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TC AppleCast 11: If You Had To Choose Just One – Apple Hardware Or Apple Software?
6:37 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
On this week’s episode, we discuss both a lengthy profile of Tim Cook, as well as a full biography of Steve Jobs. We also cover some concrete announcements, including the…
Ellen Pao’s Statement On Losing The Kleiner Perkins Case: “The Battle Was Worth It”
4:55 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
[tc_aol_on code=”518734383″] Directly after the jury announced its final verdict in Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in which it ruled against all four of Pao’s claims of…
Google Blasts Media Implications That It Runs That Town
4:45 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
Google, a search company, fired back today at a string of reports published in the Wall Street Journal over the past few weeks that have brought the company and its…
Genomics has undergone a major shift in the last year. The drop in price in the past decade from $3B to $1K to sequence a genome is the 10X force…
15 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week
2:20 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
This week’s tech news included big announcements from Facebook and Y-Combinator, a sighting of the Tesla Model X on the road, a controversial Indiana bill that has tech leaders up…
Hardware
This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Smartphone Stuff And Smart Home Stuff
2:09 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
It was a big week for phones and homes. John Biggs has been reviewing the new Galaxy S6 Edge from Samsung, while the HTC One M9 recently went on sale…
In Final Verdict, Jury Rules Against Pao On All Four Claims In Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins
1:40 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
Updated: After several days of deliberations, a San Francisco Superior Court jury has come to a conclusion in Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the gender discrimination trial…
Thou Shalt Not Google
1:18 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
At every break during the high-profile Pao versus Kleiner Perkins trial these past couple of weeks, judge Harold Khan reminded the jurors, “Do not form or express any opinions about…
Gillmor Gang LIVE 03.27.15
1:02 pm PDT • March 27, 2015
Gillmor Gang – Steven Levy, John Taschek, Erick Schonfeld, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session 1pmPT/4pmET today. Our FriendFeed chat during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang on Facebook…
A new 3D-printed drone called the ELF VR Nano is available for pre-order on Indiegogo and for download on Thingiverse. That’s right: you can either buy the product and receive…
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11:53 am PDT • March 27, 2015
It’s no secret that the incredible wealth of the technology industry has attracted critics in recent years. In this country’s two capitols of capital, San Francisco and New York, influxes of…
Vines just got bigger with a higher quality video upgrade today. A new post on the company blog announced a technical change that allows Vine users to upload the higher-resolution…
Media & Entertainment
Tumblr’s Mobile App Will Now Add ‘Buy,’ ‘Pledge,’ And ‘Get Involved’ Buttons To Select Posts
11:43 am PDT • March 27, 2015
Tumblr today introduced a change to its service that will encourage users to purchase or fund products and campaigns on other websites, including Etsy’s online marketplace and Kickstarter, for example.…
Slack, the super-slick team chat-room service, is getting popular fast. Word around the rumor mill is that they’re currently raising funds at a $2.8 billion valuation. And in the words…
Media & Entertainment
Meerkat Strikes Back At Periscope With New Ways To Follow
10:36 am PDT • March 27, 2015
With Twitter’s much more polished live-streaming app Periscope now on the market, Meerkat needs to strengthen its own social graph to keep users from straying to its new competitor. So…
It’s hard to believe, after how far the gay rights movement has come, that we’re still doing this. But here we are. Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed into…
In early 2011, Skype bought a mobile video startup called Qik, which had developed an app that let mobile users record and stream videos in real-time which others could be…
Startups
SEC OKs Equity Crowdfunding, So Anyone Can Invest In Private Companies
8:39 am PDT • March 27, 2015
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a new set of rules implementing Title IV of the JOBS Act. The release of these final rules further advances…
Facebook Is Down For Many Users Right Now (Update: It’s Back!)
8:38 am PDT • March 27, 2015
Update: Service is now fully restored according to Facebook. Facebook has been down for at least an hour for some users, according to reports on social media and downrightnow. The outage has…
Innovid, a startup that helps advertisers create, target, and measure video ad campaigns, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in new funding. As part the round, the startup…
