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Here’s an unusual pricing plan for air travel — instead of paying for each trip, hand over a $1,500 monthly fee and fly as much as you want. That’s what startup…

Twitter just announced new capabilities that it says “make it easier to discover products and places.” The company has been moving into e-commerce and rolled out a Buy button last…

Startup studio Expa is unveiling its newest company today — Spot, which promises to help users to find “the best places in the world.” In other words, Spot will deliver…

Signs outside the New York Stock Exchange declared that “Wall Street Is Getting Fit.” Activity tracking company Fitbit began public trading today, initially surging to more than 50 percent above…

Routific is the latest startup hoping to take advantage of growing interest in on-demand services. It’s not trying to build the next Uber or Instacart, but instead giving small businesses…

Are you the kind of person who says, “I read BuzzFeed for the news”? Do you secretly wish you didn’t have to wade through all those listsicles and quizzes to…

Some bad news broke for Uber today — the California Labor Commission ruled that one of the company’s drivers was an employee. Uber has long insisted that those drivers are…

Optimizely has become synonymous with A/B testing, but founder and CEO Dan Siroker told me years ago that his vision went beyond testing out different variations of websites (and now…

Email advertising company LiveIntent has raised $32.5 million in new funding. This effectively doubles the amount that LiveIntent has raised. The round was led by private-equity firm FTV Capital, with…

Pronoun, a self-publishing platform that says it places authors’ needs first, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in new funding. The company is actually a new incarnation of…

Salesforce.com is announcing a new version of its Marketing Cloud. The company is unveiling the new features today in New York City at its Connections event for digital marketers. It’s…

Y Combinator-incubated SigOpt is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. The company’s aim is to help customers optimize anything, whether it’s an ad campaign or a…

Ambassador, a startup that helps companies like Spotify and T-Mobile manage their referral marketing programs, is announcing that it has raised $2.35 million in Series A funding. For those of…

Here’s a random pet peeve: When I’m traveling, I always kick myself for watching movies on mediocre in-flight entertainment systems — we all do it, but there’s something wrong about…

Looklist has raised a small seed round to build out its “inspiration engine” for fashion and hair. I know, I know, this sounds a bit like a bunch of other…

As companies vie for top-tier talent, New York City startup Vettery is offering an alternative to the traditional recruiting process. Although Vettery is officially launching its marketplace today, a beta…

Marketing startup Local ID is announcing a $1.9 million seed round. The company was founded last year and, according to CEO Alex Nocifera, aims to help large businesses manage their…

Facebook announced a new Creative Accelerator program earlier this year, with the aim of delivering more effective advertising in emerging markets like India and Kenya. The early results, it says,…

Online measurement and advertising company Quantcast has hired a new chief financial officer — Stephen Collins, former CEO at Bazaarvoice. Collins has also served as CFO at Bazaarvoice and DoubleClick,…

AppNexus has become one of the big names in ad tech, but CEO Brian O’Kelley (pictured above) recalled that back in 2012, the company had to pull back in a…

Founder and executive chairman Jack Ma said there’s a big opportunity for Alibaba in the United States: “Alibaba was founded in China, but it was created for the world.” Ma…

Bloglovin’ has brought on Giordano Bruno Contestabile as its new CEO. With a background in video games (he was executive producer of PopCap Games’ Bejeweled franchise), Contestabile isn’t the most…

Apple capped off its announcement of new features in iOS 9 with information about timing — the public beta will become available in July, followed by a full launch this…

With the update to iOS 9, iPhone users will find transit directions in Apple Maps. So yes, city-dwellers, we can finally stop complaining about this. “Yes, it’s transit,” Apple’s Craig…

There’s a new survey commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau that examines mobile video consumption across the globe. Not surprisingly, many respondents said that they’re watching more video on mobile…

Xprize may be best known for its efforts in space travel, but it’s also working to solve social problems here on Earth. The foundation announced a $15 million competition last fall, focused…

Fans of tech blog ReadWrite got a grim message last week. A new page is asking them to “Bring ReadWrite Back,” and it declares, “To be completely frank, we’re struggling…

We hear a lot of startup origin stories here at TechCrunch, and sometimes they can blur together. But this one’s a little different. It’s about Ramesh Haridas, an entrepreneur and…

If you’ve ever wanted to contribute photos or videos to your local newscast, you might get your chance soon, thanks to a new startup called Fresco News. There have been…

Online video news company NowThis Mediasays it has seen dramatic growth, going from 1 million video views a year ago, to 50 million earlier this year, to 200 million in…