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Facebook was never ephemeral, and now its Stories won't have to be
Jul 09, 10:26PM
Before Snapchat made social media about just today, Facebook made it about forever. The 2011 “Timeline” redesign of the profile and keyword search unlocked your past, encouraging you to curate colorful posts about your life’s top moments. That was actually an inspiration for Snapchat, as its CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in its IPO announcement that […]
Indianapolis vice cop says SESTA/FOSTA closure of Backpage has 'blinded' investigators
Jul 09, 8:57PM
Online sex market Backpage was seized in April following new regulation intended to stem human trafficking, but the results haven't been entirely positive. This story of Indianapolis cops reverting to pre-web tactics for catching pimps and others in the sex trade shows how the closure has taken away a valuable tool for keeping tabs on the unsavory but ineradicable industry.
Retail startup Bulletin is giving brands new tools to manage their in-store presence
Jul 09, 8:44PM
If you visited a Bulletin store, or bought products off its website, COO Ali Kriegsman said you might “pigeonhole” the company as a “feminist apparel brand” — a place to buy T-shirts and accessories with fun, provocative political slogans. And yes, that is part of what draws consumers. But Kriegsman and her co-founder Alana Branston […]
Overwatch 'Pink Mercy' sale raises $12M for breast cancer research
Jul 09, 8:15PM
It can be hard sometimes to grok the scale of the gaming community, but the occasional charity event not only demonstrates the hugeness of the industry but also its diversity and willingness to shell out for a good cause. Today Blizzard announced that an Overwatch charity campaign raised an impressive $12.7 million for breast cancer research in just two weeks.
New Microsoft Surface hardware is probably arriving tomorrow
Jul 09, 6:29PM
Microsoft all but announced as much via the official Surface account. The company tweeted out the leading question "Where will Surface go next?" along with an image of the full lineup — the Pro, Laptop, Book 2 and swiveling all-in-one Studio. The desktops each displaying 6:00 on Tuesday, July 10 is the other key hint […]
Instacart hires its first chief communications officer, Dani Dudeck
Jul 09, 5:36PM
Instacart, the grocery delivery platform valued at $4.2 billion, has today announced that it has hired its first chief communications officer in Dani Dudeck. Dudeck has been in the communications world for the past 15 years, serving as VP of Global Communications at MySpace for four years and moving to Zynga as CCO in 2010. […]
Meet TechCrunch in Tunis, Cairo, Dubai and Beirut this month
Jul 09, 4:56PM
TechCrunch just announced our first-ever Startup Battlefield MENA taking place in Beirut, Lebanon in October. We're hitting the road to meet with regional early-stage startups, investors and entrepreneurs in July. Sign up below. Startups and investors can meet the TechCrunch team and learn more about TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield program. Founders will learn how to apply for Startup Battlefield […]
TrustToken opens its dollar-backed cryptocurrency to accredited investors
Jul 09, 4:39PM
Pitching a dollar-pegged token that offers cryptocurrency speculators a way to move their investments across volatile exchanges, TrustToken (the first public investment from a16z crypto) is now looking for public investments from accredited investors on CoinList. The company’s first token is TrueUSD, a stablecoin that is redeemable one-to-one for U.S. dollars. In its first four […]
Snapchat code reveals team-up with Amazon for 'Camera Search'
Jul 09, 4:28PM
Snapchat is building a visual product search feature, codenamed “Eagle,” that delivers users to Amazon’s listings. Buried inside the code of Snapchat’s Android app is an unreleased “Visual Search” feature where you “Press and hold to identify an object, song, barcode, and more! This works by sending data to Amazon, Shazam, and other partners.” Once […]
PlayVS CEO Delane Parnell to talk high school esports at Disrupt SF
Jul 09, 4:19PM
The gaming world is evolving at a rapid clip. No longer is the idea of the lonely gamer a reality. Twitch and Discord have brought gamers together and given everyone the opportunity to see just how talented some of these young players are. Meanwhile, publishers and esports organizations have built out an infrastructure. But there […]
Topbox raises $5M for its customer experience analytics service
Jul 09, 4:19PM
Topbox helps businesses understand how their customers experience their products and where they run into issues by analyzing voice and text chats to surveys, social media posts and online reviews. Today, the company announced it has raised a $5 million funding round led by Telescope Partners, with participation from Cascade Angels, Flyover Capital and the […]
BigClapper does away with tedious clapping, happiness
Jul 09, 4:02PM
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot clapping over a human face, forever,” wrote George Orwell, and his dire prediction has finally come to pass. This product – a year old device that I have never seen before but now love – is called BigClapper and it is basically an orb […]
Digging deeper into smart speakers reveals two clear paths
Jul 09, 3:48PM
In a truly fascinating exploration into two smart speakers – the Sonos One and the Amazon Echo – BoltVC’s Ben Einstein has found some interesting differences in the way a traditional speaker company and an infrastructure juggernaut look at their flagship devices. The post is well worth a full read but the gist is this: […]
Autodesk acquires Assemble Systems to build up its construction tech vertical
Jul 09, 3:19PM
Autodesk has made a name for itself among designers, engineers and architects with its 3D and other modelling software. Now, as it continues to build out its business in adjacent business areas like construction, it has acquired Assemble Systems, a startup that has built a platform to help plan and run building projects — and […]
Apple releases new iPad, FaceID ads
Jul 09, 2:12PM
Apple has released a handful of new ads promoting the iPad’s portability and convenience over both laptops and traditional paper solutions. The 15-second ads focus on how the iPad can make even the most tedious things — travel, notes, paperwork, and ‘stuff’ — just a bit easier. Three out of the four spots show the […]
Samsung's new India phone factory is 'world's largest'
Jul 09, 2:01PM
This week Samsung is opening what it's calling the world's largest mobile phone factory in the world's second largest smartphone market. Expansion, which will be fully complete in 2020, is expected to nearly double Noida (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority), India's current phone producing capabilities from 68- to 120 million phones per year. The electronics […]
Dish Hopper devices get Google Assistant functionality
Jul 09, 2:00PM
After promising up the feature for the better part of a year, Dish's Hopper line just got Google Assistant functionality. The feature brings hands-free control to the receivers, allowing for the standard array of functionality like play, pause, fast forward and rewind, along with content search. Here are a handful of examples from Google, "Turn […]
The Great British Hack-Off summer festival hackathon will aim at Brexit
Jul 09, 12:37PM
It’s very hard to know what the effects of Brexit are "on the ground". Local news no longer has much of a business model to concentrate on specific subjects or campaigns. Social media is a mess of local facebook groups which only locals can see. MPs often ignore email / online campaigns from constituents. The […]
Index Ventures closes 2 funds, $1B for growth rounds and $650M for early-stage investing
Jul 09, 10:49AM
Make way for more money into the startup investing pool. Today, Index Ventures announced that it has closed a total of $1.65 billion in new funds — $1 billion that it plans to invest in later-stage, growth rounds, and $650 million that it plans to put into earlier rounds for smaller startups. The venture fund […]
China's largest music streaming business is planning a US IPO
Jul 09, 10:33AM
Fresh from Spotify’s unique direct listing in the U.S., another huge streaming service is about to follow suit and go public in America. Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has nothing like the global profile of Spotify, but China’s top streaming service is heading for the U.S. public markets according to a filing made this weekend by […]
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