Today, the iPhone X became available in Apple retail stores across the globe. And given the fanfare around iPhone launches for the past decade, we…
MarketingMuses
Early-bird ticket deadline for Disrupt Berlin extended til 22 November
Friends, if you include yourself among the ranks of world-class procrastinators, we’re here to say that you just got lucky. We’re extending the deadline on…
iPhone X teardown finds major changes inside the gleaming exterior
The iPhone 8 may have been filled with the expected kit, but we’ve all been looking forward to finding out what fun Apple’s engineers had…
Unubo makes it easy to track what you or your startup spends on subscription services
Unubo, a new U.K. startup soft-launched a couple of months ago, is pretty meta: a software-as-a-Service to help you track the cost of SaaS and…
Amazon Fresh is shutting down in some neighborhoods, including ones in San Francisco
Amazon is pulling the plug on Fresh, its grocery delivery service, in parts of nine states throughout the country, Recode reports. So, if you live…
Niantic acqui-hires Evertoon to add a social network to Pokémon Go and other apps
Niantic, the company behind the hit mobile game Pokémon Go and its predecessor, Ingress, announced today it has acquired the team from the startup Evertoon…
Twitter posts a new version of its rules with updated sections on abuse, spam, violence and more
Twitter today published a new version of its rules, in an effort to further clarify its policies about abuse, spam, self-harm and other topics, as…
WhatsApp’s hour-long outage today was global in scale, likely caused by software bug
Did WhatsApp go down for you earlier today? You weren’t alone. The Facebook-owned messaging service experienced a roughly hour-long global outage on Friday, which led…
Hevo Data gets $1M in seed funding to streamline data integration
Going from food delivery to data integration might seem like an unlikely progression for a startup team, but it was a natural fit for Hevo…
Lazy Jar’s app makes you pay for not exercising enough
Want to exercise more, but lack motivation? An app called Lazy Jar, aimed at Fitbit owners, may be able to help. The app actually penalizes…
Sources: Snap has acquired Metamarkets for less than $100M to step up its ad tech play
As Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, gears up to report its quarterly earnings next week, it looks like the company is making some moves…
Let’s meet in Muscat
I’ll be rolling through Oman next week for a conference and I thought it would be fun to see what the region has to offer.…
Snapchat fell out of the top 10 for first time this year in Q3
Snapchat’s mobile app fell out of the top 10 for the first time this year during Q3 2017, according to a recent report from Sensor…
Query friends or fans with new GIF and photo Facebook Polls
Facebook Questions first launched in 2010 as a Quora wannabe before shifting into lighter-weight polls, but Facebook shut the feature down in 2012. Apparently it…
Beheld is a new startup that lets you scan, send, and print yourself
Kat Kinkead and Peter Weijmarshausen met at their old company, Shapeways. Weijmarshausen recently stepped down as CEO and was looking for something cool to do…
Equity podcast: Apple and Tesla report earnings, and IPOs are back
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a treat due to the…
Apple’s revenues in China are growing again
Apple’s blockbuster Q4 pushed the company’s valuation to $900 billion, but it also saw the firm return to growth in key market China following a…
N26 is launching its bank in the UK in 2018
Fintech startup N26 is announcing yet another international expansion move. The company plans to launch its bank of the future in the U.K. at some…
Adobe and Microsoft expand partnership with Adobe Experience Manager and Dynamics 365 integration
Adobe and Microsoft expanded their continuing partnership today when they announced that they are making it easy to share data between Adobe Experience Manager, a…
Globality raises $35 million for its marketplace to connect small companies with big business
Small business has long been held as a key driver of the global economy, but these businesses often don’t have access to large multinational companies…
BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen team up on high-power charging network
BMW Group, Daimler, Ford Motor Company, and the Volkswagen Group (with subsidiaries Audi and Porsche) will join up to create a high-power charging network for…
Mapbox acquires Mapdata to help it expand into AR maps
Two weeks after announcing $164 million in funding, mapping data startup Mapbox has made its first acquisition. The company has acquired MapData, a neural network-based…
Early-bird ticket pricing for Disrupt Berlin ends tonight
This is it, folks. At midnight tonight, Berlin local time, the countdown clock for early-bird tickets to Disrupt Berlin runs out. And when that countdown…
Apple’s record services revenue suggests growth in ApplePay, Apple Music
Everyone’s favorite almost-trillion-dollar company reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. And while much of the attention was on stellar iPhone sales, Apple…
Paytm brings messaging features to India’s top digital wallet app
Paytm, India’s top digital wallet and payment service, has introduced a chat feature to amp up its appeal among an increasingly competitive market. The new…
Xbox One X review: This is the ultimate Xbox
This is the Xbox One X. It’s the fastest and smallest Xbox and the first to offer games in 4K. At $499 the higher resolution…
DoubleDutch CEO Bryan Parker is out after a couple of months
Live engagement marketing platform DoubleDutch has replaced CEO Bryan Parker, who was appointed from COO to CEO just two months ago, TechCrunch has learned. Lawrence…
Crunch Report | Bitcoin Passes $7,000… Oh My!
