Search results for: “gift”
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Apps
Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature
7:00 am PST • January 31, 2023Linktree, the popular link-in-bio startup, is continuing to build more tools to help creators make money on its platform. The company announced today that it’s introducing three new monetization features…
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Startups
Gopuff launches scheduled deliveries, gifting and in-store pickup
2:20 pm PST • November 19, 2022Rapid grocery deliver startups like Getir, Gopuff and Gorillas, once heralded as the next big thing in on-demand ordering, are running up against logistical challenges that might very well be…
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Featured Article
The 20 best STEM toys and games to gift young learners and curious minds
12:05 pm PST • November 21, 2023There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic. The hype that started about a decade ago, powering a wave of startups to launch creative…
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Enterprise
Evabot secures fresh capital to inject AI into corporate gifting
6:00 am PDT • July 28, 2022The idea of corporate gifting to maintain client relationships isn’t a novel concept. In fact, there’s a cottage industry of “gifting-as-a-service” startups that promise to streamline the task, ranging from…
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TechCrunch Gift Guide 2022
12:58 pm PST • December 5, 2022Welcome back to the 2022 TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide! It’s that time again! Time to figure out the right gift for everyone on your list. But… where to start? What’s…
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Gadgets
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman announces tracker for home ‘health’
6:00 am PST • January 9, 2024Indian wearable startup Ultrahuman is getting into the smart home game. It has announced the upcoming launch of connected hardware that’s designed to monitor the “health” of your home, as…
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Rackup
10:48 am PDT • August 23, 2023Rackup develops a fast auctions platform in which consumers compete for gift cards and an extra free cash bonus of up to 100%.
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Crypto
Crypto makes you more attractive, according to a new Binance survey
1:00 am PST • February 14, 2023In true Valentine’s Day fashion, we’re diving into the theme of love…and crypto? According to a new study by Binance, the world’s largest blockchain by trading volume, crypto could have…
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Gaming
Quick! Get these last-minute gifts for the gamer in your life
11:23 am PST • December 21, 20232023 was an absolute unit of a year for gaming. No one could possibly have played all the awesome titles that came out across platforms. I certainly didn’t. But that…
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Gadgets
Gift Guide: More than 20 STEM gift ideas to inspire kids to code
12:35 pm PST • December 5, 2022All aboard the learn-to-code train! As another holiday season looms and kids everywhere start clamouring for shiny stuff, we’ve got you covered with a bumper edition of our annual STEM…
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Startups
EarlyBird raises $4.5M, partially from its users, to scale its investment gifting platform for families
6:00 am PDT • November 1, 2023EarlyBird, an app that lets families and friends gift investments to children, has raised $4.5 million in a seed extension round that was partially funded by its user base. The…
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Media & Entertainment
10 subscription boxes we recommend gifting this holiday season
8:00 am PST • November 27, 2023It’s that time of year again when we feel pressured to come up with new and exciting ways to surprise our friends and family with gifts they’ll appreciate. If you’re…
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Gadgets
Gift Guide: On-the-go fitness tech to boost their training anywhere
10:51 am PST • December 9, 2022Keeping fit doesn’t need a lot of technology. A decent pair of running shoes and an exercise mat might just do it. But of course sometimes a little extra tech…
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Startups
Buy your TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 pass before January 2 and save an extra 20%
10:00 am PST • December 21, 2023Will 2024 be the year you do whatever it takes to move your startup ambitions to the next level? Heck, yeah! In that entrepreneurial spirit, we’re offering you a holiday…
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Featured Article
8 authors and their 8 gift book picks for this holiday season
8:05 am PST • December 1, 2023Book blurbs have become a central part of the publishing industry: Who better to endorse a book than other authors and thought leaders? In that same spirit, we asked several…
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Media & Entertainment
YouTube is testing a memberships gifting feature with select creators
8:06 am PDT • May 11, 2022YouTube is testing a new membership gifting feature with a small group of creators, the company announced this week. The company launched a beta version of Channel Memberships Gifting, starting…
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Featured Article
Elon Musk used to say he put $100M in OpenAI, but now it’s $50M: Here are the receipts
4:37 pm PDT • May 17, 2023It’s no secret that Elon Musk has been deeply frustrated with OpenAI since stepping down from its board in February 2018, culminating in an open letter calling for the organization…
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Once upon a time, I used to write TechCrunch’s travel gifts roundup. It was a fun story to piece together, and I was more than happy to do the honors…
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Featured Article
Tech gifts you shouldn’t buy your family and friends for the holidays
9:21 am PST • December 20, 2023It’s the season to go a little overboard on gift giving. But this year, give the gift of good security (and privacy) and eschew tech that can have untoward risks…
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You know what I miss about working in an office? Literally nothing, apart from having access to a fancy coffee machine. It turns out that the magic of the liquid…
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If seed valuations continue to rise while later-stage prices dip, how long will it be until the climb from seed to Series A sees startups losing value?
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Venture
Checkmate captures all of your shopping deals so you don’t have to
5:02 am PDT • September 26, 2022Checkmate’s shopping tool gathers all the online discount codes, gift cards and personalized deals from your inbox and automatically applies them at checkout.
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This year was a big one for the smart home thanks to the actual introduction of Matter after a couple years of discussion and refining the standard. It’s still early…
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Apps
In a reversal, Apple is demanding 30% of the donations to meditation app Insight Timer’s teachers
11:56 am PST • February 21, 2024The CEO of meditation app Insight Timer, Christopher Plowman, is frustrated. He doesn’t think the teachers who leverage his app’s marketplace to reach their students should have to share 30%…
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This time two years ago, I changed up my annual gift guide feature’s focus from travel to working from home. After all, very few of us were doing much traveling…