Jordan might not seem like the most obvious place for a tech hub, but the country is leading the Middle East's growing startup industry. 500 Startups' current class features two Jordanian companies, i

Watching GoPro footage makes it clear that there is basically nothing cooler than first-person action sport shots. And for those who are spending the day at the skate park, one Kickstarter project is

We first caught wind of the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/13/samsungs-galaxy-s4-active-rugged-smartphone-hits-bluetooth-sig-as-all-terrain-phone-battle-heats-up/">Samsung Galaxy S4 Active</a

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.qualtrics.com">Qualtrics</a>, the enterprise data collection and analysis <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/qualtrics">software company</a>

Help Me Help wants to make it easier for emergency responders to get a full picture of a situation after a disaster happens. The service combines crowdsourcing, a smartphone app and web service that a

After a series of rapid fire pivots, Roamz, one of many services launched during the location-centric app explosion to try and help you find things to do nearby, has shut down. To date, the team ha

You’d think we’d have given up. Signs of the technology police state whip gale force at our flag. Our social tools serve to serve us tragedy while our legislative bodies do their best to s

For many of us today the 4th of July signifies a day of patriotism, fireworks, and grilled meats, but it also means that there are only seven days left until Nokia opens the doors to a New York press

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLywiaM6PA">Happy Fourth of July</a> to everyone who is celebrating today! We hope you are enjoying the sunshine, family and friends, booze, fi

<a target="_blank" href="http://shoebox.ancestry.com/">Shoebox</a>, the mobile photo archiving app <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/ancestry-com-acquires-photo-digitization-and-sharing-servi

Dell is reportedly investing in wearable tech, with an eye to developing smartwatch devices, according to a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/04/dell-wearable-comp

<a target="_blank" href="http://Ask.fm">Ask.fm</a>, the Latvian startup that's been left carrying the personal Q&A torch after its inspiration, Formspring, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/

The Fourth of July was another record-shattering day for Instagram and Vine, as users shared millions of hours of video. As Americans fired up their barbeques and enjoyed the holiday, millions were

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separat

The NSA PRISM spying scandal risks undermining trust in U.S. cloud computing businesses, the EC's vice-president, Neelie Kroes, has warned in a speech today. Kroes also reiterated calls for "clarity a

<i>Sacrebleu!</i> The NSA isn't the only security agency to collect data. In fact, France's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/prism/">PRISM-like</a> program is going very strong with <i>millions of

AngelList has quickly emerged as an indispensable resource for connecting entrepreneurs with investors. Started as an email newsletter, the website now has more than 18,000 accredited investors, inclu

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.commonfloor.com/">CommonFloor</a>, a real estate search engine and listings site in India, has raised $7.5 million in funding from existing investors, Tiger Global

Toronto-based startup Valta is looking for Kickstarter funding to help it bring its remote energy management system to life, in order to put complete control over power usage by devices in any home in

Mobile security startup Bluebox Security has unearthed a vulnerability in Android's security model which it says means that the nearly 900 million Android phones released in the past four years could