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Crunch Network
Designing for voice differs from traditional UX
Whether designing a software or hardware product, you focus on a few key principles: What you’re creating should be easy to use, elegant and intuitive. How does this differ, then, when you’re designing something that isn’t seen, but spoken? How do users’ brains work differently when talking rather than reading, pointing, clicking, swiping and typing? Read More
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Crunch Network
How the International Olympic Committee is using technology to educate future host cities
As the Rio Games draw to a close and the competing athletes pack up, leaving the Brazilian metropolis behind, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already hard at work laying the foundation for the future spectacle of Olympic games. Throughout the Games, the IOC’s Olympic Games Knowledge Management program has been collecting data and compiling reports to share knowledge of… Read More
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Crunch Network
Tech and the presidential race
For presidential nominee Donald Trump, the importance of articulating a vision for the tech industry seems to be lost. While nominee Hillary Clinton released a comprehensive technology policy platform that should excite software developers, Mr. Trump doesn’t pay much attention to our industry’s concerns and is, frankly, on the wrong side of many of the most important issues facing… Read More
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Crunch Network
How government can unlock three trillion dollars of value in the digital economy
The traditional Silicon Valley view is that innovation happens in spite rather than because of government. But according to Accenture Senior Director of Strategy, Anand Shah, government does have an important role to play in stimulating growth. Read More
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Crunch Network
The new, scary face of auto insurance
Self-driving cars may never reach accessible autonomy and might only be an add-on feature. It is very likely that the driver will still be liable for the actions of their vehicles. This means that drivers will still need auto insurance. Driving technology may never replace drivers, but it could help us become less injury prone. Read More
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Crunch Network
Paving the way for the autonomous truck
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are progressing technology in the trucking industry and helping to pave the path to fully autonomous trucks. Read More
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Crunch Network
Developing a global financial architecture
The movement of capital around the globe is of paramount importance to an increasingly globalized society. As companies, workers and jobs become more fluid across permeable borders, it will become increasingly necessary to move money freely without arduous costs or constraints. Yet no comprehensive solution exists today that resolves the issues damming the flow of capital across borders. Read More
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Gillmor Gang: Predictions
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, August 19, 2016. The Gang goes mobile as in cars, autocurated Twitter notifications, the real reason bots are important, and a tribute to the inventor of all things debated. Bye bye. @stevegillmor, @Scobleizer, @kevinmarks, @kteare, @fradice Produced and directed by @tinagillmor Read More
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How carbon nanotubes could give us faster processors and longer battery life
Carbon nanotubes are one of those supermaterials — a cylinder with a diameter of one or two nanometers — that are full of dreamy applications, ranging from supercomputers to ultra-efficient smartphones. The problem is, they are difficult to manufacture, and commercializing these applications may require 10 or 15 years. A nanotube is a tube-like molecular structure made of… Read More
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Crunch Network
The reality of VR porn
Is virtual reality porn merely an example of an industry — already known for early adoption of new tech — extending its market reach, or could the growing sophistication of the online porn experience have unforeseen social and psychological impacts? Read More
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Crunch Network
Ads are bad, and also terrible
Every so often, I find myself forced to use the Web on a browser without uBlock or an equivalent; and every time, I think to myself “How do people live like this?” The un-ad-blocked web is a miserable cesspool of autoplaying video and hysterical calls to action, slow to load, hard to look at. It’s even worse on your phone, where ads devour your battery life and up to 75% of… Read More
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SEC looks into Hampton Creek’s mayo buy back scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a preliminary inquiry into Hampton Creek after it was accused of running a secret project to buy up its own mayonnaise product from stores. Bloomberg, which first reported the news of the buybacks, now says the agency is looking at whether the startup inappropriately counted revenue from these purchases made with company money. The scheme is… Read More
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Crunch Report | Samsung Drops Galaxy Note 7
SolidEnergy, a startup out of MIT, is working on the next generation of Lithium batteries, Pandora is looking to launch on-demand music streaming, Samsung Drops the Galaxy Note 7 in 10 countries, Rakuten buys Bitnet, and video-call-your-doctor startup raises €6.1 million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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Crunch Network
Is big data in big trouble?