Bitcoin passes $7,000, VMware acquires VeloCloud and TransferWise closes on a $280 million investment. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Pimax is raking in millions for an ‘8K’ VR headset to take on Facebook and HTC
If you’re paying attention to the virtual reality market, 2017 would appear to be a pretty awful time to start growing a VR hardware startup.…
Developer community Stack Overflow lays off reportedly 20% of staff as it refocusses business
Some changes are underway at Stack Overflow, the online community where some 50 million developers and others converge to talk programming and many other things.…
Fifteen-year-old Black Duck Software gets its exit, selling to Synopsys for $565 million
Black Duck Software, a 15-year-old company whose products automate the process of securing and managing open source software — including detecting license compliance issues —…
Qualcomm sues Apple, alleging it shared chip code with Intel
Qualcomm has levied another lawsuit against Apple, this time alleging that the iPhone maker took advantage of its “unprecedented access” to Qualcomm’s code to aid…
Vetted buys VetPronto in yet more on-demand consolidation
Consolidation continues to dog the world of on-demand startups — literally and figuratively. In the latest development, Vetted, a startup focused on veterinary services is…
New technology puts the AI in aid for US veterans
As part of their latest endeavor to improve care for our country’s combat vets, the Department of Veterans Affairs has invested in a rapidly advancing…
Logitech is experimenting with a keyboard built for Virtual Reality
As simple as it seems, dealing with the keyboard is of the weirder challenges that many notice the first time they check out virtual reality.…
Local news sites DNAinfo and Gothamist shut down
DNAinfo and Gothamist have both shut down, a week after reporters and editors at the local news sites unionized. Their archives seem to have disappeared —…
YouTube Kids update gives kids their own profiles, expands controls
YouTube Kids, the kid-friendly, more filtered version of YouTube first introduced in 2015, is getting a notable upgrade. The updated app is adding several new…
Apple taps $900B after a blowout fourth quarter
Apple is continuing its run toward $1 trillion today, as a huge fiscal fourth quarter sent the stock to new highs and helped its market…
Tosca Musk raises $4.75M for Passionflix, a streaming service that’s all about romance
We’ve seen streaming services focused on art movies, horror movies and comedy (R.I.P. Seeso) — so why not romance? That’s the thinking behind Passionflix, a startup…
Apple delivers on its much-hyped promise to Wall Street in spades
As Apple looks to set itself up to Wall Street as the de-facto standard of what a smartphone can — and should — look like…
Super Mario Odyssey is the US’s fastest-selling Mario of all time
Nintendo’s having a good year, and it looks like the latest Mario is set to make it even better. Super Mario Odyssey is the fastest-selling…
Sidewalk Labs could pilot city-changing tech in Toronto sooner than you think
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs smart city subsidiary is working with the city of Toronto to help plan a brand new community, but nothing’s set in stone…
Pandora shares down 6% after posting earnings
Music streaming business Pandora reported earnings after the bell on Thursday. Adjusted earnings per share were negative six cents, better than the negative eight cents…
WeWork will open a new SF HQ in the Salesforce Tower
WeWork has money to blow, so the $20 billion startup is putting some of it toward a second headquarters — this time in San Francisco…
Five Bad Money Habits That You Can Fix Right Now via AARP Money
5 Bad Money Habits You Can Fix. A new book by a behavioral economist explores how and why we spend. by Allan Roth, AARP, November 2, 2017| Comments: 0. Five Bad Money Habits You Can Fix. Getty Images. The best way to stop making money mistakes is to stop and think about how you spend. Most of us think we …
End-of-Life Decisions: Plan Now! via AARP Money
Nov 2, 2017 … Or consider a revocable trust. Chat with your agent about even small money decisions, in order to get in the habit. Any financial advisers should have someone to contact if you start doing odd things (for example, making big gifts to a hired caretaker). Get more saving and investment tips in the AARP Money …
Cisco Spark Assistant bringing voice commands to meeting hardware
