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Convo now lets you see which employees got the memo
Dec 22, 1:18AM
Convo, a tool perhaps best described as a real-time company message board, picked up a new trick this week: automated acknowledgements. It’s a pretty common thing in the corporate world: you need to send something out to all of the employees at your company, but you also need to know exactly who has seen it […]
An Apple event, but with Bad Lip Reading
Dec 22, 12:48AM
Bad Lip Reading has held a special place in my heart longer than just about any other YouTube channel. The formula is just too perfect: take a thing we know, blend it up in a stew of uncanny absurdity, and re-release it into the world. They’ve done it with The Hunger Games, the NFL, and […]
Crowdfunded developer of space sim Star Citizen takes on $46M in funding at nearly $500M valuation
Dec 21, 11:30PM
The story of the game Star Citizen and Cloud Imperium, the company developing it, is almost too ludicrous to believe: a crowdfunding effort to create a space sim of unparalleled size and realism, raising hundreds of millions, with backers paying thousands for ships and gear in a game that's years from release. Yet it's real enough that it just pulled in $42 million in private funding to help bring it closer to release.
Gaming chat startup Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation
Dec 21, 10:57PM
Chatty gamers are apparently worth billions. Discord, the gaming chat startup with more than 200 million active users, announced Friday that it had secured $150 million in funding at a $2.05 billion valuation. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital with participation from Firstmark, Tencent, IVP, Index Ventures and Technology Opportunity Partners. The company announced […]
NORAD Santa tracker will stay on even if the government shuts down
Dec 21, 10:52PM
For more than 60 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight around the world on December 24. And it will continue this year, even if there’s a government shutdown, the operations center said Friday in a tweet. In […]
JD.com's billionaire founder Richard Liu won't be charged in sexual misconduct case
Dec 21, 10:42PM
Roughly four months after JD.com's billionaire CEO Richard Liu was arrested and later released by Minneapolis police on suspicion of alleged sexual misconduct, local authorities say they will not be charging him in a sexual misconduct case. In a statement, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said it was not possible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the […]
The Rodecaster Pro is a perfect centerpiece to a home podcasting studio
Dec 21, 10:16PM
My podcasting rig is simple: Two microphones, a Tascam recorder, two XLR cables. I've upgraded things a bit in the past year — improved the mics, bought some foam windscreens and bought a pair of tabletop, foldable mic stands. But the principle is the same: take nothing I can't fit into a laptop sleeve. It's […]
A runaway GoFundMe campaign to build Trumps' border wall raises questions about its funding — and the future
Dec 21, 9:54PM
Florida men are seemingly involved in so many strange happenings involving pythons, alligators and restaurant break-ins that when a parody “Florida Man” Twitter account surfaced back in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. But a five-day-old GoFundMe fundraiser for Donald Trump's border wall by a Florida man is starting to look anything like a joke. With ambitions […]
The Kardashian apps are dead
Dec 21, 9:52PM
In this app-laden world, there is now a void. One so large, it will be difficult to fill. Perhaps, the Kardashians will reconsider. The Kardashian sisters, specifically Kim Kardashian West, Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are shutting down their apps in 2019. Kendall Jenner stopped updating her app and website last year. The apps and accompanying websites […]
Self-driving car startup Zoox gets permit to transport passengers in California
Dec 21, 9:36PM
While more than 60 companies have received permits to test their driverless vehicles in California, Zoox has become the first permitted to actually transport people in those vehicles. The California Public Utilities Commission today granted Zoox a permit to participate in the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service pilot. During the testing period, Zoox must have […]
Bellabeat's new hybrid smartwatch tracks your stress…and goes with your outfit
Dec 21, 9:09PM
Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your […]
Bounce raises $1.2M to tap local retailers for short-term storage
Dec 21, 9:04PM
If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to pay for short-term storage at hotels, dry cleaners and other local businesses. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding […]
Gift Guide: 13 last-minute gifts that you can still get in time
Dec 21, 8:50PM
Whoops. You goofed up. It seemed like you had plenty of time before Christmas was here and now there's four days left and all the shops are slammed and you've (mostly) missed the shipping window. It's okay! We've all been there.
SEC slaps startups Wealthfront and Hedgeable with fines for making false disclosures
Dec 21, 8:25PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be keeping a close eye on financial services startups, with today’s news that the agency has settled cases with two robo-advisory companies over allegations that they misled investors. Wealthfront Advisers, one of the darlings of the fintech investment sector with $11 billion under management and roughly $200 million […]
Layer1 wants to thrive in the age of the crypto crash
Dec 21, 8:20PM
A year ago, crypto was reaching ever new highs, and I was talking about whether ICOs would supplant the VC funding round and warning about Kim Jong Un's crypto trading operations. And then the world turned upside down. Crypto prices are near rock-bottom prices, with Bitcoin hanging around $4,000 and Ethereum around $113, down from […]
Spot is a cryptocurrency app to control all your wallets and exchange accounts
Dec 21, 6:14PM
Meet Spot, a beautifully designed mobile app to control your cryptocurrencies. Spot looks like a portfolio-tracking app. But the company has built a strong foundation to add more features in the coming months. Spot wants to be your unique gateway to the world of cryptocurrencies. "Spot's vision isn't to build a portfolio tracker — we […]
The GPS wars have begun
Dec 21, 6:05PM
Where are you? That's not just a metaphysical question, but increasingly a geopolitical challenge that is putting tech giants like Apple and Alphabet in a tough position. Countries around the world, including China, Japan, India and the United Kingdom plus the European Union are exploring, testing and deploying satellites to build out their own positioning […]
CherryHome raises $5.2M to apply AI to home care cameras, detecting behavior changes
Dec 21, 5:59PM
A new startup using AI to look after elderly people at home has raised a new round of funding to apply its platform to detect changes in gait or behavior, falls or stumbles. In other words, it could start to predict changes in long-term health. CherryHome, the home AI security system created by startup Cherry […]
Join us in Las Vegas during CES
Dec 21, 5:57PM
We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We’re looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups, so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened up their space to us and 200 of you all to hold a meetup and pitch-off. The […]
Launch Center Pro now lets you tap stickers to launch tasks on your iPhone
Dec 21, 5:39PM
Before there were Siri Shortcuts, there was Launch Center Pro — a clever iOS utility that for years has allowed iPhone users to automate more complex tasks by creating shortcuts. For example, you could search Yelp for the nearest coffee shop, jump straight to the camera in Instagram or message a loved one, among other things — and […]
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