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Chat app Kik to raise $125M through an ICO in September
Aug 30, 6:45AM
Messaging app company Kik has revealed that it plans to raise $125 million via its ICO. The company first announced the plan to hold a token sale in May, taking advantage of a rush of investment based around selling dedicated crypto tokens to investors, and the event will take place from September 12, it confirmed. Kik has already ‘pre-heated the oven’ by raising $50 million… Read MoreFossil is betting big on fashion-focused Android Wear watches in 2018
Aug 30, 6:00AM
Fossil Group is doubling down on its Android Wear smartwatch investment with a range of new wearables, many of which feature full-round AMOLED displays, which offer perfectly circular touchscreen interfaces without any cutouts like those found on previous generations. Some of the new watches are on display at IFA this year, and will go on sale in time for both fall and holiday shopping season… Read MoreIn the newest sign of a shakeout in coding boot camps, Galvanize is laying off 11 percent of staffers
Aug 30, 3:44AM
After years of explosive growth, coding boot camps are starting to scale back, if not shut down altogether. Two schools have announced plans to close this year: Dev Bootcamp in San Francisco and Iron Yard of Greenville, South Carolina. They have deep-pocketed parent companies, too, having been acquired by Kaplan and the Apollo Education Group, respectively. Now, Galvanize is revealing that… Read MoreCrunch Report | Google Unveils ARCore
Aug 30, 3:08AM
Google unveils ARCore, YouTube’s big redesign exits out of beta, Google Maps now makes it easier to find parking and Thiel backs offshore herpes vaccine trial. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Uber finally confirms that Khosrowshahi will be its new CEO, and Kalanick 'couldn't be happier'
Aug 30, 2:34AM
It’s officially official. News reports have been telling you since Sunday that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had been offered the CEO role at Uber, but that was based on sources, not any company statements. It also wasn’t entirely clear if he had formally accepted the offer. Uber didn’t make an announcement until just now. Here is the text of an email from the… Read MoreGo big and go analog with the Lomo'Instant Square camera
Aug 30, 12:45AM
We don’t do a lot of Kickstarter posts because the outcomes of crowdfunding campaigns, especially hardware ones, are notoriously unpredictable. But it’s with an easy conscience that I recommend Lomography’s new instant film camera; I backed the company’s last one, the Automat, and it’s been fantastic. This one looks similarly fun, and shoots in a larger format. Read MoreAI startup Appier gets $33M Series C from investors, including SoftBank Group, Line Corp. and Naver
Aug 30, 12:00AM
Appier, a Taiwanese startup that helps companies harness artificial intelligence to make marketing decisions, announced today that it has raised a $33 million Series C round from an impressive roster of Asian investors. They are SoftBank Group Corp., Line Corp., Naver Corp., EDBI and Hong Kong-based financial services firm AMTD Group. Read MoreWatch finalists strive for speed in SpaceX's Hyperloop Pod competition
Aug 29, 11:08PM
SpaceX this past weekend held its second Hyperloop Pod design competition for student teams at the 0.77 mile-long test track it built near its Hawthorne HQ, and we were there to witness the final showdown between the top three qualifying competitors. The day was an exciting one with the teams eager to show that their pods could not only travel the length of SpaceX’s test track —… Read MoreHow tech companies are helping Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey
Aug 29, 10:53PM
For Houston area residents still being pounded by record rains, Harvey is a marathon — a vast sprawl of a natural disaster still so present that its impact can’t yet be accurately assessed. In response, locals across the region have come together. The tech industry too is coming together to alleviate the suffering of those affected. Here’s what some of tech’s major… Read MoreDOJ is investigating Uber for possible foreign bribes
Aug 29, 10:13PM
The global ridesharing company, which has come under added scrutiny for allegations of sexism and various other lawsuits in recent months, may be finding itself in more hot water. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Department of Justice is evaluating whether managers breached the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which relates to bribing foreign officials. Read MoreMeet eight startups joining MetaProp NYC's real estate accelerator
Aug 29, 9:58PM
For the third year, MetaProp NYC is bringing together a group of startups focused on real estate tech. This time, the companies are tackling issues like green buildings, apartment entry and parking. Most of them are based in New York, but some come from as far away as Singapore. “Our incoming accelerator cohort is indicative of the increasingly fast global growth and demand for… Read MoreOpenStack sees new use cases in edge computing and fast-growing interest in China
Aug 29, 9:47PM
OpenStack, the massive open-source project that aims to bring the power and ease of use of public clouds like AWS and Azure to private data centers, today launched Pike, the sixteenth major version of its software. Read MoreAnd the Emmy goes to… Apple, DJI, Microsoft and Comcast (?! 💁)
Aug 29, 9:44PM
A handful of tech companies have just been given Emmy awards for a variety of behind-the-scenes accomplishments. Yeah, I didn’t know it was a thing either! Well, I kind of knew. They just don’t play it up a lot. But it’s still a little weird to see Apple win one for Siri, Microsoft win one for Skype and… Comcast win one for its X1 remote. Really?! Read MoreOverwatch finally adds Deathmatch and it kind of sucks
Aug 29, 8:44PM
I haven’t played another FPS besides Overwatch in months, which makes me qualified to state that Overwatch is the best FPS on the market. That said, until today, it was lacking a deathmatch mode. And players wanted deathmatch. Though after playing a few rounds, it’s clear why adding this mode was not a priority. Before this update, the only way to play the game was through… Read MoreA preview of the first wave of AR apps coming to iPhones
Aug 29, 8:02PM
There are a variety of reasons that people are excited about the possibilities but it’s safe to say that the number one positive that’s shared by everyone is the sheer scale of possible customers that will be able to experience augmented reality on day one of iOS 11. Hundreds of millions of potential users before the year is out is a potent pitch. I’ve seen some very cool… Read MoreExpedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he's taking the Uber CEO position
Aug 29, 7:45PM
The contract still needs some finishing touches, but Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has indicated to The Wall Street Journal today he plans to accept the Uber CEO position. Read MoreEmber just raised $13 million for its popular, temperature-controlled mugs
Aug 29, 7:42PM
Two years ago, Ember launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to build a mug that keeps hot drinks hot and iced drinks cool. Contributors gave the company nearly $362,000. Fast-forward and the five-year-old startup has now raised just north of $24 million altogether, including a $13 million Series C round that it quietly closed last week. Read More3D-printed space habitats earn $400K in prizes at NASA competition
Aug 29, 7:14PM
One of the many considerations we will have should we decide at last to colonize another planet is where we’ll live. Should we bring inflatable habitats? Should we ship girders and metal sheets? Or should we 3D-print the structures right there on the planet in question? Two universities’ early efforts to do so earned them a combined $400,000 at a NASA competition held last week. Read MoreEvery board member of anonymous app Whisper has reportedly stepped down
Aug 29, 6:52PM
Remember Whisper, the anonymous chat app? It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from the company, but it’s still around and has recently lost a bunch of high-profile board members. Read MoreUber HR tells employees that Khosrowshahi has been offered CEO role
Aug 29, 6:02PM
The news broke Sunday that Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, has been offered the top job at Uber. But it was unclear whether Khosrowshahi had accepted. Expedia Chairman Barry Diller said yesterday that he expected Khosrowshahi to take the job, but that it wasn’t finalized just yet. And now Yahoo Finance is reporting that Uber HR has told employees the offer is official. 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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