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P2P car marketplace Shift pauses DC operations, lays off 10% of staff
Jan 25, 7:55PM
After Beepi shut down its service and transferred its operations to stealth Fair.com, its closest competitor Shift is facing some downsizing, too — a measure of the challenges of the peer-to-peer car selling business model that both had been trying to establish. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Shift has laid off just under 10 percent of all its staff, or 25 people, and it… Read MoreFacebook Messenger begins testing ads…and they're big
Jan 25, 7:51PM
Facebook today is beginning to test integrating ads into its mobile messaging app’s user interface. The company says it will launch what it characterizes as a “very small test” in Australia and Thailand, which will allow businesses to place an ad on the Messenger home screen. These fairly prominent card-style ads include image thumbnails accompanied by text and a link. Read MorePepper the robot gets a gig at the Oakland airport
Jan 25, 7:40PM
Pepper the robot has apparently been enjoying its time in the Bay this winter. After scoring a gig greeting shoppers at a pair of shopping malls just ahead of the holidays, Softbank’s friendly humanoid ‘bot will be hitting the airport in a [ahem] pilot program. The latest in Pepper’s on-going factotum of jobs finds it taking up residence at a restaurant in Terminal 2 of… Read MoreApple files a $145 million patent suit against Qualcomm in China
Jan 25, 7:34PM
Apple doesn’t do lawsuits lightly. Hot on the heel of a suit against Qualcomm here in the States, it’s taking the San Diego-based chipmaker to intellectual property court in Beijing. The damages are considerably less than the Stateside suit, at “just” 1 billion yuan ($145.32 million), compared to $1 billion here, but the allegations are similar, with Apple accusing… Read More11 books to help prepare for our coming post-apocalyptic future
Jan 25, 7:06PM
Post-apocalypses are fun. We prepare for them – here’s looking at, you, Petey! – and we love to watch them unfold on The Walking Dead. But they’re not real and probably never will be. So why do we love them so much? By reading them, we can pretend they really happened and when we’re done we can recall the signs and avoid them. I’ve been writing a… Read MorePostmates takes on Drizly with alcohol delivery in 25 minutes or less
Jan 25, 6:00PM
Alcohol is one of the more perfect on-demand delivery items. However, the industry has been so fragmented for so long that it’s nearly impossible for each local liquor store to operate an efficient online purchasing program (plus delivery). Startups like Drizly and Minibar have gotten in on the game, but now Postmates is throwing its hat into the ring officially. Postmates is now… Read MoreFacebook Trending adds headlines for context but drops personalization
Jan 25, 6:00PM
Facebook’s controversial Trending topics feature is sacrificing support for niche interests in favor of an internationally scalable approach that could create nationwide digital water cooler moments you can read at a glance. Facebook is making three significant updates to Trending that will start rolling out in the US today on desktop in the right sidebar. Facebook is adding an… Read MoreTrump is apparently still using his unsecured Android phone
Jan 25, 5:52PM
Last week, we reported that Trump had somewhat begrudgingly trading his beloved Android phone in for something more secure. An unnamed encrypted device with a phone number that “few people possess.” At the time, it seemed to put to rest the question of whether the new president would finally abandon his personal Twitter machine for the sake of national security. Now, deep in a… Read MoreAlphabet to sell Terra Bella satellite unit to Planet, also talked with Climate Corp.
