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23andMe's Anne Wojcicki and Unity's John Riccitello to join us at Disrupt SF 2018
Apr 03, 5:36PM
Disrupt SF might feel familiar to many of you, but I encourage you to be prepared for a surprise. The world’s most impactful tech startup conference is about to get bigger and better than ever. We’re moving to Moscone West, doubling attendance capacity, and tripling our programming with a total of four stages across three […]
Minit is a monochromatic adventure that eats up hours 60 seconds at a time
Apr 03, 5:19PM
If the overstuffed buffets of Far Cry 5 and other expansive AAA games leave a sour taste in your mouth, you may find Minit a suitable palate cleanser. This charming little top-down adventure combines some clever puzzle solving with a well-realized black and white art style.
AllRaise wants to increase the amount of venture funding female founders receive
Apr 03, 5:14PM
AllRaise, a new non-profit organization that’s behind diversity and inclusion efforts like Female Founder Office Hours (FFOH) and Founders for Change (FfC), wants to increase the amount of funding female founders receive, Forbes first reported earlier today. Currently, female founders receive just 15 percent of all venture funding, according to AllRaise. Within the next five years, AllRaise […]
betaworks VisionCamp introduces seven new AR/computer vision companies
Apr 03, 5:00PM
More than ten years ago, betaworks launched to foster an ecosystem of startups focused on the intersection of media and consumer behavior. While the mission hasn’t changed, the structure has seen some tweaks. The company has introduced its own venture arm, led by Matt Hartman, as well as the more recent launch of betaworks Studios. […]
Facebook launches bulk app removal tool amidst privacy scandal
Apr 03, 5:00PM
Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, users have flocked to their Facebook privacy settings to sever their connection to third-party apps that they no longer wanted to have access to their data. But deleting them all took forever because you had to remove them one by one. Now Facebook has released a new way to select […]
Zendesk hits $500M run rate, launches enterprise content management platform
Apr 03, 4:54PM
Over the last several years, Zendesk has been making the transition from a company that caters mostly to small businesses to one with larger enterprise customers — and their revenue reflects that. The company announced it has crossed the $.5 billion annual run rate since its last earning report in February. It also announced a […]
Spotify opens at $165.90, valuing company at almost $30 billion
Apr 03, 4:49PM
Spotify opened on the New York Stock Exchange at $165.90, giving the company a market value of $29.5 billion. The first trade didn’t happen until 12:45pm Eastern. This is halfway through the trading day, and a record for the latest opening time for a public debut. Shortly after the open, shares fell to a little above […]
HTC is looking for a savior in VR, but it won't find it
Apr 03, 4:39PM
Times are certainly tight at HTC, but their plays in the consumer VR market are starting to look like Hail Marys. The company’s central VR platform play, their Viveport subscription product, is regarded by a lot of people I’ve talked to as little more than bloatware, while their newest product, the Vive Pro, is an […]
Adobe brings more of its AI smarts to its video tools
Apr 03, 4:02PM
Right in time for NAB, Adobe today announced the latest updates to its Premiere CC and After Effects CC video editing and motion graphics tools. The general theme of this release is the introduction of two new AI-powered tools that will make the life of editors easier, as well as a variety of small updates […]
Stackery lands $5.5 million for serverless platform
Apr 03, 4:00PM
When Stackery’s founders were still at New Relic in 2014, they recognized there was an opportunity to provide instrumentation for the emerging serverless tech market. They left the company after New Relic’s IPO and founded Stackery with the goal of providing a governance and management layer for serverless architecture. The company had a couple of big […]
Bancor takes on Crypto exchanges with wallet that converts across tokens
Apr 03, 3:41PM
With the number for cryptocurrencies passing 1,000, and the craze continuing, things are getting pretty wild out there to say the least. And these cryopto asssets can vary from the tokens issued by some no-name startup all the way up to Ether and the venerable Bitcoin. The trouble is, converting those coins into other currencies […]
Google rolls out a better way to search for movies
Apr 03, 3:37PM
Google is rolling out a new feature today that will help you better plan your night at the movies. While the company has supported displaying movie showtimes within Google Search results following the closure of its standalone movie site in 2016, this update will help you narrow down your options more efficiently, thanks to the additions […]
Announcing the agenda for TC Sessions: Robotics at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall on May 11
Apr 03, 3:06PM
TechCrunch is partnering with UC Berkeley on May 11 to produce TC Sessions: Robotics, a one-day show focused on emerging robotic technologies and the startup scene. The editorial team had a blast planning this agenda as, between the Bay Area’s universities and startup ecosystem, there are far more robotics-driven technology projects and startups on the […]
Backblaze partners with Packet and Server Central to better challenge the big clouds
Apr 03, 3:00PM
Backblaze made its name as a cloud-based storage backup provider (and using lots of hard drives in the process) for individuals and businesses. With B2, however, the company also launched a file-centric cloud storage service for developers in 2015 that aims to challenge similar offerings from AWS and Azure on price. Because Backblaze doesn’t offer […]
Messenger adds support for sharing HD video, 360-degree photos
Apr 03, 2:56PM
Perhaps aiming to snag some attention away from Snapchat’s big group video call update out this morning, Facebook also announced an update to its chat app Messenger, which will now allow users to share 360-degree videos and HD quality video (720p). In both cases, you’ll have to capture the photo or video outside the Messenger […]
South Korean capital Seoul mulls 'S-Coin' tokens and blockchain-based government
Apr 03, 2:24PM
South Korea has been at the forefront of the blockchain movement, with some of the highest density of cryptocurrency traders anywhere in the world. Now, as the frenzy around cryptocurrency prices recedes (Bitcoin is around $7350 right now, down from a high of almost $20,000 last December), the country is starting to consider the more […]
Twitter to live stream weekly MLB games in renewed deal
Apr 03, 2:09PM
Major League Baseball games are coming to Twitter as a result of a renewed partnership. This Thursday, Twitter will live stream the Texas Rangers versus the Oakland Athletics at 3:35 PM ET. The game will be the first of the weekly day-game live streams of out-of-market MLB games in the weeks ahead, during the 2018 […]
Mozilla shows off a Firefox 'mixed reality' browser for headsets
Apr 03, 2:09PM
Mozilla wants its newest internet conquest to be mixed reality. The company has just showed off its first look at “Firefox Reality,” a browser built specifically for headsets. Mozilla has been behind some super important work here already with things like A-Frame and the WebVR/WebAR standards, so this isn’t a big surprise at all. The […]
Snap introduces group video calls for up to 16 people
Apr 03, 1:00PM
Snapchat has today introduced a new group video chat feature, letting users chat with up to 16 of their closest friends. If users need more people in the chat (which, for those of us who have large conference calls, sounds awful!), Snap is also offering group voice calls with up to 32 participants. The feature […]
SalesLoft soars with $50 M Series C
Apr 03, 1:00PM
SalesLoft, an Atlanta-based startup that helps companies manage the contact phase of the sales process, announced a $50 million Series C today. Insight Venture Partners was lead investor with participation from LinkedIn and Emergence Capital, which also participated in the company’s A and B rounds. Today’s investment brings the total raised to $75 million, so […]
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