide around the waist, and it was hot down in the basement. We had cleared away the kids’ toys and set up two optical sensors and a high-powered HP Omen desktop. We were playing with the HTC Vive. We were having more fun than we’d had in… Read MoreWatson Financial Services is born out of IBM's purchase of Promontory Financial Group
Sep 29, 11:18PM
If Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest had a big data eating contest brother, IBM would be a serious contender for first place. Today the tech stalwart announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire Promontory Financial Group. To make sense of this deal, you have to avoid relegating Promontory into the small box of financial services. Instead, it’s most practical to think… Read MoreLevel is a pair of fitness glasses that might be able to tell if you have diabetes or other diseases
Sep 29, 10:49PM
A pair of glasses, once relegated to nearly blind and blurry-eyed nerds, could one day save your life. At least that’s the pitch from VSP Vision Care. The eye exam provider just launched a new pair of smart glasses called Level that, for now, focus on fitness. Level not only provides the wearer with keen vision but also counts their steps, calories burned while wearing them 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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