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Jawbone UP3 Likely Won’t Ship In Time For Christmas After All
1:16 pm PST • December 18, 2014
If you had plans to tuck a Jawbone UP3 under the tree for someone this year, it’s probably time to start thinking about something else. When Jawbone first told us…
Media & Entertainment
Duet Makes Your iPad A No-Compromise Display For Your Mac
1:04 pm PST • December 18, 2014
iPad-as-secondary-display apps have been around almost as long as the iPad, but most who used them once have seldom used them since. These things mostly work over Wi-Fi, and work…
Security
This Little USB Necklace Hacks Your Computer In No Time Flat
12:00 pm PST • December 18, 2014
Quick! The bad guy/super villain has left the room! Plug in a mysterious device that’ll hack up their computer while an on-screen progress bar ticks forward to convey to the…
Sony’s new Android Wear-powered SmartWatch 3 bucks a trend of the company releasing devices that use their own wearable platform, opting instead to jump on the bandwagon that includes a…
Media & Entertainment
VHX Introduces An iPhone App And Library So You Can View Your Whole Video Collection In One Place
10:00 am PST • December 18, 2014
VHX has been working hard to make it easier for independent content owners to sell their videos online. And now it’s working to make it easier for consumers to find…
Media & Entertainment
Xbox One To Get Pandora, Vevo, Popcornflix And More Apps This Week
9:54 am PST • December 18, 2014
Microsoft might have said that they’re done shipping their big Xbox One software updates for the year — but that doesn’t mean they can’t release a few new toys in…
Online real estate brokerage Redfin today announced that it has raised an additional $70.9 million in an effort to expand into new markets. The round was led by two large…
Media & Entertainment
Everest, The Peter Thiel-Backed App For Achieving Your Dreams, Shuts Down
9:17 am PST • December 18, 2014
Everest, a Peter Thiel-backed mobile startup that launched an app last year to help you “achieve your dreams,” is shutting down. The company had raised $2.2 million over three rounds,…
TechCrunch Giveaway: Sound Blaster Roar
9:13 am PST • December 18, 2014
The folks at Creative Labs are giving away four Sound Blaster Roar wireless Bluetooth speakers to four lucky TechCrunch readers. What is this Sound Blaster Roar device, you ask? This…
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Betaworks’ Homescreen Intros App Profile Pages, Taking App Discovery To A New Level
9:12 am PST • December 18, 2014
Betaworks latest experiment, Homescreen, has added app profile pages to the platform, letting users see how popular the app is on various Homescreens, important people who are using it, and…
Startups
Mobile Analytics Company Mixpanel Raises $65M Round With An $865M Valuation
9:07 am PST • December 18, 2014
Mixpanel, which describes itself as offering “the most advanced analytics platform ever,” is announcing that it has raised $65 million in new funding. That round comes entirely from previous investor…
Bustle, the <a target="_blank" href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/who-gave-this-asshole-6-5-million-to-launch-a-bro-tast-1134693292mansplational (portmanteau for sensational man-splaining) lady-centric news site led by Bryan Goldberg (because he knows women) has raised $15.5 million led by General Catalyst. Time Warner…
Music Streaming Service Deezer Finally Recruits New CEO
8:56 am PST • December 18, 2014
Deezer, the Paris-based music streaming service that competes against the likes of Spotify and Rdio, has finally made good on its promise to recruit a new CEO.
Greylock Hires Former Facebook Product Designer Bobby Goodlatte As Investor And Designer-In-Residence
8:50 am PST • December 18, 2014
Greylock Partners is making a commitment to design, as it’s hired former Facebook product designer and angel investor Bobby Goodlatte to join its consumer team in a hybrid role as…
Media & Entertainment
Messaging Firm Line Buys Microsoft’s MixRadio To Take Its Focus On Music Global
8:47 am PST • December 18, 2014
Last month we reported that Microsoft was considering spinning out MixRadio, but it turns out the music service’s future is with someone else: Japan-based messaging firm Line which just announced…
Media & Entertainment
Dull’s App Brings Trending Content From Around The Web To Your iPhone
8:07 am PST • December 18, 2014
A new mobile application called Dull wants to fill your moments of downtime by offering a feed of random content to mindlessly browse through, including photos, music, GIFs, news and…
Airbnb Updates Mobile Web Experience To Court More Users On Their Smartphones
8:00 am PST • December 18, 2014
Airbnb is launching a major update to its mobile web experience today in an effort to reach more users accessing the site on their smartphones. The update not only will…
Security
Touch ID Patent Application Shows Apple Could Expand Home Button Features
8:00 am PST • December 18, 2014
A new patent application published by the USPTO (via AppleInsider) details some additional uses of the Touch ID sensor found on the iPhone and iPad that could make its way…
The Security Behind The Europay, MasterCard And Visa Shift
8:00 am PST • December 18, 2014
If you regularly accept payments from magnetic stripe debit or credit cards, you might as well post your customer’s credit card information on Google AdWords. Credit card fraud has become…
