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it's likely Uber and others will follow suit -- these companies tend to move in packs -- thus driving down the price of an air-conditioned ride this summer in hot, sticky New York.... →

GUEST: Advertisers need the same level of transparency on mobile as they have on desktop, such as knowing where their ads show up, whether their ads are actually viewable, and the role of advertising in conversion.... →

Recently, New York and Chicago, each a leader in two important municipal reforms — the open data movement and centralized (311) call centers — released requests asking the private sector to help them build a platform more akin to Facebook than 311 as we know it. Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures Digital Works Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 4:00 p.m. PDT. This is the second class from Microsoft Ventures’s Seattle Accelerator where 14 startups received mentorship, technology guidance and a $25,000 check with no strings or equity attached. For this cohort, the… Read More... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. TrapX Security catches a $9M round Security startup TrapX Security announce today that it closed a series B round led by Intel Capital and Liberty Israel Venture Fund. The $9 million round will […]... →

FbMTV? Facebook is talking with record labels about paying them handsomely to share music videos to the News Feed, according to reports from Billboard and The New York Times. Normally, people go to YouTube to watch these mini music movies. But Facebook’s on a quest to conquer the video world, and it’s mounting an assault on YouTube’s most lucrative province. FaceTube A few… Read More... →

#DaléTwitterMiami, or should I say, #TwitterWantsToConquerTheLatinAmericanMarket? Twitter officially opened offices in Miami earlier this week with six employees commanded by Twitter Latin America VP Guilherme Ribenboim. The Miami Herald reported that the office will “support large and mid-market sales, media partnerships, marketing communications and brand strategy.” The Brazilian executive leads sales operations and partnerships in Latin America, overseeing […]... →

Генеральный директор сайта Reddit Эллен Пао (Ellen Pao) оставила занимаемую ей должность. Об этом 11 июля сообщает Bloomberg.... →

After much controversy regarding a fired employee, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao is stepping down. For the interim Reddit co-founder Mike Huffman will take over. Pao revealed in an interview with Re/code that she and the board agreed that it was the right thing for her to depart the company. developing…... →

This is Firefox for Windows 10.... →

We’d been hearing that Steve Huffman, a co-founder of Reddit who also co-founded flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk, is currently being considered for the CEO job at Reddit. Now that move is confirmed. Huffman’s appointment follows turmoil at Reddit following the firing of Victoria Taylor, a community manager that the Reddit community relied on, last week. Alexis… Read More... →

It’s the little things in life. Like, you know, being able to tell if your keyboard is currently set to use capital letters or not. With iOS 9, Apple is finally fixing one of the platform’s strangest quirks: the keyboard will no longer appear to be all caps, all the time. If you’re an Android user, or someone who just doesn’t think about stuff like this all that much,… Read More... →

SEOs and marketers from Cheapflights, Care.org, CNN and the Atlanta Hawks discussed their top strategies for keeping sites relevant at SES Atlanta.... →

Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Keith Teare, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 1:30pm Pacific time (4:30pm Eastern). Find us on Facebook HERE Our live chatroom during the show is HERE Check out our sister show called G3! They are archived HERE on Ustream …and the Facebook page for G3 is HERE Read More... →

You’ve seen Atlas, the robot that can walk just like a human. You’ve seen Small Dog, the quadriped bot that can scale hills and climb stairs. But have you ever seen a robot that just makes you say “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww”? Meet Mira — an adorable little mini-bot built by one of Pixar’s technical directors. Read More... →

Consciously or not, there’s a kind of deal we make when we use many online services — in exchange for free access, we accept ads and give up some of our personal data. Now a startup called DataWallet is planning to make that exchange a little more rewarding, with real cash. Brands often want access to this kind of personal data, and DataWallet founder and CEO Serafin Lion Engel… Read More... →

This week on CrunchWeek, we sat down to dig into the hottest stories from the last seven days: Microsoft’s massive writedown and layoffs, Facebook’s addition of new controls to users’ News Feeds, and Reddit’s community meltdown. Read More... →

The founders of The Pirate Bay, arguably the world’s most visible torrenting site, were acquitted by a Belgian court Thursday of charges alleging criminal copyright infringement and abuse of electronic communications. “The Pirate Bay Four,” consisting of Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström, have faced an almost comical amount of legal action… Read More... →

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...... →

Former Disrupt Battlefield participant Self Lender has raised a $1.5 million round of seed capital from Silverton Partners, who wrote the full check. The new cash comes after the firm raised a prior total of $535,000 from TechStars, Kickstart Seed Fund, and Galvanize Ventures. To date, Self Lender has raised $2.035 million. The company uses loans to help individuals establish, and in some… Read More... →