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OpenSignal, which taps sensors on 100M smartphones to monitor network speed, raises $8M
6:31 am PDT • March 21, 2018
The world is awash in data, and while OpenSignal, a startup based out of London that’s probably best known for its mobile network speed reports — which it compiles by…
Security
Google brings DDoS protection and other new security features to its cloud
6:30 am PDT • March 21, 2018
For the longest time, enterprises worried about how secure their data would be in the cloud, and for some, that was a major roadblock for moving out of their own…
Building a GPU-fueled infrastructure service is not a simple matter for a startup to undertake, but that’s precisely what Paperspace has set out to do. Today, it took it to…
Transportation
AeroMobil’s new electric flying car concept is a sporty 4-seater
6:07 am PDT • March 21, 2018
Flying cars are more down to earth than ever – at least, in that their physical design is moving closer to something resembling a car. The AeroMobil 5th generation all-electric…
Uber debuts Uber Freight Plus to lower operating costs for carriers
6:00 am PDT • March 21, 2018
Uber is sweetening the pot for its Uber Freight offering aimed at commercial trucking. The company is launching Uber Freight Plus today, a program designed to help alleviate costs around…
Enterprise
Microsoft Power Apps update includes new Common Data Service
5:13 am PDT • March 21, 2018
Microsoft announced the spring update to its Power BI and Power Apps platform today with a significant enhancement, a new common data service that enables companies to build data-based applications…
Kozmo.com, the startup that attempted on-demand delivery of anything way back in 1998 but burned through $280 million in capital and failed to make itself profitable, is back. Instead of…
Sign up today for free hack tickets to TC Hackathon at VivaTech
1:46 am PDT • March 21, 2018
Are you a developer, marketer, or designer living in Europe? Do you have an idea for an app or a hardware product that’s been tickling your brain trying to escape…
Everledger’s Kemp and OmiseGO’s Hasegawa join TC Blockchain
1:00 am PDT • March 21, 2018
Blockchain technology and the decentralizing effects of distributed ledgers have enormous amounts of potential and may mean the Internet will never be the same again. The fact that one could…
Startups
Kyklo is bringing the billion-dollar electromechanical industry into digital sales
10:00 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
The electromechanical industry may not be the kind of sexy tech that you’ll regularly read about in TechCrunch, but we like solutions to problems, and that is why I am about…
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Crypto
CryptoKitties raises $12M from Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures
9:50 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
CryptoKitties, the virtual collectible kitten game that turned into a viral sensation has raised $12M in funding and will be spun out from Axiom Zen, the Vancouver and San Francisco-based design…
Sources: Google is buying Lytro for about $40M
9:47 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
Last week, Google showed off a new app to display immersive photography in virtual reality, and a multi-camera technique for capturing it, and now it looks like there may be plans to…
When all you have is a finger everything looks like a button. But what happens if you’re unable to press buttons or, more likely, we begin using robots and other…
Biotech & Health
Twitter violates womens’ human rights, according to Amnesty International
8:00 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
Twitter has found itself under fire again. This time, it’s coming from Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization that focuses on human rights. Amnesty International’s new report, “#ToxicTwitter: Violence and abuse…
Media & Entertainment
These are the 64 startups unveiled at Y Combinator W18 Demo Day 2
6:27 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
Microbiome therapeutics, Photoshop for augmented reality, and cancer treatments were some of the ideas presented at Day 2 of startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2018 Demo Day. YC is increasingly…
Enterprise
Travis Kalanick is already back running a company with a $150M investment
5:34 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
Travis Kalanick, the former Uber CEO who was shown the door in June last year amid a series of major controversies, has already found his next leading role following his…
After selling his company to Facebook for $19 billion, Brian Acton joins #deleteFacebook
5:13 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
Brian Acton, the co-founder of messaging service WhatsApp (which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion) is now joining the chorus of the #deletefacebook movement. https://twitter.com/brianacton/status/976231995846963201 A tipster alerted us…
The subscription model is growing in popularity as a way to monetize a service, netting in trends in SaaS, media, e-commerce and other verticals that are in search of more…
Featured Article
Zuck and Sandberg go M.I.A. as Congress summons Facebook leadership by name
The bad thing about making your face synonymous with the company you run: When you go M.I.A., everyone tends to notice. The callout posts began over the weekend. Normal Facebook users don’t always track the tech press outrage cycle, but a flurry of reporting on Facebook’s mishandling of the private data of 50 million users,…
3:21 pm PDT • March 20, 2018
GoPro Fusion Review in 60 seconds!
3:17 PM PDT • March 20, 2018
Recorded on March 20, 2018. Tito Hamze reviews GoPro’s 360 Fusion camera in 60 seconds!
