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00:17 11.05.2016

PlaceAVote wants to give voters a say in Congress

PlaceAVote wants you. The soon-to-launch startup brings together politically-minded users to debate the bills currently before Congress. PlaceAVote, which is competing in Battlefield at Disrupt NY 2016, allows its users to discuss issues, write explanations of bills, and even vote on them — and it aims to sell that data to Congressional leaders so they can see how voters in their… Read More... →

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00:02 11.05.2016

Bark helps parents keep kids safe online without invading their privacy

Launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 is a new service called Bark, aimed at parents who want to keep their kids safe online. Unlike traditional “parental control” software or net nanny-type watchdog applications, Bark’s goal is to strike the correct balance between respecting a child’s right to privacy while also protecting them from online predators… Read More... →

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23:54 10.05.2016

Ritual wants to reinvent the vitamin

Ritual has developed a beaded oil capsule vitamin for sustained release from what it says are the best ingredients found throughout the world to nourish your body. The company launched today onstage at Disrupt NY. Vitamins, even the sustainable release kind, sit within a crowded space. They come in pill, pack and powder form, are not hard to get online or off and are sometimes even handed out… Read More... →

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23:39 10.05.2016

Cujo is a firewall for the connected smart home network

“Cujo protects everything on your network,” the company’s CEO, Einaras Gravrock says, describing his product in the simplest terms possible ahead of its Disrupt NY launch this week. “Think of it as an immunity system for your network.” The Cujo is surprisingly unassuming, a small plastic stump with light up eyes that stands in adorable contrast to its mad dog name… Read More... →

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23:29 10.05.2016

Mozilla relaunches Firefox Test Pilot to experiment with new features like side tabs

Mozilla is bringing back its Test Pilot program for Firefox. The idea behind Test Pilot is to allow users — and Mozilla’s engineers — to test experimental browser features long before they arrive in the browser. Test Pilot first launched all the way back in 2009 but quietly shut down a while back. Mozilla, which is now working in a very different competitive landscape compared… Read More... →

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23:25 10.05.2016

Semi-driving the semi-autonomous 2016 Volvo XC90

The 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 R-Design has an all-new look and a powerful 2-liter supercharged engine with 316 horsepower. But this is TechCrunch, where we’re all about that tablet-like center console and pushing all the buttons to see how well the vehicle can drive on its own. Volvo’s goal is to have its vehicles involved in zero injury or fatal crashes by 2020, which means removing as… Read More... →

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23:08 10.05.2016

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 10, 2016

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...... →

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23:00 10.05.2016

SeaDrone simplifies underwater exploration and inspection

It’s the year, or perhaps the decade, of the drone, and the popular craft are only getting cheaper, better, and easier to control — but why should drones be limited to the air? The SeaDrone, demonstrated on-stage at Disrupt NY today, brings the benefits and simplicity of multi-rotor airborne drones to underwater applications. Read More... →

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22:54 10.05.2016

Peter Thiel to back Trump as GOP presidential candidate

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has agreed to back Trump as a California delegate in Cleveland this summer. Thiel’s level of support for the Donald is unclear but Thiel will be one of 172 selected Golden State delegates headed to the Republican National Convention, and a source tells us he has committed to back Trump as the GOP’s presidential nominee while there. Read More... →

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22:53 10.05.2016

BitPagos uses the blockchain to enable credit for online payments in emerging markets

The world is familiar with bitcoin being used for many things. Online payments, long-distance remittance, even a substitute for gold, but what about credit? Read More... →

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22:51 10.05.2016

Vrse CEO Chris Milk talks VR storytelling and the road to virtual reality’s Citizen Kane

“Citizen Kane does not come in year two of VR.” Esteemed VR filmmaker/documentarian/founder/CEO Chris Milk took to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in NY to discuss the limitations and massive items of potential for the proliferation of VR content, still in its early early early stages. The Era of VR Storytelling with Chris Milk (full panel) #TCDisrupt https://t.co/Cp8TwtOUXd… Read More... →

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22:36 10.05.2016

HomeMe looks to help pre-approve apartment hunters for rentals

Mark Douglas’ daughter was shopping around for an apartment. But the person showing apartments around just assumed that because she was young she didn’t have the buying power to afford an expensive apartment — and they didn’t have any data to back that up. That’s where HomeMe, an application that helps people get pre-approved for apartment rentals, comes in.… Read More... →

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22:23 10.05.2016

Upscored launches job-matching platform for applicants and employers

Searching for a new job sucks. It sucks even more when you apply for a job you’re super pumped about just to find out that the company doesn’t think you’re cut out for it. #Rude. UpScored, which launched its data-driven end-to-end platform for employers and job-seekers on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016, matches job-seekers with roles for which they’re most… Read More... →

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22:15 10.05.2016

Fred Wilson and Tim Armstrong say policy matters for New York’s tech growth

Against a backdrop of a New York investment scene that’s been long on promise and press and somewhat lacking in terms of exits, tech icons Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, and Tim Armstrong, (my boss’ boss’ boss) chief executive of AOL, have come together to launch Tech:NYC, a new lobbying group for the technology community in New York. While Wilson conceded… Read More... →

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22:13 10.05.2016

TimeLooper wants to put VR experiences in every tourist hangout around the globe

What makes historical sites and areas significant aren’t generally just what you see at face value. Where pamphlets and audio tours fall short is in truly conveying the deep history that lends these locations their significance. TimeLooper, launching today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s Startup Battlefield, is looking to give tourists and visitors deeper historical insights… Read More... →

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22:02 10.05.2016

Amazon Prime Air opens Austrian outpost with focus on sense-and-avoid tech

As first reported by the Verge, Amazon today announced that it is opening a new development center for its Prime Air drone delivery program in Graz, Austria. This new team will focus on “sense-and-avoid” technologies for drones. The team in Austria will augment Amazon’s existing Prime Air development locations in the U.K., North America and Israel. Sense-and-avoid is maybe one… Read More... →

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21:45 10.05.2016

Tumblr launches Labs so users can test experimental features

Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr quietly launched a new program today called Tumblr Labs that will allow users to opt-in to testing out new and experimental features on the site. Some of the initial experiments are of a more frivolous nature – like being about to change the color of a post on your Dashboard, for example. Meanwhile, other experiments may appeal to those who use the… Read More... →

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21:30 10.05.2016

Amazon expands VoiceView accessibility tool for visually impaired users to the Kindle Paperwhite

After rolling out to its Fire tablets, Amazon is ready to bring VoiceView functionality to its line of devoted e-readers. The accessibility feature, targeted at visually impaired users, will be hitting the Paperwhite first, shipping as a bundle with the reader. “Like VoiceView on our Fire tablets, VoiceView for Kindle supports linear and touch navigation, and the same broad range of… Read More... →

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21:11 10.05.2016

YouNow’s Adi Sideman on how to make money in live streaming

Adi Sideman’s live streaming app YouNow currently sits at 77th place in the App Store but it’s wildly popular among the youths. Sideman says 70 percent of users are under 24. And talented performers can earn real dollars as comedians, singers, etc. right from their own bedrooms deliver their art to hundreds of thousands of fans – Sideman claims some earn in the low five… Read More... →

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20:56 10.05.2016

Число загрузок приложений упало более чем на 10% во время сбоя в работе App Store

Большинство сервисов (около 65%) для iOS потеряли более 10% загрузок из-за сбоя в работе магазина приложений App Store, который произошёл 5 мая. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch со ссылкой на данные компании Tune. В тот день из поисковой выдачи App Store пропали приложения «ВКонтакте», Instagram, Google, Uber, Tumblr и другие сервисы.... →

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