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Pinterest Curates Its Own Content With New Weekly Collections Called “Pin Picks”
8:06 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Pinterest is venturing into the editorial space, having launched last night a new collection of the company’s “favorite things,” which will be updated weekly. This collection, called Pin Picks, is aggregated…
Media & Entertainment
Backed By $9.5 Million, Curbside Launches A Mobile Shopping App For Same-Day Pickup, Not Delivery
7:59 am PDT • October 6, 2014
A number of companies today are experimenting with same-day e-commerce, including Amazon, Google, eBay, Instacart and others – but for most, the focus has been on same-day delivery. A new…
Media & Entertainment
Apple Sapphire Supplier GT Advanced Technologies Files For Bankruptcy
7:37 am PDT • October 6, 2014
GT Advanced Technologies, which has a supply relationship with Apple after an agreement struck late last year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company will continue to operate…
Announcing The Agenda For TechCrunch Disrupt Europe In London
7:30 am PDT • October 6, 2014
TechCrunch Disrupt lands in London October 18 – 21, and we’re excited to announce the full agenda. The event will span four days and feature noted thought leaders, experienced entrepreneurs…
Media & Entertainment
Facebook Closes WhatsApp Acquisition, Jan Koum To Match Zuckerberg’s $1 Annual Salary
7:07 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Facebook is now the legal owner of WhatsApp, following a filing made with the SEC today. This is the final step in a process begun when Facebook announced its intent…
Disruption is an overused word, these days, but even if you’re sick to death of hearing it, you can’t deny that change has swept over HP, a long-time enterprise stalwart, and it’s feeling the effects in a…
Canadian Pastafarian In Year-Long Fight To Wear Colander In License Pic
6:48 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Respecting religious beliefs is a cornerstone of any modern society. Everyone has a right to wear whatever they want on their head in accordance to their private beliefs and the…
Hardware
SmartMat Is A Connected, Pressure-Sensitive Mat For Quantifying Yoga Practice
6:25 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Can sensing technology improve and quantify yoga practice? The makers of a prototype device called the SmartMat, a yoga mat with embedded sensor technology, reckon it can. At the time…
Startups
Azalead Ends Cold Calls By Telling You Which Company Visited Your Site
6:08 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Imagine how many people end up on your company’s website looking for more information about your B2B product and never call you. These visitors are incredibly useful leads for your…
Adobe Launches Smart Portfolio-Based Talent Search For Recruiters On Behance
6:00 am PDT • October 6, 2014
When Adobe bought Behance in December 2012, it looked like a smart matchup for both companies and the acquisition is definitely starting to pay off for Adobe. Over time, the…
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Adobe Launches Public Beta Of Its Creative SDK For iOS, Android Coming Soon
6:00 am PDT • October 6, 2014
At its MAX conference in Los Angeles today, Adobe announced the public beta launch of its Creative SDK. The Creative SDK, which the company first revealed a few months ago,…
Startups
Young And Humble, New York’s Thrive Capital Doubles Its Fund Size To $400M
6:00 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Thrive Capital, a young New York-based venture firm that has backed companies like Warby Parker, Oscar and others, has doubled its most recent fund size to about $400 million. That’s…
Media & Entertainment
Adobe Debuts A Slew Of New Mobile Apps, Including Brush, Shape And Draw
5:38 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Adobe has ramped up its mobile efforts in a big way today at its annual Adobe Max conference, with seven new mobile apps unveiled (though two are repurposed versions of…
Startups
Sales And Marketing Software Company Infusionsoft Raises $55M
5:00 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Infusionsoft, a company that makes sales and marketing software for small businesses, is announcing that it has raised $55 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Bain…
Startups
Appsee Bags Further $2M To Let Mobile App Developers Measure User Behaviour
4:32 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Israeli startup Appsee, the mobile analytics service that offers an array of tools for measuring user behaviour within an app, has topped up its funding by closing a modest $2…
Enterprise
Zoomdata Scores $17M To Help Update the Business Intelligence Market
4:30 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Business Intelligence is a highly mature market that’s been altered once before, but new-comer Zoomdata wants to disrupt the space one more time –and they got $17M in Series B funding today…
Biotech & Health
Online Home Exercise Platform Yoogaia Pulls In $630k To Stretch Beyond Finland
4:24 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Finnish startup Yoogaia, which soft launched its online yoga studio with live webcam instruction in Finland towards the start of this year, has raised a seed round to launch a…
Hardware
HP To Become Two Companies As Consumer PC And Printer Business Splits From Corporate Services
3:54 am PDT • October 6, 2014
HP will indeed split itself into two companies, with its corporate hardware and services division becoming Hewlett-Packard Enterprise under CEO Meg Whitman, and HP Inc. becoming the PC and printing…
Media & Entertainment
Urban Massage Lands On iOS As Same-Hour Massage Booking Becomes A Thing — Apparently
3:01 am PDT • October 6, 2014
The ‘Uber for X’ startup pitch is becoming nearly as ubiquitous as the smartphones that power these mobile-enabled on-demand services. It’s starting to feel like there’s an Uber for everything,…
Enterprise
Alteryx Lands $60M To Boost Data Analytics App-Building Platform
1:00 am PDT • October 6, 2014
Alteryx, a company that has been providing a way to build analytical apps from a variety data sources via a workflow interface, got a big boost in funding today, announcing a $60M…
