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Darktrace, The Cyber Security Startup Backed By Mike Lynch, Raises Further $18M - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Cyber security startup Darktrace, which is already backed by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch’s Invoke Capital, has picked up $18 million in new funding, at a valuation of $80 million. Read More - TechCrunch24
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Ustream’s New Live-Broadcasting SDK Lets You Build Your Own Meerkat - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Call it a sign of the times: hot off the heels of Meerkat’s sudden boom in popularity among techies and Twitter’s kneecapping of the service as SXSW began, live-streaming startup Ustream is opening its internal API to the public so that anyone can build their own Meerkat-like broadcasting app. Read More - TechCrunch24
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HaikuJam Is Not A Poem App - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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HaikuJam v2, officially exiting beta and launching now on iOS and Android, adds collaborative social photo-sharing to its erstwhile haiku-writing proposition — to loudly proclaim that a picture is worth more than a few syllables, however pretty. Read More - TechCrunch24
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11 Public Tech Companies Worth Less Than Uber - http://techcrunch.com/gallery...
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Uber is hardly a startup, occupying instead the odd space between public and private where it can command nearly any amount of private capital to its accounts, at valuations that might make a post-IPO tech company blush. So what public tech companies are worth less than Uber? As it turns out, a large number. We picked 11 that should put into perspective just how much faith investors have in… Read More - TechCrunch24
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TC Droidcast 42: Google Classes Up The Play Store And We Invent AI - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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On this week’s Droidcast, we discuss Google’s big changes to the Play Store, with the introduction of a review process that involves human eyes on apps before they’re made available, as well as the adoption of app age ratings based on existing standards. Google clearly wants to make Android a classier joint, perhaps to attract the big spenders. We also touch on… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Adobe Picks Up 517K Creative Cloud Subscribers In Its FQ1 - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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In its most recent financial period, Adobe picked up 517,000 net new subscribers to its Creative Cloud product, helping the company generate $1.11 billion in revenue, and adjusted profit of $0.44 per share. Using normal accounting methods (GAAP), Adobe ended the period with a slimmer $0.17 per share profit. Despite beating market expectations for revenue — $1.09 billion — and… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Hitting The Gym With Smart Apparel Startup Athos - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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If you’re looking for exercises and workout routines, there are plenty of apps that can help (in fact, FitBit just acquired one of them). But what about making sure that you’re exercising properly? How do you know you’re not working the wrong part of the body, favoring one side over the other, or doing anything else that might lead to an ineffective workout or even… Read More - TechCrunch24
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The Age Of Interruption Overload - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Every time I think our way of life couldn’t change any faster, reality proves me wrong. Compare our lives today to just five years ago, and it’s a completely different digital world. Today, we live in the age of interruption overload. We are bombarded with distractions: messages, social networks, emails, e-commerce, news, entertainment, sports – they all have something to say… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Google[x] Head Astro Teller Says Moonshots Are All About Embracing Failure - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Google’s ‘Captain of Moonshots’ Astro Teller admitted to a packed crowd at SXSW that a number of Google[x] projects have experienced a series of “bumps and scrapes” over the last five years. But he also highlighted how the Google lab attempts to overcome those issues and “embrace failure” in projects that aren’t going so well. Read More - TechCrunch24
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Regristration Is Now Open For Country Pavilions In Disrupt NY Startup Alley - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Disrupt NY 2015 is weeks away, and startups and investors will soon descend upon New York City’s historic Manhattan Center for the show on May 4-6. The speaker lineup is stacked and we’ve lined up amazing companies for Startup Battlefield. In past years, Startup Alley featured exhibiting companies from all over the world including the Nordics, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Ireland and… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Oracle Meets Profit Expectations In Its FQ3, Misses With Revenue Of $9.3B Due To Forex Headwinds - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Following the bell, Oracle announced the results of its fiscal third quarter, including revenue of $9.3 billion and earnings per share of $0.68. Investors had expected that the software company would earn $0.68 per share on revenue of $9.46 billion. The company stressed the impact that a