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HTC Vive now £70 more pricey in the UK, thanks to Brexit
Aug 01, 10:46AM
The impacts of the U.K.’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union will undoubtedly be playing out for years and years to come. But here’s one short term effect: the HTC Vive VR headset is now £70 more expensive — rising from its original pricing of £689 to £759 (+ P&P) from today. Read More
Video ad company Teads raises $47M in debt, plans acquisitions and further Asia expansion
Aug 01, 9:35AM
Video advertising platform Teads has raised a further $47 million in debt financing. Providing the capital are a bank syndicate made up of BNPP, Bank of China, HSBC, Banque Palatine, and BPI. Read More 
Confirmed: Didi buys Uber China in a bid for profit, will keep Uber brand
Aug 01, 9:26AM
China’s Didi Chuxing has confirmed that it has agreed to buy Uber China in a deal that had been heavily speculated earlier today. Read More 
Lumo Run's new jogging sensor launches today – here's how it stacks up
Aug 01, 6:59AM
TechCrunch first caught wind of Lumo’s smart pants with the running sensor last October. It was a breakout product from its posture trainer Lumo Lift and a first step into both connected garments and the running industry. You can check out our video review with Lumo co-founder Monisha Perkash here. Lumo’s pants needed the sensor to go in a special pocket to work when we last caught… Read More 
In Kenya, Safaricom's Little Cab app goes head to head with Uber
Aug 01, 6:00AM
Even as a deal is imminent and its closest competitor Didi Chuxing in the immense Chinese market, competition continues to intensify around the globe. Africa is one region where entrants continue to pile in. In Kenya’s tech transit market, which already includes Uber and several other startups, Safaricom, the country’s largest telecom and fintech firm, has recently launched its… Read More 
Grab CEO: Didi victory shows we can beat Uber in Southeast Asia
Aug 01, 5:44AM
Didi Chuxing’s proposed acquisition of Uber’s Chinese business hasn’t even been confirmed, but the gravity of the deal — Didi will hold stakes in all of the planet’s top ride-sharing firms — has already prompted responses from others in the industry. Read More 
Uber China will reportedly merge with archrival Didi Chuxing
Aug 01, 4:32AM
Huge news for China’s ride-sharing industry, it appears that Didi Chuxing will gobble up rival Uber China in a deal that will value the combined entity at $35 billion. Read More 
Philips intros a smart health product ecosystem
Aug 01, 4:00AM
Philips is no stranger to health. In fact, Philips Healthcare (nee Philips Medical Systems) comprises a big chunk of the multinational corporation, providing some serious industrial equipment for hospitals, from CT scanners to defibrillators. It’s no surprise, then, that the company’s been angling to make progress in the booming consumer wearable space – or that… Read More 
A Q&A with DFJ Partner, Bill Bryant, on "unicorn" valuations and startup investing
Aug 01, 3:30AM
Pundits are painting a picture of doom and gloom for startups, saying it will be harder to raise money. What do you think? I think the next several months and possibly years will be challenging for raising capital. There has definitely been a reset. The market was over extended in an unhealthy way and we are seeing the impact across the board. The catalyst for this reset has been the collapse… Read More 
Talking the future of education with Convergent Media founder Rob Anderson
Aug 01, 3:24AM
This week on Technotopia I talk to Rob Anderson, founder of Convergent Media Group and a former founding team member at MTV Russia. Anderson has some interesting ideas on education and the necessity for a true way to assess and hire based on personality types and skills. Anderson is constantly hiring for his media company and he’s looking forward to a future when we will all be working a… Read More 
It's a new era for female Israeli entrepreneurs
Aug 01, 3:00AM
The Israeli startup scene has dramatically changed within a couple of years because of the significant increase in investment prospects, events, meet-ups, competitions, lectures, academic programs and more. Especially interesting are the recent alterations in the diversity of the entrepreneurs, with more and more women entering the previously male-dominated startup habitat. Read More 
Understanding Hillary Clinton's innovation plan
Aug 01, 12:30AM
So what will a Clinton presidency mean to Silicon Valley? And does she actually have a plan on innovation and technology? Read More
Virtual reality will not replay the 3D debacle
Jul 31, 10:00PM
In the mid-2000s, everyone was talking about 3D, the “next big thing” in video. It required people to buy expensive new gadgets and wear goofy eyewear, but we were told consumers would flock to this new 3D world. Unless you’re James Cameron, you likely missed the entire 3D revolution. So perhaps we should look at the new “next big thing” in video, virtual… Read More 
BlackBerry's security-focused Android identity crisis
Jul 31, 9:53PM
Consider BlackBerry. Think about the company, its products, its most iconic features. What comes to mind? Business apps? A QWERTY keyboard? BBM? The once-mighty Canadian smartphone maker is banking on one word standing above all the rest: security. You see, BBM is no longer solely the realm of BlackBerry devices, and the keyboard hasn’t been ubiquitous since the company belatedly… Read More 
Gillmor Gang: Not Insane
Jul 31, 6:28PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, July 29, 2016. In 1972, the Firesign Theatre documented the National Surrealist Light Peoples Party convention for president. George Papoon’s campaign rallying cry, Not Insane, has never been more appropriate. Plus, G3 w/ Kristie Wells, Elisa Camahort Page, Francine Hardaway,… Read More 
Here's what your boring app would look like as a conversation
Jul 31, 6:00PM
In years to come, conversations will breathe new life into software — particularly the boring enterprise tools millions of knowledge workers begrudgingly use every day. Conversational user interfaces (CUIs) work because of our familiarity with messaging. Even the most technically complex interactions can look as simple as getting an SMS text when presented as a conversation. Read More 
BBC: And then we strapped a helicopter rig to an elephant
Jul 31, 4:55PM
Imagine being part of the BBC’s natural history unit, traveling the world to create some of the world’s most beautiful documentaries. Sounds like a dream job, right? I sat down with Huw Cordey, the producer on a ton of the Beeb’s best-loved shows, to find out more about the technology and gadgets the team deploys to capture the beasties in action. Read More 
The other pipeline
Jul 31, 4:02PM
Chrisfino Kenyatta Leal never thought he would end up in prison, let alone the tech industry. What he did envision, he tells me, was dying before the age of 25 or 30. “I saw so many people around me dying at such a young age that my long-term vision just wasn’t in focus,” Leal tells me. “I was just focused on what was right in front me.” Read More 
It's okay for Pikachu to watch you — as long as you want it to
Jul 31, 3:00AM
Millions who downloaded the new Pokémon Go app are living in a brave, new, augmented reality world. For the early adopters (meaning apparently everyone you know) on iOS devices, it meant unknowingly granting Pokémon Go the permission to fully access their Google accounts. You’ve got to risk it all to catch ‘em all, right? Read More 
In what contexts should messaging be the UI?
Jul 31, 12:00AM
The current messaging hype is overstated. There are certainly some interesting and unique opportunities for messaging as an interface, but I contend the number of practical use cases is a fraction of what the current hype cycle suggests. Read More 
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