We recently saw two critical developments in the big data and analytics space. Tableau released earnings and missed their forecast by $0.05; their stock dropped 5 percent. Then Hortonworks announced a revenue miss that sent the stock into a downward spiral. What’s going on with the business intelligence and Hadoop space? Read More
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Lyft pauses Carpool service
Well, that was fast. Less than five months ago, Lyft launched a Carpool feature for people commuting outside of San Francisco city limits. The idea was that people would pick up passengers on their way to work and make anywhere from $4 to $10 per ride. The service, which was only available in the San Francisco Bay Area, has since shut down because not enough drivers were interested in… Read More
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InsiteVR grabs $1.5M in seed funding to bring 3D models to life in VR
Most of the companies raising funding in the VR space right now are focused on entertaining potential consumers. Perhaps getting less attention are the companies jockeying to provide cool solutions for the enterprise. InsiteVR just raised a $1.5 million seed round to tap into the architecture and construction markets and make early visions of projects more accessible to these… Read More
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Nova Credit launching from Y Combinator to give immigrants access to U.S. credit
Access to credit and establishing a credit history aren’t a luxury for people living in the US, they’re a necessity. A credit score is required to rent most apartments, get credit cards, and essentially make a way in the modern American world But for millions of immigrants (roughly 15 million) landing on U.S. shores — even ones who had successful jobs abroad —… Read More
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Snowden docs link NSA to Equation Group hackers
A group calling itself the ShadowBrokers dumped data online last weekend that it claimed to have stolen from a hacking team widely believed to be linked to the NSA. The data contained vulnerabilities affecting major firewall products and ignited speculation that the NSA had been hacked. Expert analysis of the data suggested that the NSA and the Equation Group are one and the same, but… Read More
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Making earphones customized for hearing ability, Even tunes up $2 million
MeQ Inc., the company behind Even earphones, the tunable earbuds that adjust to users’ unique hearing abilities, has raised $2 million as it looks to expand its business. Financing came from individual investors like Ilan Shiloah, an Israeli businessman and former chief executive of the Israeli arm of the advertising firm McCann Erickson and the chairman of McCann Worldwide… Read More
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Facebook’s new teens-only app Lifestage turns bios into video profiles
“What if I figured out a way to take Facebook from 2004 and bring it to 2016? What if every field in your profile was a full video?” asks Facebook’s 19-year-old product prodigy Michael Sayman. The answer is Lifestage, a standalone iOS app for people 21 and under, which Facebook is launching today. It asks for your happy face, sad face, likes, dislikes, best friend, the way… Read More
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3rd-eyes AG
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Zürich, Zurich
- Categories: Not available
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ELSE Corp
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Milan, Lombardia
- Categories: 3D Printing, SaaS, 3D Technology, Cloud Computing, Retail, Fashion
- Investors: Not available
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Clubio
- Not available Angel
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: Music Venues, E-Commerce, Marketing, Music, Event Promotion, Performing ... See More
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Smarter Microelectronics
- $14M Series C
- HQ: Wanchai, Guangdong
- Categories: Electronics, Innovation Management, Semiconductor
- Investors: Not available
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Cordata Healthcare Innovations
- $2.1M Venture
- HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Categories: SaaS, Health Care
- Investors: Not available
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Didi Chuxing
- $4.5B Private Equity
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Transportation
- Investors: Not available
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Simpler Utilities Private Limited
- $20K Seed
- HQ: Pune, Maharashtra
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Reacts
- $4.0M Venture
- HQ: Montréal, Quebec
- Categories: Health Care, Information Technology, Video Conferencing
- Investors: Not available
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London Business School
- 125M GBP Grant
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Education
- Investors: Not available
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Alton Norwood
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
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TactoTek
- 2.5M EUR Grant
- HQ: Kempele, Oulu
- Categories: 3D Technology, Electronics, Product Design
- Investors: Not available
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Sher.ly
- $500K Venture
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: File Sharing, Software, Cloud Data Services, Local, Cyber Security
- Investors: Not available
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Roam
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Dallas, Texas
- Categories: Digital Signage
- Investors: Not available
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Cohere
- 300K EUR Seed
- HQ: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Categories: Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy
- Investors: Not available
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Allecra Therapeutics
- 22M EUR Series B
- HQ: Saint-louis-et-parahou, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Categories: Pharmaceutical, Biopharma, Biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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360 Haoyao
- $15M Series A
- HQ: Beijinggang, Hunan
- Categories: Pharmaceutical
- Investors: Not available
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Félix & Paul Studios
- $6.8M Series A
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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PromisePay
- $10M Series A
- HQ: Collingwood, Victoria
- Categories: FinTech, Payments, Real Estate
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New Avenue Inc.
- $300K Seed
- HQ: Emeryville, California
- Categories: Home Renovation, Collaboration, Real Estate, Professional Services, ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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GrabOnRent
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Bangalore, Karnataka
- Categories: Consumer Goods
- Investors: Not available
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Huizuche.com 惠租车
- $30M Series B
- HQ: Shanghai, Shanghai
- Categories: Automotive, Rental
- Investors: Not available
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CareerFoundry
- 100K EUR Convertible Note
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: EdTech, Career Planning, Education
- Investors: Not available
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MyCash
- $5.1M Series B
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Sixgill
- $5.0M Venture
- HQ: Yoqne`am `illit, HaZafon
- Categories: Cyber Security, Business Intelligence, Security
- Investors: Not available
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TVS Logistics Services
- Not available
- HQ: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Electronics, Logistics
- Investors: Not available
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Norwood Systems
- $5.0M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Nedlands, Western Australia
- Categories: Wireless, SaaS, Mobile, Enterprise Software
- Investors: Not available
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Urban Mining Company
- $25M Series A
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Rgenix
- $33M Series B
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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Nexar
- $10M Series A
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: Internet, Apps, Transportation
- Investors: Not available
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Lumus
- $15M Series B
- HQ: Rehovot, HaMerkaz
- Categories: Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics, Software, Hardware
- Investors: Not available
















