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Menswear retailer Q Fifty One is acquiring Edition Collective to reinvent their e-commerce strategy
Oct 20, 3:00PM
Q Fifty One is Texas-based retailer that operates two different brands: Q Clothier, a custom-suit store with 6 locations and Rye 51, a more casual luxury men’s apparel brand with a few stores in Texas. The stores have quickly become popular – with under 10 locations and no e-commerce option they are now doing 8 figures in revenue. But any successful and long-lasting business in… Read MoreBumpers raises $1M seed to let anyone make podcasts from their phone
Oct 20, 3:00PM
These days, you can’t wander around the internet without running into a podcast. And yet, it takes a lot of time, energy, and equipment to make those podcasts. Enter Bumpers.fm. Bumpers is an app that lets anyone make a podcast straight from their phone, using the phone’s built-in microphone. The company just raised $1 million in seed, led by Spark Capital, with participation… Read MoreThe new Remix Android set top box adds 4K video
Oct 20, 3:00PM
Even with an abundant number of Android set top boxes floating around, the promise of the Remix Mini managed to capture Kickstarter’s imagination in a big way, pulling in $1.6 million in pledges when it closed in August of last year. The device’s success was due in no small part to pricing – the company was offering early birds a first-gen version of the system for $20, a… Read MoreNintendo wants all third-party games on the Nintendo Switch
Oct 20, 2:43PM
Nintendo finally unveiled the successor to the Wii U and 3DS — the Nintendo Switch. Interestingly, Nintendo won’t just be showing off its own games before the release. In the press release, the company announced that it has partnered with most of the big video game companies. For once, Nintendo wants to partner with third-party developers in a big way. While many video game… Read MoreChina overtakes the U.S. in iOS App Store revenue
Oct 20, 2:32PM
China has now overtaken the U.S. to become the largest market in the world for App Store revenue, according to a new report out this morning from app intelligence firm App Annie. The country earned over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016, which puts it ahead of the U.S. by over 15 percent. The U.S. had been the number one iOS market since 2010, the report notes. Today, Chinese consumers spend more than… Read MoreThis is Nintendo's next gaming console, the Nintendo Switch
Oct 20, 2:02PM
After over a year of secrecy and wild rumors, here it is: Nintendo’s next home gaming system, the Nintendo Switch (previously codenamed the NX.) Nintendo released this preview trailer this morning. Though they officially confirmed that they were working on a new console way back in March of 2015, this is the first glimpse they’ve actually released. As rumored, the system appears to… Read MoreNintendo added $1.36 billion in market cap after Nintendo NX teaser
Oct 20, 1:54PM
In just a few minutes, Nintendo will unveil (update: meet the Nintendo Switch) the first official teaser for the Nintendo NX, the company’s next flagship console. While the console isn’t supposed to come out until March 2017, people are excited — including investors. A few minutes after Nintendo teased the NX preview on Twitter, Nintendo’s shares jumped. The company… Read MoreIndia's Wipro buys cloud services consultancy Appirio for $500M
Oct 20, 1:28PM
Some more consolidation afoot in the cloud services industry, specifically around integration services. Wipro, a IT services company originally founded in India, announced that it has acquired Appirio — a consultancy focused on cloud services and cloud integration — for $500 million. The deal confirms earlier reports of the acquisition that said it would be for a price closer… Read MoreNew MacBook Pro OLED mini screen could be called the Magic Toolbar
Oct 20, 1:19PM
Hints are starting to appear about Apple’s brand new MacBook Pro. The most striking difference with the existing model could be a second OLED mini display that would replace the function row on the keyboard — and it could be called the Magic Toolbar. In exactly one week, Apple will most likely unveil the successor to the current retina MacBook Pro. That’s probably why The… Read MoreThe NBA will stream one live game a week in VR all season long
Oct 20, 1:00PM
Like basketball? Like virtual reality? Well you’re in luck. The NBA just announced that starting next week the league will be streaming one game a week in VR, all season long. The games and teams will rotate each week, but with about 30 weeks in the season there’s a good shot you’ll be able to see your team play in VR at least once. The stream will be hosted by NextVR, the… Read MoreTravelBank launches expense account app that pays you for underspending
