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Americans spent nearly a billion hours watching YouTube videos on Android this past July, according to new data released today by App Annie. That’s the largest amount of time spent in any one streaming video app in a month. The figure is yet another data point showcasing the shift in the way people are consuming video content – less in the living room, over traditional pay TV… Read More... →

There’s a new czar running Facebook’s developer platform tools. Since Facebook’s classifieds feature Marketplace is growing, it will now command the full attention of Deb Liu who also previously ran platform. She’s now formally the VP of Marketplace. Eddie O’Neil, a 6-year Facebook who was a director of product management after coming from Salesforce engineering,… Read More... →

After a sold-out run in 2016, South of Market: The Musical returns to San Francisco this fall with v2 of the musical revue that pokes fun at the year’s trends, issues and absurdities within the Bay Area’s tech culture.  It’s really fun. The show premieres on Thursday, Oct 12. As an annual review, the show is re-written every year to reflect current events and conversations… Read More... →

Making the rounds today is a chatbot that claims it will let you sue Equifax for thousands of dollars in small claims court without using a lawyer. The Verge boldly stated you can claim up to $25,000 dollars, and the chatbot says that it’s the “first case of a fully automated lawsuit.” While it would be cool to fill out a form and get a check a few months later, this… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Japan’s SoftBank Group, U.S. investment group Dragoneer and Chinese ride-share giant Didi Chuxing, are close to finalizing their investment in Uber via a joint venture, sources tell TechCrunch. The tender offer is on track to launch by the end of the month and includes a direct investment in the company, as well as the purchase of shares from employees and early investors. The… Read More... →

Apple’s flashy new iPhones are hogging the spotlight right now, but iOS 11 is arriving before they do – on September 19, the major mobile software update will be available for existing iPhone and iPad devices. It’s bringing a lot of new features, especially to the iPad and iPad Pro, but it’s got two under-hyped payloads that could drastically change mobile apps,… Read More... →

With the border wall fight looming large in Congress, another kind of battle at the border is heating up. On Wednesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit with the Department of Homeland Security over warrantless border searches. In the case, Alasaad v. Duke, two organizations will represent 11 individuals who had U.S.… Read More... →

Going beyond the bounds of our planet is the future. Elon Musk wants to take us to the moon and the likes of SoftBank want to use satellites orbiting the world to solve global connectivity. That explains why Infostellar, a platform that enables antenna sharing to enable better communication for satellites and space crafts, exists and also why it has raised $7.3 million to build out… Read More... →

Бостонский стартап Mobee из портфеля международного фонда Flint Capital под управлением Дмитрия Смирнова объединился с калифорнийским стартапом Quad Analytix, создав новую компанию Wiser Solutions, Inc (аналитическая платформа для розничной торговли «все в одном») . Mobee, базирующийся в Бостоне, собирает пользовательские данные при помощи краудсорсинга через смартфоны. Quad Analytix, основанная в Сан-Матео (Калифорния), переводит данные электронной торговли в действие для брендов и розничных продавцов. В ... →

One of the perks of working in the technology world is that we get to watch entire industries grow from the ground up, often in just a few years. And that’s exactly what’s happening right now with esports. Fans are packing into sold-out arenas (that even pro sports teams can’t always fill) to see their favorite games be played, and teams are winning millions of dollars… Read More... →

Yes, you read that correctly: Ford put a man in a car seat disguise so that a Ford Transit could masquerade a a true self-driving vehicle. Why? To evaluate how passers by, other drivers on the road and cyclists reacted to sharing the road with an autonomous vehicle. The trial, conducted with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, also made use of a light bar mounted on the top of the… Read More... →

To the uninitiated, startup fundraising can be confusing. And even some of the resources designed to be approachable for the newcomer often raise more questions than they answer. So we’ve launched a series called “A Startup Takes Flight” to simply explain the dynamics of fundraising and deal terms. Read More... →

A couple of years after participating in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, YayPay is raising $5.3 million from QED Investors, Birchmere, Fifth Third Capital, as well as 500 Fintech Fund, Aspect Ventures, Gaingels, Techstars and Zelkova. YayPay is trying to optimize the workflows in your company’s finance department. In particular, too many mid-sized companies waste a ton of time… Read More... →

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Trello объявил о запуске десктопных версий для macOS и Windows. Об этом пишет Techcrunch.... →

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Who cares about an OLED and a notch when your phone can sip power from its surrounding, allowing you to make calls without ever having to charge your phone. This wild cellphone is part of a Google Faculty Research program and received three U.S. National Science Foundation grants for total investment of about $2 million. For that money, the creator, Vamsi Talla, built a single-board cellphone… Read More... →

Hi there. It’s your Disrupt Hackmasters, Reshma and Jeffery, and we’re here with the details on this year’s hackathon judges. If you’re in it to win it, you’ll want to do your homework on these industry veterans before the event to see what makes them tick. Read More... →

Министерство внутренней безопасности США опубликовало заявление, в соответствии с которым все федеральные органы исполнительной власти и ведомства страны должны прекратить использовать продукцию «Лаборатории Касперского». На отказ от софта чиновникам дается 90 дней. В министерстве поясняют, что такое решение связано с возможными рисками для информационной безопасности США. Власти США обеспокоены тем, что через продукты «Лаборатории Касперского» российские спецслужбы могут получить доступ к правительственны... →