January 2016

You might have noticed that Uber has started to pay attention to your habits. For example, the app often suggests my home address as a destination whenever I request a…

HBO’s quest to more directly compete with streaming service rivals like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu is kicking off this week, with the company’s launch of a new “Kids” section in its…

Not unlike Ke$ha, things that go tick-tock are quite interesting and this 3D printed clock is no exception. This clock, actually a tourbillon with a going barrel, is unique in…

Udacity is launching a new spin on its Nanodegree certification programs today. With its new Nanodegree Plus offerings, the for-profit education company guarantees that you will get a job within…

Many business critics of Uber contend that the company is spending “unsustainably.” Despite that nearly all venture-backed startups burn capital unsustainably, Uber’s level of spending is viewed as particularly problematic…

Curious to see which apps are in the Top Charts on the Apple TV App Store, without having to actually browse to that section on Apple’s new media player? Starting…

There’s a lot of talk about using data to power programmatic advertising, but according to MediaMath CEO Joe Zawadzki, the reality hasn’t lived up to “all the hopes and dreams.”…

Enterprise startups have a new venture fund to pitch. Leaders Fund, a new, North American venture firm, is taking the wraps off its debut, $100 million fund, and the capital is…

By now, every IT pro is acutely aware that cloud services are so easy to provision that people often do so without their knowledge. Tracking cloud usage has proven a challenge for IT as a…

At first glance, mParticle might seem to be focused on a pretty specific niche — helping mobile app-makers consolidate their data. But the New York City startup counts companies like Airbnb,…

Distil Networks has always been about about automated, intelligent bot detection. Rival ScrapeSentry has gone at it from a different angle, using human analysts to help customers understand bot behavior.…

Uber China, the U.S. ride-sharing firms standalone company in China, finally closed its long-awaited Series B funding round yesterday ending a long process that began last summer, when many of…

Baidu, China’s largest search engine, may grow its presence in India by purchasing stakes in Zomato, BookMyShow, and BigBasket.

Analyst Gartner has charted the fifth consecutive quarter of PC shipment declines, reporting today that holiday sales of full-fat computers fell by 8.3 per cent in Q4 2015 — and…

As patent reforms continue to move slowly through the legislative system, the number of patents being awarded has declined for the first time in seven years. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office issued 298,407…

Yet-to-launch Moneybox is a U.K. startup that wants to encourage millennials who might not be thinking too much about their financial futures to save and invest. It reckons the key…

TechCrunch is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to look at how technology is affecting the world’s economies. Handily, WEF has themed this year’s event “The 4th Industrial…

CarTrade, a classified site for car dealers in India, has scored an impressive $145 million in new funding to fuel new acquisitions and expand its products. The round was led…

One day after Uber updated its API to add ‘content experiences’ for passengers, the U.S. company’s biggest rival — Didi Kuaidi in China — has opened its own platform up…

Transportation and geography have always been intertwined. Specifically, the auto industry, with Detroit being the prime example, was once more tightly tied to place. The same can be said for…

Last week, NASA announced a new program called the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) which will coordinate NASA’s efforts for detecting and tracking near-Earth objects (NEOs). If a large object…

Threadflip, an online consignment marketplace for women’s clothing, is no more as of Wednesday at midnight. An email sent to users explains that the startup, founded in 2011, will shut…

Reed Hastings took to Facebook Tuesday to announce that he would be personally funding a new $100 million philanthropic fund, focusing exclusively on education-related projects and organizations. The mission on…

Several Uber customers in California received notice today they’re involved in a class-action lawsuit against the rideshare giant. Uber agreed to the terms of a $1.8 million suit alleging it…

Millions of software engineers are caged. Their talent remains unseen behind the iron bars of the misconception of a shortage of software engineers. An estimated one million technology jobs will…

Today, Visa Checkout announced that some major new companies would se starting to utilize the service. Starbucks, Walgreens, NFL Shop, HSN and Match.com have all signed on and will be joining Checkout’s more than…

Technology companies, particularly those with an enterprise bent, appear to be coming under increasing pressure from activist investors who want to squeeze out profits at the cost of products and…

In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Skype announced today the launch of free group video calling on Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows 10 mobile devices. The feature has been available…

According to a report by Re/Code, Google is doubling down on virtual reality, with its VP for product management, Clay Bavor, dropping his responsibilities for other apps like Gmail and…

She went through Square’s College Code Camp exactly two years ago. Today, she’s running it. Code Camp, now in its sixth session, is a five-day program at Square designed to immerse young female…