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Mindie does with soundtracks what Instagram did with filters: it makes boring imagery interesting. And with the insane amount of video that teens are sharing, the music video making app seemed too useful to die when its creators shut down Mindie in December. So Mindie’s technology is getting dug out of its grave thanks to an acquisition by Shots, the selfie app turned comedy feed backed… Read More... →

Rolltape is a voice messaging app that’s supposed to help you share personal, emotional moments with friends. Now, with the launch of Rolltape Radio, it can help you share those stories on a broader scale. The change is pretty straightforward. Previously, Rolltape messages (which are recommended to be five minutes or less, but have no hard limit) could only be shared with friends,… Read More... →

Michael Arrington — who famously cofounded TechCrunch in 2005 and just as famously parted ways with the outlet in 2011, one year after selling it to America Online — is now taking on a reduced role at the venture fund that he cofounded when he left TC. After an SEC filing surfaced earlier today showing that CrunchFund is targeting $40 million for its third fund and even more… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

After more than 60 years since its conceptual inception — and after too many hype-generating moments — AI is yet again making its presence felt in mainstream media. Following a recent WEF report, many perceive AI as a threat to our jobs, while others even go so far to assert that it poses a real threat to humanity itself. What is clear for the time being is that there are many… Read More... →

Captiv8 announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. Created by the founders of mobile ad exchange Moblix, Captiv8 is one of a number of companies connecting marketers with influencers on social platforms like Instagram and Twitter. However, the startup says it uses a technology- and data-driven approach, examining things like geography and demographics to predict which… Read More... →

The Zeitgeist electric bike was designed to solve one problem: getting uphill on a bike. That led to other goals, like creating a battery that only had to be charged every two weeks and was hidden within the structure of the bike. This, then, led to favoring design and performance over the cost of the bike. “We want to be the Warby Parker of bikes,” said Zeitgeist CEO Kartik Ram.… Read More... →

Jump on the party line or hear the voices of your whole family with Facebook Messenger’s latest feature. Rolling out globally today on Android and iOS for free, users can start a group VoIP audio call from any group chat. Just tap the Phone icon, select which of the group chat members you want included, and they’ll all receive a Messenger call simultaneously. If you miss the… Read More... →

If Apple really is working on a car, it won’t be the Ultimate Driving Machine™. BMW and Daimler have discontinued talks with Apple over a potential automotive collaboration, Handelsblatt reports. Read More... →

The Huffington Post, owned by AOL, owned by Verizon, is buying a virtual reality studio called RYOT to build VR content production on the site according to a blog post from site co-founder and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington. The studio will also be providing their services to other AOL content properties (which TechCrunch is one of). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “As… Read More... →

18 апреля несколько пользователей Facebook обратили внимание на email-рассылку сервиса по заказу уборки Qlean с провокационным текстом. Аудиторию возмутило письмо, в котором сервис прощается с пользователями и дает им «последний шанс» вместе со скидкой в 25% «в память обо всем хорошем». Сообщение планировалось отправить клиентам, которые долгое время не пользовались услугами компании, но из-за ошибки попало к тем, кто делает это регулярно.Редакция vc.ru узнала у руководителей сервиса, как на бренде отразила... →

«Кардиофлешка» позволяет измерить ЭКГ самостоятельно и отправить данные врачу через приложение... →

Ежемесячная аудитория мобильной версии браузера Chrome превысила 1 млрд пользователей, говорится в блоге Google. За последние пять месяцев число пользователей браузера на Android и iOS выросло на 200 млн.... →

Keep, Google’s note-taking service, is getting an update today that introduces support for hashtag-style labels and an update Chrome extension that will make it easier to save links to sites and add notes right from the browser. None of these updates are revolutionary, but they are definitely welcome additions to a service that is essentially Google’s version of Apple’s… Read More... →

Google announced today it’s giving higher placement to articles in Google News that come from those publishers who have embraced the Google-backed “Accelerated Mobile Pages Project” (or, AMP). The company debuted this open source initiative last year, as something of a rival to Facebook’s Instant Articles. The project’s overall goal is to speed up web browsing… Read More... →

Соцсеть провела опрос пользователей о денежных выплатах за их оригинальные материалы или за размещение ими «джинсы».... →

VR content will soon be arriving on yet another digital streaming service – this time, Sony’s Crackle. But it will also include VR-enabled ads, the company announced today. That is, in addition to streaming its entire content library – including movies and original programs –  in a special “VR theater,” it will also allow advertisers to… Read More... →

Earlier this month, Tesla Motors recalled 2,700 Model X cars to fix a third-row seat latch that could allow the seat to fold forward during a collision. But owners of the $138,000 sport utility vehicle — whose many features include falcon rear doors, seating for seven, a 200-plus-mile battery range, and proximity sensors that prevent the vehicles from coming into contact with other… Read More... →

Self-driving cars seem an awful lot like magic. Containing elements of automotive technology, computer vision, artificial intelligence and many other cutting-edge fields of tech. So, if you wanted to learn how it all hangs together, where would you even start? MIT decided to start with… rubber duckies. Read More... →

Google released version 50 of its Chrome browser last week and it has been rolling out to users for the last few days. The major new feature in Chrome 50 is support for improved push notifications. To celebrate this release, Google today announced a number of new stats for Chrome, which originally launched back in 2008. Maybe the most significant of these is that Chrome now has more than… Read More... →