Anyone who has used modern meeting software knows it’s still fraught with challenges trying to get everyone into the meeting, futzing with the hardware or…
Smart toy startup Elemental Path introduces the STEMosaur, a robot kids can put together
Elemental Path has come a long way since it debuted its first Cognitoy at Disrupt in 2016. The smart toy maker debuted on Kickstarter with…
Mobile holiday shopping visits in U.S. will surpass desktop for first time
Mobile’s contribution to holiday shopping, in terms of both visits and sales, has been growing every year. But the 2017 holiday shopping season will hit…
Pandora made $80M in U.S. app store revenue in Q3, booting Netflix from the top grossing spot
In the face of fierce competition from Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora has been growing its in-app subscription revenues, according to new data from Sensor…
Blue Apron shares trade down 9% after disappointing earnings
Blue Apron just can’t catch a break. The New York-based cooking kit business released its third-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. The results were mixed.…
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ takes us to a weirder, goofier corner of the Marvel Universe
The posters and trailers for Thor: Ragnarok promised something different — a movie that’s more psychedelic than your typical Marvel film, and one takes itself…
Rallyteam raises $8.6 million to keep employees at companies
How can companies stop the best employees from leaving? Money is one solution. A good corporate culture is another. But some people are dissatisfied with…
DeepMind has yet to find out how smart its AlphaGo Zero AI could be
Once Alphabet’s artificial intelligence company DeepMind had masted the ability to defeat the best human Go players in the world, it tried to beat its…
VMware acquires VeloCloud as it moves deeper into networking
VMware announced today that it was acquiring VeloCloud, a startup that focuses on cloud-based wide area networks (WAN), those networks that span a broad area…
Snap joins the great burger debate with launch of dancing burger AR lens
Just when you thought great burger debate had abated, Snapchat has arrived to pour more lighter fluid on the grill. This week, Snap unveiled a…
OpenAI Director Shivon Zilis explains why AI requires oversight now
At Google’s second annual Go North conference, much of the focus is on artificial intelligence and its impact on our world. The conference kicked off…
Alexa gets its first celeb voice with Oprah, but it’s just a holiday promo
Alexa is getting its first celebrity voice, and it’s Oprah. Before you get too excited, Oprah won’t respond to your day-to-day questions, as Alexa does…
First batch of free Disrupt Berlin Hackathon tickets available now
Aufmerksamkeit, menschen! You know what makes Disrupt Berlin Europe’s premier tech conference for startups, entrepreneurs, investors and hackers more exciting (who knew that was even…
The Loog Pro allows children to shred their faces off and/or shout the devil
Children who are about to rock, we salute you. The Loog Pro is a guitar made just for kids and features three strings that can…
Dashlane universal password manager comes to Linux, Chromebook and Microsoft Edge
Dashlane, a popular password manager than now reaches 9 million users, is launching today on Linux, Chromebook, and in Microsoft Edge for the first time.…
Pusher launches Chatkit to make it easy for developers to add chat functionality
Pusher, the London startup that provides tools and cloud infrastructure for developers to add real-time functionality to their apps, such as push notifications and messages,…
Battery Ventures leads $75M Series D in travel activities platform GetYourGuide
Right after Berlin-based travel activities booking platform GetYourGuide announced its $50 million Series C, one of Europe’s biggest tourist draws, the city of Paris, was rocked…
G-Ro rolls out four new smart bags
I doubt there has been a time that I’ve scrolled through Facebook and not seen the G-Ro. While this could be part of the magic…
Arbe Robotics raises $9M to build high-resolution radars for autonomous cars
As carmakers and tech companies continue to improve the mechanics and reliability of self-driving cars, Arbe Robotics, a Tel Aviv startup developing a high-resolution radar…
Another blockbuster quarter for Alibaba as revenue surges 61%
Alibaba’s stellar financial performance continues unabated after the Chinese e-commerce giant again beat analyst expectations thanks to impressive growth in its core business at home.…
