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OKCupid’s rating sinks as users rebel over new ‘real name’ policy
OKCupid’s users are angry – very, very angry. Just ahead of the new year, the company made a radical change to its policies, and now requires people to use real names instead of an OKCupid username, as before. The change eliminates one of the biggest differentiators between the dating app and rivals like Tinder and Bumble, which have users log in via Facebook in order to use their… Read More
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TrendKite raises another $11M for its PR analytics platform
TrendKite is closing out 2017 with the announcement that it’s raised an additional $11 million in funding. The Austin-based startup says it’s currently analyzing 4.2 million articles every day, and using that analysis to help both brands and agencies to measure the impact of their PR efforts. So it can identify the total audience reached by articles mentioning the company, or… Read More
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Pinterest adds former CBS Corp. CFO Fred Reynolds to its board
Pinterest announced today it’s adding former CBS and PepsiCo exec Fred Reynolds to its board of directors. Reynolds’ background includes global financial and strategic planning as well as business analysis, the company notes. He will also serve as Pinterest’s Audit Committee Chair. Prior to joining Pinterest’s board, Reynolds spent 15 years at CBS and… Read More
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A digitizing David takes on photo-scanning Goliath
Mitch Goldstone loves photo scanning. His business, ScanMyPhotos, does what it says on the tin: you send photos to the company and, using high speed scanners and special software, his team digitizes your photos, sticks them onto a USB key or online, and sends them back. He is proud of his business. Thanks to his scanners he’s helped users save their photos from tornadoes, floods, and theft. Read More
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You can now pick up an iMac Pro in-store, for $4,999 and up
Apple’s super-powered iMac Pro hit the company’s online store just ahead of Christmas. Now those who’d prefer to pick one up in-person can do so by paying a visit to one of its various retail establishments. Availability was first spotted by MacRumors earlier today, and you can check it for yourself by entering your zip code over on the company’s site. At $4,999 and… Read More
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A cyclist is using a Google Assistant-controlled electric bike wheel to ride cross country to CES
This is one way to put your new electric bicycle wheel through its paces ahead of launch. But more importantly, it’s a pretty solid publicity stunt, funded by Google — a company that likes making a grand entrance. It’s all part of what’s shaping up to be a pretty big push for Google Assistant at the year’s biggest consumer electronics show. Read More
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Consumers dropped $200 million on apps on Christmas, up 12 percent from last year
Consumers spent $196 million on apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions on Christmas Day 2017 across the App Store and Google Play, according to new data from Sensor Tower. The report, while excluding Android revenue in China, represents a 12.3 percent increase over last year’s spending of approximately $174 million. That speaks to a still-growing market for apps and games as well as… Read More
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Historian Leslie Berlin talks about the rise of Silicon Valley
In this week’s episode of Technotopia I spoke to author and historian Leslie Berlin, writer of Troublemakers: Silicon Valleys’ Coming Of Age. Berlin is the Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University and one of the few people who can see the entire rise of SV tech culture from a researcher’s perspective. Berlin’s book is quirky, fun… Read More
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Crunch Network
The U.S. needs to create civic social networks
I have no doubt that the same great minds who are actively driving new platforms for commerce and engagement can formulate a new product (or adapt an existing one) that allows elected officials to engage the American people in a civic environment without paid ads and political spending. Read More
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Equity podcast: 2017 IPO recap and who will go public in 2018?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week the crew — Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley, Alex Wilhelm — were joined by Barrett Daniels, the CEO of Nextstep Advisory, an IPO shop that helps companies go public. Guess what we talked about? Yes, we went back through the biggest debuts… Read More
Latest TC Videos
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Crunch Report | South Korea Announces New Cryptocurrency Regulations
South Korea announces new cryptocurrency regulations coinciding with the drop in bitcoin prices, YouTube gets pulled from Fire TV and SoftBank will now own about 15 percent of Uber. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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Google retires the Pixel C tablet as it shifts focus to the Pixelbook
As noted earlier today by Android Police, Google has stopped selling the Pixel C through its online store. It’s a quiet and not unexpected end for the company’s well-received tablet, designed to make room for Google’s latest and greatest. Read More
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Trump’s website is coded with a broken server error message that blames Obama
If you’re a fan of Easter eggs hidden in source code, this is a pretty good one. Apparently, as Washington Post data reporter Christopher Ingraham observed on Twitter, some Trump administration and GOP websites have a portion of code with a joke that throws shade at Obama’s golf habits, the irony nowhere to be found. Read More
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It’s surprisingly easy to program living tissue to form new 3D shapes
The boundary between biology and technology blurs further and further as researchers discover more and more parallels between the two. Today they have found that it’s relatively simple to essentially hack living tissue by programming a pattern into cells, making them grow and fold on their own into a desired shape. Read More
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Crunch Network
Hiring has gone Hollywood
The top of the hiring funnel has gotten very crowded. We’ve always had recruiters or headhunters for top executives. They’re also commonly used in many industries for lower-skill positions, i.e. staffing. What’s changed is that staffing or fee-for-placement intermediaries are emerging for a range of professional positions. Read More
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What to expect at CES 2018
I know, right? Christmas just ended and the New Year hasn’t even dawned — but we’re already ramping up for CES mode, and we’re taking you down with us. The biggest tech show of the year is set to kick off January 9, so here’s what we know (or think we know) about the upcoming show’s biggest news, pulled from exhibitor lists, the rumor mill and an examination… Read More
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Netflix’s ‘Bright’ reached 11M viewers in its first three days, according to Nielsen
Netflix spent $90 million on the production of Bright, an unlikely hybrid of buddy cop movie and high fantasy. Will that investment pay off? Well, Nielsen has released some initial viewership numbers, reporting that the film reached 11 million U.S. viewers in its first three days. Read More
