October 19, 2015

The size of China’s public cloud market will grow rapidly in the next five years, more than doubling to $3.8 billion in 2020 from $1.8 billion this year, says a…

China’s Public Cloud Market Will More Than Double To $3.8B By 2020, Says Forrester

The New Apple TV Is Coming Next Week

9:19 pm PDT • October 19, 2015

Pre-orders for the new Apple TVs are set to begin next Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said onstage at the WSJD Live conference, with shipments likely to be sent out by…

The New Apple TV Is Coming Next Week

It’s been three and a half months since Apple Music launched and, with the first wave of users’ free three-month trial periods coming to a close at the end of…

Tim Cook Says Apple Music Has 6.5M Paying Users

If you’re like me (and a billion other geeks), you’re probably watching the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer on endless repeat, trying to scrape out any little detail…

Here’s The New Star Wars Trailer, Scene-By-Scene, As GIFs For You To Study

AHHHHHHHH. We’ve seen teaser after teaser, but the first full length trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here. Ready to watch it on loop for the rest of…

Here’s The First Full Length Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Michael Carter and his team at Weeby.co want to break mobile games out of Apple’s App Store and move them into the cloud. In their office on Mountain View’s Castro…

Weeby.co Wants To Take The Reins of Mobile Game Development

Wibbitz, a startup that helps online publishers create video summaries of their articles, is announcing its first big push in the U.S. market, starting with partnerships with USA Today Sports,…

Wibbitz Enlists US Publishers For Its Video News Summaries

Drought one year. Flooding the next. If we’ve learned anything in the agriculture industry in recent years, it’s that climate change and extreme weather patterns are the new reality –…

Hackathon Challenges Developers To Make A Difference In Ag

When a New York Times piece came out in August that described Amazon’s workplace culture as “bruising,” Amazon cofounder and CEO Jeff Bezos acted quickly to dampen the story’s blow.…

Crisis Experts Debate Amazon’s Latest Move: Another Shoe to Drop?

Google’s all excited about the official launch of its flagship Nexus devices. We’ve reviewed the 5X and 6P and since they’re both unlocked, you get to choose your carrier. One option?…

For The Next 24 Hours, Google’s Letting You Skip The Line For Project Fi

Uber has a car with a bunch of cameras on it driving around collecting images to improve its maps, driving routes, and ETAs, TechCrunch has confirmed. And here are the…

Photos And Details Of Uber’s Map-Making Car

Primitive cultures like my family believe that 3D scanning steals the essence of a person which is why we do not allow binocular vision in my home. The Eora 3D…

The Eora 3D Scanner Can Capture The Very Soul Of An Object

It’s been a crazy few weeks in the world of daily fantasy sports. What originally started as a data leak from DraftKings has now morphed into a federal investigation and…

Everything You Need To Know About The DraftKings/FanDuel Scandal

Today following the bell, IBM reported its third-quarter financial performance, including revenue of $19.3 billion and earnings per share of $3.34, using adjusted techniques. Analysts had expected IBM to earn…

IBM Slips 4% On Disappointing Q3 Revenue Of $19.3B, Lower Full-Year Profit Forecast

A rare genetic disorder called progeria that causes symptoms of old age to manifest in the young has been popularized in books and movies such as Jack, a film that…

How Attackers Could Send Your Smartphone To An Early Grave

It’s been an eventful year for 3D printing company MakerBot: it got a new CEO, opened a new factory in Brooklyn’s Industry City and announced multiple rounds of layoffs. We…

CEO Jonathan Jaglom Talks About MakerBot’s Challenges

How can Facebook Messenger’s AI/human hybrid assistant M lend you a hand? Early data from Facebook’s testing shows people want help booking reservations, finding local businesses that could solve their…

Facebook M Assistant’s Top Requests Include Restaurant Suggestions And Shopping Help

The Google-owned navigation app Waze has a number of standout features – its ability to alert you to traffic conditions and speed traps, and re-route you around traffic jams, for…

Navigation App Waze Gets A Huge Redesign – Now Less Cluttered, But Still Needs Improvement

Notifications Summit: Session 5

10:36 am PDT • October 19, 2015

The Notifications Summit was recorded live October 1, 2015 @ betaworks in New York. Gathered were a group of technologists, developers, and thought leaders. Media as the First Instance, Alerts…

Notifications Summit: Session 5

As rumored last week, the U.S. government has just announced a program that will require drones to be registered with the U.S. Department of Transportation. At a press conference today…

Drones Now Need To Be Registered With U.S. Government, Say The FAA And DOT

When we say “Facebook IS the Internet to many people” we really mean “Many Facebook users don’t fully understand what the Internet is.” Throwing Internet jargon at them will just…

Facebook Should Reword Confusing Hack Warning About “State-Sponsored Actors”

To acquire more Google Apps for Work customers, Google just announced a new promotion that’s a huge shot across Microsoft’s bow. The company says that it will give interested customers…

Google Goes After Microsoft And IBM By Making Google Apps For Work Free While Customers Still Under Competitor’s Contract

Common, a co-living startup from General Assembly co-founder Brad Hargreaves, is unveiling its first building today in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights. With more than four floors and 7,300 square feet of…

Common, The Co-Living Startup From A General Assembly Founder, Opens Its First Building in Brooklyn

Hundreds of iOS applications have been pulled out of the App Store, following a report from analytics service SourceDNA, which uncovered a group of applications that were extracting users’ personally identifiable information, including…

Hundreds Of Apps Banned From App Store For Accessing Users’ Personal Information

“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” That’s how Ralph Waldo Emerson described his distrust of a certain type of “private adventurer.” I think…

What If The Angels Go Back To Heaven?

I recently visited St. Louis for the first time and fell in love. It’s a vibrant city with a fascinating startup scene and, thanks to some amazing folks, we were…

Meet Me In St. Louis For The First TC Meet Up And Pitch Off

Flipboard today is opening up some better targeting to its advertising partners in the form of the advertising based on the interest graphs it has built for its users. Here’s an…

Flipboard Launches A New Targeted Ads Product Based On Its Interest Graph

Yet another app has sprouted up that wants to take the Live Photos from your iPhone 6S/6S Plus and turn them into videos and/or GIFs. Because what is beauty —…

Lively Turns Your iPhone 6S Live Photos Into GIFs And Videos

Years after Google implemented a similar feature for Gmail users, Facebook says it will begin alerting users if it suspects they’re a target of state-sponsored attacks. That is, if the network…

Facebook Now Warns Users If They’re A Target Of State-Sponsored Attacks
Startups

Time Inc. Acquires Hello Giggles

5:52 am PDT • October 19, 2015

Time Inc., the New York-based publishing company with over 90 magazines in its stable, has announced the acquisition of a lifestyle, pop culture and beauty website called Hello Giggles. Though…

Time Inc. Acquires Hello Giggles