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GUEST: Because of the unique challenges of running a financial services company in the U.S., many of the best fintech startups choose to start out of Europe.... →

Marketing automation has proven value. Four in five users think it’s worth the investment. 80 percent see leads increase and 77 percent see conversions increase. But most marketing automation offerings are: • B2B-focused • Email-centric • Focused on segments, rather than individuals B2C marketers increasingly desire automation capabilities similar to their B2B counterparts’. But they also need […]... →

Communications apps that strike a chord with users across different markets are hot property these days, and it looks like another one of them may soon enter the so-called unicorn club. TechCrunch has learned that Truecaller — a caller ID app that now has 150 million users — is looking to raise around $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. We’re hearing that Truecaller… Read More... →

GitHub, the software development collaboration and version control service based on the popular open source Git tool, today announced that it has raised a $250 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital and Institutional Venture Partners also participated in this round. The company, which was founded back in 2008, has now taken a total of $350 million… Read More... →

While eBay is doubling down on its core business after its split from PayPal, an upstart out of Europe is looking to muscle in on the business where eBay first made its name, collectibles. Catawiki, a Dutch online auction business, has raised $82 million to scale its business on the continent and beyond. The Series C was led by Lead Edge Capital — an investor in other… Read More... →

Facebook is gearing up to accelerate its advertising offering within Instagram in the near future. On the company’s Q2 2015 earnings call, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg disclosed plans to open up more ad inventory for marketers, as well as debut new formats, add better targeting, and introduce the option to buy ads through third-party resellers. […]... →

Today, Microsoft 10 met the world with much fanfare. There’s tons of new features, apps and more articles about it than you can shake a stick at. As a heavy Apple user, I can’t tell you most of what is in Microsoft 10, but I can tell you that it now has a pretty awesome feature that I would use the shit out of: the middle finger emoji (and some other new ones, too). In my… Read More... →

Netherlands-based online auction house Catawiki raises $82M Series C round.... →

Source code repository software company GitHub has raised a $250 million series B funding round, with top-tier venture capital firm Sequoia Capital leading the round. Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and Institutional Venture Partners also participated in the round. A spokeswoman confirmed the funding to VentureBeat today after the Wall Street Journal reported the funding. The […]... →

Volkswagen says its new cars that integrate with the Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto in-car systems will begin arriving at showrooms this week. CarPlay running on the iPhone puts a number of driver-friendly apps on the Volkwagen’s built-in display. Drivers can get directions, send and receive messages, and listen to audiobooks or music, all controlled through the vehicle’s […]... →

With 700 million users, investors are eager to see Facebook earn money on Messenger. But Zuckerberg put the brakes on those expectations today during the Q2 earnings call, explaining that Messenger and WhatsApp will run the same monetization playbook as Facebook and the News Feed: Get people organically interacting with businesses before you let companies pay to reach customers. Here’s… Read More... →

30 июля компания Gett запустит для жителей Москвы новый сервис по доставке наборов суши. Об этом ЦП сообщили представители Gett. Доставка суши станет первым из ряда сервисов, на которых сосредоточится компания после объявлении о ребрендинге и расширении спектра услуг.... →

Today Facebook revealed that it now has more than 1.49 billion monthly active users, 655 million of whom only access Facebook via a mobile device. That means 44 percent of Facebook’s active user base literally never touches the service via desktop. The trend isn’t surprising — it’s been headed in this direction for years — but we’re certainly […]... →

Google is working on many things, and that includes balloons that fly high in the sky to bring internet infrastructure to locations that can’t be wired for it easily. Today, Sri Lanka announced that it’s the first country to ever get universal internet access from Google’s Project Loon. Thanks to a partnership with Google, the country promises “affordable high-speed… Read More... →

Are you interested in developing and selling products? Seems almost silly to ask, right? Everyone Brian Clark talks to wants to make a product and leave the world of client work behind. Designers, writers, and other freelancers, but also lawyers, realtors, consultants ' you name it. Even those who love working with clients wouldn't mind that more passive revenue stream. Who wouldn't want to supplement income and pick and choose from among the best clients and projects?... →

Twitter today announced — in a tweet — that shows you a person’s Twitter bio on the Twitter website anytime you hover over the person’s avatar. Here’s the news-breaking tweet containing an animated GIF that shows the new capability: Introducing profile previews on web! Hover over an account's avatar to follow, unfollow or read their […]... →

Lyft is adding even more riders to its multiple ride-sharing service Lyft Line. Called Triple Match, the feature works like the regular Line service but allows drivers to pick up three or more riders going on similar routes along the way. Triple Match is only available in San Francisco for now but accounts for 20 percent of all Lyft Line rides, according to Lyft. The new feature sounds a lot… Read More... →

Amazon Prime has become Amazon’s way of getting cool stuff into people’s hands quicker, to the tune of an annual $99 subscription. You can get packages faster, access video content and more. It’s definitely worth it. The latest Prime promotion allows members to get their hands on the Amazon Dash dongles, which let you order more of whatever item you want. For yet another… Read More... →

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook Events has hit global scale with 450 million active users. Facebook hasn’t shared a user count for Events in a long time, if ever. That “global scale” he mentioned on today’s earnings call could foreshadow the launch of an enhanced Events feature or a standalone Events app. Facebook also just launched a portal teaching people best practices… Read More... →

Yahoo unveiled a new app today called Livetext, where users can send each other video and text — but no sound. To get a sense of how it works, we spoke to Yahoo’s Arjun Sethi (formerly co-founder and CEO of MessageMe), and we had a short little livetext session. He also explained the opportunity he sees in taking the audio out of video messaging: Read More... →