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The Oculus Rift Crescent Bay Prototype Truly Transports You
12:23 pm PST • January 7, 2015
Oculus is at CES 2015, giving a larger set of people a chance to experience virtual reality with its latest prototype, the Crescent Bay version of the Oculus Rift. The…
Hardware
NapTime Baby Monitor Saves Parents From Late-Night Arguments
11:47 am PST • January 7, 2015
Babies are glorious miraculous blessings, but parents trying to get through a good night’s sleep with a newborn in the next room may have a tough time remembering that. The…
Hardware
Fogo’s Smart Flashlight Is The Swiss Army Knife Of Personal Lighting
11:43 am PST • January 7, 2015
Today at TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield at CES 2015, Fogo Digital showed off the prototype of its smart flashlight, a tool that will offer everything from GPS to Bluetooth once it comes…
Startups
Lights, Camera, Appliances: Branto’s Smart-Home Orb Controls It All
11:24 am PST • January 7, 2015
A smart home hub is a dumb purchase if most of your appliances aren’t smart, too. So Ukrainian startup Branto developed a hub that has a built-in 360-degree camera and…
Startups
A New App Called Lugg Can Move Your Sofa With A Push Of A Button
11:17 am PST • January 7, 2015
A new startup called Lugg is a mobile app that’s basically like having a friend with a truck who’s available at any time for on-demand, small moves. Recently launched in…
Hardware
Sutro’s Smart Device Helps Pool Owners Take Control Of Their Water Chemistry
11:10 am PST • January 7, 2015
Sutro, a startup presenting at TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield in Las Vegas, aims to remove one of the big headaches of owning a backyard swimming pool or spa. Now, I don’t…
The great story of Silicon Valley: A company, once ahead of its time, ceases to innovate for almost a decade while continuing to make billions off its legacy business model…
Before You Make That Pivot
11:00 am PST • January 7, 2015
According to Eric Ries, A pivot is a “structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, and engine of growth.”[1] The rise of the…
Scott Jordan has been a tech fixture for almost a decade. His company, ScotteVest, makes clothing for gadget lovers, feature pockets for almost everything including tablets, phones, water bottles, and…
August Launches A $50 WiFi Bridge Called August Connect To Open Its Smart Lock To Other Developers
10:00 am PST • January 7, 2015
Home automation startup August first came to market with a smart lock that allows users to get inside their homes without having to reach for their keys. But now it’s…
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Wearables Have Gone Too Far
9:41 am PST • January 7, 2015
We’re hoping this is a prank of some sort. Is it already April 1st? Last month, the Peter Thiel-backed app for achieving your goals, Everest, shut down, following initial usability…
BitTorrent Adds First Feature Film And Pay-What-You-Want Option To Its Bundle Model
9:21 am PST • January 7, 2015
Another step ahead in BitTorrent’s bid to expand its Bundle business model to all kinds of content, and all kinds of payment options. The company today said it would soon…
Startups
Clowdy Lets Music Producers And Filmmakers Showcase And Get Credit For Their Work
9:05 am PST • January 7, 2015
If I was being lazy, I might describe UK startup Clowdy as a ‘LinkedIn for creatives’. The site and apps for iOS and Android let those in the creative industry…
TechCrunch Live From CES 2015 Day 2
9:00 am PST • January 7, 2015
CES 2015 continues, and we don’t rest until you feel like you’re actually here, bumping into bodies, smelling the body odor, and discovering the technology of tomorrow. We’ve roamed the…
TrackingPoint Precision Guided Firing System
8:34 AM PST • January 7, 2015
Recorded on January 7, 2015. Matt Burn takes a look at the precision guided firing system from TrackingPoint
Hardware
TrackingPoint Takes Dead Aim At The Future Of Firearms Targeting
8:34 am PST • January 7, 2015
I arrived at a massive shooting range compound where a security guard promptly introduced himself as a retired police officer and not a friend of the media. I had to…
AT&T Announces Rollover Data Plan, Starting On January 25
8:34 am PST • January 7, 2015
Not even a month after T-Mobile announced its rollover data plan called “Data Stash,” competitor AT&T is following with the unveiling of a rollover data plan of its own. Detailed…
As if we needed a case study to show us, we saw, with vivid clarity, what can happen when hackers run amok inside servers and start sharing confidential business content with the world —…
Hardware
Amazon Again Tries To Unload Its Fire Phones, Dropping Price To $189 Off Contract, Including Prime
8:01 am PST • January 7, 2015
Amazon’s Fire Phone made news this week with the backstory of why the phone flopped, and Amazon’s plans to reorganize the hardware group, Lab126, responsible for the smartphone. Now the…
White Star Capital And Idinvest Partners Get In TheFamily Way With Paris
7:42 am PST • January 7, 2015
Idinvest Partners and White Star Capital have invested in TheFamily, the Paris-based entity which combines co-working with acceleration and corporate engagement. London’s Index Ventures is an existing investor, as is…
