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- Applications for TC Top Picks at Disrupt Berlin 2018 close Friday 18 hours ago – If you’ve even vaguely considered applying to be a TechCrunch Top Pick at Disrupt Berlin 2018, which takes place on 29-30 November, you need to act now. The application window closes on Friday 28 September, so get moving and apply to be a TC Top Pick today. Why would you want to be selected as a ...
- India’s budget hotel startup OYO raises $1B for international growth 18 hours ago – OYO, the India-based startup that operates a network of budget hotels, has pulled in $1 billion in new funding to grow its business in China and expand into other international markets. The majority of the funding — $800 million, to be exact — was led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund with participation ...
- Picfair gives every photographer on its marketplace their own store 19 hours ago – Picfair, the photo marketplace that competes with Getty and Shutterstock by giving photographers a fairer deal, is adding a major update to its offering today. The London-based startup is launching Picfair Stores, giving the 35,000 photographers on its marketplace the ability to create their own ...
- Twitter says it will now ask everyone for feedback about its policy changes, starting today 13 hours ago – Twitter says it’s going to change the way it creates rules regarding the use of its service to also now include community feedback. Previously, the company followed its own policy development process, including taking input from its Trust and Safety Council and various experts. Now, it says it’s ...
- Data.world raises $12M to help Fortune 500 companies close the great data divide 13 hours ago – Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Warby Parker and a long list of other startups of the 21st century have appointed C-level employees to roles focused exclusively on data science. These digital-age companies have established “data cultures,” which provide employees broad access to high-quality data, advocate f...
- Snapchat’s users are surprisingly old and it’s telling them to vote 13 hours ago – Snapchat is a college favorite more than a high school phenomenon. Only 20 percent of Snapchat’s US users are under 18, down from 22 percent in 2016 as some of its early adopters have now aged up and headed to college. Appealing to older users was a big motive for its otherwise-disastrous redesig...
- You’ll now need a subscription to get the best of Microsoft Office 11 hours ago – Microsoft released Office 2019 for Windows and macOS this week, the latest version of its regular, non-subscription productivity suite. It’s the kind of Office that, 10 years ago, you would’ve bought in a shrink-wrapped package at Office Depot. But it’s really not the version of Office that Micro...
- With MuleSoft in fold, Salesforce gains access to data wherever it lives 11 hours ago – When Salesforce bought MuleSoft last spring for the tidy sum of $6.5 billion, it looked like money well spent for the CRM giant. After all, it was providing a bridge between the cloud and the on-prem data center and that was a huge missing link for a company with big ambitions like Salesforce. Wh...
- Bleximo raises $1.5M for its quantum computing accelerators 11 hours ago – Bleximo, a startup that aims to build “quantum accelerators” — basically quantum-based, application-specific integrated circuits — today announced it has raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Eniac Ventures. Other investors in this round include Boost VC, Creative Ventures, KEC Ventures and Gya...
- Big cameras and big rivalries take center stage at Photokina 7 hours ago – Photokina is underway in London and the theme of the show is "large." Unusually for an industry that is trending towards the compact, the cameras on stage at this show sport big sensors, big lenses, and big price tags. But though they may not be for the average shooter, these cameras are impressi...
- The death of once high-flying VC funds 7 hours ago – They all started with the best of intentions. Formation 8 talked about bringing “smart enterprise” to the corporate world. Social Capital talked about how to “fix capitalism” and Binary Capital wanted to “affect global behaviour change.” Rothenberg Ventures set out to “work on the biggest problem...
- Trump’s new presidential limo is a beastly take on the Cadillac CT6 7 hours ago – The new presidential limousine — and an identical one called a “spare” that travels in President Donald Trump’s motorcade for added security — was spotted this week on the streets of New York. This new “Beast,” like so many before it, is a Cadillac . But this time, the heavily armored vehicle pro...
- As Magic Leap preps for its first developer conference, the focus shifts to content an hour ago – Even as Magic Leap has cleared the milestone of its first hardware release, the augmented reality startup still has big challenges ahead as it aims to entice developers to build the content for its wild new device. The $2,295 Magic Leap One headset is a very polished-looking developer kit, but it...
- Mars orbiter spots silent, dust-covered Opportunity rover as dust storm clears 3 hours ago – Mars rover Opportunity has been operating on the surface of the Red Planet since 2004, but a dust storm this summer may prove to be the mission's toughest challenges. The enormous storm caked Opportunity in dust and blocked out the sun, its source of energy — and there's no guarantee the batterie...
- Tinder’s ‘Swipe the Vote’ campaign aims to educate young voters and get them to polls 3 hours ago – Tinder has partnered with nonprofit Rock the Vote for a second time, in the hopes of driving young people to the polls through in-app messaging. The company claims a young adult user base where more than half are in the 18 to 24 demographic, and believes it’s well-positioned to mobilize younger v...
The Verge
- Instagram’s co-founders have resigned from Facebook a day ago – Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger resigned from the photo-sharing company today. The news was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed in a blog post written by Systrom. Sources speaking to Bloomberg say Systrom and Krieger were frustrated by an uptick in Facebook CEO...
- Fujifilm shows off world’s first f/1 lens with autofocus 14 hours ago – At its Photokina 2018 presentation, Fujifilm took a moment to tease an extreme addition to its X-Mount series of lenses: the XF33mm F1 R. As its name suggests, this is a 33mm-equivalent prime lens with a maximum aperture of f/1 and autofocus capabilities, which makes it a first of its kind. Fujif...
- Uber is overhauling the way it responds to emergencies and natural disasters 12 hours ago – Uber is overhauling its disaster response procedures so it doesn’t get caught flat-footed during major events like a hurricane or terrorist attack. In the past, Uber’s response to disasters was largely piecemeal, relying on local teams to make all the decisions about capping surge pricing or susp...
- Google to allow certain cryptocurrency advertising next month 10 hours ago – Google will resume accepting cryptocurrency-related online advertising after previously banning such ads earlier this year, according to a report from CNBC today. Lifting the ban will allow regulated crypto exchanges to purchase ads through Google’s platform in the US and Japan starting next mont...
- The end of Instagram as we know it is here 2 hours ago – Some time on Monday, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger appear to have snapped. Tensions between the Instagram founders and their parent company had been simmering for months. But tensions are the default state at any company that has been acquired, and Systrom and Krieger had navigated those waters ...
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