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Which types of startups are most often profitable?
Mar 08, 11:11PM
I co-run an agency that teaches a hundred startups per year how to do growth marketing. This gives me a unique vantage point: I know which types of startups most often reach profitability.
Venture investors and startup execs say they don't need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech
Mar 08, 10:56PM
Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical […]
MLB exploring using tech to help call balls and strikes
Mar 08, 10:51PM
If you follow baseball with even a passing interest, you know that nearly everyone's got a way to "fix" the national pastime. Pitch clocks, moving the mound — there are a million ideas for how to curb waning interest in the sport. Robo umpires have long been on the list, as well, but given the […]
Tufts expelled a student for grade hacking. She claims innocence
Mar 08, 9:50PM
As she sat in the airport with a one-way ticket in her hand, Tiffany Filler wondered how she would pick up the pieces of her life, with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and nothing to show for it. A day earlier, she was expelled from Tufts University veterinary school. As a Canadian, […]
Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down amid a series of changes at the accelerator
Mar 08, 9:46PM
What's going on at Y Combinator?
'Fresh Prince' actor dismisses his Fortnite dance lawsuit
Mar 08, 9:30PM
“Fresh Prince” star Alfonso Ribeiro has dropped his lawsuit against Fortnite creator Epic Games for using without his permission his “Carlton” dance as an emote in the popular game. According to documents filed in an LA court, Ribeiro voluntarily dismissed the suit. He had already dropped a suit against Take-Two Interactive similarly related to his […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg's streaming service Quibi is doing a show about Snapchat's founding
Mar 08, 9:30PM
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman today announced a slate of new series and projects heading to their forthcoming video streaming service, Quibi. The list includes an origin story to complement Telemundo's hit show "El Señor de los Cielos;" a music competition show produced by Justin Bieber manager and entertainment exec Scooter Braun; a show from […]
MyEquifax.com is yet another security disaster
Mar 08, 8:32PM
One would think that having one of the most high-profile breaches in recent memory would make a company take security to heart, but Equifax is full of surprises. The latest is that its MyEquifax.com site, to which the company invites those affected by its poor security practices to freeze and unfreeze their credit, itself has extremely poor security.
'Captain Marvel' never quite takes flight
Mar 08, 7:56PM
“Captain Marvel” isn’t a bad movie, exactly. It seems, at this point, that Marvel’s moviemaking machinery is incapable of producing a genuinely terrible film. There’s no “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” or “Suicide Squad” in the Marvel filmography, just “Thor: The Dark World,” “Ant-Man” and “Doctor Strange” — movies that are fine but forgettable. Still, I […]
Flickr says all Creative Commons photos are protected from deletion, not just past uploads
Mar 08, 6:19PM
Flickr announced today that all Creative Commons images will remain protected on its site – including those uploaded in the past and those that will be added in the future. The news follows Flickr’s November 2018 announcement where it had stated it wouldn’t delete Creative Commons photos already on its service, after switching over to […]
UK military veteran launches crowd-funding for Pixie app to revive local stores
Mar 08, 6:13PM
What if, instead of sitting on your phone on the sofa ordering stuff from Amazon, you could buy the same things locally from local stores that ultimately enliven and enrich your local neighborhood? What if by doing that, you wouldn't be walking through deserted main streets, past boarded-up shops, dark alleys and graffiti? What if […]
Lyft lays off up to 50 in bikes and scooters as it gears up for another wave of launches
Mar 08, 6:07PM
As Lyft continues to prepare for its IPO, the on-demand transportation startup is trimming staff to cut costs ahead of another wave of expansion. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Lyft has laid off around 50 staff in its bike and scooter division, mainly people who had joined the company when it acquired the electric […]
Bike-sharing pioneer Mobike is retreating to China
Mar 08, 6:04PM
In a telling sign of the state of bike sharing, Mobike, a once red-hot startup that attracted billions in investment capital, is closing down all international operations and putting its sole focus on China. On Friday, Mobike laid off its operations teams in APAC, which entailed more than 15 full-time employees and many more contractors […]
Here's a sneak peek at HBO's Elizabeth Holmes documentary, The Inventor
Mar 08, 5:58PM
The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos has inspired quite a bit of content, including a NYT Best Seller, an ABC podcast, a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and now an HBO documentary directed by “Going Clear” director, Alex Gibney. The documentary is called “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.” The tech world was […]
Who are the next billion users and what do they want?
Mar 08, 5:47PM
Entrepreneurs and tech executives are widening their gazes outside of developed nations for their next source of growth. Ubiquitous cheap phones and increasingly affordable phone plans such as Jio in India are helping another billion users join the internet. What do those users want though, and how are they the same and different than existing […]
Daily Crunch: Airbnb is acquiring HotelTonight
Mar 08, 5:46PM
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Airbnb agrees to acquire last-minute hotel-booking app HotelTonight Once the deal is complete, the HotelTonight app and website will continue to […]
Over a quarter of US adults now own a smart speaker, typically an Amazon Echo
Mar 08, 5:29PM
U.S. smart speaker owners grew 40 percent over 2018 to now reach 66.4 million — or 26.2 percent of the U.S. adult population — according to a new report from Voicebot.ai and Voicify released this week, which detailed adoption patterns and device market share. The report also reconfirmed Amazon Echo’s lead, noting the Alexa-powered smart […]
Foursquare's Hypertrending helps you spy on the coolest local happenings
Mar 08, 5:16PM
Ten years after the launch of Foursquare at SXSW, the company is laying its technology bare with a futuristic version of its old app that doesn’t require a check-in at all. The godfather of location apps is returning to the launchpad with Hypertrending, but this time it hopes to learn what developers might do with […]
SpaceX makes history by completing first private crew capsule mission
Mar 08, 4:33PM
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has safely splashed down in the Atlantic, making it the first privately built crew-capable spacecraft ever to complete a mission to the International Space Station. It's one of several firsts SpaceX plans this year, but Boeing is hot on its heels with a crew demonstrator of its own — and of course the real test is doing the same thing with astronauts aboard.
Apple could launch augmented reality headset in 2020
Mar 08, 4:29PM
According to a new report from Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5mac), a reliable analyst on all things Apple, the company has been working on an augmented reality headset and is about to launch the device. This pair of glasses could go into mass production as early as Q4 2019 and should be available at some point […]
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