Jan 25, 5:47PM
Sources tell TechCrunch that Google parent company Alphabet is in advanced discussions to sell its Terra Bella satellite business — originally acquired as Skybox Imaging in 2014 — to Planet Labs. Alphabet also considered a sale to at least one other company, Monsanto’s Climate Corporation, for around $300 million. A potential sale to Planet was first reported earlier… Read MoreFacebook Stories puts a Snapchat clone above the News Feed
Jan 25, 5:36PM
Instagram put a dent in Snapchat by placing its own version of Snapchat Stories atop its feed, and now Facebook is doing the same. Today Facebook launched Facebook Stories in Ireland on iOS and Android, with plans to bring it to more countries in the coming months. The feature lets you share ephemeral photos and videos in a slideshow that disappears 24 hours later. The little circles to… Read MoreMatch's new feature shows you who you crossed paths with in the real world
Jan 25, 5:26PM
Match is rolling out a new feature that will help its dating app customers see who they’ve crossed paths with in the real world, and say “hi” if they’re interested in chatting. The opt-in feature called “Missed Connections” takes advantage of location-based services on the users’ phones, but is designed in a way to ensure user privacy, Match says.… Read MoreCisco woos AppDynamics away from IPO: It's The Daily Crunch
Jan 25, 5:15PM
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday our daily guided tour of the biggest tech stories from the past 24 hours will appear here on TechCrunch.com. To get The Daily Crunch in your inbox every day of the week, sign up here. Cisco buys big, Google gets aggro on bad ads and Zuckerberg is not the next president. But maybe the one after that? All this and more in The Daily Crunch for January 25… Read MoreCisco-AppDynamics $3.7 billion deal all about the data
Jan 25, 4:58PM
When Cisco bought AppDynamics last night for $3.7 billion, it was initially a bit of a shocker, partly because of the timing, just days before the startup was scheduled to IPO. While the acquisition was clearly part of a longer term strategy by Cisco to shift focus from its hardware business to one based more on cloud software, at its core, the deal was a pure data play. Data has taken… Read MoreLyft expands to 40 new U.S. cities on Thursday, 100 by end of year
Jan 25, 4:48PM
Lyft is ready to accelerate its U.S. expansion plans. The company’s head of early stage markets and market expansion Jaime Raczka told Business Insider about its growth plans, which include rolling out service for the ride-hailing service to 40 new cities in the U.S. on Thursday, and eventually reaching 100 new cities by the end of 2017, for a total operational footprint of 300 in… Read MoreHP recalls an additional 101,000 batteries over fire concerns
Jan 25, 4:17PM
Back in June, HP recalled 41,000 batteries in the US over concerns surrounding overheating, fire and burn hazards. This week, the company’s tacked a pretty massive number onto that tally, adding 101,000 additional batteries (on top of around 4,000 in Mexico and 3,000 in Canada). The recall, detailed by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, covers lithium ion units compatible with… Read MoreApple Watch will soon let you talk to Siri to use your apps
Jan 25, 4:12PM
The next version of Apple Watch’s software will let you talk to Siri via your smartwatch in order to interact with third-party applications, according to new developer documentation from Apple released on Tuesday. This will let you do things like order an Uber, send a message through a chat application, make a payment, and more. The feature is one of a handful of enhancements expected… Read MoreAmazon adds ocean freight to the pieces of the shipping puzzle it controls
Jan 25, 4:11PM
Amazon has begun shipping products from Chinese merchant partners to its U.S. warehouses via ocean freighters, the Wall Street Journal reports. This is something it used to outsource exclusively, and another piece of the overall shipping and logistics picture that it’s now controlling directly, at least in part. Amazon doesn’t own ships, or employ crews, but it now acts as a… Read MoreApple reportedly close to India manufacturing deal in hopes of expanding reach in market
Jan 25, 3:26PM
The world’s second most populous nation is on track to become its second largest smartphone market, soon surprising the US, according to industry analysts. For Apple, however, it’s been a tough market to crack. A newly published report from Canalys doesn’t even feature the company in a breakdown with Samsung in the top spot at 22-percent, in a market otherwise dominated… Read MoreT-Mobile gives former AT&T customers a free year of Hulu, because DirecTV Now doesn't work
Jan 25, 3:16PM
In December, T-Mobile ran a promotion which offered customers switching from AT&T a free year of AT&T’s new live TV service, DirecTV Now. The offer was meant to help stem the tide of potential customer losses, given DirecTV Now’s discounted pricing for newcomers, and its promises to zero-rate the streaming service on its network – meaning it wouldn’t count… Read MoreBackstage Capital is raising a second fund to invest in as many women of color as possible
Jan 25, 3:14PM
When Backstage Capital Founder and Managing Partner Arlan Hamilton first stumbled upon Silicon Valley — as an area and a state of mind — she realized she had found her people. But after spending some time there and sussing it out, she realized something that ultimately changed her path. “I noticed it was the land of opportunity, but not for everyone,” Hamilton told me. 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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