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Corey Weiner is taking over as CEO of mobile ad company Jun Group
Aug 15, 6:37PM
After 18 years at the helm, Mitchell Reichgut is stepping down as CEO of Jun Group, with COO and President Corey Weiner taking over as chief executive. The news comes just about a year after Jun Group was acquired by Advantage Solutions, but Reichgut said the acquisition was a “non-factor” in his decision. “I think […]
Gradjoy is a Y Combinator-backed fintech to help you knock out your student loans
Aug 15, 6:21PM
The right people to solve the trillion dollar student debt crisis might be the ones who are suffering from it the hardest. If you’re a recent college graduate, there’s a 50 percent chance you took on debt when you moved off campus. If you’re like the average student borrower, you graduated with $29,800 of loan […]
Local governments are forcing the scooter industry to grow up fast
Aug 15, 6:05PM
Gone are the days when tech companies can deploy their services in cities without any regard for rules and regulations. Before the rise of electric scooters, cities had already become hip to tech’s status quo (thanks to the likes of Uber and Lyft) and were ready to regulate. We explored some of this in “The […]
US Cyber Command has publicly posted malware linked to a North Korea hacking group
Aug 15, 6:03PM
U.S. Cyber Command, the sister division of the National Security Agency focused on offensive hacking and security operations, has released a set of new samples of malware linked to North Korean hackers. The military unit tweeted Wednesday that it had uploaded the malware to VirusTotal, a widely used database for malware and security research. It’s not […]
Media software Plex launches a new desktop app for Mac and Windows
Aug 15, 6:03PM
Plex today is launching a new desktop application for Mac and Windows, with the goal of eventually replacing Plex Media Player as the company’s only desktop solution. The app’s arrival also signals a change in direction for the company, which will also now remove its existing Windows Store application and end support for the traditional […]
Apple, Samsung continue growth as North American wearables market hits $2B
Aug 15, 5:53PM
New numbers out of Canalys show strong continued growth for the North America wearables market for Q2. The market hit $2 billion value for the quarter, according to the firm, marking a 38% year over year growth. It's not exactly earth shattering, but it's steady for a category that felt almost dead in the water […]
Look inside Virgin Galactic's shiny new Spaceport America
Aug 15, 5:51PM
For a couple years now Virgin Galactic's Spaceport America was more aspirational than functional, but now it's been built out with the necessaries for commercial spaceflight — mainly coffee. The company just showed off the newly redesigned space from which it plans to launch flights... sometime.
How about earning crypto tokens to carbon-offset your Uber rides?
Aug 15, 5:29PM
Most of us, by now, are aware that all sorts of crazy stuff is happening to the planet's climate and the blame is pretty much universally recognized as lying with humans, pumping more and more carbon into the atmosphere. Scientists are now saying tree planting, for instance, has to happen very, very quickly if we […]
Cloudflare says cutting off customers like 8chan is an IPO 'risk factor'
Aug 15, 5:20PM
Networking and web security giant Cloudflare says the recent 8chan controversy may be an ongoing “risk factor” for its business on the back of its upcoming initial public offering. The San Francisco-based company and former Battlefield finalist, which filed its IPO paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, earlier this month took […]
Cloudflare files for initial public offering
Aug 15, 5:19PM
After much speculation and no small amount of controversy, Cloudflare, one of the companies that ensures that websites run smoothly on the internet, has filed for its initial public offering. The company, which made its debut on TechCrunch’s Battlefield stage back in 2010, has put a placeholder value of the offering at $100 million, but […]
Walmart Canada rolls out nationwide grocery delivery through Instacart
Aug 15, 5:18PM
Walmart’s relationship with Instacart deepened today with an expansion of their partnership across Canada for grocery delivery. Walmart Canada had previously run a 17-store pilot program with Instacart, starting last September, in both the Greater Toronto area and Winnipeg. With the expansion, Walmart Canada will offer same-day grocery delivery from nearly 200 Walmart stores nationwide. […]
Meet the TC Top Picks for Disrupt SF 2019
Aug 15, 5:00PM
Honestly, the creativity and quality of early-stage startups and their founders never ceases to amaze us. When we issued the call for applications to our TC Top Picks program for Disrupt San Francisco 2019, the response was overwhelming — and the competition was off the hook. Our editors dug in and managed to narrow the […]
Google Search gets expanded college search features
Aug 15, 5:00PM
Google today announced a number of new features for students looking for more information about U.S. colleges. Last year, Google Search introduced new widgets with information about four-year universities. Today, it is expanding this to two-year colleges. The company says that searches for “community colleges near me” saw a 120% increase in the past two […]
New $47M fund, Fil Rouge Capital, is ready to boost Croatia's growing startup scene
Aug 15, 4:58PM
Croatia has not exactly been known for a huge startup scene in the past, and probably the most famous tech company out of there in recent years has been Rimac Automobili, the startup out of Zagreb that created an electric supercar to rival anything Porsche might make. But the technical talent in the country remains […]
US legislator, David Cicilline, joins international push to interrogate platform power
Aug 15, 4:28PM
US legislator David Cicilline will be joining the next meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’, it has been announced. The meeting will be held in Dublin on November 7. Chair of the committee, the Irish Fine Gael politician Hildegarde Naughton, announced Cicilline’s inclusion today. The congressman — who is chairman […]
How Facebook does IT
Aug 15, 4:24PM
If you have ever worked at any sizable company, the word “IT” probably doesn’t conjure up many warm feelings. If you’re working for an old, traditional enterprise company, you probably don’t expect anything else, though. If you’re working for a modern tech company, though, chances are your expectations are a bit higher. And once you’re […]
What will Tumblr become under the ownership of tech's only Goldilocks founder?
Aug 15, 4:03PM
This week, Automattic revealed it has signed all the paperwork to acquire Tumblr from Verizon, including its full staff of 200. Tumblr has undergone quite a journey since its headline-grabbing acquisition by Marissa Mayer's Yahoo in 2013 for $1.1 billion, but after six years of neglect, its latest move is its first real start since […]
Alibaba cloud biz is on a run rate over $4B
Aug 15, 4:00PM
Alibaba announced its earnings today, and the Chinese e-commerce giant got a nice lift from its cloud business, which grew 66% to more than $1.1 billion, or a run rate surpassing $4 billion. It’s not exactly on par with Amazon, which reported cloud revenue of $8.381 billion last quarter, more than double Alibaba’s yearly run […]
YouTube's new AR feature lets you virtually try on makeup while watching videos
Aug 15, 3:48PM
Earlier this summer, YouTube announced its plans for a new AR feature for virtual makeup try-on that works directly in the YouTube app. Today, the first official campaign to use the “Beauty Try-On” feature has now launched, allowing viewers to try on and shop lipsticks from MAC Cosmetics from YouTube creator Roxette Arisa's makeup tutorial […]
Elon Musk: Spotify is 'coming' to Tesla vehicles in North America
Aug 15, 3:31PM
Tesla owners in the U.S. and Canada may finally get that free Spotify Premium integration they’ve been requesting. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Wednesday night that Spotify premium integration is “coming.” Musk, who has talked about bringing Spotify to owners in North America before, did not provide a timeline. In other words, the music […]
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