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Universities Are Schooling Tech Companies In Video
11:00 am PST • November 15, 2014
It’s no secret that the ivory towers of academia don’t get much respect from the tech industry. It’s become conventional wisdom that Computer Science degrees are out of date before…
Announced back in September, the Samsung Gear S is the South Korean electronics company’s sixth attempt at making a smartwatch. It’s got the specs of a mid-range phone from a…
Gillmor Gang: Silent Noise
10:12 am PST • November 15, 2014
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, November 14, 2014. Topics include: Pono, Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes, Twitter Investor Day, @scobleizer’s…
Media & Entertainment
Can This Connected Toy Inspire The Next Generation Of Makers?
9:00 am PST • November 15, 2014
Don’t doubt the commitment of MIT graduate and Dynepic co-founder Krissa Watry. She used to work for the U.S. Airforce as a chief engineer designing and building aerospace hardware and…
Media & Entertainment
The Kingmaker Strategy: Pioneered By The Chinese Internet Giants, Coming To America?
8:00 am PST • November 15, 2014
A few weeks ago, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba made a number of announcements at its annual developer conference. Several announcements surrounding its mobile strategy related to a Silicon Valley startup…
Where I Went Wrong, Again
6:00 am PST • November 15, 2014
Dear readers: can you believe I’ve been writing this weekly column for four years now? Me neither. But I have, and it’s time for my annual self-flagellation piece, in which…
Media & Entertainment
Most People Prefer The iPhone 6, But The 6 Plus Is Selling OK, Says Analyst
5:57 am PST • November 15, 2014
Turns out you weren’t the only one that thought the new iPhone 6 Plus is just too big to carry around as a normal phone. A new study suggests [PDF]…
Hardware
As Developers Depart, Google Glass Is Ready To Become This Era’s Segway
5:18 am PST • November 15, 2014
Just over 18 months ago Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said he found having to talk to Google Glass out loud “the weirdest thing” and admitted that there would be “places…
Uber Integrates With Spotify To Let Passengers Become Backseat DJs
6:43 pm PST • November 14, 2014
Uber is adding a new feature to its mobile app that could allow passengers to play DJ while they take a ride with one of its drivers. Thanks to an…
13 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week
5:37 pm PST • November 14, 2014
This week’s tech highlights included a few big moves from Microsoft, President Obama’s stance on net neutrality, the MBA Bubble, and more. Here are the stories you don’t want to…
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Senator Ted Cruz Dishes Once Again On That ‘Net Neutrality’ Thing
5:31 pm PST • November 14, 2014
The good Senator Ted Cruz from Texas tackled net neutrality again today, with a bit more tact than earlier this week when he called it “Obamacare for the Internet.” It…
Bitcoin Startup Coinbase Is Raising Another $50 Million
5:19 pm PST • November 14, 2014
Coinbase is seeking to raise a monster round of funding, which could add up to as much as $150 million in new capital before it’s finished. According to sources, however,…
Yik Yak Is Close To Closing On Roughly $75 Million
5:19 pm PST • November 14, 2014
Thank the kids in America for turning Yik Yak into the newest technology craze that’s a parental nightmare and an anonymous messaging juggernaut. Only a year after its launch, the…
CrunchWeek: Obama On Net Neutrality, Microsoft Open Sources .NET, And Twitter Meets Wall Street
4:33 pm PST • November 14, 2014
On this week’s episode of CrunchWeek, I was joined by TechCrunch writer Alex Wilhelm and editor Ryan Lawler to talk about the biggest surprises in the tech scene.
Startups
With theBomb, The Makers Of theChive Aim To Create A Viral Video Hub
4:23 pm PST • November 14, 2014
Resignation Media, the startup behind the popular photo site theChive, is moving into the viral video business with the launch of a new property, theBomb. Even if you’re not a…
A music startup out of New York could give StubHub and other ticketing sites a run for their (proverbial) money. It’s called Jukely and it’s offering users an unlimited subscription…
Media & Entertainment
Facebook Cracks Down On Non-Ad Promotional Feed Posts, Bait-And Switching Pages That Bought Likes
2:00 pm PST • November 14, 2014
“BUY THIS!” “INSTALL NOW!’ “CONTEST!” Facebook is about to start punishing business Pages that publish spammy, aggressive marketing posts with these kind of words to the News Feed. Facebook will…
Startups
Atlas Wearables Raises Another Million For Its Smarter Fitness Tracker, Starts Shipping This Winter
1:55 pm PST • November 14, 2014
Wearables are a crowded market, but in the fitness-tracking niche, many of the top devices today are still just glorified step trackers with fancier software and a few more bells…
Media & Entertainment
Clover Lets You Order A Date Like You Would A Burrito
12:50 pm PST • November 14, 2014
New dating app Clover is a sort of OKCupid meets Tinder but with the “algorithmic matching” included in other online dating sites like eHarmony. The twist? It aims to make…
The FCC Responds To AT&T’s Net Neutrality Saber Rattling
12:44 pm PST • November 14, 2014
AT&T announced earlier this week that it would “pause” the rollout of fiber Internet connections to dozens of cities, due to uncertainty in the market caused by potentially stiff net…
