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03:07 20.03.2016

The TechCrunch SXSW 2016 Recap

For those with South by FOMO or who want to relive past week glories, we present to you images of this year’s SXSW festivities in Austin, Texas. Flip through the fun. You might even find yourself or a friend in there somewhere. Read More... →

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02:36 20.03.2016

Video ads: What works and doesn’t work with younger users

GUEST: Age changes how we access video content and view video marketing. Younger consumers are more digital, more mobile and, surprisingly, more skeptical towards branded content. A simple theory of technology and its mainstream adoption runs like this: What young people do today, older people will, generally, do tomorrow. This is evidenced academically by “early adopters” […]... →

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01:00 20.03.2016

Sesame Workshop is looking for startups that help kids

Sesame Workshop, the organization that brought to life the beloved “Sesame Street” and countless other programs, has announced a new venture arm to invest in apps that help children develop. Working jointly with venture capital firm Collaborative Fund (which has funded companies like Lyft and AltSchool), Sesame Workshop has formed a new organization called Collab+Sesame. Read More... →

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23:23 19.03.2016

Why my kids will learn to code as a second language

GUEST: Being a dad of two young boys, I have thought a great deal lately about what the world will look like for them in the future. When they hit high school, and it’s time to choose a second language, given today’s economy, you’d think Mandarin would be a smart choice, or perhaps German. But what […]... →

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22:59 19.03.2016

Algorithmic feeds force us to compete

Is that photo pretty enough? Is that tweet funny enough? If not, they might not be seen now that Instagram and Twitter are moving to algorithmically sorted feeds. That could spell big problems for marketers and cause our social media lives to be more stressful. To make their apps more consistently interesting, especially for people who don’t check them non-stop, Instagram and Titter… Read More... →

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22:15 19.03.2016

A VC’s survival guide to an economic downturn

GUEST: Economic uncertainty often hits young companies with a double whammy: Investor money dries up and customers rein in spending. But it turns out that economic downturns are good times to start businesses. First, the filter on ideas is much finer, so if you get going, it probably means that it is a really good opportunity. […]... →

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22:00 19.03.2016

Why unicorns falter

In early February 2016, a study of financing deals reported by The Wall Street Journal found that investors are increasingly protecting themselves from IPOs that don’t perform as expected. This fallout is a continuation of the demise of the so-called “unicorn,” a tech startup with a pre-IPO valuation of over one billion dollars. Read More... →

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21:18 19.03.2016

PlayStation 4 & Xbox One adopting Nintendo’s handheld update strategy makes sense to analysts

ANALYSIS: Your Xbox One is obsolete. Your PlayStation 4 is junk. But if these consoles are starting to feel old, Microsoft and Sony may step in to sell you the same thing all over again with something extra sprinkled on top. Analysts think it’s possible that Sony and Microsoft could start applying Nintendo’s iterative strategy for handhelds to […]... →

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20:32 19.03.2016

NASA is sending a 3D printer to space that you can use

NASA is preparing to send its first commercial manufacturing facility to the International Space Station (ISS). The 3D printing company Made in Space has partnered with NASA to send their Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) to the space station on a launch scheduled to take place next Tuesday. Users on Earth can pay to use AMF, a 3D printer specially designed to operate in a microgravity… Read More... →

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20:30 19.03.2016

Msg.ai’s Puneet Mehta on The Rise of AI, The Potential For Bots and Life As A Current YC Startup

As the 126 entrepreneurs in the latest batch prepare for their big day, we thought we’d catch up with one of these founders before their nervous 3 minute pitch to the world. Read More... →

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20:13 19.03.2016

VR will make working from home cooler than ever

GUEST: Nascent entrepreneurs and seasoned pajama warriors know that working from home is life-changing … and also kind of sucks. That’s why WeWork’s valuation is $16 billion and why the most popular product in a coffee shop is the power outlet. As VR headsets shrink and pixel densities balloon, working from home will not only suck less, it’ll eclipse all alternatives. Goodbye coffee-crusted keyboards […]... →

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20:00 19.03.2016

Gillmor Gang: Botily Fluids

The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 18, 2016. The Gang predicts an Echological intersection between bots and voice command, while binge viewers plan a surreal TV show in Cleveland. Plus, the latest G3 with Halley Suitt Tucker, Elisa Camahort Page, Rebecca Woodcock, Francine Hardaway, and Tina Chase Gillmor. Read More... →

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19:03 19.03.2016

Read the submitted proposal for Jobs family’s new Silicon Valley estate

FEATURE: Laurene Powell Jobs has proposed building 15,689-square-foot estate on land her husband, Steve Jobs, acquired in 1984. While the original proposal was submitted almost a year ago, the plans are moving toward approval by the Town of Woodside. The proposal for the land, which Steve Jobs originally bought in 1984, would not just include a sumptuous […]... →

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19:02 19.03.2016

Steve Jobs and the strange afterlife of the historic Woodside mansion he demolished

FEATURE: Steve Jobs hated the historic Jackling House that he bought in 1984 so much that he spent a tremendous amount of time and energy in his final years trying to have the Woodside mansion torn down. After a decade of controversy and legal fights with local preservation groups, Jobs won, and the 17,250-square-foot building was demolished in February […]... →

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18:30 19.03.2016

Here’s why King gave away its 2D mobile game engine Defold

‘Tis the season of giving for game engines. King Digital Entertainment acquired the Defold game engine back in 2014 to make two-dimensional mobile games. It enhanced the engine and published Blossom Blast Saga using Defold. But the European game company, which was acquired recently by Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion, has decided to release the […]... →

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18:24 19.03.2016

We’re entering the era of the full-stack CEO

GUEST: We’re used to talking about full-stack developers — people who can do front end as well as back end development, understand the layers of both hardware and software, and know how to access (and make accessible) the data and programmatic functions of adjacent software. Laurent Gellert provides a good description of these requirements here. Although […]... →

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18:18 19.03.2016

Mark Zuckerberg meets propaganda czar in China charm drive

BEIJING (By Matthew Miller and Paul Carsten, Reuters) – Facebook’s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met China’s propaganda tsar Liu Yunshan in Beijing on Saturday as part of a charm offensive in one of the few markets where the social network cannot be accessed. The rare meeting, reported by China’s state news agency Xinhua, suggests […]... →

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18:01 19.03.2016

Car2Go car-sharing service drops electric cars for gasoline models

When Car2Go launched its car-sharing service in San Diego about five years ago, its entire fleet was composed of electric cars. It was a move that made San Diego officials smile, as the city is undertaking an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions. But now Car2Go is withdrawing the fleet of Smart Fortwo Electric Drive […]... →

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18:00 19.03.2016

What will a driverless future actually look like?

There is a growing consensus that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will soon be a reality. The debate today centers not on whether, but how soon, AVs will be commonplace on our roads. But for all the buzz surrounding AVs, many details about what a driverless future will look like remain unclear. Which business models will work best for the commercialization of AVs? Which AV usage models will be… Read More... →

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17:50 19.03.2016

How Goguen’s Case Hurts Sequoia

A week ago today, we told you that longtime Sequoia partner Michael Goguen had been slapped with a stomach-turning complaint. At its crux, it accused him of breaching an agreement he’d made to pay $40 million to a woman he’d known for years. Apparently, after paying her $10 million, Goguen concluded that he was within his rights to stop writing her checks. The woman then hired… Read More... →

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