Colleen Taylor

Colleen Taylor was a reporter for TechCrunch and the editorial director for TechCrunch TV.

Colleen Taylor

We might be heading into the height of the holiday season, but tech news has not slowed down just yet! So we had quite a few things to discuss in…

CrunchWeek: Bitcoin’s Big Crash, The ‘Six Californias’ Plan, Dorsey Gives Back Square Stock

Facebook said this afternoon that it has priced its previously-announced secondary offering of 70 million shares of Class A stock at $55.05 per share. At this price, some $3.85 billion…

The weather outside is frightful, but CrunchWeek is so delightful. So since we’ve no place to go, why don’t you watch the show… that brings three TechCrunch writers together to…

CrunchWeek: Instagram Debuts Messaging, Twitter’s Blocking Debacle, Snapchat Banks $50M

Lots of companies spend large amounts of money and time trying to attract the lucrative but elusive young demographic. So when something organically emerges as a trend-setting app for young…

Now With 25M Monthly Users, Social Photo Startup We Heart It Partners With Teen Vogue & Others

TellApart may not be a household name, but if you spend time shopping (or window shopping) online, you have probably come across its technology. The Burlingame, California-based startup helps online…

Ad Tech Startup TellApart Hits $100 Million Revenue Run Rate

Now that it’s been a little over four months since its public launch, Glow, the fertility app founded by Max Levchin, is finally talking numbers, and they are pretty impressive.…

Glow, The Fertility App Founded By Max Levchin, Crosses 1,000 User Pregnancies

Lit Motors, the electric car startup that launched last year with its first vehicle called the C1, has debuted another sleek looking electricity-fueled vehicle called the Kubo.

Meet Kubo, The Crowdfunded Electric Cargo Scooter Made By Lit Motors

Last week, the media world was abuzz with the news that e-commerce giant Amazon was experimenting with a new program dubbed “Amazon Prime Air,” which would use small automated “drone”…

How Matternet Wants To Bring Drone Delivery To The People Who Need It Most

Sources say that Chien is in the process of transitioning out of his role at Kleiner, amid recent changes in the firm’s partner structure.

Kleiner Perkins Partner Chi-Hua Chien Transitioning Out Of Firm

December is officially here, and it’s a particularly cold weekend for much of the United States. Looking for a way to stay warm? I humbly suggest that you huddle around…

CrunchWeek: Amazon Drones, Uber’s Leaked Revenue, 23andMe’s FDA Trouble

The average salary of Silicon Valley tech professionals is $101,278. So it’s pretty embarrassing that shortages at local charities mean that many needy families in the San Francisco Bay Area…

Meet Omakase, The Charity That Wants To End The Tech Industry’s Giving Problem

Berlin is buzzing with entrepreneurial energy at the moment, and SoundCloud is one of the companies that has emerged as an anchor to the city’s growing tech startup scene. So…

TC Cribs: Inside SoundCloud, The Berlin-Based Startup Fueled By Music (And Club-Mate)

It’s time for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show in which a few of us writers sit ourselves down in front of a few TechCrunch TV cameras to discuss…

Divorce is known for bringing out the worst in people. And while ending a marriage is never going to be painless, the people at a startup called Wevorce believe that…

Given the near ubiquity of its simply designed shoes, it’s almost hard to believe that TOMS, the company that’s known for donating one pair of shoes or eyewear to an…

TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie On Turning The One-For-One Charity Model Into A Platform

I think we’ve established by now that what happens in Vegas actually never stays in Vegas. And, as you can see by the agenda obtained by TechCrunch that’s embedded below…

Here Are The Hottest Companies In Tech Right Now, According To Goldman Sachs

Hightail, the file-sharing service formerly known as YouSendIt, has raised $34 million in new funding. The round, which serves as Hightail’s Series E, was led by hard drive maker Western…

Hightail, The File-Sharing Service Formerly Called YouSendIt, Lands $34 Million In New Funding

In just the past couple years, I’ve noticed something: My colleague John Murillo, who shoots and edits video for TechCrunch TV, has increasingly become one of the most popular people…

Engadget Makeover Folds In ‘All The Best Things’ About Gdgt As It Fields More Mainstream Readers

It’s been a couple of weeks since the last CrunchWeek, the TechCrunch TV show that brings a few writers together to chat about some of the most buzzed-about tech news…

CrunchWeek: Snapchat Turns Down $3B, The Justin Bieber-Backed Selfie App, IPOs Are Back

Last month, a number of us TechCrunchers grabbed our passports and jetted to Berlin for our first-ever Disrupt Europe conference. The tech scene in Berlin is very hot at the…

TC Cribs: Wooga, Where Addictive Social Games Are Made In The Heart Of Berlin

Fab.com, the design-oriented e-commerce site, is indeed seeing the departure of its chief operating officer Beth Ferreira, a person with knowledge of the situation has confirmed to TechCrunch. Ferreira will…

Confirmed: Fab COO To Exit As Company Looks To Winnow Down ‘Top Heavy’ Management Structure

A number of Instagram users are currently reporting difficulty accessing the popular photo-sharing service both on the web and mobile versions of the app. At 3:37 pm Pacific Time this…

Instagram Is Down For Some Users Due To ‘System Issues’

Here in the tech industry, it seems that people are always talking about “how hard it is to hire.” That’s something that can sound a little odd, given that there…

Year Up Helps Give Urban Youth The Training And Connections They Need To Land Hot Tech Jobs

Everyone loves a “where are they now” story — whether it’s about teen idols or once-hot tech apps. Bebo, the social networking startup that famously sold to AOL for a…

Checking Up On Monkey Inferno, The Tech Incubator Where Bebo Is Working On Its Rebirth

We in the tech press are great at covering what it’s like to be a startup founder. But the world does not live by entrepreneurs alone. One big reason that…

Inside Jobs: How Pinterest’s Top Engineering Exec Really Works

When it comes to photo-oriented web services, for every slam-dunk success like Instagram, there seem to be quite a few Color-like shutdowns. And today, another photo startup is hitting the…

Everpix, The Cloud-Based Photo Startup, Is Shutting Down

Guten tag from Berlin! It’s the second and final day of TechCrunch’s first ever Disrupt Europe conference, and you know what that means: From 10am to 7pm Berlin time will…

Day Two Of TechCrunch Disrupt Europe 2013: Watch The Live Stream Here!

Guten Morgen! We’re coming to you live from Berlin, where the first ever official TechCrunch Europe conference is kicking off this morning. It’s going to be two days packed full…

Watch The Live Stream For Disrupt Europe 2013 Here!

Interactive e-book Inkling first became known for bringing academic textbooks to the digital realms of iOS and the web. But in recent years it has expanded into consumer titles as…

Inkling Acquires Two Consumer Book Brands From Open Air Publishing As It Continues Push Beyond The Classroom

This week felt like a long one, am I right? But Saturday is finally here, and along with it is a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings three…

CrunchWeek: Earnings Week Winners And Losers, Netflix Cozying Up To Comcast, Path Layoffs