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Google Photos adds likes and favorites with hearts and stars
May 21, 7:50PM
Twitter swapped out its Favorite star icon for an appreciation-focused heart icon instead, but Google Photos is embracing both icons with an update rolling out now. The company announced this afternoon it’s adding a new star-shaped Favorites button to its photo-sharing service starting today, which will be followed by a heart-shaped “Like” button next week. […]
Sony shrinks its Digital Paper tablet down to a more manageable 10 inches
May 21, 6:52PM
I had a great time last year with Sony's catchily named DPT-RP1, an e-paper tablet that's perfect for reading PDFs and other big documents, but one of my main issues was simply how big the thing is. Light and thin but 13 inches across, the tablet was just unwieldy. Heeding (I assume) my advice, Sony is putting out a smaller version and I can't wait to try it out.
Barack and Michelle Obama sign production deal with Netflix
May 21, 4:59PM
Another (very) big deal for Netflix: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have reached an agreement to produce films and series for the streaming service. The New York Times first reported in March that the Obamas were in “advanced negotiations” with Netflix. The goal, supposedly, was less about criticizing the Trump administration or […]
TheSkimm closes its $12M Series C with big names Shonda Rhimes and Tyra Banks on board
May 21, 4:54PM
In March, the female-led media company and newsletter provider theSkimm reported it was raising a $12 million Series C from Google Ventures and Spanx founder Sara Blakely, along with several existing investors. Today, the company is confirming its Series C round has closed with a number of new, mostly female investors joining — including big names like […]
Lyft reportedly wants to launch electric scooter service
May 21, 4:40PM
Because there aren’t enough electric scooters on the roads, Lyft is looking into launching its own fleet of electric scooters in San Francisco, The Information reports. Lyft would join the likes of Spin, Bird and Lime — the three startups that deployed their scooters in San Francisco, without permission, back in March. Lyft has reportedly been […]
Facebook and Qualcomm will bring fast WiFi to cities in mid-2019
May 21, 4:32PM
Facebook's been talking Terragraph since way back during its 2016 F8 keynote. The social media giant's ambitious plan to bring fast Wifi to cities is taking another key step toward real world trials with the addition of Qualcomm. The chipmaking giant announced today that it will add the 60Ghz tech to its future chipsets, with […]
OpenStack spins out its Zuul open source CI/CD platform
May 21, 4:17PM
There are few open-source projects as complex as OpenStack, which essentially provides large companies with all the tools to run the equivalent of the core AWS services in their own data centers. To build OpenStack’s various systems the team also had to develop some of its own DevOps tools, and, in 2012, that meant developing […]
Cryptocurrency and a stock market boom pushes TradingView to $37 million in new funding
May 21, 4:08PM
Fueled by last year’s greed-inducing visions of a cryptocurrency boom and a stock market largely untethered from classical economics, TradingView, a developer of social networking and data analysis tools for financial markets, has raised millions in new venture funding. The New York-based company just scored $37 million in funding led by the growth-stage investment firm […]
Alibaba's newest initiative aims to make Hong Kong a global AI hub
May 21, 2:46PM
Alibaba is teaming up with SenseTime, the world’s highest-valued AI startup, to launch a not-for-profit artificial intelligence lab in Hong Kong in a bid to make the city a global hub for artificial intelligence. Alibaba, which is SenseTime’s largest single investor thanks to a recent $600 million round at a valuation of $4.5 billion, is […]
HMD raises $100 million to bring even more Nokia phones to market
May 21, 2:42PM
HMD Global has been one of the mobile world's biggest surprise hits in recent years. Founded by former Nokia execs, the Finnish company has made a name for itself reviving the dearly departed brand on Android smartphones to great effect. And it just managed to raise another $100 million, led by Ginko Ventures' Alpha Ginko […]
Teen monitoring app TeenSafe exposes thousands of passwords
May 21, 1:40PM
U.K.-based security researcher Robert Wiggins has found two exposed TeenSafe servers, leaking the passwords and information of some users of the monitoring service. TeenSafe is meant to protect teenagers by letting their parents monitor their texts, phone calls, web history, location and app downloads. The breach was first reported by ZDNet. According to the report, […]
CREXi raises $11 million to bring commercial real estate out of the Dark Ages
May 21, 1:26PM
Managing, buying and selling commercial real estate is a fairly primitive process. CREXi founder Mike DeGiorgio remembers one experience in 2014 when he was required to fax and mail details about an urgent transaction to the leasing office, a move that made him think he was back in the era of Pogs and MTV’s Real […]
Now you can buy a laptop with Alexa preinstalled
May 21, 1:24PM
It was just matter of time, really. Amazon's push to get its smart assistant on every piece of hardware imaginable now includes Windows 10 laptops, starting with Acer's Spin 3 and 5 lines. Both include models sporting Alexa, currently available at retail. Acer looks to be all in with the assistant — Alexa is coming […]
This top Silicon Valley venture firm just made a contrarian move with its newest fund
May 21, 12:00PM
In Silicon Valley, venture firms with a track record of success find themselves awash in money thanks to the growing number of institutions that want to invest more of their capital in tech. In March, an SEC filing showed that General Catalyst had closed a $1.375 billion fund, the biggest vehicle in its 18-year history. […]
Chinese bike-sharing giant Mobike is making big plans for India
May 21, 11:49AM
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Chinese bike-sharing startup Mobike, which was recently acquired in a $3 billion deal, was already present in India. The company went on an aggressive global expansion spree in 2017; India wasn’t on the radar then, but that’ll soon be rectified with a launch expected in early June. Mobike has bold […]
Where to watch Zuckerberg's meeting with EU MEPs on Tuesday
May 21, 11:47AM
The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s meeting with elected representatives of the European Union’s ~500 million citizens will be livestreamed after all, it was confirmed today. MEPs had been angered by the original closed door format of the meeting, which was announced by the EU parliament’s president last week. But on Friday a majority of the political groups in […]
Last chance to get a table in Startup Alley at TC Tel Aviv 2018
May 21, 10:09AM
Startups, TechCrunch Tel Aviv 2018 is coming for you in just two weeks! As you may know, we're hosting our inaugural day-long conference at the Tel Aviv Convention Center on 7 June. The event will feature TechCrunch's signature stellar programming on Mobility, and we will also have a new expo area called Startup Alley, where hundreds […]
Whisk, the smart food platform that makes recipes shoppable, acquires competitor Avocando
May 21, 9:13AM
Whisk, the U.K. startup that has built a B2B data platform to power various food apps, including making online recipes “shoppable,” has acquired Avocando, a competitor based in Germany. The exact financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed, although TechCrunch understands it was all-cash and that Whisk is acquiring the tech, customer base, integrations and […]
Tradeshift fires-up blockchain to address late payment problem
May 21, 9:12AM
While the cryptocurrency world continues to swirl around in a daze of troughs and highs, startups are continuing to make use of the fundamental underlying strengths of blockchain technology. A new entrant in this race is Tradeshift, a leading player in supply-chain payments and marketplaces, which is today launching its new service, which enables blockchain-based […]
Launch with TechCrunch in the Startup Battlefield competition at Disrupt SF 2018
May 21, 8:23AM
This message goes out to all you early-stage startup founders with the drive and determination to take your company all the way to the land of the unicorns. Now's the time to apply to TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield competition — the world's best startup pitch competition going down at Disrupt San Francisco 2018 on September 5-7. If you require incentive, […]
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