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Google gets another extension to reply to EU antitrust Shopping charge
Oct 13, 2:29PM
The European Competition Commission has given Google another three weeks to file a response to formal charges that its Shopping price comparison service unfairly demotes rival services in search results. Read MorePluto TV, a free streaming service for cord cutters, raises $30 million more
Oct 13, 2:27PM
Pluto TV, a video streaming service targeting cord cutters by offering a TV- guide like experience that connects you to hundreds of online channels, has raised $30 million in Series B funding, valuing the business at $140 million. The new funding comes from ProSieben of Germany, one of Europe’s largest independent media companies, and lifestyle media company Scripps Networks Interactive. Read MoreThe bathroom mirror gets smart
Oct 13, 2:00PM
New Kinpo Group is an odd company. Its CEO popped into our New York City offices the other week ostensibly to speak about its XYZ brand, whose budget 3D printers have shot to the top of the top spot in global market share. Then it busted out the HiMirror. It’s a smart bathroom mirror. It examines your skin, gives you metrics, tells you what you can do to improve. I will happily… Read MoreSonali De Rycker and Niklas Zennström join TechCrunch Disrupt London, Dec 5-6
Oct 13, 1:34PM
TechCrunch Disrupt London is happening once again this December and we have some of the most iconic entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the tech industry lined up to speak. The two-day conference runs December 5 to 6 in the Olympic Village’s Copper Box Arena and features Startup Alley and Startup Battlefield where one startup will take home £30,000. You can buy early-bird tickets… Read MoreThe CPSC officially recalls all Note 7 devices, citing 23 new reports since first recall
Oct 13, 1:11PM
When we detailed the brief assent and prolonged decline of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 saga the other day, we noted that there were still some loose ends to tie up. One of the bigger threads was the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s protracted investigation of the whole mess, which started a couple of months back when the fist incidents of exploding devices first surfaced. Two… Read MoreDepartment of Transportation to provide $165M to make U.S. cities smarter
Oct 13, 1:00PM
At the White House Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced new funds that will help it roll out smart city technologies in places across the U.S., as part of the White House’s Smart Cities Initiative. $165 million in funding, including $65 million in public funding made available through two new grants, and $100 million in matching… Read MoreShazam rolls out in-app music video channels with Vadio
Oct 13, 1:00PM
Song identifying app Shazam is rolling out music video channels to all of its 120 million monthly active users in a partnership with Vadio, a Portland-based startup. Through their partnership, whenever a user taps on the Shazam icon to identify a song, a thumbnail of the official music video for that track will display on the song’s Shazam page. As we recently reported, the Shazam app… Read MorePandora's new iMessage app lets you text your favorite music
Oct 13, 1:00PM
Tucked away inside Pandora’s rebranded app, launched yesterday, the company was hiding its first iMessage app, too. In fact, it’s the first third-party party streaming music service to launch its own iMessage extension, the company says. That’s not to say it’s the only music-focused iMessage app, of course. Apple Music already lets you share your favorite songs… Read MoreWhite House puts $50M in small satellites, signs order to mitigate space-weather events
Oct 13, 1:00PM
The Obama Administration is kicking off the White House Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh this week, and as part of that it’s announcing a number of new initiatives in civic technology. These investments and programs include space, as well as America’s terrestrial concerns. It’s announcing over $50 million in new Federal investments in small satellite tech, which… Read MoreFlipboard looks to boost native ad sales with swipe-friendly Storyboards
Oct 13, 12:37PM
Flipboard, the mobile and web app that lets you aggregate, discover and read content from around the web in a magazine-style format, is unveiling its latest “native” product to court more advertising (and hence, revenue) on its platform. Today the startup is launching Storyboard, an ad unit that lets brands bring in video, photo and other multimedia assets into bigger ad… Read MoreRenault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn on the future of cars
Oct 13, 12:12PM
Renault-Nissan is the fourth largest car maker in the world. And yet, Tesla seems to be getting more headlines. I got the chance to interview Renault-Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn to talk about self-driving cars, electric cars and the company’s recent partnership with Microsoft. This interview was slightly edited for clarity. TechCrunch: What are you going to unveil at the Paris Motor… Read MoreWatch the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer right here
Oct 13, 12:04PM
The latest trailer for the newest Star Wars movie is here – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s second trailer emphasizes the father/daughter relationship between hero Jyn Erso and a character who seems like he’s a key architect behind the Death Star (Mads Mikkelsen) even more than in the last trailer. Otherwise it really provides a lot more time for Erso herself to speak, and… Read MoreGiant migrant brand Lebara to launch against FX startups like Transferwise, Azimo
Oct 13, 12:04PM
This weekend Lebara — the mobile network business which has become a universally recognised brand for the world’s migrant community — is to enter the international money transfer market, potentially putting the squeeze on tech newcomers like Transferwise and Azimo. Given that migrants are the primary market for international money transfers, this could hinder the growth of… Read MoreTinder's new Smart Photos show just how well the app knows you
Oct 13, 11:30AM
Ever wonder which of your selfies is best? Tinder wants to help you figure it out, with the launch of a new feature called Smart Photos. And Smart Photos, in turn, show us just how much Tinder is a big data company, meticulously collecting information about what (and who) you like and don’t like. Smart Photos is a single toggle in the Profile section of the app. When toggled on,… Read MoreUPDATE: Former Etsy CTO is joining the prescription drug marketplace, Blink Health
Oct 13, 10:39AM
Fformer Etsy chief technology officer Kellan Elliott-McCrea, is heading over to Blink Health, a company that’s using technology to create a marketplace for cheap prescription medications. Read MoreSamsung offers U.S. Note 7 owners $100 to buy another Samsung
Oct 13, 9:23AM
After the flaming disaster of the defective Galaxy Note 7, which earlier this week drove Samsung to nix production of the device for good, the South Korean electronics giant is upping its damage limitation strategy by offering a larger credit note for consumers who do not abandon its brand. Read MoreGet your tickets to Hardware Alley at Disrupt London 2016 now
Oct 13, 9:00AM
Good news, hardware startups. If you’ve been waiting for the day you’d finally be able to get your hands on tickets to display in Hardware Alley at Disrupt London 2016, you’ll be happy to know that today is the day. Tickets to Hardware Alley are available here. For just £650 plus VAT, your hardware startup will get a spot in the alley for one day for as many as two people… Read MoreComplyAdvantage raises $8.2M Series A to help firms manage compliance
Oct 13, 7:00AM
ComplyAdvantage is a London-based startup that claims to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to help firms manage compliance obligations and at reduced cost. Read MoreCrunch Report | Baidu raises a $3 billion fund
Oct 13, 3:00AM
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell launches a virtual reality company, Baidu raises a $3 billion fund, BMW’s new motorcycle concept, Hyperloop transport system for cargo being built in the UAE and Facebook and Google are partnering to build a trans-Pacific cable. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
What it takes to secure the elections
Oct 13, 1:00AM
While virtually every industry and domain is flourishing and being revolutionized by technological advances, more than three-quarters of U.S. citizens will vote for their next president on paper ballots this November. 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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