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Uber Drivers Deemed Employees By California Labor Commission
Jun 17, 2:30PM
It would appear that the California Labor Commission has ruled that Uber drivers are employees. As it stands now, Uber employs its drivers as third-party contractors, operating as a logistics company that provides access to customer demand and directions, transactions, etc. for the drivers. This ruling changes all that, turning Uber into a transportation startup instead of a logistics… Read More
Microsoft Shakes Up Its Leadership And Internal Structure As Its Fiscal Year Comes To A Close
Jun 17, 2:20PM
This morning Microsoft announced changes to its organizational structure and leadership team. Some of its most senior executives are departing, and the company is shifting internal teams in what the company described as a change to better match its personnel to its strategy, according to a memo published both internally and externally by its CEO, Satya Nadella. It’s worth noting that… Read More 
No, It's Samsung, Not Swiftkey, That Is To Blame For This Keyboard Security Scare
Jun 17, 2:16PM
The media is blowing up right now at a startup called Swiftkey which was named in an announcement at a Black Hat conference about a bug in most Samsung smartphones that could allow hackers to attack the phone and spy on users. Researchers at cybersecurity firm NowSecure found the a bug in many Samsung smartphones last Fall. Although Samsung told NowSecure in March that it had sent wireless… Read More 
BitTorrent Shoot Lets You Privately Share Photos And Videos With Friends
Jun 17, 1:59PM
A new mobile application from BitTorrent called Shoot wants to make it easier to move batches of photos or big video files between mobile devices – even when you’re sharing between iOS, Android and Windows Phone smartphones. The app’s biggest advantage, beyond its cross-platform support of course, is that it leverages BitTorrent’s Sync technology to move the files.… Read More 
Ubo, A Parking Valet App For Beijing's Harried Drivers, Raises $900,000
Jun 17, 1:56PM
Commuting in Beijing is an endurance test, but a startup called Ubo wants to make life a little easier for drivers. The app connects users with valets at service stations in the city, who then drop off the car at a parking spot. Ubo has just raised $900,000 in funding from HGDS Capital, bringing its total funding so far to $1.42 million. Read More 
Join Us June 23 For The First Summer TC Pitch Off In Warsaw
Jun 17, 1:53PM
Come one, come all to the first summer TC Pitch Off in Warsaw on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:30 PM to Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 2:00 AM (CEST). We’ll be taking over the Champions Sports Bar in the Marriott in downtown Warsaw and we’ll have a full pitch-off at the event and throw back some brews. The kind folks at Bitspiration have organized some subsidized beers for us although… Read More 
Sean Parker's Brigade App Enters Private Beta As A Dead-Simple Way Of Taking Political Positions
Jun 17, 1:30PM
Sean Parker, who changed the music industry as a teenager and then went onto have an early and formative role in Facebook, has long had one frontier that he’s wanted to change: American democracy. Now he, Matt Mahan, and a team of engineers and product talent who have long worked at the intersection of technology and policy, are unveiling Brigade for the first time. It’s an app… Read More 
Kindle Announces New $119 Paperwhite E-Reader With A Font That's Easy On The Eyes
Jun 17, 1:28PM
Amazon has just announced the availability of a new $119 Paperwhite e-reader with a 6-inch 300ppi display and a new font and book layout system that will make it easier to dig into The Martian during summer vacation. The reader will ship on June 30 and is available for pre-order now. It also includes a backlight and is available with or without cellular data and Amazon’s advertisement… Read More 
News Reader Pulse Updates Apps, Now Serves You Stories Based On Your LinkedIn Life
Jun 17, 1:24PM
The arrival of Apple’s News app, question marks over the future of Flipboard, and Facebook’s news publishing moves are putting a renewed focus on how we as consumers read news online and how that will be developing in the future. Now one of the earlier movers in the world of news aggregation is making its own updates to try to answer that question. Pulse, the news reading… Read More 
Doctor On Demand Pulls In $50 Million To Continue Expansion Of Its Virtual Doctor Visit Platform
Jun 17, 1:00PM
