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Virtual reality looks to its adolescence
After more than two years of heavy public hyping since Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of Oculus for $2 billion, virtual reality is reaching an important turning point. VR has been promoted up and down the street and consumers seem to have grown oversaturated with all the media coverage of expensive tech that’s inaccessible to them, but the platform is preparing for a… Read More
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PicsArt adds Prisma-like effects to photos and video
PicsArt launched two brand iOS apps that add Prisma-like effects to your photos and videos. Both apps process effects on your phone, rather than in the cloud, making the app significantly faster than Prisma. Just select a photo and browse through the list of effects. Magic Video uses the same tech as the photography app but for short video clips. PicsArt originally launched as an Android-only app, but this time iOS users get it first. Android versions are just around the corner.
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Shazam is finally profitable after a billion downloads
Shazam, the mobile and desktop app that acts as a digital ear and song identifier, crossed the 1 billion download mark recently, according to a report from Billboard on Thursday. The London-based company, Shazam Entertainment Ltd., also announced that it has achieved profitability, at long last, thanks to a new focus on advertising sales, alongside revenue from commissions on digital… Read More
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Prowler.io raises $2M to help AI systems make smarter choices
As we inch closer to a time when we may rely on truly autonomous devices to move us or do things on our behalf, the need for software that’s able to think on its feet (or mid-air) will be essential. Now, an artificial intelligence startup working on this emerging area of machine learning has raised a seed round of funding to try to do just that. Cambridge, UK-based Prowler.io, which… Read More
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Spotify could out-dance Apple if it does acquire SoundCloud
SoundCloud as a company is a disaster, but its the only streaming service with the DJ sets and remixes kids love. So it makes perfect sense that Spotify is in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud, the Financial Times reports. Spotify already declined to buy it twice over the past year and a half, but talks broke down over pricing. But since then, SoundCloud has hammered out deals with the… Read More
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The Gravy Helmet
It was a hot September night and we were being chased by a ghost. My two friends, Jon and Shane, were sweating. We’re older men, a little wide around the waist, and it was hot down in the basement. We had cleared away the kids’ toys and set up two optical sensors and a high-powered HP Omen desktop. We were playing with the HTC Vive. We were having more fun than we’d had in… Read More
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Watson Financial Services is born out of IBM’s purchase of Promontory Financial Group
If Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest had a big data eating contest brother, IBM would be a serious contender for first place. Today the tech stalwart announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire Promontory Financial Group. To make sense of this deal, you have to avoid relegating Promontory into the small box of financial services. Instead, it’s most practical to think… Read More
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Level is a pair of fitness glasses that might be able to tell if you have diabetes or other diseases
A pair of glasses, once relegated to nearly blind and blurry-eyed nerds, could one day save your life. At least that’s the pitch from VSP Vision Care. The eye exam provider just launched a new pair of smart glasses called Level that, for now, focus on fitness. Level not only provides the wearer with keen vision but also counts their steps, calories burned while wearing them and… Read More
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Google’s Waze Carpool pilot expands to San Francisco-area commuters
Google-owned Waze is slowly increasing the scope of its Bay-area commute service trial, but now the service is available via the standard Waze app for anyone who wants to sign up to be a driver, or through a separate, dedicated Waze Rider app for riders. Google is still capping trips for both riders and drivers to two rides a day, designed for the morning and evening commutes. Waze provided… Read More
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Innovation is in all the wrong places
I live a pretty cosmopolitan futuristic life atop a glass skyscraper in New York City, but I’ve yet to get a pizza delivered by drone, order a taxi from Alexa or open a hotel door with my smartwatch. We’ve got the questions wrong: It shouldn’t be how are you innovating or which project is doing new things, but why are you doing it and on what level. Read More
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TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Alchemist Accelerator‘s Demo Day, today, September 29th, from 3-5pm PT. Alchemist is one of those rare programs that focuses on enterprise startups. But these aren’t your parents enterprise companies. Pitches today will span products that create a mortgage marketplace, increase connectivity and help apps get more organic downloads. Investors… Read More
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Volvo to target luxury buyers with self-driving car coming in 5 years
High-end vehicle, chauffeur included? You can see why it makes sense that Volvo would target the luxury end of the market with its upcoming self-driving car. Volvo announced plans to field a vehicle by 2021, thanks in part to a $300 million deal with Volvo that will let it leverage some of their work, but now we have some more details, including the vehicle’s high-end approach. Volvo… Read More
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HP issues non-apology for blocking third-party ink cartridges
HP was recently caught in the act using a “security update” to prevent its printers from operating with a number of recycled and third-party ink cartridges. After much outcry the company has relented and is issuing a rollback option — but they’ll be damned if they admit any wrongdoing. Read More
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MightyTV’s Tinder-style TV recommendation app comes to Android
MightyTV, an app that helps you figure out what to watch next, is now available on Android. The startup is led by AdMeld co-founder Brian Adams, and it presents users with a stack of movie and TV recommendations which you swipe through, Tinder-style. If you’ve seen something already, you can say whether or not you liked it, which will influence the recommendations you see next. If… Read More
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Broadband access creeps along but DDoS attacks explode
Akamai released its quarterly State of the Internet reports today, one detailing quality of access and the other attacks on companies and infrastructure. The slow march continues towards a better and faster internet for everyone — and that includes hackers. Read More
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Contractors are preparing to boycott Instacart over elimination of tips
Online grocery service Instacart is facing a boycott from shoppers who are unhappy about the company’s decision to eliminate tips in favor of raising guaranteed delivery rates. Although Instacart positioned the move as a way to smooth out the earnings curve for its shoppers, some of those affected by the change say it will instead reduce their incomes dramatically. In the case of top… Read More
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ILMxLAB is working on a VR film with Alejandro G. Iñárritu
VR filmmaking could use some more big-name talent, and ILMxLAB‘s latest project does indeed offer that: The director attached is Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the visionary behind The Revenant and Birdman. A bit of news @slashfilm about an exciting #VR project we are working on with filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu https://t.co/iCnVMdXcfn — ILMxLAB (@ILMxLAB) September 29… Read More
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Meal kit service Home Chef raises $40M
Home Chef just announced that it’s raised a new $40 million round of funding. This Series B comes on top of the $10 million round that Home Chef raised earlier this year. It was led by L Catterton, the private equity firm formed by the recent merger of Catterton with the PE arm of luxury conglomerate LVMH. Founder and CEO Pat Vihtelic has argued that Home Chef differs from other… Read More
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BlackBerry’s device head outlines the company’s post-hardware future
In May, Ralph Pini was given the somewhat unenviable task of heading up BlackBerry’s device team. The announcement of his promotion to that role came roughly a month after the one-time smartphone leader announced yet another troubled quarter, with a nearly 30-percent revenue drop. Five months later, the company put the final nail in the coffin of its in-house hardware development… Read More
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Pricebook Co., Ltd.
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Yodeck Digital Signage
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Agency Core
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Codefresh
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Ecoh Ventures, Inc.
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Dozr Inc.
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codeSpark
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Pycom
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OTC Exchange Network(OTCXN)
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Hongyuan Era Sports
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LionShare Media
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Lingumi
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Simpplr Inc
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Promon.in
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Kyriba Corporation
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- HQ: San Diego, California
- Categories: Finance, Enterprise Software, Risk Management, SaaS, Payments
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Apsiyon
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- HQ: Istanbul, Istanbul
- Categories: SaaS, Software, Real Estate
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Kalaage Creations Pvt Ltd
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Owtware
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Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI)
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BDS Mobile
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