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Media & Entertainment
Here’s What It’s Like To Use The Force Touch Trackpad On The New Retina MacBook Pro
10:59 am PDT • March 16, 2015
The new technology was described in detail as a tentpole feature of the upcoming MacBook, which ships on April 10, but its use in the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, which…
OnboardIQ streamlines the process of hiring the thousands of people needed to get a baseline of quality service in a city at an on-demand startup. Launching as a private beta…
Jeff Fagnan of Atlas Ventures has announced a new $200 million fund dedicated exclusively to financing technology startups. The fund is currently operating as FKA (“formerly known as”) and will…
Instagram Star @Tunameltsmyheart | SXSW 2015
9:49 AM PDT • March 16, 2015
Recorded on March 15, 2015. Anthony Ha sits down with Instagram’s celebrity dog @tunameltsmyheart and owner Courtney Dasher.
Media & Entertainment
Pew Finds One-Third Of Americans Have Made Privacy Changes, Post-Snowden
9:45 am PDT • March 16, 2015
File it under ‘chilling effects’: A new report by the Pew research centre suggests a sizable minority of people in the U.S. have changed their behavior and use of technology…
Media & Entertainment
LinkedIn Buys Careerify To Build Out Its Big Data Recruitment Business
9:26 am PDT • March 16, 2015
LinkedIn has made another acquisition to build out its big data recruitment business. It’s acquired Careerify, a startup based out of Toronto, Canada, that focuses on software for businesses to…
Lookback Buys Screencasting Startup QuickCast, Adds Android And Mac Apps To Its User Testing Tools
9:11 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Lookback — a user testing app that was co-founded in Sweden first as a side project by Spotify engineers before striking out on its own with funding from Index and…
Patreon Acquires Artist Subscription Competitor Subbable
9:00 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Patreon co-founder Jack Conte had a feeling that his company might someday join forces with Subbable, which is another subscription-based funding site for artists. That’s exactly what happened today. Subabble co-founders and…
YouTube To Replace Annotations With Smarter, Mobile-Optimized “Cards”
8:42 am PDT • March 16, 2015
For years, YouTube has offered annotations as a way for video creators to add clickable text overlays to their videos as a way to boost engagement with viewers, provide more…
WellDeserved Is A (Fake) Startup That Pokes Fun At Tech’s Privilege
8:16 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Have a free Google Lunch you don’t take advantage of because you’re eating only local blueberries this week? Does your company have a masseuse you don’t use because you’re touch-phobic?…
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TechCrunch offers a variety of opportunities to get the word out about your new company. The Disrupt Battlefield is the biggest, but we also travel to various cities and hold…
The first Wii U installment of Nintendo’s longstanding mini/boardgame mashup series finally lands March 20, with a new Bowser mode and Amiibo support in tow. The question is, is this…
Communicating Through Touch
8:00 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Three squeezes means I-love-you; two squeezes means I’m-scared. My 11 year-old daughter and I share a special language of hand-squeezing. We developed patterns to relay assurance, fear, surprise, and “check…
Startups
Bankjoy Is Building A Modern-Day Mobile Banking App For Use By Credit Unions And Smaller Banks
7:45 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Thanks to startups like Simple, which was acquired by financial services organization BBVA last year, banking customers got a look at what a modern-day web and mobile banking experience looks like,…
Microsoft Rolls Out Previews Of Office 2016 And Skype For Business
6:50 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Microsoft this morning announced a preview of Office 2016 for Windows, in a release aimed at putting the software in front of IT professionals and developers for further testing ahead…
Here’s a neat crowdfunding project that’s aiming to repackage wireless sensor technology as a multi-faceted educational tool that plugs into existing mobile devices and services to encourage kids to engage…
If you’re still on Facebook, you need this app. Called Hushbook, the iOS app essentially is Tinder for Facebook, but instead of finding new friends, it’s decided to find friends…
Meerkat Roulette Is Chatroulette For Meerkat Because Meerkat
6:31 am PDT • March 16, 2015
With Meerkat Roulette, the Internet has hit peak Meerkat. Yet the question remains, even with services being built like this, what will Meerkat do without Twitter?
The Tado thermostat is already a smart device, rivaling the Nest Learning Thermostat in several ways. Today the company is announcing an API and IFTTT integration, which will drastically upgrade…
Media & Entertainment
Berlin Mobile Ad Outfit Glispa Gets $77M From Property/E-Commerce Firm Market Tech
5:11 am PDT • March 16, 2015
On the heels of France-based MobPartner’s $58 million acquisition by Cheetah Mobile, yet more movement in Europe’s mobile advertising landscape: Glispa, a startup based out of Berlin that focuses on…