Oct 20, 12:38PM
Employees waste tons of money through expense accounts because there’s no incentive to book flights early, stay at a modest hotel, or dine on the cheap. But a new startup called TravelBank can predict what employees should be spending on trips, help them file their expenses, and even give them cash rewards if they come in under budget. TravelBank has raised a $10 million Series A round… Read MoreVerizon says it's "still evaluating" Yahoo discount as carrier sees another quarter of revenue decline
Oct 20, 11:40AM
Verizon, the largest carrier in the U.S. and owner of a large set of media properties via AOL (including TechCrunch), today reported mixed third-quarter earnings and saw growth in subscriber numbers. But it was light on a detail about the big elephant in the room: would it ask for a discount on its original, recent $4.83 billion offer to buy Yahoo? Update: During the analyst… Read MoreDocuSign partners with major payment providers to offer pay at signing
Oct 20, 10:00AM
DocuSign built a $3 billion valuation by providing a simple way to execute an electronic signature. That has worked well as far as it goes, but in order to separate from the growing pack of competitor companies, it announced today that it’s allowing users to add a payment to be collected digitally at signing. This is particularly important for contracts that require a down payment… Read MoreAsthma tracking startup Propeller Health takes in $21.5 million to grow and go global
Oct 20, 10:00AM
Imagine not being able to breathe and imagine that loss of breath coming out of nowhere. It’s a frightening position to be in, but one company, Propeller Health wants to help people head off asthma attacks and other respiratory conditions before they get to that point by watching every breath they take. Today the company announced the close of $21.5 million in Series C funding to… Read MoreWatch this autonomous Tesla drive from home to work on its own
Oct 20, 9:10AM
Tesla announced Wednesday evening that all Tesla cars made from now on will have all the hardware they need on board to achieve full self-driving (though autonomous software will rollout later, with a cross-country demo planned for the end of 2017). Tesla’s already doing its own early testing, of course, and the video above shows a vehicle with fully autonomous capabilities navigating… Read MoreAnarchy or ecstasy in the UK? Study to reveal Brexit impact at Disrupt London, Dec 5-6
Oct 20, 9:00AM
TechCrunch Disrupt in London is on 5-6 December. Today we’re delighted to say James Wise, Partner with Balderton Capital is also joining our panel on the theme of the impact of Brexit on startups in the UK and Europe. Wise will reveal results of a custom study on the fallout Brexit could have on the UK and European talent and startup ecosystems, as part of our robust discussion on the… Read MoreGoogle's Cloud Platform gets new a cold storage service
Oct 20, 8:00AM
At an event in London today Google announced a couple of updates to its cloud storage services. The most important of these is the launch of Coldline, a new cold storage service for archival data, but the company also announced its new Regional storage service and the rebranding of its Standard storage under the “Multi-Region” moniker. If you know your Google Cloud Storage,… Read MoreTapping into photo history, the £449 Kodak Ektra smartphone puts camera mechanics front and center
Oct 20, 7:07AM
In a week where there has been much talk about a new phone vying to have world’s best smartphone camera, another device focused on photos called the Kodak Ektra is also making its public debut (after being teased earlier this month). Launching today in the UK and initially available only in Europe for £449 ($550), the Ektra is hoping to attract photo enthusiasts — in its case… Read MoreThe TC Meetup + Pitch-off in Seoul goes down in one week! Buy tickets now!
Oct 20, 4:00AM
In less than a week, TechCrunch is packing up and flying to Seoul, South Korea to get acquainted with one of the world’s biggest and brightest tech scenes. And we’re bringing the TC Meetup + Pitch-off with us, so get excited! Ten local startups will have exactly 60 seconds on stage to present their product to the audience and a panel of expert judges, including local VCs and TC… Read MoreCrunch Report | LeEco Debuts in the U.S.
Oct 20, 3:36AM
Tito Hamze goes to the LeEco event to check out its U.S. debut, Glassdoor tells you if you’re being underpaid, Google’s Unplugged moves closer to reality with CBS deal, Twitter continues to be called out in response to hate on platform and Apple is having an event on October 27th. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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