Kyle Russell
Kyle Russell is a writer at TechCrunch. Previously, he reported on Apple, enterprise, and streaming media at Business Insider.
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CrunchWeek: Net Neutrality Passes, Pebble Time, Growing Potrepreneurship
It’s the end of another week in tech and what a week it’s been! The FCC passed new net neutrality regulations and then the Internet exploded. First it was about the net neutrality news, then we quickly turned our attention to some llamas, and soon after that everyone divided over the color of a dress (do we even deserve net neutrality?). In any case, this week, Sarah Buhr, Alex… Read More
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TC AppleCast 6: Apple Invites Us All To Watch The Watch
This week Apple dropped an invite to a special event on March 9, and everyone forgot Mobile World Congress was even happening. The event will likely focus on the Apple Watch, which is set for an April retail debut, and which Apple has been talking about since it unveiled the wearable wrist computer back at its iPhone event last September. We’re expecting to get firm details on store… Read More
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The New Razer Blade Is The Gaming Laptop To Beat
Earlier this month, Razer launched the second generation of its ultra-high-resolution gaming laptop, the Blade. I’ve since gotten a few weeks to play with it and can confirm that its hardware lives up to the crazy QHD+ screen. Like its predecessor, this year’s Razer Blade packs in a 14-inch, 3200 x 1800 pixel screen. It looks pretty from most angles and can get quite bright, and has… Read More
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High Fidelity Raises $11M To Build Deployable Virtual Worlds
High Fidelity, the San Francisco-based startup from Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, has raised another $11 million in funding in a round led by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital. The funding was noted in a SEC filing that went through today and confirmed by Rosedale. Read More
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TC Droidcast Episode 39: The Galaxy S6’s ‘Six Appeal’
This week on the Droidcast, it’s basically the eve of the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the HTC One M9, so we get into those, including the most recent leaks, like carrier slip-ups around the S6’s ‘Six Appeal’ and the big spill of the One M9 in three videos. We also touch on Android Wear being used with iOS devices, via a forthcoming application from a… Read More
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Artemis Is Leasing Spectrum From Dish Network To Test Fiber-Like LTE
Last summer, Dish Network filed with the FCC to allocate enough spectrum in the Bay Area to roll out some kind of service. Today, Artemis CEO Steve Perlman confirmed the startup is leasing spectrum from Dish for two years in order to “beta test” pCell technology in the real world. Read More
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Gmail’s Autocomplete Is Suggesting The Wrong Addresses
Over the last few days, a number of venture capital and startup folk have come forward with complaints ranging from mild frustration to furious anger regarding an autocomplete bug in Gmail’s recipient field. Read More
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Fogo’s Modular Flashlight Launches On Kickstarter
Fogo Digital, who you may remember as a competitor in this year’s CES Hardware Battlefield, has launched their smart flashlight on Kickstarter. Read More
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Clef Offers Two-Factor Authentication Without All The Codes
The last year has been full of security breaches that have shown the importance of having strong safeguards for our data. As we put more personal and private information in the cloud, there are ever more avenues of attack to reach the things we’d like to keep to ourselves. One popular defense you can use to bolster data security on most services is two-factor authentication. Basically… Read More
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Xiaomi’s Mi Note Is A Great Phone You’ll Probably Never Get To Buy
Last week Chinese electronics company Xiaomi gave Western media an in-depth look at its products and business model. From its phones and the Android variant that powers them to its ambitions in the smart home of the future, Xiaomi demonstrated its approach to capturing the demand for premium gadgets while costing less than industry leaders like Apple and Samsung. As reporters shuffled out of… Read More
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YC-Backed CloudMedx Helps Doctors Spot Patients Who Will Need Expensive Treatment
Y Combinator-backed CloudMedx is building a suite of physician- and patient-facing apps that together lead to better, cheaper health care outcomes. Read More
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TC Droidcast Episode 38: Just No, Neptune Duo
This week, we have a rare opportunity to just plain unleash on a device: The Neptune Duo, which puts all the smartphone smarts inside an Android-powered smartwatch, then makes the screen in your pocket essentially a dumb receiver. It’s backwards and bad, and we find we’re mostly in agreement on that point. In other news, LG has another Android Wear device coming to market, making… Read More
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TC AppleCast 4: The Apple Car, iOS 9 And Photos For OS X
Apple could be building a car, apparently, so naturally we had to talk about that. It seems likely Apple would want to anticipate a future where cars fall within a tech company’s purview, so in that regard it isn’t surprising. But Apple working on something doesn’t always equal Apple shipping something, no matter how much we may wish it were true. We also cover Photos, which… Read More
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CrunchWeek: President Obama In Silicon Valley, Tesla’s Earnings Miss, Facebook After Death
There’s definitely a feeling of love in the air. You could say that’s because the weather is unseasonably warm in San Francisco just in time for the weekend, or because Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. But I’d argue that it’s because it’s time for another episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us TechCrunchers together in the… Read More
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Liveblog: Xiaomi Explains Itself To Silicon Valley
I’m at the W Hotel in San Francisco to hear Xiaomi President Lin Bin and VP Hugo Barra give their pitch to Silicon Valley. We’ve been told we shouldn’t expect an announcement of the company bringing its products to the US, so the impression we’ve gotten is that this is about explaining what Xiaomi really does. Why does it need to do that, you ask? Well, most people… Read More
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TC Droidcast Episode 37: Is Nvidia Planning A GRID Gaming Box?
This week, join us as we discuss the plans Nvidia might have for its big GDC announcement on March 3. We speculate it could be new Shield gaming hardware, or a dedicated GRID gaming box that would allow users to stream top-tier PC games to their TVs directly using an inexpensive, lightweight Android-based set-top box. It’s purely in our imagination for now, but how fun would that… Read More
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InterviewJet Raises $750K To Provide Curated Introductions To Top Tech Talent
Given the current job market in Silicon Valley, one of the biggest challenges faced by startups and established companies alike is the difficulty in finding and recruiting the best engineers. Read More
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E-commerce Site Jet Raises Another $140M
Super-trendy e-commerce site Jet has raised an additional $140 million in funding. In an email to TechCrunch, the company confirmed that it has pulled in a new round led Bain Capital Ventures, with additional participation from Accel Partners, Coatue, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, Google Ventures, MentorTech Ventures, NEA, Norwest Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Temasek, Thrive… Read More
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The i-Road Is Toyota’s Latest Crack At Envisioning A Post-Car Vehicle
At a makeshift test track in a parking lot in San Jose, I got to take a test drive of the i-Road, a vehicle that fits a person and their bag (or a small child) and combines the ride characteristics of a miniature car and a motorcycle. Read More
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HubSpot Beats On Q4 Revenue, Reports Narrower Than Expected Loss
HubSpot reported its fourth quarter financial performance today after the bell, losing $7.1million (non-GAAP) on revenue of $34.2 million. The company had previously guided the market to anticipate between $31 and $32 million in fourth quarter top line. Investors had expected the recently-public company to lose $0.27 per share on revenue of $31.68 million. Down a fraction in regular… Read More
