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- ‘Venom’ is better than it has any right to be 13 hours ago – What happens when a cast of Oscar contenders like Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed and Michelle Williams are turned loose to chew the scenery of a (seemingly wryly self-aware) B movie? Audiences get “Venom,” the latest bid from Sony Pictures to create its own superhero mega-franchise now that storylines for ...
- Facebook follows Twitch and YouTube with launch of Premieres, live polls and fan badges 14 hours ago – Facebook today announced the global launch of Premieres, its new interactive video format that allows creators to pre-record a video for fans, then release it during a viewing window they choose, as more of a live event. The move follows YouTube’s introduction of a similar Premieres format just a...
- Rich-text editing platform Tiny raises $4M, launches file management service 14 hours ago – Maybe you’ve never heard about Tiny, but chances are, you’ve used its products. Tiny is the company behind the text editors you’ve likely used in WordPress, Marketo, Zendesk, Atlassian and other products. The company is actually the result of the merger of Moxiecode, the two-person team behind th...
- iOS 12.1 will come with new emojis 12 hours ago – Apple is about to release the public beta version of iOS 12.1. And before everybody freaks out, the company announced that this update will feature new emojis — best feature update ever. In other words, Apple is releasing its own take on Unicode 11.0 emojis. Other devices and major services will ...
- Cover collects $16M to insure your gadgets, pets… anything 12 hours ago – People procrastinate about buying insurance because it’s such a boring and complicated chore to compare policies. But Cover combines plans from 45 insurance companies into a single marketplace so it’s easy to find the best one for your car, home, rental, business, personal property, pets, jewelry...
- See you in Vancouver on Thursday 12 hours ago – We’ve finalized the Vancouver micro meetup for this Thursday. We’ll be holding it at Hootsuite HQ on 5, East 8th Ave at 7pm on October 4. Extra special thanks to the folks at Hootsuite for helping out. You must RSVP here so we know how many are attending. If you’d like to pitch please fill […]
- Tiger Global is in talks to invest in cryptocurrency unicorn Coinbase at $8B valuation 9 hours ago – Coinbase may raise up to $500 million at an $8 billion valuation. The cryptocurrency trading platform has also announced two new high-level hires.
- David Ulevitch is now a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz — a big get and the firm’s fourth new GP since June 10 hours ago – David Ulevitch has had some strange dealings with investors over the years. Now, Ulevitch is himself one of them. The founder of OpenDNS, a company that sold to Cisco in 2016, is disclosing today that he has joined the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as its newest general partner. He is t...
- Foursquare picks up $33 million Series F investment 10 hours ago – Foursquare has today announced the partial close of a $33 million Series F financing, with $25 million already closed out and another $8 million inbound, according to the blog post. The round was co-led by Simon Ventures and Naver Corp, with participation from Union Square Ventures, an existing i...
- Ohanian’s Initialized raises $225M 4th fund to turn founders into cyborgs 7 hours ago – “Right now we’re in this Empire Strikes Back moment,” says Initialized Capital’s Garry Tan, referring to tech giants ruthlessly copying and competing with fresh ideas. “We think the startups represent the Return Of The Jedi.” It’s that willingness to stand up against incumbents and give founders ...
- Microsoft launches new monthly financing plan for its Surface devices starting at $25 7 hours ago – While it looked like all the major news from Microsoft’s Surface event today had already leaked ahead of time, the company still managed to surprise us with the launch of its new noise-canceling headphones and its new Surface All Access plans that offer a monthly installment plan for your Surface...
- Microsoft’s Surface line now includes headphones 7 hours ago – Granted, most of today’s big announcements were iterative updates on devices we’ve seen in past years. Even so, Microsoft did sneak one surprise into today’s event. The simply titled Surface Headphones are perhaps the oddest addition to the line of laptop and desktop products. The key to these ov...
- Philippines SME lending startup First Circle raises $26M ahead of regional expansion 12 minutes ago – This year has been a breakout one for micro-financing startups in Southeast Asia, which are becoming among the most funded within the region’s fintech space. Next in line to raise capital is First Circle, an SME-lending service that’s based in the Philippines which has pulled in $26 million as it...
- Uber deploys JUMP scooters and bikes in Santa Monica 15 minutes ago – Following approval from the city of Santa Monica, Uber is deploying bikes and its first set of scooters via JUMP, the bikeshare startup it acquired earlier this year. Although these are Xiaomi Ninebot scooters, Uber says it’s branding them with JUMP for the sake of consistency when it comes to it...
- Years after Evan Spiegel tried to buy Secret, its co-founder David Byttow joins Snap as director of engineering an hour ago – David Byttow, co-founder of Secret, the defunct anonymous social network that once gained notoriety for serving as the tech industry’s burn book, announced today that he will join Snap. The hire is noteworthy because before Secret shut down in 2015, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel tried to acqui-hire i...
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- The Freewrite Traveler is more portable and cuter than the original distraction-free typewriter 16 hours ago – After a brief attempt to make an internet-connected Clapper, the Astrohaus team is going back to its roots with a new distraction-free typewriter. Today, it’s introducing the follow-up to the original Freewrite: the foldable Freewrite Traveler. It’s designed to be more portable while still allowi...
- Verizon’s 5G home internet is sort of real, sort of fake 12 hours ago – Verizon became the first major ISP to launch 5G home internet service yesterday. It’s a major step on the road to making 5G a reality, but if you’ve ever in your life interacted with an internet provider, you’re probably at least a little bit skeptical: is this really 5G? The answer is sort of. I...
- The second Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trailer features six Spideys 12 hours ago – Back in June, we got the first look at Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the upcoming Spidey film that’s already shaping up to be one of the most visually ambitious animated movies of the year. We learned it would feature a seasoned Peter Parker (voiced by Jake Johnson) crossing over into...
- Forza Horizon 4 is $53.99 at Newegg today 9 hours ago – Forza Horizon 4 released today, October 2nd, and Newegg has already discounted the season-spanning racing game, which works on both Xbox One and a Windows 10 PC. Using the offer code EMCEPPR28 at checkout will take the price down to $53.99 — a small, but decent discount from its usual $59.99 reta...
- Microsoft launches ‘All Access’ payment plan for Surface products 7 hours ago – Microsoft is trying to make it simpler and cheaper — up front, at least — for customers to buy into its Surface lineup. It’s launching a new payment option called Surface All Access that, for a monthly fee, will give customers a Surface device and access to Office 365. But while this sounds like ...
- Uber’s first electric scooters arrive in Santa Monica 16 minutes ago – Uber’s first electric scooters are finally here. The dockless devices arrived earlier this week in Santa Monica, California, a month after the city gave Uber and four other companies the green light to operate up to 250 shared scooters each for the next 18 months. The ride-hail company is playin...
- Razer’s new gaming router offers more reliable Wi-Fi and mesh networking 3 hours ago – Razer is entering the router market with a new product it’s calling Sila. Unlike most standard gaming routers on the market today, Razer says its model specializes in fast and reliable Wi-Fi. It also features mesh networking capabilities, for those who may not have an easy way to directly access ...
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