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Facebook Dating will be a feature, not an app; here's a peek
Aug 03, 10:25PM
Facebook Dating doesn’t plan to launch a standalone dating app, which should temper expectations about how deeply it’s diving into Tinder and Match Group’s territory. The feature will be based inside Facebook’s main app, alongside its many other utilities buried beyond the home screen. It’s not ready for the public yet, but company employees are […]
Rentlogic lands millions to grade NYC real estate for renters and landlords
Aug 03, 10:25PM
A company called Rentlogic has raised $2.4 million to take the guesswork out of determining whether that cheap, beautiful New York apartment is actually a deathtrap wrapped in a brownstone's clothing. Renting in New York is murder already, but using Rentlogic, apartment hunters can figure out if their new housing situation could actually kill them (or put them […]
EA apologizes for 'unfortunate mistake' of cutting Colin Kaepernick reference from 'Madden'
Aug 03, 9:30PM
EA became the subject of online scrutiny this week when it was discovered that the gaming giant deleted a reference to Colin Kaepernick on the soundtrack for Madden 19. The former 49ers quarterback was name-checked by rapper Big Sean on a verse of the YG song "Big Bank," only to have the mention deleted. The […]
Kin expands its celebrity-driven 'neighborhood' model for online video
Aug 03, 8:53PM
Digital media company Kin has announced a slate of new video series from singer/actress Jordin Sparks, Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers (who successfully proposed to Fletcher over on the series). The company also revealed more details about its programming with Vanessa Lachey (who had already signed on with her husband Nick). She’ll be hosting a […]
GameFly to shutter streaming service this month
Aug 03, 8:35PM
GameFly, the video game rental company, will be shutting down its streaming service at the end of the month, Variety reported earlier this week. This closure comes just over three years after the streaming service launched in 2015. GameFly, the no-console streaming service for gamers, offered packages for $7 and $10 per month that gave users unlimited access […]
Sagewise pitches a service to verify claims and arbitrate disputes over blockchain transactions
Aug 03, 7:51PM
Sometimes smart contracts can be pretty dumb. All of the benefits of a cryptographically secured, publicly verified, anonymized transaction system can be erased by errant code, malicious actors or poorly defined parameters of an executable agreement. Hoping to beat back the tide of bad contracts, bad code and bad actors, Sagewise, a new Los Angeles-based startup, […]
JetLenses aims to save you a bunch of money on your contacts
Aug 03, 7:23PM
A Y Combinator-backed startup, JetLenses, is taking on the major contact lens e-commerce sites, like 1-800-Contacts, Lens.com, and other online ordering systems offered by major retailers, such as Walmart. The startup’s goal is to bring down the cost of prescription products by automating the overhead associated with these businesses, in areas like prescription verification, order […]
NASA names first astronauts for the inaugural commercial flights to the ISS
Aug 03, 6:35PM
NASA has announced the names of the first astronauts who’ll fly to the International Space Station on American-made, commercial spacecraft. The crews will fly to the space station on rockets built by NASA commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX. “Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp,” said NASA administrator Jim […]
Volunteer at Disrupt SF 2018 for free admission
Aug 03, 5:00PM
Forking over your cold, hard cash isn't the only way you can score a ticket to Disrupt San Francisco 2018 on September 5-7. We're looking for volunteers willing to trade their time to help us produce our biggest, most ambitious Disrupt conference ever. And what do you get in return? One complimentary Innovator Pass that gives […]
Andreessen-funded dYdX plans 'short Ethereum' token for haters
Aug 03, 4:38PM
Crypto skeptics rejoice! A new way to short the cryptocurrency market is coming from dYdX, a decentralized financial derivatives startup. In two months it will launch its protocol for creating short and leverage positions for Ethereum and other ERC20 tokens that allow investors to amp up their bets for or against these currencies. To get […]
Fanatics exec chairman Michael Rubin to speak at Disrupt SF 2018
Aug 03, 4:30PM
Even as the wealth of Jeff Bezos balloons and Amazon eats everyone’s online retail lunch, there are still a few other e-commerce entrepreneurs faring rather well. In 2011, eBay purchased GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, at the same time divesting wholly from the sports merchandise business in Fanatics and significantly from the sites ShopRunner and Rue […]
Foundry Group quietly announces a big fat $750 million fund
Aug 03, 3:25PM
Foundry Group, the Boulder, Colo.-based venture firm co-founded 11 years ago by startup whisperer Brad Feld, has raised a $750 million seventh fund to target early-stage and growth-stage companies, as well as to invest in other venture funds. It sounds like — and is — a lot of money, though the firm notes that it encompasses all of its […]
Insurance app Lemonade looks set to drop lawsuit against Germany's Wefox
Aug 03, 3:20PM
Lemonade, the New York-based insurance platform, looks set to drop the lawsuit it filed against German company ONE Insurance, its parent company Wefox, and Wefox founder Julian Teicke. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court Southern District of NY, alleged that Wefox reverse engineered Lemonade to create ONE, infringed Lemonade's intellectual property, violated the […]
Scare off burglars with this ridiculous Alexa skill
Aug 03, 3:19PM
Some people leave lights, music or the TV on when they’re away from home in an attempt to ward off burglars, but a new Alexa skill called “Away Mode” has a different idea. Instead of lights and noises, you can keep your home safe from unwanted visitors by playing lengthy audio tracks that sound like […]
Goodly looks to give companies student loan payments as an employee benefit
Aug 03, 3:00PM
As employers duke it out over hiring the best possible candidates, especially ones coming out of school, they are starting to get a little bit more creative with their incentive packages — and that includes offering an option for paying down student debt. Goodly is a new startup that’s looking to help those employers offer […]
Matt Groening goes back to the drawing board for 'Disenchantment'
Aug 03, 2:30PM
"I tried walking around in a Homer mask, but the latex is hard to breathe in. My head gets so sweaty and my glasses fog up. It's not worth it for me," Matt Groening laughs. "But what a way to go, suffocating on a Homer Simpson mask." The cartoonist bemoans his inability to go incognito […]
Portal offers an easy way to pay creators for their content
Aug 03, 2:27PM
Portal founder Jonathan Swerdlin is just the latest media pundit to point to advertising as the root cause of the industry’s problems. But he’s not content to diagnose the illness — he thinks he’s created a cure. “Digital media has become toxic, in part, because of advertising,” Swerdlin said. “The unmet and unarticulated need is […]
Google Maps is no longer #flatearth
Aug 03, 2:06PM
Go to Google Maps and zoom out. Halfway out, the map’s perspective changes from a traditional flat map view to an interactive globe. Zoom all the way out and the Earth is presented as a globe with landmasses of the appropriate size. Greenland is no longer the size of Africa and all is right with […]
Epic Games sidesteps the Play Store with Fortnite for Android launch
Aug 03, 2:00PM
Epic Games continues to spread the love… to consumers, at least. Following the launches of Fortnite Battle Royale on iOS earlier this year and Fortnite for the Nintendo Switch earlier this summer, Epic Games is now confirming that the Android version of the game will be available exclusively through the Fortnite website. Users can visit […]
Optic wants to help developers drop boilerplate code into their development flow
Aug 03, 2:00PM
Stack Overflow and other various sites and tools have made it easy to Google search for solutions — or code snippets — to the easier parts of putting together an app or program for developers, but Aidan Cunniffe wants to take that one automated step further. That’s the premise behind Optic, which gives developers a way […]
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