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Twitter claims its anti-abuse measures are helping, though many still disagree
Twitter today offered an update on how its improvements to user safety and its newer anti-abuse measures are having an impact. The company declined to share any hard numbers related to abuse on its network, including how many abuse reports have been filed, or the number of actions it’s taken, for example, noting instead across the board percentage increases on things like account… Read More
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Viber acquires Chatter Commerce, the startup behind its shopping keyboard
Messaging app Viber earlier this year made its first foray into shopping services with Instant Shopping, a feature that lets you search for items for sale via a keyboard when you have the messaging app open. Today, the company is announcing some more e-commerce related news: it’s buying the startup that helped build that feature. Viber has acquired Chatter Commerce, maker of a… Read More
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MIT is building a system that can identify a recipe using pictures of food
Mastering the ability to distinguish hot dogs from not hot dogs is truly one of mankind’s greatest achievements. Attempting to one-up that sort of masterstroke would surely be flying too close to the sun — but researchers at MIT are trying nonetheless. The team’s pic2recipe system uses neural networks to determine the recipe of a given food, in an attempt to gain… Read More
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Google Street View now lets you explore the International Space Station
Google Street View now lets you explore the International Space Station (ISS). This marks Street View’s first foray into space and gives those of us who will likely never get to visit the ISS a chance to explore all of its 15 modules. The new imagery lets you walk (drift?) through the different modules and given the complexity of the ISS, Google thankfully provides explanations for some… Read More
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Amid a tough field, Vyking.io wins the TechCrunch London Pitch-Off
Well the TechCrunch London Meetup + Pitch-Off in London is over for another year, and this one was arguably the best vintage ever in terms of quality of startups and the sheer enthusiasm from the attendees! Hundreds of startups entered the competition, creating a very competitive field. We packed out the Old Truman Brewery in East London with over 500 people, to hear the pitches of the… Read More
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Citymapper will offer actual paid bus service in London this year
Citymapper has long been a top option for navigating in major urban centers thanks to its app, but now it’s getting even closer to the heart of the problem – by operating its own buses, starting with its first commercial bus route in London. The inaugural route is a nighttime one, running between 9 PM and 5 AM on weekend nights in East London, which Citymapper identified as… Read More
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GoDaddy sells PlusServer for $456M, kills off its AWS-style cloud services
As web hosting and domain registration business GoDaddy prepares to report its quarterly results in a couple of weeks, the company is making some moves to reorganise its business. Earlier this week it confirmed that it would sell its European PlusServer business to London-based private equity firm BC Partners for $456 million (€397 million). And separately, we have learned that GoDaddy… Read More
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Petcube Bites treat camera lets you monitor and reward your pet from afar
Petcube’s existing pet camera is basically an advanced video camera and voice intercom, but the new Petcube Bites is also a treat flinging machine that gives you more ways to interact with your pet while you’re not at home. The Petcube Bites has a reservoir that can hold up to two pounds of treats for either dogs or cats – and it can fling those treats at different ranges… Read More
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Luma launches a home tech support service for $5 a month
The Luma was a compelling product when it was announced back in late-2015 — we even went so far as declaring the WiFi-extending home mesh system, “fun.” That descriptor doesn’t really apply the startup’s new offering, and indeed, Luma Guardian feels a bit out of left field for the networking hardware-maker. The system is a lot of things rolled into one: a… Read More
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US lifts laptop ban for all remaining airlines and airports
The U.S. has now lifted entirely a controversial ban on laptops in hand luggage for passengers flying to the country from the Middle East or via certain Middle Eastern airlines, with the Department of Homeland Security professing itself satisfied with “enhanced security measures in place”. Read More
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Chinese brands have invaded Indonesia’s fast-growing smartphone market
If you’re looking for a market with smartphone sales growth potential then India usually comes to mind, but the market is moving forward with much promise in Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country. A new report from IDC shows that smartphones sales in the country accelerated by 13 percent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2017. A total of 7.3 million devices shipped… Read More
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Microsoft unveils a Cortana-powered thermostat
The latest addition to the smart thermostat space is a product that includes Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant. We’re all familiar with the rise of the internet-enabled thermostats, thanks to the development of companies like Nest, and now Microsoft is entering the space after it partnered with Johnson Controls to develop a product called GLAS. The rather stunning looking… Read More
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Crunch Network
Mighty Networks founder Gina Bianchini on building a business in Silicon Valley
In episode two of Founder’s Corner, Gina Bianchini, the founder and CEO of Mighty Networks, joins host and Omidyar Network partner Shripriya Mahesh to discuss her mission of empowering people to connect around their passions, and pulls back the curtain on how she runs the business and manages her days as CEO. Read More
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Crunch Report | NBC Launches News Broadcast for Snapchat
