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BookingBug relaunches as JRNI, as founder Shoosmith switches to Chief Architect role
May 15, 2:10PM
It’s been a long road for BookingBug, a software platform originally conceived because its founder had trouble coordinating dates for a squash match. Born out of the evergreen problem companies have in scheduling staff, since 2008 it's gradually become a full-blown SaaS solution for a variety of customer journeys, of which scheduling is only one […]
Measured promises a smarter approach to ad attribution
May 15, 2:10PM
Measured is giving advertisers a new way to determine whether their ads are actually working. Many of those advertisers currently rely on multi-touch attribution, an approach designed to measure how each channel and each ad contributed to a purchase decision. In fact, that’s what Measured CEO Trevor Testwuide offered at his last startup, Conversion Logic. But […]
Nura's sound adapting earbuds are up for preorder, will start shipping in September
May 15, 2:00PM
I'm struggling to come up with a single bit of technology I was more excited about at CES than the Nuraloop. I reviewed Nura's original product fairly positively, but I've never really be an over-ear headphone person. The company's latest strips a lot of the unnecessary bits from those original Nuraphones, into a far more […]
Binance resumes trading following $40M bitcoin hack
May 15, 1:38PM
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has resumed trading activity. Users can now cancel open orders, deposit crypto assets into their Binance account, and of course buy and sell cryptocurrencies. You can't withdraw crypto assets to an external wallet just yet, but the company says that this feature will be available shortly. You can cancel orders now. Trading, […]
Egnyte brings native G Suite file support to its platform
May 15, 1:10PM
Egnyte announced today that customers can now store G Suite files inside its storage, security and governance platform. This builds on the support the company previously had for Office 365 documents. Egnyte CEO and co-founder Vineet Jain says that while many enterprise customers have seen the value of a collaborative office suite like G Suite, […]
What Uber and Lyft's investment bankers got right
May 15, 1:07PM
Startup CEOs heading to the public markets have a love/hate relationship with their investment bankers. On one hand, they are helpful in introducing a company to a wide range of asset managers who will hopefully hold their company's stock for the long term, reducing price volatility and by extension, employee churn. On the other hand, […]
Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to $13.9 billion
May 15, 1:01PM
It’s business as usual for Alibaba after the Chinese e-commerce giant bounced back from a lackluster Q3 — which saw its slowest growth for three years. For Q4, the company saw revenue surge 51 percent year-on-year to reach 93.5 billion RMB, or $13.9 billion. That revenue beat analyst expectations of 91.5 billion RMB, according to […]
DJI is out-GoProing GoPro with its own action camera
May 15, 1:00PM
For a brief time, DJI and GoPro were partners — or at least uncomfortable allies. Way back in 2014, the companies were joined together with the intention of building a drone designed to capture athletes in motion. It must have seemed like a perfect piece of synergy from two players at the top of their […]
Boosted's rugged electric scooter is launching at $1,599
May 15, 1:00PM
Boosted, the maker of the electric skateboard Boosted Board, has unveiled its next mode of transportation: the electric scooter. Available for pre-order today, Boosted Rev costs $1,599 and is designed to be durable, fast, efficient up hills and safe. The Boosted Rev, which has been about 18 months in the making, will start shipping this […]
American Express is acquiring Resy
May 15, 12:30PM
American Express has today announced its intentions to acquire Resy, the CRM and reservation platform based out of New York. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Resy launched back in 2014 as a platform that allowed users to buy reservations from restaurants in situations where they’d usually have to book months in advance. […]
Karat nabs $28M led by Tiger Global to grow its human-powered online interview platform for engineering jobs
May 15, 12:28PM
A high demand for engineering talent in our digital world has driven companies that need to make these technical hires to cast their nets wider in the search for good people. Now, a company that has built a platform that it says helps companies do this in a more accurate and efficient way has raised […]
With $12 million more in the bag, the furniture subscription service Feather heads to Los Angeles
May 15, 12:05PM
Furniture subscription rental service, Feather, is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Sourcing its furniture from West Elm, Feather has come up with a business model that it says solves the problem fast furniture quickly filling up […]
In travel tech, 4 rivals merge in Europe to form Altido for property management of Airbnb-style homes
May 15, 11:30AM
The growth of Airbnb and other big travel startups has given a fillip to the wider travel industry, and today several smaller startups in the short-term property sector are announcing that they have merged to tackle the opportunity with more scale. The UK’s BnbBuddy and The London Residents Club, along with both Hintown from Italy […]
Tencent's mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
May 15, 11:13AM
Tencent, Asia’s largest tech firm, had a horrific 2018 on account of a country-wide freeze on new game monetization in China, but there’s evidence it has turned the corner. The company’s new mobile gaming hit Game for Peace has yet to kickstart the company’s recovery from a few weakening quarters, but its booming financial technology […]
Online grocery startup Grofers lands $200M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund
May 15, 9:45AM
Hot on the heels of Indian delivery startup BigBasket raising $150 million — at a unicorn valuation, no less — so its close rival Grofers has also pulled in capital after it announced a $200 million raise to battle its local competition and international giants Amazon and Walmart. The round is the largest in India's online […]
India's ride-hailing firm Ola is now in the credit card business, too
May 15, 8:31AM
A day after India's largest wallet app Paytm entered the credit cards business, local ride-hailing giant is following suit. Ola has inked a deal with state-run SBI bank and Visa to issue as many as 10 million credit cards in next three and a half years, it said today. The move will help Visa and […]
Last call: Sign up for the TC Hackathon at VivaTech 2019
May 15, 7:01AM
This one's dedicated to all the genius hackers, coders and creators who also happen to be inveterate procrastinators. Right here, right now — this is your final opportunity to participate in the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech 2019 in Paris on 17-18 May. The application is free and the process couldn't be easier, so drop whatever you're […]
Facebook introduces 'one strike' policy to combat abuse of its live-streaming service
May 15, 6:09AM
Facebook is cracking down on its live streaming service after it was used to broadcast the shocking mass shootings that left 50 dead at two Christchurch mosques in New Zealand in March. The social network said today that it is implementing a ‘one strike’ rule that will prevent users who break its rules from using the […]
Huawei launches AI-backed database to target enterprise customers
May 15, 5:49AM
China’s Huawei is making a serious foray into the enterprise business market after it unveiled a new database management product on Wednesday, putting it in direct competition with entrenched vendors like IBM, Oracle and Microsoft. The Shenzhen-based company, best known for making smartphones and telecom equipment, claims its newly minted database uses artificial intelligence capabilities […]
Trump is reportedly preparing to sign an executive order that would enable a ban on Huawei in the US
May 15, 5:35AM
As the trade war with China intensifies again, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would make possible a ban on American companies from using telecommunications equipment from Huawei and other companies that the government believes pose a national security risk, Reuters reports. The executive order cites the International Emergency Economics […]
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