Rebagg loses a ‘g’ to rebrand luxury handbag marketplace
Who needs two g’s when you can get by with one? Luxury handbag marketplace Rebagg is now Rebag because the startup “really wanted to elevate…
Glint raises another $20M to help companies figure out how their employees really feel
Glint, a startup that helps companies improve their employee retention rates, announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series D funding. The round,…
‘Digital experience’ company Instart Logic raises $30M for global expansion
Instart Logic has raised $30 million in Series E funding. The company describes its technology as a “digital experience platform.” If that sounds vague, it’s partly…
Melonport and ICONOMI founders come to Disrupt Berlin to talk about the future of ICOs
Are ICOs here to stay? After producing so many headlines in 2017, the future of token sales is still filled with uncertainty. That’s why it’s…
Bitcoin blasts past $7,000 to reach another record high in 2017
Bitcoin’s incredible march continues in 2017 after the cryptocurrency broke $7,000 per coin for the first time. The surge even saw it go on to…
First Minute Capital joins $5.8M seed for AR treasure hunt game Snatch
Pokemon Go is a game that spawns cute monsters for players to try to catch. But the massive popularity of the augmented reality title, which…
Only two days left to buy early-bird tickets to Disrupt Berlin
What could Disrupt Berlin — Europe’s premier event for entrepreneurs, investors, hackers and tech fans — possibly have in common with Eddie Murphy’s 1982 police action/comedy,…
Open source database startup MariaDB confirms $27M investment led by Alibaba
Open source database startup MariaDB has announced a new $27 million round of funding led by Alibaba, confirming the news that TechCrunch reported in September.…
HTC’s bigger, better and clearer U11 Plus won’t be coming to the U.S.
HTC unveiled two new phones during an overnight event in Taiwan. Both are variations on the company’s U11 flagship — one’s is a budget version,…
HTC intros a $349 version of the U11
I honestly thought HTC had sent the wrong phone in the mail when the U11 Life arrived. The new phone looks almost identical to its…
Didi Chuxing will build its own electric vehicle charging network
Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-sharing company, will form a joint venture to build its own charging network for electric cars. In an announcement today, Didi…
TransferWise announces whopping $280M investment as early shareholders cash in
TransferWise, the international money transfer company and one of Europe’s better-known unicorns, has announced $280 million in new investment today. The Series E round is…
Crunch Report | Doppler Labs Shuts Down
Doppler Labs shuts down, Sony releases V2 of the robot dog Aibo and Robinhood now has a web version. All this on Crunch Report. Read…
New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ trailer prepares you for some twists
There’s a new 45 second spot for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which premiered tonight during some kind of sport ball game, but which is…
Coin offerings using celebrity glitter may not be golden, SEC warns
A slew of media stars have hitched their stars to various virtual currencies, lending their social media outreach and luster to projects that have seemed…
Elon Musk says Tesla’s China factory could begin production in roughly three years
Tesla last week officially confirmed its plans to set up a manufacturing facility in China, and now we know a bit more about what it’s…
Tesla could upgrade customer computers to meet self-driving requirements
Elon Musk had some thoughts to share on Tesla’s Q3 earnings call regarding full autonomy and how the automaker is preparing to deliver this to…
Blue Apron competitor HelloFresh prices IPO, raising up to $369 million
HelloFresh, the Berlin-based cooking kit delivery company, priced its IPO at the middle of its expected range at 10.25 euros, or roughly $11.91 dollars. This means that the company…
Watch the Pitch@Palace pitches live right here
After months of preparation, startups will gather at St. James Palace in London to compete in the Pitch@Palace pitch-off. TechCrunch will be broadcasting the competition…
With Apple lawsuits still looming, Qualcomm beats revenue expectations
Against a backdrop of a year-long legal battle with Apple, Qualcomm has beat analysts’ revenue and earnings estimates in its fourth fiscal quarter. Qualcomm booked…
Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status hit 300M users, nearly 2X Snapchat
Instagram and WhatsApp’s Snapchat clones aren’t slowing down. Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status both now have 300 million daily…
How cities can harness the good — and avoid the bad — of the new mobility movement
In late September, London made headlines when it stripped popular ride-hailing app Uber of its license to operate in the city. The wall-to-wall coverage that followed the…
Reddit CEO talks taking site from ‘dystopian Craigslist’ to ‘the most human place on the internet’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman took to the site for his “quarterly inquisition,” an AMA where he fielded questions from users and moderators. The discussion today…
This is the Razer Phone
It’s no big secret that Razer (the company best known for building gaming peripherals and laptops) has been building a phone. The company bought fledgling…
Tesla says it expects to spend $1B in the final quarter of the year amid Model 3 push
Tesla’s march toward its goal of being able to produce 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per week is a very expensive prospect — but the company,…
Tesla predicts production rate of 5K Model 3 cars per week by late Q1 2018
Tesla went into a bit more detail about the production challenges it faces with the Model 3 in its letter to investors on the heels…
Yelp beats earnings, but outlook is bad
Yelp, the platform which connects consumers and local businesses, posted third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Yelp’s net revenue for the third quarter was $222.4…
Fitbit beats analyst estimates but takes a net loss of $113 million in Q3
It seems Fitbit is benefitting from the news of its new products — particularly the Fitbit Ionic device. The company just reported it beat analyst…
Thoughts on the #techhearings from my time in Product Safety at Twitter
I created the Product Safety and Security Team at Twitter. At different points in time I was responsible for the engineering of tools to mitigate…
CTrip Group snaps up travel search startup Trip.com
Trip.com, a travel discovery app formerly known as Gogobot, is getting acquired amid a flurry of activity surrounding trip discovery tools and companies — and…
Altair Engineering soars 41% in public debut
Michigan-based Altair Engineering is off to the races in its public debut. After pricing shares at $13, the enterprise software company raised $156 million. Then Altair…
Accel launches UC Berkeley mentorship program
Sometimes it seems like Stanford gets all the VC attention, but there’s another great school in the Bay Area. UC Berkeley is the top-ranked public…
Google takes aim at medtech for Launchpad Studio’s first batch of AI-focused startups
Google has been going all-in on AI and machine learning for some time now, and part of that is, of course, nurturing the growing ecosystem…
Ceres Imaging scores $2.5M to bring machine learning-powered insights to farmers
Agtech has largely seemed underserved by emerging startups, though farmers have largely proven more receptive to adopting new tech than most might assume. Ceres Imaging…
GarageBand for iOS gets an in-app instrument store and 80s-style drum machines
A fancy new iPhone’s as good a reason as any to bring a big upgrade to Apple’s free music production service, GarageBand. The iOS version…
Smart earbuds startup Doppler Labs shuts down after raising $50M+
Doppler Labs, a smart earbud company that raised more than $50 million in funding from backers like Universal Music, Live Nation and the Chernin Group…
Google will pull its QPX Express API in April 2018, cutting off its airfare feed
As Google gradually builds out its footprint in travel search, the company is also making a move to cut off its role as a data…
Periscope ups payouts to broadcasters on sales of Super Hearts, adds holiday bonuses
Twitter’s Periscope is going after live broadcasters in a big way, as it’s now promising to give back more of their earnings from the sales…
Google launches Poly, a home for the world’s 3D objects built for creators
As Google builds platforms like ARCore and Daydream that allow users to step into virtual worlds or put virtual scenes inside their phone’s field-of-view, there’s…
Credit Karma rolls out a hub to check out the details of your car
While you can open up your bank app and probably find all the relevant information for your credit cards and bank accounts, there isn’t really…
