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01:22 09.03.2016

Gigwell rescues concert bookers from PDF hell

It’s dumbfounding how an industry as huge as live music still relies on a patchwork of backwards, outdated technologies. Word document offer letters, PDF riders, endless back-and-forth emails, spreadsheets, physical checks. Fax! It makes the whole process a headache that takes forever when organizers could be focusing on making the experience better for attendees and making performers… Read More... →

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00:50 09.03.2016

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak will be immortalized in a $350,000 wax figure

Now this is a way to cement a Silicon Valley legend. Madame Tussauds San Francisco said today it will make a wax figure of Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. The legendary maker of wax figures and wax museums will reveal the 3D image of Woz on stage at the first-ever Silicon Valley Comic Con in San Jose, […]... →

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00:49 09.03.2016

Meet the 25 startups that pitched at Entrepreneur First’s latest Demo Day

By all accounts, the London startup scene was abuzz with Entrepreneur First‘s latest Demo Day today, as 25 startups — up from 9! — took to the stage to pitch their wares. The so-called ‘talent first’ investor targets the best technical graduates in Europe and beyond to put them through a 6 month program where they form teams and in turn found startups. This… Read More... →

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00:15 09.03.2016

Hearthstone becomes less intimidating with new tool to help you make decks

Hearthstone really wants new players to feel welcome. Blizzard announced a new feature — Dark Recipes — for the digital card game today. Dark Recipes are preselected decks that players can create with the in-game deck-builder. If players do not have the cards needed to make the Dark Recipe, Hearthstone will recommend replacements based on […]... →

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00:03 09.03.2016

Daily Search Forum Recap: March 8, 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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23:40 08.03.2016

16 months in, Lollipop becomes the most used Android version

There is a new Android king in town, and its name is Lollipop. Google released its monthly update to the Platform Versions page for Android today, and the gold and silver positions have swapped. Android Lollipop has managed to finally pass Android KitKat in terms of adoption. The achievement took 16 months: Google debuted the […]... →

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23:32 08.03.2016

League of Legends studio acquires Radiant, and team from Seth Killian’s fighting game is on a new project

League of Legends is getting a few siblings. Developer Riot Games announced today that it has acquired developer Radiant Entertainment. The League of Legends company now owns the studio responsible for the castle-building PC game Stonehearth and fighting game Rising Thunder. Riot and Radiant are promising to continue development on the unfinished Stonehearth, but Rising […]... →

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23:15 08.03.2016

21 Women Disrupting Tech

Happy International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is “Pledge For Parity,” meaning committing to achieving equality around status and pay. Last year, the World Economic Forum predicted that it would take until 2133 to achieve worldwide gender parity. Meanwhile, many tech companies are still dominated by men. In honor of this day, we’d like to highlight some… Read More... →

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23:00 08.03.2016

Do you smell what The Rock is matching? A WWE puzzle game

Austin 3:16 says I just matched three gems! Mobile game publisher company Scopely announced today that it will publish WWE Champions, a match-3 puzzle game based on the wrestling company and featuring its famous stars like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. WWE Champions is available in limited markets, and Scopely plans for a […]... →

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22:44 08.03.2016

Citi leads $4.2 million round for content recommendation startup Selerity

Selerity, a content recommendation solution, announced today a $4.2 million investment from Citi. The New York-based startup, which says that it offers personalized content recommendation functions for enterprise applications, also announced that finance consultant Jeff Penney of McKinsey & Company will join Selerity’s board. IA Ventures’ Roger Ehrenberg and investor Mark Faulkner also participated in the round. To date, […]... →

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22:36 08.03.2016

Flickr’s desktop auto-upload feature is no longer free

Flickr has made a change to its $5.99 monthly Pro membership plan that will affect those using the photo-sharing social network for free. Starting today, its desktop Auto-Uploadr tool will be exclusive to paying customers. But all is not lost, as the company is offering a 30 percent discount to non-paying members to upgrade. With the desktop […]... →

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22:11 08.03.2016

Google Docs and Sheets get iPad Pro support but still can’t do Split View

Google today updated its cloud-based document and spreadsheet apps, Google Docs and Google Sheets, on iOS, and there’s a notable addition for these updates — they’ve now officially been given iPad Pro support. Specifically this means the keyboard in the apps now looks much more fully fleshed out than it did a few months ago, […]... →

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22:10 08.03.2016

Google is using machine learning to teach robots how to grasp random objects

Using your hand to grasp a pen that’s lying on your desk right doesn’t exactly feel like a chore, but for robots, that’s still a really hard thing to do. How do teach robots how hard to grasp that pen, for example, and what happens when that pen is just one out of ten similar pens that are lying on your cluttered desk? So to teach robots how to better grasp random… Read More... →

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22:06 08.03.2016

Controversial people-rating app Peeple goes live, has a plan to profit from users’ negative reviews

Peeple, the controversial people-rating application that lets its users rate and review anyone, is not a hoax or vaporware, as many suspected following the media backlash surrounding the unveiling of the company’s intentions last fall. The Washington Post even called the app “terrifying,” given that the app didn’t plan to allow users to opt out of being reviewed… Read More... →

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22:01 08.03.2016

The world’s top VR director Chris Milk will wow us at Disrupt NY

New mediums mint new rock stars, and for virtual reality it’s Chris Milk. From surreal dreamscapes to #BlackLivesMatter protests to Jordanian refugee camps, he’s created some of most mind bending and inspiring VR experiences yet. I knew he was the real deal when I got hit by a train that turned into a thousand birds in a vision he designed. As the the founder and creative director… Read More... →

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22:00 08.03.2016

You can now pull up your entire genome for under $1,000 on your smartphone

Veritas Genetics was one of the first companies to sequence the entire human genome for under $1,000 in 2015. It’s now taken that technology a step further by delivering the results of your entire genome in an app. Most consumer DNA companies only give you a snippet of what’s in your DNA. You can get about 60 test results using To put in context just how radical this is, consider… Read More... →

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22:00 08.03.2016

Olive branches, rubrics and the state of faster payments in the U.S.

The nation relies on systemically important market infrastructures. As you may have guessed, these engines of economy are designed to resist change. That’s not a bad thing. A certain amount of insulation protects us from the whims of fads and provides the cornerstones of the economy, like banking, finance and commerce — a confident foundation from which to build their systems. Read More... →

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21:55 08.03.2016

Come meet our writers at TechCrunch’s SXSW party and panels

Don’t just drunkenly wander around SXSW. Meet amazing people and catch an unforgettable concert at TechCrunch’s SXSW party. Between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday March 12, join us at Deloitte Digital’s Interplay Lab at The Palm Door at 508 E. 6th St. Only 2 blocks from the convention center! Register here or below to attend for free. Read More... →

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21:54 08.03.2016

Cloud optimization platform Spotinst closes $2 million round

Spotinst, an infrastructure as a service platform for enterprises of all sizes, closed a $2 million series A round led by PICO Venture Partners, the startup announced today. The Tel Aviv-based Spotinst says it offers a cloud optimization service that “chooses the most effective cloud option for its customers, ensuring reliability and stability, while saving customers […]... →

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21:41 08.03.2016

Indiegogo partners with Dell and Girls in Tech to support female entrepreneurs

Today Indiegogo announced a pledge to “offer extra support for women-run crowdfunding campaigns” for one year. The initiative starts now, on International Women’s Day. Materially, Indiegogo is partnering with a number of organizations to host events “focused on supporting female entrepreneurs to get their ideas off the ground.” Those organizations include Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, Girls In Tech (U.S. and […]... →

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