quickly changing currency market had on its earnings: Using stable currency exchange rates, Oracle noted… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Project Mosul Aims To Resurrect The Artifacts Destroyed By ISIS - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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In what could be one of the most interesting and important uses of 3D scanning to come along in a long while, the Initial Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage is working to collect photographs of the destroyed statues that can be used to piece together 3D models of the destroyed artifacts. With enough visual data, the group should be able to recreate the objects to scale and undo,… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Facebook Introduces Free Friend-To-Friend Payments Through Messages - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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When you chat with friends about settling debts or splitting the bill, Facebook doesn’t want you to have to open another app like PayPal or Venmo to send them money. So today it unveiled a new payments feature for Facebook Messenger that lets you connect your Visa or Mastercard debit card and tap a “$” button to send friends money on iOS, Android, and desktop with zero fees. Read More - TechCrunch24
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Internet Explorer Is (Eventually) Dead (Kinda) - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Let’s get this over with as fast as we can. Internet Explorer is not dead. Instead, it’s something akin to Schrödinger’s browser: don’t call it fully alive or fully dead. If that made no sense, welcome to technology. Here’s the gist: Microsoft is working on a new browser, currently codenamed ‘Project Spartan.’ It will ship with Windows 10, the… Read More - TechCrunch24
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The Weasel And The Woodpecker - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Remember that picture of the weasel riding the woodpecker? It came to mind several times this weekend as I roamed the SXSW festival in Austin. Live streaming app Meerkat dominated the conversation at most gatherings, with the competing video streaming product, Periscope, coming up far less frequently – if at all. Then on Friday night Twitter confirmed rumors that it had closed on… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Be The Leader In Autonomous Cars - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on stage at Nivdia’s 2015 GPU Technology Conference this year, chatting with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang about autonomous cars and the hurdles standing in the way of self-driving tech. Musk said that a fully autonomous driving system might actually only be as little as a year away, but noted that regulation will lag several years behind tech that actually makes such a… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Twitter’s Latest Addition Makes It Easier To Report Threats On Its Service To The Police - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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At the end of last year, Twitter began to focus in earnest on upgrading its suite of tools designed to help users dealing with abuse, threats, and other forms of harassment that took place on its service. Today, the company is making yet another change along these same lines – it’s adding a new feature that will make it easier for affected users to report abuse to law… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Now You Can Rent Movies From Gumroad - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Gumroad, a startup that helps creators sell digital goods, now allows those creators to make items available for rent, too. It seems like an obvious addition — I’m used to renting movies from iTunes, and the Gumroad system is pretty similar (although it’s a little more generous, time-wise). But a lot of the platform’s early wins were in music and e-books, so… Read More - TechCrunch24
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The Gigabit Age Is Upon Us - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Society has entered a time in which technology enables us to be constantly connected, not only with one another, but also to devices and platforms. But we want faster ways to access and share information. Current connections aren’t enough yet. Gigabit networks are emerging as a transformative technology that provides rich connectivity and opens up a world of immersive experiences with… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Romain Jerome Announces The Subcraft, The Mechanical Watch That Looks Digital - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Sometimes it’s nice to have a little something mechanical in your life. To wit: the Romain Jerome Subcraft is the company’s latest “novelty” – a watch not made for mass production – that displays the hour on a side readout and the minutes on a dial on top of the case. This $24,000 watch – that’s 2 Apple Watch Edition’s, give or take –… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Leap Buses Are Hitting San Francisco’s Streets This Week - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Leap – Your daily commute. Redesigned. from Leap on Vimeo. It’s been a year in the making. Transit startup Leap is finally launching in San Francisco with completely overhauled buses and a route from the Marina to the downtown area. The startup, which is trying to rethink mass transit, is competing with a host of other shared transit companies from Y Combinator-backed Chariot… Read More - TechCrunch24
