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Reminder: Don't Retweet ISIS Or You Could Go To Jail
Sep 19, 7:19PM
According to a report by the NY Daily Times, the FBI considers your retweets to be endorsements…especially when it comes to chatter about the terrorist organization ISIS. It’s not the first time. According to court documents filed on September 16th (embedded in its entirety below), the organization tracked the Twitter-actions of and then arrested a 22-year-old Queens resident… Read More
The Internet And Its Discontents
Sep 19, 7:00PM
The free market of ideas has been unleashed in all its fury, just as we’ve unleashed the free market in everything else — leaving ordinary, unlucky people to bear the costs of our grand experiment. Read More 
How To Be A VC Without Any Capital
Sep 19, 3:00PM
One of the most frequent questions I get as a VC is how to become a VC. Newly minted MBAs and startup veterans alike want to get into the investing game in increasingly large numbers. Unfortunately, there are so few VC jobs available in any given year it makes the prospect unlikely for most. If you want to be a VC, my advice is to just get started; you can do the job of a VC without a dollar… Read More 
It's Raining Donuts, Or, The Limits Of Exponential Decline
Sep 19, 1:00PM
In 1913, in what is now an affluent suburb of Cairo, Egypt, an American engineer named Frank Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station, which pumped 100 gallons/second of Nile water into nearby cotton fields. He later declared in the New York Times: “After our stores of oil and coal are exhausted the human race can receive unlimited power from the rays of the… Read More 
It's Now Officially Sundar Pichai's Show At Google
Sep 19, 1:37AM
Welp, journalists got some inbox candy on a Friday from Google — an invite to an event on September 29. What will the event be about? Is it hardware? Has to be hardware! Is it software? Has to be software! Is it…yes. It has to be that, too. My point is that it doesn’t even matter what they launch: Google has had hundreds of product launches, and it will have hundreds more. Read More 
Wearables: A Pandora's Box For Security?
Sep 19, 1:00AM
As many have noted, we’re entering a new era where wearable gadgets — from watches and fitness bands to glasses and health aids — are at the forefront of the new technological revolution. A PricewaterhouseCooper’s report found that more than 20 percent of U.S. adults already own at least one wearable, and estimates that soon we’ll be using them at home and work… Read More 
You're European, In A Tech Startup, In SF On Sunday? Come For Drinks
Sep 19, 12:48AM
You’re a European tech entrepreneur in San Francisco or nearby, or you’ve just landed in town for TechCrunch Disrupt and you want to connect with other Europeans in the city while you’re here. What do you do? Well, one solution is to wait for Disrupt week. Usually, once a year — in the same week as Disrupt — I like to get the European crowd together in San… Read More 
The Commissioned Makes Getting Personalized Artwork Easier And Less Expensive
Sep 19, 12:45AM
If you’ve ever wanted to get a perfect picture to accompany your new bedroom interior, or fell in love with a piece of art you spotted on holiday, then you’ll know that buying artwork can be an expensive hobby. If you want to commission your own, bespoke piece, then things can get even pricier very quickly. That’s where a new company is hoping to make a difference. Read More 
Google Is Unveiling 'New Treats' — Like Its Next Nexus Device — On September 29th
Sep 18, 11:58PM
Good things are coming this month, and I don’t just mean our Disrupt San Francisco event. That’s because Google just pulled the trigger on invites to a press event later this month which could see it unveil its next Nexus device, among other things. Read More 
User's Guide To Disrupt SF 2015
Sep 18, 11:12PM
Hard to believe that Disrupt SF is just around the corner! TechCrunch has partnered with an amazing array of sponsors who promise to make your experience at the conference better and better. Party with TechCrunch and Cheetah Mobile: Join us on Monday for the Official After Party at Mighty, sponsored by our friends at Cheetah Mobile. Party with TechCrunch and Intuit: Join us on Tuesday for… Read More 
CrunchWeek: iOS 9 Is A Hit, Facebook Has Empathy, & Snapchat's Rainbow Barfers
Sep 18, 10:16PM
