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The kids over at Addappt are back with a new build of their contact app for Android, so I snagged Mrinal Desai, a founder of the startup to dig into just what is new, why we might care, and where the company is headed. The below builds off our last TechCrunch interview with Desai, trying to divine how the app would grow on the Android platform. Now Desai is back to explain how that… Read More... →

Each week our friends at Backerjack provide an update on a hot crowdfunded tech gadget. This week we profile Aumeo, which has more than quadrupled its funding goal. What makes for great audio? Readers of different headphone reviews may often find that experts disagree because what one person considers superior audio quality may differ from another. That is due […]... →

App updates are a strategic tool used by developers to revive waining interest in their software and spark downloads. That’s one of the conclusions from a study by a group of Italian academics looking at how app developers use updates to attract attention, and how effective this strategy is on Android vs iOS. Read More... →

While there is a lot of existing data tying board diversity to better company performance, most of it focuses on companies that are already public. That misses the broader and potentially much more impactful opportunity for startups and growth stage tech companies: to build a diverse board now, not later. Why now? Read More... →

Some, like the legendary Guns N’ Roses guitarist known as Slash, head to BitTorrent. Slash is the latest artist to release his work in a Bundle on the peer-to-peer file sharing site.  He and his new band Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators released the BitTorrent bundle “Live at the Roxy,” on the file sharing network this past week. I was able to get on the phone with… Read More... →

From starting out as a door-to-door vacuum salesman in the suburbs of Boston to founding and running the online media powerhouse Netflix, Hastings’ experiences moving from the sales trenches to the boardroom taught the serial entrepreneur lessons that he’s used to grow his business. Read More... →

Slack’s valuation soared to $2.8 billion in less than two years, and has doubled in the past six months alone — all without any big marketing campaigns. The startup’s adoption curve and rave reviews are something many founders and investors dream about, but few actually achieve. Read More... →

GUEST: If we can start collecting our health care data independent of our contact with doctors, we could eventually achieve true patient-focused care.... →

Разработчики Bing улучшили опыт поиска видео, увеличив размер изображений для предварительного просмотра и добавив дополнительную информацию о каждом видеорезультате. Кроме того, «Популярные запросы» теперь размещаются в строке рядом с результатами оригинального поиска. Новый формат призван предоставить пользователям более легкий и быстрый опыт поиска видео. Результаты поиска видео в Bing теперь включают канал, дату загрузки и счетчики для каждого видеоролика. При поиске конкретной песни Bing... →

Outside of the tech industry, an unmistakable trend is sweeping the business world. Companies in industries as far ranging as transportation, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing are facing the pressures of digital disruption. As we move irreversibly into an economy defined by new competitive parameters, incumbents saddled with legacy cultures, business processes, and technology… Read More... →

Apple is acting greedy despite being one of the richest companies ever, and Taylor Swift is angry. When the Apple Music streaming service launches June 30th, users will get a three-month free trial. Yet rather than subsidizing that user acquisition cost from its enormous pile of cash, it plans to just not pay music rights holders any royalties. Taylor Swift says that’s why it won’t… Read More... →

Twitter запустил Товарные страницы и Коллекции. Новые функционалы призваны помочь брендам представить их товары в социальной сети.  Товарные страницы представляют собой посадочные зоны, которые включают твиты о товаре, отзывы, фотографии, видео и цены. В некоторых случаях на страницах присутствует кнопка «купить», которая позволяет людям делать покупки, не выходя из Twitter. Коллекции позволяют брендам создать группу товарных страниц, чтобы дать пользователям возможность просмотра нужной информ... →

OPINION: Social media has become an environment fueled by outrage. It's just too easy to hide behind anonymity and short posts without any consequences for your bad behavior.... →

Нормы закона допускают иностранный контроль над "российским ПО" менее 50%, при условии, что лицензионные выплаты заграницу составляют менее 30% от выручки.... →

GUEST: For an app to successfully penetrate a foreign market, there’s a whole lot more than translation that needs to take place.... →

The debate on overtime pay has surged in the last year: Who should be paid for overtime? How many people should receive these benefits? As the Department of Labor prepares to revise the rules this month, determining which workers are eligible for overtime pay, employees, unions and employers alike will be closely monitoring the reforms, given the impact on millions of Americans. Read More... →

GUEST: On June 12, I had the amazing and joyful experience of welcoming a baby girl to the world. Euphoria set in, and I was instantly in love. My first day back in the office, I found myself consumed with wanting to get home to hang with her. With Father’s Day around the corner, it got […]... →

TechCrunch is headed to Cannes for the Cannes Lions. We’re going to hold a small meetup there on June 25, while the Cannes Lions Festival is on. But why, I hear you ask! Well, the ‘Lions Innovation’ aspect of the event is this year attracting a few interesting tech and adtech startups and we’re on the hunt for those for Disrupt. So… off we go! I’ll be there to… Read More... →

Think the hiring process is tedious and a waste of time? You are not alone. Lately, there has been growing concern among policymakers and journalists about the increasing time gap between the posting of a job listing and the actual hiring of a worker. The most popular explanation for this trend among economists is that labor quality is dwindling – that there is a “skills… Read More... →

Стремительный рост мирового рынка носимой электроники, зафиксированный в первом квартале, останется и по итогам всего года. В ближайшие пять лет продажи этих устройств также будут увеличиваться, но темпы роста поубавятся, пишут Новости ИТ Согласно прогнозу аналитиков International Data Corporation (IDC), в 2015 году производители по всему миру отгрузят 72,1 млн компьютеризированных гаджетов, предназначенных для ношения […]... →