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Report: NYC and Arlington, VA win the contest for Amazon's split East Coast headquarters
Nov 13, 3:11AM
New York City and Arlington, Virginia have reportedly won Amazon's lengthy and highly-publicized pageant for the locations of its new headquarters, beating out 238 other contestants. According to the Wall Street Journal, which broke the news, an official announcement may come as early as Tuesday. The offices will be located in Long Island City, across […]
YouTube VR finally lands on the Oculus Go
Nov 13, 1:53AM
Today, Google’s YouTube VR app arrives on the $199 Oculus Go, bringing the largest library of VR content on the web to Facebook’s entry-level VR device. YouTube brings plenty of content in conventional and more immersive video types. It’s undoubtedly the biggest single hub of 360 content and native formats like VR180, though offering access […]
Tinder to roll out expanded set of gender options in India
Nov 12, 11:31PM
Tinder is preparing to roll out more gender options in its app in India. The company will announce shortly that users will be able to edit their profiles in order to choose a different option for their gender identity, instead of just “Man” or “Woman,” as well as toggle a setting that will display their […]
Analysts weighing in on $8B SAP-Qualtrics deal don't see a game changer
Nov 12, 11:01PM
SAP CEO Bill McDermott was jacked up today about his company’s $8 billion Qualtrics acquisition over the weekend. You would expect no less for such a big deal. McDermott believes the data Qualtrics provides could bridge the gap between his company’s operational data and customer, data wherever that resides. The idea behind Qualtrics is to […]
These antique phones are precious, private Alexa vessels
Nov 12, 10:53PM
Amazon's Alexa may be in ten thousand different devices now, but they all have one other thing in common: they're new. So for those of us that prefer old things but still want to be able to set timers and do metric-imperial conversions without pulling out our phones, Grain Design is retrofitting these fabulous old telephones to provide Alexa access with no other hints of modernity. There's even a privacy angle!
GM is going to allow Ford vehicles and other competitors on its Maven car-sharing platform
Nov 12, 9:50PM
GM’s car-sharing subsidiary Maven is undergoing another expansion. This time, it’s not just to a new city. Maven plans to open up its new peer-to-peer car rental service to allow owners to rent out non-GM vehicles. It is also setting its sights on bigger changes in the future, according to Julia Steyn, vice president of GM Urban […]
Airbnb ends forced arbitration days after Google, Facebook did the same
Nov 12, 9:49PM
Uber and Lyft put an end to forced arbitration earlier this year.
What's next? The top media executives on the job market
Nov 12, 9:24PM
Keep an eye out for the next moves by these entrepreneurs and executives. A number of the biggest names in media left their jobs over the last year (or announced they will be leaving soon), including a handful of now-billionaires who have resources, ambition, and time on their hands to explore something new. We are […]
Comics legend Stan Lee has died
Nov 12, 8:45PM
Stan Lee, likely the best-known and most beloved comics writer of all time, has died at the age of 95. “Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created,” said Disney CEO Bob Iger in a statement. “A super hero in his own right to Marvel fans around the world, Stan had the power […]
Okay, one final Form D note
Nov 12, 8:13PM
Some more comments from readers on the changing culture around startups filing their Form Ds with the SEC, and then a short update on SoftBank and a bunch more article reviews. We are experimenting with new content forms at TechCrunch. This is a rough draft of something new – provide your feedback directly to the […]
Twitter, those 'verified' bitcoin-pushing pillocks are pissing everyone off
Nov 12, 6:29PM
Elon Musk’s tweets piss me off for two reasons. When he’s not accusing actual heroes of sex crimes or trolling the federal government, it’s what comes after that drives me batshit. The top reply to most of his tweets is some asshat impersonating him to try to trick his followers into falling for a bitcoin […]
BlaBlaCar to acquire Ouibus and offer bus service
Nov 12, 5:00PM
French startup BlaBlaCar is announcing plans to acquire Ouibus, the bus division of France's national railway company SNCF. For the first time, BlaBlaCar is moving beyond carpooling and plans to offer both long-distance carpooling rides and bus rides. BlaBlaCar already ran a test with Ouibus for the past six months on popular corridors. It looks […]
Chappy, the Bumble-backed dating app for gay men, inks partnership with GLAAD
Nov 12, 5:00PM
Chappy, the dating app for gay men, has today announced a partnership with GLAAD. As part of the partnership, Chappy will make a donation to GLAAD for each conversation initiated on the dating app, from now throughout 2019. The company won’t disclose the amount of the donation, but said that it hopes to raise “hundreds […]
With the Paris Call, Macron wants to limit cyberattacks
Nov 12, 4:30PM
French President Emmanuel Macron gave a speech at the Internet Governance Forum at UNESCO in Paris. While the IGF has been around for a while, it hasn't been as active as some would have hoped. That's why the French government is issuing the Paris Call, a three-page document on cybersecurity. President Macron hopes to foster […]
Enterprise shopping season starts early with almost $50B in recent deals
Nov 12, 4:20PM
Black Friday may still be 10 days away, but shopping season started early in the enterprise this year. We have seen acquisitions totaling almost $50 billion in the last couple of months alone, topped by the mega $34 billion IBM-Red Hat deal two weeks ago. What exactly is going on here? While not every deal has […]
Audioburst turns the best part of podcasts into personalized news briefs
Nov 12, 3:56PM
Tel Aviv-based Audioburst has been developing a search engine for audio news, which allows users to locate audio content within podcasts and other talk radio programs. Today, the company is capitalizing on its technology to launch personalized playlists that deliver custom news briefs that get better over time the more you use the product. The […]
Lyft is launching a rider loyalty program in December
Nov 12, 3:49PM
Ridesharing service Lyft is today announcing its new plan to encourage repeat use: the launch of Lyft Rewards, a loyalty program for riders. The program, which will begin rolling out next month to select riders across the U.S., will let riders earn points for each dollar spent, which can then be used for upgrades to […]
Tiger Global returns with a $3M investment to help restaurants deal with delivery apps
Nov 12, 3:00PM
Tiger Global has returned to backing early-stage Indian startups after it wrote a $3 million check for CheckMate, a U.S.-Indian startup that helps restaurants deal with the pain of multiple food ordering platforms. The Series A and it represents the first time that CheckMate has raised outside funding for its business. It is also a […]
Firefox's newest Test Pilot experiments help you track prices and email links
Nov 12, 3:00PM
Test Pilot is Mozilla’s program for experimenting with some of its more outlandish ideas for Firefox and beyond. Some of those experiments make it into the browser itself, some become standalone extensions and others get unceremoniously canned. Today, the organization is announcing two new Test Pilot projects: Price Wise, which lets you track the price […]
Facebook to let French regulators investigate on moderation processes
Nov 12, 2:31PM
Facebook and the French government are going to cooperate to look at Facebook's efforts when it comes to moderation. At the start of 2019, French regulators will launch an informal investigation on algorithm-powered and human moderation. Facebook is willing to cooperate and give unprecedented access to its internal processes. This announcement is the result of […]
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