Puzzle Piece’s $19 Tablets Help Children With Autism Learn Social Skills

Almost as soon as the iPad came out, parents and therapists began incorporating apps into autism therapy. Many parents, however, cannot afford to buy a device for their child. New startup Puzzle Piece

Fab May Suffer Yet Another Round Of Layoffs

We’ve heard that design-focused e-commerce site Fab is planning another round of layoffs. At an internal meeting today, sources tell us that the company said it would be making a decision on the fin

Meet AltSchool, The Startup That Is Going To Reinvent Primary Education

Education is one of the last industries that is still going through massive change and disruption with the introduction of technology. In particular, we’ve seen the rise of iPads,  the introduc

Box IPO Delay Wouldn’t Be Without Compromises

It hasn’t been a great couple of weeks for Box. First came word that Intralinks bought DocTrackr, an information rights management vendor that Box reportedly had its eye on. Then last night, th

LinkedIn Beats The Street In Q1 On Sales Of $473M, EPS Of $0.38, Raises Outlook

Amid a market correction that has seen many tech stocks lose value, LinkedIn, the social network for the working world, today reported Q1 earnings that beat analyst estimates. Sales came in at $473 mi

Flipt Wants To Help You Make Smarter Home Investment — And Flipping — Decisions

While the U.S. real estate market is still experiencing its ups and downs, the number of online real estate startups continues to increase quickly. The latest entrant in this business is Flipt, which

Sleevely Tells You How Much Milk Your Wee Bairn Slurped All Day

Babies, sweet bairns or waukrife rogues alike drink from bottles. But how is a poor parent to know how much the wee ones drank, how fresh the formula was, and how much more they should imbibe before g

Vine Launches A Six-Second YouTube

When Vine <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/03/vine-introduces-full-profiles-on-the-web-and-tv-mode-for-full-screen-viewing/">first launched on the web</a>, all you could do was view your stream

Ambient Proximity Is The Next Phase Of Location Sharing

It's not where your friends are, but how close they are that matters. After years of exact coordinate check-ins, both Foursquare and Facebook are now focusing on ambient proximity -- constantly and au

Netflix Accidentally Pulls Popular Shows Off The Service

<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=netflix%20down">Twitter has exploded</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/15/netflix-is-down/">again</a>, which can only mea

Screw It, Yelp Should Do Three Apps

After this morning's announcement that Foursquare will become Eightsquare in order to be a "true Yelp-killer," we have the following advice to give competitor Yelp: "Screw it. Do three apps." As Th

Microsoft Patches Latest Internet Explorer Security Flaw — Even For XP Users

Microsoft is issuing an update to Internet Explorer today that patches a very serious security issue in its browser. This issue came to light over the weekend and what made it especially problematic

Meet The Vanhawks Valour, A Connected Bike With GPS Navigation To Help You Get Around

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.vanhawks.com">Vanhawks</a> seeks to make bicycles smarter, and is starting with a bike called the Valour that is Bluetooth-enabled to connect with smartphones and o

TechCrunch Giveaway: Ben Horowitz’s “The Hard Thing About Hard Things”

Ben Horowitz's story is nothing if not empowering, fascinating, and -- to many in our community -- relatable. In his new book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building A Business When There Are No E

Microsoft Acquires High-Performance Cloud-Computing Company GreenButton

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired GreenButton, a U.S.- and New Zealand-based high-performance cloud-computing company that has long had a close relationship with Microsoft's Azure group.

Robocoin Is Leading The Way With The First ATM-Based “Bitcoin Banks”

Robocoin, a popular bitcoin ATM provider, is announcing that they're upgrading all of their ATMs to turn them into full service "banks" complete with account control, payment systems, and a method for

SpaceX Wins An Injunction Against United Launch Alliance’s Purchase Of Russian Rockets

After announcing last week that it would be filing suit against the U.S. Air Force over the government agency’s decision to award a contract for national defense-related rocket launches exclus

MakeSpace, The Dropbox For Physical Storage, Packs Up $8 Million Led By Upfront Ventures

NY-based MakeSpace, the Dropbox for physical objects, has today closed an $8 million Series A funding round led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, OATV, and follow-ons from ex

First Class Graduates From Data Elite Big Data Lab

Stamos Venios, Managing Partner of Data Elite says his company had a vision when they conceived of Data Elite, a lab of sorts, providing a support system for people with ideas for big data companies.

Kamcord, The SDK That Allows You To Record Mobile Games, Raises $7.1M From TransLink Capital

Kamcord, the SDK that allows gamers to record in-game video on mobile, has raised $7.1 million in Series A funding led by TransLink Capital with participation from SV Angel as well as DeNA, KLab, and
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