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Uber’s Frankenboard arrives
Today was a momentous day in Uber history. After much debate, rumors and strife over the past few weeks, it looks like the company and its shareholders have come to an agreement over a tender offer that will see SoftBank own nearly 15 percent of the company, while also injecting around $1 billion in fresh capital. That deal is expected to close in the new year. Read More
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Apple apologizes for not telling customers iPhones with older batteries would slow over time
Apple has today posted a letter on its website and a technical article in its Knowledge Base apologizing for not being more transparent about how it handles performance on iPhones with older batteries. Last week, Apple issued a statement that made it clear that changes it made a year ago were indeed slowing down the maximum performance of iPhones with older batteries. It will now also offer… Read More
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Snapchat adds a 2017 year in review feature for saved memories
Snapchat users who snap and save can take a stroll down memory lane with the app’s new feature, “A Look Back at 2017.” If you’re the type that would rather ruminate than remain committed to Snapchat’s previously purely ephemeral philosophy, you can find your 2017 year in review in the memories tab. Read More
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Uber
- $8.7B
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: mobile apps, ride sharing, transportation, public transportation
- Investors: SoftBank, General Atlantic, Didi Chuxing, Dragoneer Investment Group, ... See More
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Uber
- $1.2B
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: public transportation, mobile apps, ride sharing, transportation
- Investors: SoftBank
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Ericsson
- $370M
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: internet of things, telecommunications, public relations, mobile
- Investors: AB Svensk Exportkredit, Nordic Investment Bank
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Theranos
- $100M
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: health diagnostics, biotechnology, health care
- Investors: Fortress Investment Group
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Internet Archive
- $1.0M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: education, non profit, e-learning
- Investors: Pineapple Fund
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Collibra
- 40M EUR
- HQ: Manhattan, New York
- Categories: information services, enterprise software, saas
- Investors: ICONIQ Capital
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NodeSource, Inc.
- $18M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: cloud security, open source, enterprise software, software, cloud ... See More
- Investors: Silicon Valley Bank, Crosslink Capital, Industry Ventures, RRE Ventures ... See More
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Coinify ApS
- 30M DKK
- HQ: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden
- Categories: financial services, payments, cryptocurrency, point of sale, mobile ... See More
- Investors: Seed Capital, Nordic Eye, SEB Venture Capital
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Lendingkart
- 250M INR
- HQ: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Categories: internet, financial services, venture capital
- Investors: State Bank of India
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Realbest
- 7.0M EUR
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: real estate
- Investors: CommerzVentures GmbH, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Ventech, Hevella ... See More
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Unbound
- $2.7M
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: women's, health care, wellness, sex tech
- Investors: Founders Fund, Slow Ventures, Arena Ventures, SoGal Ventures
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Squirrel
- 509K GBP
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: apps, fintech, personal finance, banking
- Investors: Not available
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Billy Inc.
- Not available
- HQ: Portland, Oregon
- Categories: accounting, software
- Investors: Not available
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Kolte-Patil Developers
- 1.9B INR
- HQ: Pune, Maharashtra
- Categories: social media, real estate, intellectual property
- Investors: Not available
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Futurestay
- $2.3M
- HQ: Somerset, New Jersey
- Categories: service industry, travel, tourism
- Investors: New York Angels, Newark Venture Partners
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Foyr
- $3.8M
- HQ: Pune, Maharashtra
- Categories: home decor, interior design
- Investors: JLL India Real Estate Technology Ventures
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Influencer
- Not available
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: social media marketing
- Investors: Not available
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Prasos
- 2.5M EUR
- HQ: Helsinki, Southern Finland
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Triggi
- 1.1M EUR
- HQ: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Categories: apps, internet, internet of things
- Investors: Not available
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Flexenclosure
- 10M EUR
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: web hosting, data center, telecommunications
- Investors: European Investment Bank (EIB)
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MEL Science
- $2.2M
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: software, edtech, education
- Investors: Sistema Venture Capital
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Sirin Labs
- $158M
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: security, mobile, mobile devices, privacy, manufacturing
- Investors: Not available
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African Export-Import Bank
- $100M
- HQ: Cairo, Al Qahirah
- Categories: financial services
- Investors: Not available
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TrySome
- $61K
- HQ: Brooklyn, New York
- Categories: market research, marketplace, consumer, e-commerce platforms
- Investors: Not available
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Starry
- $31M
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: hardware, wireless, internet, network hardware
- Investors: Not available
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IGP.com
- Not available
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: lifestyle, gift card, e-commerce
- Investors: VentureCatalysts
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OfficeRock
- Not available
- HQ: Dubai, Dubai
- Categories: internet, e-commerce, small and medium businesses
- Investors: Camac Partners, WOMENA, Enabling Future, Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet ... See More
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Long Blockchain
- $2.0M
- HQ: Long Island City, New York
- Categories: food processing, food and beverage, consumer goods
- Investors: Court Cavendish
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Imanis Data
- $2.0M
- HQ: San Jose, California
- Categories: big data, software, database, data storage
- Investors: Wipro Technologies
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Imanis Data
- $2.0M
- HQ: San Jose, California
- Categories: software, data storage, big data, database
- Investors: Wipro Technologies
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