- Seatfrog’s auction app lets you grab a last-minute flight upgrade on the cheap
From time-to-time here at TechCrunch, we see companies tackling problems or painpoints in a way that makes you wonder why it wasn’t done long ago. Seatfrog from Australia is one that gives me that feeling. Read More - Consumer advocacy groups ask the FTC to look into Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot ad
A letter to the FTC co-authored by executives from Consumer Reports, the Ralph Nader-founded Center for Auto Safety and the Center for Auto Safety, as well as a former NHTSA Administrator, asks that the federal regulator investigate Mercedes-Benz on the grounds a new TV ad overstates the self-drivi... - Deborah Anderson-Bialis to discuss fertility startup solutions at Disrupt SF
- LG Mobile reports $132M loss as flagship G5 gets off to a slow start
- China issues guidelines to legalize ride-hailing apps like Uber and Didi Chuxing
- Uber co-founder launches new real estate venture for Expa called Haus
Garrett Camp, Uber cofounder and CEO of Expa Studios, is today unveiling Expa’s latest project, Haus. Haus is the studio’s first real estate play and focuses entirely on the buying and selling of residential property, digitizing and organizing offers from buyers so that all parties (the buyer, sell... - Scuro’s titanium dive watch hits on all cylinders
As TC’s resident watch hound I like to try to find you all a few interesting crowdfunded timepieces. What’s important to me, however, is the quality and the uniqueness of the piece. That’s why I like the perfect storm of crowdfunded watch magic called the Scuro. It is a massive dive watch with a un... - Monese, the UK banking app for immigrants and expats, finally lands on iOS
- Hyperloop Transportation Technologies to test a tech demo train in 2017
- Apple’s Phil Schiller named to the board of DNA sequencing company Illumina
- Twitter’s stickers go live for all
- Cronycle raises $2.6m for its ‘news-meets-collaboration’ platform
- Oracle buys enterprise cloud services company NetSuite for $9.3B
- CoFoundersLab gobbles up FounderDating because 1+1=3
- NeuroSky helps patients with locked-in syndrome communicate
NeuroSky, the company that brought you the technology behind the Star Wars “Force Trainer,” is moving farther away from the dark side with its development of the MindScribe headset and accompanying software. The MindScribe, which interprets brain waves, is designed for people suffering from what is... - UberCENTRAL lets businesses request and pay for customer rides
You can lead a horse to water and hope they’ll buy something when they’re there – or at least, that’s how I think the expression goes after learning that Uber is launching a new program called UberCENTRAL to let businesses of any size request, pay for and manage rides for customers from a centraliz... - Sketchfab makes it easier to look at 3D models in virtual reality
- Wonder’s mobile app highlights the best new indie tunes
- Bluetooth units claim more than half of headphone dollar sales in June
- A new app from Channels brings live TV to your iOS device
- Peek.com raises $10 million, strikes partnership to bring tour and activity booking to Yelp
- August’s Smart Lock gets Alexa functionality
- Facebook tightens iron grip on birthdays with recap videos
- Here’s a backpack for carrying around a 3D printer
This is one solution to the problem of 3D printer portability –though, it’s not particularly elegant, as far as such things go. Ultimaker 2 Go backpack is, quite literally, the device’s shipping box with a couple of shoulder straps, so you can roll into the maker party like, The kit includes the a... - Opternative and 1-800-Contacts now let users get updated prescriptions from home
Telehealth and telemedicine companies have the power to help patients get the care they need from home, and often more quickly and at a lower cost than what they’d pay out of pocket at a clinic or office in person. Investors have backed scores of these companies, including the now publicly traded T... - Apple hires founder of QNX Software Systems for automotive project
- Get your tickets to Hardware Alley at Disrupt SF now
- Motorola opens its Moto Z modular system to hardware developers
- Fove shows off a new build of its eye-tracking VR headset
- Google makes working on mobile easier with new Android Add-ons for Docs & Sheets
- TradingView, a community for chart-obsessed investors, moves into new markets
- Zuck says augmented reality will flourish on phones before glasses
- Amazon shatters earnings expectations
Amazon shattered expectations when it reported second quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.78, when Wall Street was forecasting $1.11. Amazon also beat revenue predictions, posting $30.4 billion for the quarter when analysts were expecting $29.55 bi... - Alphabet’s huge Q2 shows its ads business may not be so challenged after all
While Alphabet’s core advertising business has often been questioned as the net value of its ads has been in decline, there’s one thing that’s hard to argue — it’s still one of the biggest technology businesses in the world, and it’s still growing. And it’s growing very quickly. Alphabet reported a... - Gurbaksh Chahal out as Gravity4 CEO after probation ruling
- Grubhub announces more investments following strong 2Q
- Tech’s top 20 investors turned into emoji
- Oculus launch-exclusive Adr1ft nows lets you get lost in space on HTC Vive
- Minecraft support for Oculus Rift is finally almost here
- You can now control Nest’s Thermostat with your Apple Watch
- Corporate venture growth in Brazil is another sign of a mature tech ecosystem
- Crunch Report | Oracle Buys Netsuite
Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp launches real estate venture, UpThere raises $77 million for its new cloud storage service, Oracle buys NetSuite for $9.3 billion, Apple sold its 1 billionth iPhone. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies to help build a train in Europe. All this on Crunch Report Read Mor... - How the media will rise in the face of the digital revolution
The media is passing through an awkward digital adolescence. With falling revenues and smaller newsrooms, the industry is being squeezed into an unfamiliar online space against its will. Publications with hundred-year pedigrees are having to rethink and relearn their trade from the ground up. Read ... - SurveyMonkey study finds social media apps ruled mobile in first half of 2016
- What’s this whole email thing about, anyway?
- The rise and rise of Mexican fintech
- Sprig pauses food delivery service in Chicago, lays off seven people
- White Noise 7 is out, and wants to be like Instagram for restful sounds
- AWS revenue hits a new record with $2.9 billion in Q2
- Hanergy to build solar-powered electric cars
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