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PayPal’s Bitcoin Integration And The Future Of Digital Currency Adoption
12:00 pm PST • November 28, 2014
Recently, PayPal announced several partnerships aimed towards enabling certain PayPal merchants to be able to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment from their customers. This was a significant announcement…
Hardware
The E-Label Act Will Remove Those Silly FCC Symbols From The Back Of Future Gadgets
10:35 am PST • November 28, 2014
You know all that crap that’s listed on the back of your smartphone and tablet? It looks something like this: A jumble of letters and words, an FCC symbol, and…
If you’re looking for something to do while sitting around with family as you all process the remainder of the Thanksgiving meal still working its way through your digestive tract,…
Media & Entertainment
Here, Star Wars, I Fixed Your ‘Force Awakens’ Lightsaber Crossguard For You
9:54 am PST • November 28, 2014
The first Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer features all kinds of things that make my diehard Star Wars soul quiver and dance, but the crossguard on the dark side…
Digiarty Is Giving Away 1,000 WinX DVD to iPhone Ripper Software Licenses
9:00 am PST • November 28, 2014
A company called Digiarty is giving TechCrunch readers access to their WinX DVD to iPhone Ripper.
Let’s Make Bitcoin The Biggest Humanitarian Tool The World Has Ever Seen
8:00 am PST • November 28, 2014
News junkies of the world may be forgiven for becoming the latest tech skeptics: 2014 has been a year of global mayhem. Instead of creating a connected civic safety net,…
Best Buy’s Website Crashes Hard On Black Friday
7:39 am PST • November 28, 2014
WHOOPS. Seems Best Buy was ill prepared for today’s post-Turkey shopping madness — at least online. BestBuy.com has been down for nearly an hour now (since roughly 6:15 AM Pacific),…
Media & Entertainment
Line Purges Its Games Platform Again, Removing 15 Titles From Its Messaging Service
7:20 am PST • November 28, 2014
Today may be holiday time in the U.S., but it also seems to be a time for cleaning in Japan. Line, the messaging app company with 500 million registered users,…
Watch The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Right Here
7:04 am PST • November 28, 2014
If you aren’t heading to the movies today, you still won’t miss out on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer – it’s available now over at iTunes to watch.…
Hardware
Nintendo Patents Game Boy Emulation For Use In Mobile Devices, In-Flight Entertainment
6:59 am PST • November 28, 2014
A new patent published by the USPTO yesterday details an invention by Nintendo that would allow it to emulate its mobile game consoles, including the Game Boy line of devices…
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Sony E-ink Watch Aims To Make Low–Power Screens The Next Big Thing In Fashion Fabric
5:31 am PST • November 28, 2014
Almost every tech hardware maker is basically racing smart watches out the door, but Sony is looking at how it can re-invent the basic timekeeping device itself with a new…
Media & Entertainment
IBM: Thanksgiving Online Sales Up 14%, One-Third Of Sales On Mobile Led By iOS
5:25 am PST • November 28, 2014
Black Friday is traditionally thought of as the first day of holiday shopping in the U.S., but with more buying options (and promotions) becoming available online, many are now starting their shopping a…
‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Guidelines Published By European Regulators
5:12 am PST • November 28, 2014
Europe’s Article 29 Working Party, the body comprised of data protection representatives from individual Member States of the European Union, has now published guidelines on the implementation of the so-called…
Startups
Gimmie Raises $700,000 For A New Messaging-Based, Lead-Conversion Service
4:18 am PST • November 28, 2014
Gimmie, the mobile rewards startup that relocated to Singapore from the U.S. two years ago, has raised $700,000 in new funding and launched a new service aimed at turning first-time…
Media & Entertainment
Yandex Gives Its Browser A Minimalist Makeover
2:44 am PST • November 28, 2014
Russian tech giant Yandex has launched a refreshed version of its Chromium-based browser that’s been designed to make the browser itself feel less visible to web users.
Media & Entertainment
Restaurant Guide Zomato Launches Mobile Ads And Prepares To Move Into Payments
12:13 am PST • November 28, 2014
Global restaurant discovery service Zomato pulled in $60 million in fresh funding just ten days ago, and now it’s time to ramp up its monetization efforts after the India-headquartered company…
This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: BlackFriday!
8:38 pm PST • November 27, 2014
We’re bringing this podcast to you a little early so you can arm yourself before going into Black Friday! Join Greg Kumparak, Matt Burns, and Darrell Etherington as we skewer…
Startups
MOCAheart Makes Keeping Track Of Your Heart’s Vital Signs Easy
7:59 pm PST • November 27, 2014
MOCAheart wants to make keeping track of your cardiovascular health as easy as pressing a button. The device, which is currently on Kickstarter, was developed by a team led by…
The Uber Supper
5:24 pm PST • November 27, 2014
As we in the US sit down to holiday dinner tonight, we are reminded that we have oodles to be thankful for. For one, I am grateful that the news…
Startup Weekend On The Turkish Border Unites Two Countries’ Entrepreneurs
4:00 pm PST • November 27, 2014
It’s not unusual to encounter a Startup Weekend somewhere in the world. The trademarked event that brings together individuals eager to build and present it before a panel of entrepreneurship…
