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Tips for mastering Magikarp Jump, the next Pokémon masterpiece
The Pokémon company has come out with another true masterpiece. It’s called Magikarp Jump, which came out for iOS and Android earlier today. It’s about training Magikarp, the most beloved Pokémon in the universe, to jump as hard as it can and squash the hopes and dreams of its opponents. Here are some tips to get started. Read More
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Judge orders Uber to hand over to Waymo unredacted term sheet with Otto
Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ordered Thursday that Uber needs to hand over to Waymo the full, unredacted term sheet between Uber and Otto. By the end of the day. Corley ultimately decided there was no basis for Uber to redact the information because there was no privileged information shared with Otto prior to the acquisition. Read More
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Instagram direct messages now support web links and different photo orientations
Instagram’s Direct feature just got more generally useful as a messaging option, with support added for external web links, and the ability to send photos and video in their original portrait or landscape aspect ratios without cropping. The first is really far more important than the second, mainly because it means users have less reason to go seeking other messaging options outside… Read More
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Crunch Network
Anatomy of a managed marketplace
Managed marketplaces have been one of the hottest categories of venture investment over the past several years. They garner a lot of press because the consumer experiences are often radically different than what’s previously been available in the market. But there is confusion over what a true “managed” marketplace is. It’s fairly easy to spot if you know what to look for. Read More
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The Oculus Rift’s best VR game comes to the HTC Vive
There are only a few virtual reality titles that I’ve played where I need a bit of a “come down” period to regroup my thoughts and start thinking like a real human again. SUPERHOT VR is one of those titles. Today, the Rift-exclusive is finally coming to the HTC Vive natively via the Steam store, nearly six months after its launch on the Oculus Store. Read More
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Judah vs. the Machines: Robots are still laughably awful at playing soccer
Robots may have the upper hand on math and science, but when it comes to athletics, no one can kick around a ball quite like a human can. In this installment of Judah vs. the Machines, Judah Friedlander heads to the University of Miami to see how the school’s RoboCanes robotic soccer team fares in a challenge against his own soccer abilities. Read More
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Airbnb says it helped travelers save $12 million last Memorial Day weekend
In an all-too-familiar Airbnb fashion, the home-sharing company has released a report touting how great it is. Airbnb says it helped travelers collectively save $12 million on Memorial Day weekend last year by offering them accommodations in homes versus hotels. Read More
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Google’s Data GIF Maker lets you easily make basic data GIFs
Google’s News Lab launched a new tool for making basic data GIFs today. While the Data GIF Maker is mostly geared toward journalists, anybody can use it to make some halfway interesting visuals based on all kinds of data. But don’t get too excited yet. Read More
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Lyft launches two premium ride hailing options, Lux and Lux SUV
Lyft is getting into the higher-end ride hailing game with Lyft Lux and Lyft Lux SUV. These are black car offerings similar to the service that rival Uber originally launched with, and they’ll be available beginning in 20 markets with a gradual rollout starting now in five initial markets and continuing through mid-June. Lux will roll out first in five U.S. cities where it makes the… Read More
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Stripe Connect provides new tools for multi-sided marketplaces
Two years ago payments startup Stripe launched a new product called Stripe Connect to serve a growing number of marketplace customers. Today the company is launching a new set of capabilities that will enable new marketplace categories and help companies sign up and onboard sellers and service providers to their platforms. Read More
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Uber and Lyft to return to Austin starting Monday
Uber and Lyft had paused their operations in Austin, TX back in 2016, because local regulators imposed rules that both argued were overly taxing to running their businesses. The rules included requiring fingerprint-based background checks for drivers, as well as barring pick-ups and drop-offs in lanes on certain roads within the city. Both Uber and Lyft will resume operations because Texas… Read More
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Twilio Functions lets developers build communications apps without having to worry about servers
Twilio is getting into the serverless game today with the beta launch of Twilio Functions. Like other so-called “serverless” platforms, Functions abstracts away all of the tiresome server and infrastructure management and scaling and allows developers to focus on building their event-driven applications. Read More
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Facebook’s Instant Articles platform to support Google AMP, Apple News
One of the problems publishers face today in making their content more readable on mobile devices is that there are multiple, competing formats available for this purpose. Facebook has Instant Articles, Google is spearheading the AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) project, and the Apple News Format optimizes content for iOS devices. Facebook is today taking a crack at a solution to this problem… Read More
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Mogees picks up seed funding to put audio-based gesture recognition tech into new devices
Mogees, the London startup behind the Mogees Pro and Mogees Play contact microphone and machine learning-based music and gaming devices, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding — capital it plans to use to embed its “gestural recognition tech” into new devices and applications. Read More
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Spin raises $8 million as bike-sharing battle heats up in the US
Bike sharing has taken a turn in the U.S. The new mode is “dockless,” where companies distribute bikes around a city or campus to be rented per trip instead of dispensing them from one station. The bikes are tracked via GPS, and can be located by users, paid for and unlocked using their smartphones. When riders are done, they can park the bike anywhere that’s convenient… Read More
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Rackspace acquires TriCore, adds enterprise applications to cloud management mix
Rackspace announced today it was purchasing TriCore, giving it an enterprise applications management play to go along with its cloud management services. The announcement comes just one day after the company announced it was bringing a new CEO onboard, make it a busy week for the firm. The companies did not share the terms of the deal, but Rackspace called it the largest acquisition in… Read More
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Octopus Ventures hits 10, with an international push and a healthy rack of exits
Back in the mists of 2014 we revealed how one of the UK’s most active venture investment funds operated. To this day Octopus Ventures continues to rub shoulders with the most active institutional VC funds at the early stage, even though it’s technically an evergreen fund attached to the stock market. It’s backed hits like LoveFilm, Zoopla through to IPO, Graze as well as… Read More
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Toyota Research’s Gill Pratt is speaking at TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics at MIT July 17
TechCrunch’s first ever robotics event is fast approaching, and we’re putting the final touches on an amazing programming line-up, which includes MIT’s Daniela Rus, Disney’s Martin Buehler, Amazon’s Tye Brady, ABB’s Sami Atiya, iRobot’s Colin Angle, SRI’s Manish Kothari and many more. Look for the full agenda soon, but today we’re… Read More
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Hullabalook
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- HQ: London, England
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In Press
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- HQ: São Paulo, Alagoas
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RightClick.io
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- HQ: Los Angeles, California
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Skylabs
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Frank
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- HQ: Telluride, Colorado
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iDL
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Asian Boss
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- HQ: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
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Blend
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- HQ: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
- Categories: Messaging
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The Hard Yard
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- HQ: London, England
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Freestyle Technology
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Oizom
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Rokwon IT
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- HQ: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
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Profound
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- HQ: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
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Augmented Knowledge
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Masreco
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- HQ: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana
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Mental Snapp
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- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Wellness
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The Clozet
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- HQ: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
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Test Average
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- HQ: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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Alt – A
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VanJet
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The Local Electricity Project
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Kizbat
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- HQ: Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes
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Reetzy
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- HQ: Sunnyvale, California
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Apptivism
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Exosystems
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- HQ: Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi
- Categories: Rehabilitation
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How Do I?
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- HQ: London, England
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Bramble
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- Categories: Product Design, Outdoors, Consumer
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The Organise Platform
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- HQ: Bristol, Bristol, City of
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Textrip
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- HQ: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
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