Hello fellow disrupters, and welcome to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s weekly roundup show where we talk the biggest things in tech. This week we’re chatting about iOS 9 landing, WatchOS2 not, Facebook’s working on a not-dislike emoji button and people are rainbow barfing all over Snapchat. Also, we invite Ahmed to join us in the TechCrunch studio the next time… Read More 
Autonomous Cars Break Uber
Sep 18, 9:00PM
As Bill Gurley (General Partner at Benchmark Capital and board member of Uber) notes, Uber will be the dominant player in the ride-hailing business. Why? Because Uber’s business model is predicated on localized marketplaces of supply and demand for drivers. These localized marketplaces create strong network effects and “winner-take-most” markets. Read More 
Move Over Slack? Automattic Mulls Commercializing Its Own Internal Messaging Product
Sep 18, 8:43PM
On Wednesday night, at an event in San Francisco, Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg answered a wide range of questions in conversation with one of the earliest investors in the company, Tony Conrad of True Ventures. (Conrad is also the cofounder and CEO of the self-expression platform About.me.) One of the most interesting aspects of the talk touched on the future of an internal… Read More 
Microsoft Drops A New Windows 10 Build, Promises Cortana And Xbox Improvements
Sep 18, 8:38PM
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 build to the ‘fast ring’ of its operating system testing community today. The new code, dubbed build 10547, has quite a lot to it, including improvements to the Start Menu, better Cortana coverage, and a number of app updates. In short, if you are the testing sort, there will be ample material present for you to dig into. Read More 
First Data Buys Spree Commerce To Move Into Open Source Payments Technology
Sep 18, 8:35PM
Another move by a large company to up its stakes in the world of open source technologies: Payments giant First Data Corporation has acquired Spree Commerce, an open source storefront platform originally based on Ruby on Rails. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed — we are trying to find out — but Spree’s CEO Sean Schofield says in a blog post confirming the deal that… Read More 
Durov To Outline Telegram's Next Moves At TechCrunch Disrupt SF
Sep 18, 8:19PM
On Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, we’ll be grilling Pavel Durov, the CEO and co-founder of Telegram, a messaging application that claims to have attracted over 60 million active users in less than two years since its launch in 2013. That would put it on course to becoming a significant player in the messaging space. Read More 
How Will Pandora Survive Apple Music? Co-Founder Tim Westergren Will Tell Disrupt SF
Sep 18, 8:14PM
Pandora put radio on the Internet, but now startups like Spotify and giants like Apple are trying to knock it out of the three comma club. When every music app is building its own radio feature on top of on-demand listening, how will Pandora get by on algorithmic suggestions alone? I’ll ask Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren on-stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Read More 
Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warrior, Gives Us An Inside Look At His Favorite Tech
Sep 18, 8:10PM
Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warrior and NBA Finals Champion, has interests that vary far beyond the world of basketball. In fact, Barnes has a true passion for technology, with plans to potentially enter the world of angel investing when he’s finished playing. Read More
The Corporate Battle For Global Internet Connectivity
Sep 18, 8:06PM
This article is Part 1 of a 3-part series. Twenty years ago less than one percent of the world was connected to the internet. In 2015, roughly forty percent of the global population can log on to the World Wide Web. For these people, the internet has become an essential medium for business development, communication, education, and innovation. The UN has even declared internet access a… Read More 
13 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week
Sep 18, 7:58PM
This week at TechCrunch we’re gearing up for Disrupt SF, but the news cycle does not rest. iOS 9 launched for iPhones and iPads as the watch OS 2 release was delayed due to a bug. Content blockers took center stage as they topped app stores, Snapchat introduced a feature that had users barfing rainbows, and CrunchBase launched a detail-rich Unicorn Leaderboard. 1. After months in… Read More 
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