Palo Alto nonprofit Benetech wins a $42.5M Dept. of Education grant, a nod to founder Jim Fruchterman’s quest to help the blind
With one day left to go in the federal fiscal year, the department had renewed funding for a longstanding reading program for the disabled, and…
Google’s Pixelbook is my new favorite travel buddy
The Google Pixelbook is a bit of an odd duck among notebooks, or among tablets – or even among notebook/tablet hybrids. It’s a Chromebook, which…
Samsung now offers an Enterprise Edition of the Note 8 for business
The push to let employees bring their own devices to work has been underway for some time now — in fact, it’s a big part…
Ford’s Canvas monthly car subscription car service expands to LA
Canvas is expanding beyond its home city of San Francisco, with an expansion of its monthly subscription car ownership model to Los Angeles – possibly…
Tuurnt lets people pay you to party
Do you like to party? Do you like money? Friend, have I got a startup for you. Tuurnt is based on the concept of rent…
Markforged raises $30 million from industrial investors
When Greg Mark takes his 3D printer to VCs he gets blank stares. The Boston-based CEO of Markforged, a 3D printing company that specializes in…
Life is changing for men for two reasons — and new startups are on it
It’s never been a better time to be a man who privately suffers erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation or hair loss. Before you roll your eyes,…
Clutter, the on-demand storage company, will now offer in-city moving
Moving is one of the most stressful life events you can go through. But Clutter, the on-demand storage startup based in LA, is looking to…
How to Write Blog Posts That People Want to Read
Blogging is a powerful tool for driving organic traffic. But getting readers is not easy. That’s why it’s critical that bloggers learn how to write…
How to Tell if Your Facebook Campaign Was Actually Worth It
As of March 2017, Facebook had 1.28 billion active users each day, and over 85% of those users were outside of the U.S. and Canada.
7 Books That Will Help You Develop More Empathy
When Brian McGrory, Editor-in-Chief of The Boston Globe, gave a talk at HubSpot’s Cambridge office this summer, he told us a story about a crucial…
9 Smart Strategies for Working With Difficult People [Infographic]
The intimidators. The slackers. The credit-takers. The “I actually have another favor to ask”-ers.
45 Senior Travel Discounts via AARP Money
Oct 25, 2017 … A whopping 99 percent of boomers will take at least one pleasure trip a year, with an average of five or more trips. Fifty-one percent are expected to travel only domestically, while 43 percent will travel both domestically and internationally, according to AARP research.
The Anatomy of Viral Content
Viral videos, articles, gifs, and images don’t spread like wildfire around the Internet randomly. There’s always a reason behind its virality. To become a viral…
HubSpot’s Marketing Team Worked Remotely for One Week. Here’s What We Learned.
Think about the last time you were on a conference call with someone in a different location. Did you run into any communication challenges –…
The 6 Key Marketing Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About
Gone are the days of the CMO who isn’t fluent in metrics, analytics, and spreadsheets. The internet has made marketing far more measurable (and therefore…
How to Position Automotive Shops as a Lifestyle Choice for Consumers
When it comes to deciding where to get their car serviced, consumers have so many options. They can go to a national chain, a privately…
We’re committed to results & passionate about #marketing. Let’s grow your brand’s reach together. – Marketing Muses? Visit our new site – marketingmuses.com today!
View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2zKG8Ir
Join us for F8 2018 on May 1 – 2 in San Jose, CA via Facebook Developers Blog
F8, our biggest conference of the year, is happening at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA on May 1 and 2, 2018.
10 Influencer Marketing Campaigns to Inspire and Get You Started With Your Own
You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about the elusive, purportedly mystical powers of influencer marketing. But is this buzzword-laden tactic actually worth your…
When They Go Low, We Go Viral: Adding Value in the Age of Fake News
From satire accounts to blatantly false accounts, fake news is an ever-growing concern among publishers and audiences alike. Everything, from presidential campaigns to local businesses…