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AmazonFresh drops to $14.99 per month for Prime members

Oct 06, 2:13PM

amazonfresh Amazon has just announced a price reduction for its online grocery shopping service, AmazonFresh, that will bring the subscription service down to $14.99 per month for Prime members. Effectively, this change makes adding optional grocery delivery a new perk for those who subscribe to Amazon’s annual membership program. This is not the first time Amazon has announced new pricing for… Read More



Animoto gives businesses an easy way to create social videos

Oct 06, 2:13PM

Animoto storyboards Animoto is launching a new product for businesses that want to post their own marketing videos for Facebook and other social networks — but don’t necessarily have the team or the skills needed to create something slick. The company already offers products that automatically assemble your photos and videos into a video slideshow, and it’s been adding more tools for businesses. Read More



Wacom's got a couple of new Windows 10 pro pen tablets

Oct 06, 2:11PM

Wacom New York Comic Con is a lot of things – a place to see watch people parade around in Netflix original series cosplay, an opportunity to get Lou Ferrigno to sign your Hulk DVD, and there’s apparently a Legends of the Hidden Temple panel later today. One thing it’s not is a tech show. But some announcements do manage to slip through here and there. Certainly Wacom makes sense.… Read More



Google Pixel, Google Assistant, Google Home and more Google: Listen to TCBC Episode 5 with Frederic Lardinois

Oct 06, 2:01PM

tcbc-draft5c Google held its biggest ever hardware event on Tuesday, and we got a glimpse at devices that bear more of Google’s fingerprint than anything they’ve done before. Yet most of us here at TechCrunch, including myself and TCBC guest for this week Frederic Lardinois, came away with the feeling that the event was less about hardware than it was about Google’s work with… Read More



Lets meet in São Paulo, Brazil tomorrow

Oct 06, 1:44PM

brazil_flag Hello, São Paulo. I’ve spoken with some folks and we’ll be meeting at Cubo tomorrow at 7pm until 10pm. There will be free booze and some finger food and I’d love to see you there. This is basically a micro-meetup – an opportunity to talk about your startup and network. No agenda, no speeches, and no onstage pitching. I’ll be there and I’m ready to hear… Read More



Netflix signs deal with theater chain to put original films on the big screen

Oct 06, 1:27PM

netflix desktop Netflix</a. is continuing its slow crawl into the movie theater, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ says that Netflix has struck a deal with iPic Entertainment, a luxury theater chain, that would allow Netflix to feature 10 of its original films in theaters on the same day that they launch across Netflix. iPic has venues in 15 markets across the U.S., but the… Read More



Twyla, which sells exclusive artists prints, has just raised $14 million led by GV

Oct 06, 1:04PM

homepage_3 Twyla, a year-and-a-half-year-old startup that collaborates with artists to create exclusive prints for sale at its site, at prices that range from $1,000 to $5,000, has raised $14 million in new funding led by GV, with participation from earlier investors IVP and Redpoint Ventures. The company has now raised $19 million altogether. Twyla was cofounded by HomeAway cofounder Brian Sharples… Read More



Munchery is getting into the corporate lunch game

Oct 06, 1:00PM

Munchery CEO and Co-founder Tri Tran It’s not like there’s a shortage of lunch options for corporate employees, but that’s not stopping on-demand food startup Munchery from testing its luck with corporate lunch delivery. Today, Munchery will start delivering lunch to office employees in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York. This is an extension of Munchery’s @Work initiative, which already… Read More



IoT startup Sigfox is raising $100M-$200M at a $600M valuation to grow globally

Oct 06, 12:58PM

sigfox-logo The Internet of Things — the area of technology where previously dumb objects are getting equipped with radio signals and microprocessors to be connected, monitored, controlled and supercharged through networks — is still in its early days, but one of the more interesting startups in the field is raising some significant money as it gears up to take a leading role in its… Read More



Formula E grows, gains cred

Oct 06, 12:00PM

Faraday Future Dragon Racing This morning, Faraday Future Dragon Racing unveiled its livery for the third season of the Formula E all-electric open-wheel racing series in Hong Kong. The car’s black-and-white fade pattern echoes the Faraday Future logo, though the company says the design takes its cues from an electromagnetic wave. In the video below, Pontus Fontaeus, chief designer of interiors at Faraday, says… Read More



