2014
Potential iPad Air 2 Leaks Show A Thinner Case, And The Arrival Of Touch ID
Apple’s rumored October 16 event is approaching on the horizon, and so far we’ve heard relatively little about what might be unveiled. We have heard that updated iMacs are likely…
Uniplaces Gets $3.5M To Grow Its Student Accommodation Platform In Europe
Uniplaces, a U.K. startup founded back in 2012 which runs an online booking platform focused on student accommodation, has pulled in £2.2 million ($3.5 million) in Series A funding. The round was led…
Get Your Disrupt Europe Hackathon Tickets Now #hackdisrupt
Blimey! It’s happening already. TechCrunch’s Disrupt Europe Hackathon will be in London in just over a week! Get your tickets now! In case you’re in need of a refresher, our…
Facebook’s Josh Miller Confirms He’s Built Something, But It’s Not Just About Anonymity
In response to the New York Times’ report that he’s leading a team working on an anonymous forum app for Facebook, product manager Josh Miller posted a tweetstorm saying apps…
Square’s Order App Can Now Predict When You’ll Arrive To Pick Up Your Cappuccino
With the newest version of its Square Order app, the company will ensure food will be prepared just in time for the customer arrive, thanks to a new arrival prediction…
Thync Has Raised $13M To Change Your Mood With Ultrasound Waves (And Electricity)
Thync is a startup looking to give consumers another avenue to change their mental state, one which doesn’t involve significantly altering your daily habits or metabolizing substances which may or…
Product Hunt Gets $6.1 Million Series A Funding From A16Z And Alexis Ohanian
Product Hunt, a community board where people can up vote tech products, officially announced the raise of $6.1 million in a Series A today, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Y Combinator…
WePay Launches WePay Clear, A Stripe Competitor With Fraud Protection Built In
WePay — a startup from Palo Alto that competes against the likes of PayPal by providing payment services for marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms and other sites that enable online transactions between third-party buyers and sellers — is taking on…
New Relic Buys Dashboard Tool Ducksboard As It Continues Expansion Into Analytics
When you think of New Relic, you might think of traditional server-side application performance monitoring, and of course New Relic does that and other monitoring tasks, but increasingly it’s moving…
Nope is a neat fix that protects your privacy by covering your webcam with a convenient swiveling shutter that also won’t make you look like you belong to the tin-foil…
Berlin-Based Adtech Company Fyber Exits To RNTS Media For €150M
Another exit for a Berlin tech company, albeit not necessarily a home run. Fyber, the adtech company formerly known as SponsorPay has been acquired by the publicly-listed European media company…
Early Skype Investor Morten Lund, Who Lost It All But Came Back, Speaks At Disrupt
This year TechCrunch Disrupt Europe will be on 18-21st October, in London. Saturday and Sunday will feature the legendary TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, followed by two days of interviews and panels…
San Francisco Legalizes, Regulates Airbnb With 7-4 Vote, Lots of Amendments
After six years of operating in San Francisco, Airbnb will finally become legal on its own home turf. The city’s board of supervisors voted to legalize and regulate short-term stays through…
Facebook Launches Hyper-Local Ads Targeted To People Within A Mile Of A Business
Facebook’s mobile ubiquity and push for always-on location sharing came to fruition today with the launch of hyper-local advertising that could convince people to visit stores they’re nearby. Soon, brick-and-mortar businesses…
Twitter Sues The Government Over Data-Request Disclosures
Twitter wants you to know that it is serious about data request transparency, and that is a darn fine good thing. The social company is suing the government for the…
Armed with $1 billion in financing, an unprecedented degree of autonomy within IBM, and an entire Manhattan city block, IBM launched its media blitz to show the world its vision…
Dot & Bo Adds Media Vet Nancy Tellem To Its Board As It Looks To Combine Content And Commerce
Launched about a year-and-a-half ago, Dot & Bo specializes in the sale of home furnishings “designed for the modern lifestyle.” It appeals mostly to young people, in particular millennials, as…
The Equil Smartpen Puts Your Physical Notes And Doodles In The Cloud
The Equil Smartpen 2 gives you a Bluetooth-connectede pen, a charging case, and a little receiver unit that actually records what you write from the edge of whatever paper you’re…
Belkin Breaks Its Routers Worldwide, Issues Temporary Fix [Update: Fixed!]
For some reason Belkin routers cannot connect to the Internet. Starting around midnight EDT, users took to Twitter en mass all pointing to their Belkin routers as the source of…
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Facebook’s Potential Anonymity Project Could Be A Tough Sell
A new Facebook app project might try to embrace the kind of anonymous sharing that we’ve seen on apps like Secret and Whisper, according to a new report by NYT’s…
Tune In To TechCrunch Radio On Sirius XM 102 Indie Tonight
TechCrunch Radio Tuesday begins now. We’ll be back yet again tonight to discuss the goings on of the tech world on TechCrunch Radio on Sirius XM 102 Indie. HP is…
Investments in Israeli startups climbed to near record highs in the third quarter, even as the country was in the throes of the worst violence it has seen in years.…
HAXLR8R Increases Seed Funding For Its Next Round Of Startups
Hardware accelerator HAXLR8R announced yesterday that it plans to offer companies in its next batch and beyond further options when considering taking seed funding and joining its program
Division Furtive Introduces A Line Of Super-Secret High Tech Watches
As an International Man of Mystery I’m often parachuted into dangerous places where I only have my wits, my iPhone, my iPad Mini, my protein bars, my suitcase full of…
Warren Buffett Says Hillary Is Going To Run — And Win
Warren Buffett told 400 of some of the world’s top women in leadership at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in California today that Hillary Clinton will run for president…
Hardware Battlefield Participants To Receive Exhibition Space At CES As They Compete For $50,000
I’m very excited to announce that TechCrunch is now an official media partner at CES 2015, which means big things for our startup competition, Hardware Battlefield. Startups chosen to participate…
Scripps Acquires WeatherSphere, Publisher Of 3 Top 10 Weather Apps On iTunes
WeatherSphere, the company behind the #1 Paid weather application on iOS, and maker of three of the Top 10 Paid weather apps as well as three of the Top 20…
Today, San Francisco’s board of supervisors is voting on how to legalize and regulate short-term rentals on platforms like Airbnb. It’s a critical moment for Airbnb because some of its…
Squarespace has just announced a brand new version of its product called Squarespace 7. Obviously, the interface of the service (which gives users a full suite of site publishing/e-commerce tools)…
IBM’s Ginni Rometty Reveals Watson’s Future
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty took to the stage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit to showcase updated Watson technology. You may know Watson as the bot that beat humans…