NBC launches news broadcast for Snapchat, Tim Draper invests in an Iron Man suit and SoftBank invests massively in three startups. All this on Crunch Report! Read More
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Google opens Expeditions VR education app to the public
Google has long sold its Cardboard VR format as a super-accessible platform for getting people into virtual reality. One of their major initiatives has been in education markets through Google Expeditions. Today, the company announced it is opening the educational VR tours to the public through a new Expeditions App. All you need is a Cardboard or Daydream headset and an Android phone. Read More
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LinkedIn Lite launches as an Android app in India, coming to 60+ countries soon
LinkedIn, the social network for the working world with more than 500 million members, is taking its next step in its bid to court more users in emerging markets. The company has released an Android app for LinkedIn Lite, a pared-down version of its original LinkedIn mobile app that is developed for users in markets where data networks are slower and relatively more expensive for consumers. Read More
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Qualcomm has some trouble on its hands
Qualcomm’s finances are taking heavy hits over its licensing dispute with Apple and analysts are expressing concern. Today, the company reported its Q3 earnings and front-and-center were the company’s various legal disputes that are causing its profits and revenues to dive. Read More
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Here’s what robotics investors say they’re looking for in startup pitches
Robotics investing has taken off in recent years. We sat down with top robotics investors Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital, Helen Zelman Boniske of Lemnos and Manish Kothari of SRI Ventures to ask what they’re shopping for right now and what they hope to hear in startup pitches. Read More
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Under Tillerson, the State Department may put cyber diplomacy on the chopping block
According to new reports by Politico and Bloomberg, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to merge or eliminate its cybersecurity office, long tasked with representing U.S. cyber interests abroad. The Office of the Coordination for Cyber Issues, created in 2011 by former President Obama, was established as a State Department liaison on a “full spectrum of cyber-related issues.” Read More
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Group K Diagnostics
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Citus Health
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Marmo Health
- $50K Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Health Care
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Premy
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Limitless
- 60K EUR Angel
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MortgageGym
- 20K GBP Series A
- HQ: Camberley, Surrey
- Categories: Social Network
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Elimu Digital Media
- $100K Grant
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Relab.co.nz
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EatOut.co.ke
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- HQ: Nairobi, Nairobi Area
- Categories: Restaurants, Online Portals
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Xiaomai
- 125M CNY Venture
- HQ: China, Kagoshima
- Categories: Retail, E-Commerce, Shopping
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Dynamic Yield
- $0K Series C
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Predictive Analytics, Collaboration, Messaging, Advertising, Publishing, ... See More
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LendKey Technologies, Inc.
- $8.0M Series C
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: FinTech, Finance, Consumer Lending
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LendKey Technologies, Inc.
- $5.0M Debt Financing
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Finance, Consumer Lending, FinTech
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Cadence
- $650K Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Translation Service, Service Industry, Business Development
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Dreamleague Gaming
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PebblePost
- $27M Series B
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Personalization, Real Time, Ad Retargeting, Marketing, Ad Targeting
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Slidebean
- $450K Seed
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Productivity Tools, Presentations, SaaS, Enterprise Software
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Ada Support
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SoT - Security of Things
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Arzeda
- $12M Series A
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Biotechnology
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Receipt Bank
- $50M Series B
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Small and Medium Businesses, Information Services, Accounting
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Tine Health
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- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Augmented Reality, Enterprise Software, Health Care, SaaS
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Insight Engines
- $16M Series A
- HQ: San Francisco, California
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Northern Vertex Mining
- $20M Post IPO Equity
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- Categories: Mining Technology, Mining, Mineral
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Northern Vertex Mining
- $15M Post IPO Debt
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- Categories: Mining, Mining Technology, Mineral
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Cubyn
- $7.0M Series A
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Shipping
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Minka
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- HQ: Bogotá, Distrito Especial
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Trevi Therapeutics
- $50M Series C
- HQ: Sandy Hook, Connecticut
- Categories: Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Health Care
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Dote Shopping
- $7.2M Round
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Internet, Retail, E-Commerce, Shopping
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