Watch Autoblog's conference around mobility right here

Oct 06, 11:58AM

With Cruise and Waze and Uber and Comma and Otto and Tesla and all the rest, it’s clear that the automotive world is on the edge of a dramatic cliff. Things are about to change and fast. It’s why we heavily featured mobility companies a few weeks back at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. And it’s why Aol’s Autoblog is holding their first conference around the topic, too. The event… Read More



UK data watchdog issues record fine for ISP TalkTalk's 2015 data breach

Oct 06, 11:47AM

TalkTalk A 2015 data breach at UK ISP TalkTalk has landed the company with a £400,000 fine from the national data protection agency — a record penalty for the ICO to hand out, although £100k shy of the current maximum it can impose. Read More



Story Terrace raises $640K to write the story of your parents and your startups

Oct 06, 10:01AM

storyterrace-screenshot Story Terrace today announced it has raised £500,000 ($640,000) to continue its mission to tell the stories of those you love. The customers are typically kids who want to buy a highly personal gift for their parents around an anniversary, or startup founders who have recently exited a business and want to set the record straight — or at least firmly crooked. Read More



Polar's new GPS watch is aimed at beginning runners

Oct 06, 10:00AM

image001-2 Polar’s been doing heart rate monitoring before it was cool. Way, way before. In fact, the company’s been making the things since 1982, giving it a three-decade head-start on most of the competition. The Finnish company’s latest device has that functionality built in, naturally, utilizing an optical sensor on the back and the company’s proprietary algorithm to… Read More



Moley takes to Seedrs to crowdfund future kitchens with robotic chef arms

Oct 06, 9:21AM

moley_propotype The notion of a kitchen with a built in robot chef capable of whipping up a lobster bisque at the push of a button sounds like something out of Futurama. But it technically exists — at least as a demo prototype. UK startup Moley Robotics has been working on the concept for several years now, starting off in 2014 and showing off a demo unit last year. Read More



European Startups! Get on the Disrupt London Battlefield stage! Deadline extended!

Oct 06, 8:00AM

disrupt_sf16_mobalytics-4255 The deadline to apply for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London has been extended! Startups from across the world now have until 12pm PT on October 13th to get their application in front of the selection team (TechCrunch journalists and editors). Apply now! Why compete in the Startup Battlefield? For starters, you’ll get to present your company to the best and brightest… Read More



LinkedIn will now let you discreetly signal when you're looking for a job

Oct 06, 7:49AM

7435061864_9851a35e25_k One of the hallmarks of any social network is how it pushes people to share their experiences with others, but increasingly we’ve seen a lot of moves by social platforms to give people the option to remain very private, if they choose. One of the latest moves on this front comes from LinkedIn, the social network for the working world with some 450 million members and currently getting… Read More



Prepaid card users will finally be protected from fraud and crazy fees

Oct 06, 4:21AM

Customer paying at credit card reader in market If you’ve been out of touch with the FinTech market recently you may have missed how popular prepaid cards have become. This is especially true when it comes to “open-loop” cards, which are prepaid cards powered by a processor like Visa or MasterCard that can be used anywhere a credit or debit card is accepted. These accounts now look and feel increasingly similar to an… Read More



Crunch Report | Blue Origin has another Successful Rocket Launch Test

Oct 06, 3:00AM

Blue Origin succesfully launches a rocket to test a capsule-malfunction scenario, VC firm Metamorphic Ventures raises $50 million and gets a new name, VC firm Fenox pauses its India fund after Venktesh Shukla leaves the company, Clearpath raises a $30 million Series B and Google’s autonomous cars cross 2 million miles driven. All this on Crunch Report. Read More



Theranos closes its labs and wellness centers, lays off 340

Oct 06, 12:58AM

theranos_paloalto_hq_1 Theranos is closing its labs and wellness centers, CEO Elizabeth Holmes announced today in blog post. And this isn’t a temporary closure: the “approximately” 340 employees running them are out of a job. Read More




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