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Google adds ballot information to search results
Oct 14, 2:39PM
Google is again stepping up its efforts to provide U.S. voters with all the information they need ahead of Election Day with the addition of ballot information to Google Search results. Web users who search for a query like “who’s on my ballot,” will now be presented with detailed information about the candidates, as well as information on your own state’s referenda.… Read MoreThe Mr Jones Colour Venn tells the time in CMY but not K
Oct 14, 2:37PM
As a dedicated lover of cyan, magenta, and yellow I welcome Mr. Jones’ addition to the color – or colour – canon. The Colour Venn uses overlapping translucent circles of yellow, red, and blue to display the time. It has an automatic movement, steel case, and leather strap. Mr Jones makes mostly fashion watches but this piece was interesting enough to highlight here for a… Read MoreA baseball wearable designed to prevent pitching injuries
Oct 14, 2:36PM
Tommy John surgeries have seen a marked rise across just about every level of baseball over the past several years. The procedure, which rebuilds a pitcher torn ulnar collateral ligament, has been performed on around a quarter of active major league pitchers according to numbers released last season – and it’s become a major issue with minor league, college and even high school… Read MoreSix new Sun and Moon Pokémon evolutions revealed
Oct 14, 2:29PM
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s release for 3DS rapidly approaches, and the Pokémon Company is unveiling eight new Pokémon unique to the new games, including six evolutions of Sun/Moon characters and two Alola-region variants of existing pocket monsters. The new Pokémon include two evolutions of a new dragon/fighting type that looks like a good candidate for inclusion in my primary lineup of six. Read MoreThat Nike-branded Apple Watch arrives October 28
Oct 14, 1:33PM
Maybe you’ve been waiting for the Nike+ version of the Apple Watch to arrive before running out to buy the Series 2. Because, you know, life is a marathon, not a sprint and all that good stuff. Maybe you’re waiting for a brightly colored, breathable band that says yes, I do in fact work out. Your wait, it seems, will soon be over. Apple’s updated its page for the Nike+… Read MoreIron Man offers to voice Mark Zuckerberg's real-life Jarvis AI
Oct 14, 12:06PM
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sets an ambitious goal every year for himself, and this year it was to create an AI assistant for his home, modelled in part on Jarvis from Marvel’s Iron Man universe. Jarvis gives Iron Man/Tony Stark basically any info he needs, and helps him fight crime, as well as mange his estate and run his business, and the virtual companion is voiced by Paul Bettany in… Read MoreInstagram now has an app for Windows 10 tablets
Oct 14, 11:10AM
Instagram has expanded its app availability to users of tablets running Microsoft’s Windows 10. The Facebook-owned, visual content social sharing platform announced the new app in a blog post yesterday. It’s most notable as there’s still no iPad app for Instagram. Read MoreSpotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon steps down as chairman, CEO Daniel Ek steps up
Oct 14, 10:32AM
A changing of the guard is underway at Spotify, the streaming music service with 40 million paying users and over 100 million overall that competes with the likes of Apple Music, Google Music, Pandora and now Amazon. Co-founder Martin Lorentzon announced (in Swedish) that he is stepping down as chairman of the company. Co-founder Daniel Ek will take on the role alongside his other position… Read MoreSoftbank and Saudi Arabia's PIF planning $100BN tech fund
Oct 14, 8:33AM
Softbank has announced it is creating a new global tech investment fund, seeded with $25 billion of its own money. The fund, which will be London, UK based — with a working title of the ‘Softbank Vision Fund’ — is also set to be bolstered with up to $45BN from the public investment fund of Saudi Arabia. Read MoreGM's car sharing company Maven hits the streets of San Francisco
Oct 14, 4:00AM
Maven, a car sharing company out of General Motors, is driving its way into San Francisco today. The announcement made late Thursday evening is one part of a continued roll-out in several cities throughout the U.S., which started at the beginning of this year. It’s city based car sharing service called Maven City is now available in nine cities throughout the nation, joining Lyft’s… Read MoreCrunch Report | Soylent Bars Are Getting Recalled
Oct 14, 3:00AM
Hyperloop One raises $50 million from DP World Group of Dubai, Soylent Bars are being recalled, Silicon Valley elites donate to controversial Prop Q, Periscope Producer brings us professional live video and a new Rogue One trailer has been released. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
The AI disruption wave
Oct 14, 3:00AM
Information technology evolves through disruption waves. First the computer, then the web and eventually social networks and smartphones all had the power to revolutionize how people live and how businesses operate. They destroyed companies that weren’t able to adapt, while creating new winners in growing markets. Read MoreReturnly raises $3.2M to immediately refund your money after an online return
Oct 13, 11:45PM
Returning a product you bought online is inherently a statement of dislike, but smart retailers are quickly learning that they’re far better off if they shelve their defensive impulses and instead embrace your dissatisfaction with open arms. This is because it turns out that a smooth return process makes customers considerably more likely to repurchase in the days following the… Read MoreUber hits another roadblock
Oct 13, 11:30PM
Uber, the ridesharing behemoth that recently began operating driverless cars and exploring self-flying drone taxis, can’t seem to catch a break these days in the legal arena. The New York State Department of Labor has ruled that two Uber drivers, Jakir Hossain and Levon Alesanian, are indeed employees — not contractors — and therefore eligible to receive unemployment… Read MoreTiny, levitating balls make up this weird 'JOLED' display
Oct 13, 11:13PM
LCDs are old hat, my friend. What you need is dozens of tiny spheres levitated and spun using ultrasonics. That’s what researchers at the Universities of Sussex and Bristol have cooked up, and it’s exactly as weird as you think. Read More>From the distributed workforce to the partnered economy
Oct 13, 11:00PM
Most won’t have noticed a recent $6.5M Series A for a company called Mobilize, but it’s indicative of a major change occurring in businesses today. Companies’ growing reliance on a distributed workforce have been occupying headlines and podcasts for the past couple of years. However, these conversations must now turn to how companies increasingly depend on partnerships as… Read MorePlayStation VR is easily the winner in virtual reality right now
Oct 13, 10:49PM
Consumer virtual reality has a clear new leader today, and it’s the just-launched PlayStation VR. Unequivocally, this is the best VR experience currently available outside of the kinds of high-flying, super-secret test rigs that exist out there for army training or whatever that cost millions of dollars. That includes top-of-line hardware like HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, as well as… Read MoreMobile marketing and data startup mParticle raises $17.5M
Oct 13, 10:42PM
mParticle announced today that it has raised $17.5 million in Series B funding. The New York City startup helps marketers collect user data through a variety of services and then funnel that data to other marketing and analytics tools. Co-founder and CEO Michael Katz said this not only reduces integration challenges and technical difficulties, but also helps businesses get a more unified view… Read MoreVR battle royale: PS VR vs. HTC Vive vs. Oculus Rift
Oct 13, 10:02PM
I’ve spent quite a bit of the last few months with headsets strapped to my face. Whether that has enriched my life significantly or left it in shambles I cannot say, but I will report that the games are at least starting to get really fun and the video content is only getting better. The PlayStation VR launched today, and with that there are about three great options for consumers… Read MoreLevchin's Affirm secures $100M credit line from Morgan Stanley
Oct 13, 10:01PM
This morning, fintech startup Affirm announced a new $100 million credit line from Morgan Stanley. The money will go directly to supporting the company’s current financial products that help customers purchase goods and spread their expenses over a period of time. Morgan Stanley is not the first institutional lender to issue a line of credit to the company. In May of 2015, Affirm closed… 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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