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What We Know About Nintendo’s Plans For Mobile Games - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Nintendo has finally given in to the lure of mobile after partnering up with fellow Japanese games firm DeNA, a billion dollar company that made its name on mobile. Don’t, however, expect a sea change, mobile is an expansion of Nintendo’s existing reach not a wide-ranging pivot. Read More - TechCrunch24
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Uber Launches Virtual Hackathon For API Developers - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Last August, Uber announced an API that would make it easier for third-party developers to hail a ride from within their own apps. In an effort to get more developers on board, the company has added the ability to add a request endpoint, and is running a virtual hackathon to surface new innovative ideas. Uber’s API launched with 11 major partners, including Expensify, Hinge, Hyatt… Read More - TechCrunch24
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The “Momento Pearl” Smart Jewelry Offers A Digital Upgrade To The Keepsake Locket - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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“Smart” jewelry today largely includes functional gadgets designed for health tracking functions, or those offering some sort of alerting feature, like rings that vibrate when you receive texts or calls. But now, a new piece of smart jewelry called the “Momento Pearl” is combining technology with sentiment and emotion by allowing the jewelry’s giver to record a… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Y Combinator Talks Numbers: 842 Companies Funded To Date, 23% Women In Current Batch - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Y Combinator, the startup accelerator known for being the birthplace of Dropbox, Reddit, Airbnb, Stripe, and a number of other companies, released some updated stats this morning showing just how big it’s gotten — and how diverse its current class of companies is. Y Combinator says it has now funded 842 companies to date, and those startups have raised upwards of $3 billion in… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Your Windows 10 Password Will Be Your Face - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Microsoft announced this morning two components of Windows 10, its next operating system, that will help users log into both hardware and digital services. ‘Windows Hello’ will allow users with machines that have the required hardware to log into their computing device using their face, eyes, or fingerprint. Not all machines will run Windows Hello. Microsoft noted in a blog post… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Rhapsody’s New Cards Offer Streaming Music Right In Twitter - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Twitter’s own dedicated music app never really took off, but a new partner integration with Rhapsody brings 30 million full tracks to the app via new Rhapsody audio cards. The new cards go live starting today, with a number of artists posting their own tracks to the social network as part of the kick-off of SXSW’s arts festival. The licensed streaming of full tracks directly in… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Drones That Shoot Fire, Silly String And More With Chaotic Moon - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Product design firm Chaotic Moon creates prototypes for some of the biggest brands in the world. It has designed tech products for corporations like Samsung, Whole Foods and Intel. But the Austin-based firm got in trouble at last year’s SXSW Interactive festival when its “taser drone” accidentally shocked one of its interns. Chaotic Moon is back again this year with a drone… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Nomad’s Pod Is A Clever Portable Backup Battery For Apple Watch - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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The Apple Watch isn’t available yet, but that hasn’t stopped accessory makers from coming out of the woodwork to pre-announce a thriving ecosystem of companion devices for the wearable. Nomad, maker of the ChargeKey and the NomadClip, among many other MFI-certified power accessories, is joining the fray with the Pod, a portable battery pack for Apple Watch, and the Stand, an… Read More - TechCrunch24
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These Are The Top 20 US Accelerators - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Editor’s Note: Yael Hochberg is an Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a managing director of the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project. Susan Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond and is a managing director of the annual Seed… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Haystack’s New App Wants To Be Your Digital Business Card - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Over the years, a number of startups have attempted to kill the business card, but these antiquated pieces of paper have managed to stick around, despite our move to a digital age. However, that doesn’t mean people will stop trying to end the reign of the business card once and for all. The latest example? A newly launched mobile application called Haystack combines the ability for users… Read More - TechCrunch24
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Bezar, Bradford Shellhammer’s Reimagined Fab.com, Goes Live Today - http://techcrunch.com/2015...
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Bezar, the curated online marketplace that takes after its predecessor Fab.com, is going live today with twelve designers across four categories: art, accessories, house, and jewelry). Bezar was founded by Bradford Shellhammer, cofounder of Fab.com who left in November of 2013, and took much of the “special sauce of Fab.com” with him when he left. I’ve visited… Read More - TechCrunch24
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