Telemedicine startup Doctor on Demand announced that it has raised $50 million in Series B funding and signed up it’s 200th customer today. The funding will be used to continue to grow the service as well as sign up new partnerships. Doctor on Demand provides customers one-on-one sessions with physicians either through and individual account or through employer partnerships such as… Read More 
Brightwheel Brings Preschool Into The 21st Century With $2.2M In Seed Funding
Jun 17, 1:00PM
Brightwheel, a mobile platform for early education, is launching today with $2.2 million in seed funding to provide both teachers and parents of young children with peace of mind. Read More 
Salesforce Revamps Its Marketing Cloud With New Connections To Sales, Service And Display Ads
Jun 17, 12:12PM
Salesforce.com is announcing a new version of its Marketing Cloud. The company is unveiling the new features today in New York City at its Connections event for digital marketers. It’s adding new features to its Journey Builder, a drag-and-drop tool for managing customer interactions, and to Active Audiences, which connects customer data to online ad campaigns. Read More 
You Can Now Reserve An Apple Watch To Buy In-Store
Jun 17, 12:11PM
Apple Watch has been severely supply constrained since launch, but you can now finally get one in a physical Apple retail store. The Apple Store website now supports online reservations of the Watch, letting you see if models are available in any stores near you and ensuring that if the model you’re after is there, staff will set it aside and have one waiting for you when you can come in.… Read More 
Planted Launches iOS App To Help Non-Technical Millennials Find Startup Jobs
Jun 17, 12:00PM
For those who just graduated college with a computer science degree, landing a job at a startup shouldn’t be too difficult. For non-technical graduates, however, it’s not so simple — nearly half of all recent college grads are underemployed. Planted, formerly known as Lynxsy, is launching its iOS app today to help non-technical Millennials find jobs with startups. It pairs… Read More 
Rejecting M&A, FreedomPop Raises Another $30M For Its Free Mobile Service
Jun 17, 11:59AM
FreedomPop is taking another step ahead today in its bid to build out a global mobile business based on free voice, text and data bundles and upselling additional services. Amid months of M&A rumors, the startup has raised another $30 million in funding — money that CEO and co-founder Stephen Stokols says will help FreedomPop grow its businesses independently. “We had a lot… Read More 
Minio Lands $3.3M Seed Round To Build Out Open Source Storage Project
Jun 17, 11:40AM
When venture capitalists open their wallets and hand out $3.3 million for a seed round, you have to the figure the new company has some industry veterans with startup experience, and such is the case with Minio, an open source cloud storage product being built by veterans from Gluster. Gluster was purchased by Red Hat in 2011 for $136 million. The round is being led by Nexus Venture… Read More 
Gogoro Reveals Its Upcoming Electric Smartscooters Will Cost From $4,100
Jun 17, 8:47AM
Gogoro, the Taiwan-based startup that raised $150 million in stealth mode before unveiling its flagship electric scooter, has finally revealed how much the vehicles will cost. Read More 
Nowy Friends Is A P2P Social Radar App That Does Not Log Your Location
Jun 17, 8:08AM
This Swiss startup has built a social radar app with a pro-privacy twist: instead of tracking users via GPS, or other location triangulating technologies, it’s opted to use peer-to-peer proximity to power nearby notifications for smartphone users without storing their location data on its servers. Read More 
Alibaba's Logistics Arm Launches Distribution Centers For Fresh Groceries In Three Major Chinese Cities
Jun 17, 7:09AM
Alibaba’s logistics arm is opening refrigerated distribution centers for fresh groceries in three major Chinese cities. Located in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the warehouses will not only allow Alibaba to meet growing demand for grocery deliveries, but also help it better compete against rivals like JD.com, which has invested heavily in its own logistics system. Read More 
Sharp's New Screen Tech Promises To Make Smartphones Even Thinner And Lighter
Jun 17, 6:26AM
Think smartphones are thin enough already? Well, they might be about to get thinner still, if Sharp has its way with a new type of screen that it has begun manufacturing. Read More 
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