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AWS launches bare metal instances
AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing division, today announced its long-awaited bare metal instances for its EC2 service. With bare metal, you get direct access to the…
Uber inks its first mobile wallet deal in Southeast Asia
Seeking to rise to increased competition, Uber has inked its first payments deal in Southeast Asia after it announced a partnership with Vietnam-based mobile wallet service…
Crunch Report | Cyber Monday Results
WeWork buys Meetup, Airbnb now lets you split the bill and the financial results from Cyber Monday. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
SoftBank confirms that Benchmark and Menlo intend to sell Uber shares
SoftBank Group has confirmed that it has found likely sellers for the tender offer for Uber’s shares, which launched tonight. These are the shares from…
One bitcoin is now worth $10,000
It happened. One bitcoin is now worth $10,000. The milestone was hit on international exchanges earlier in the day (where prices are normally a few…
Samsung buys another AI company as it continues to build out Bixby
It’s true that Bixby didn’t have the most auspicious of debuts when it rolled out on the Galaxy S8 earlier this year, but Samsung’s clearly…
8 of the Biggest Marketing Mistakes We've Ever Seen
Everyone makes mistakes. Even (especially?) marketers. Usually, we learn from them and move on with our lives, maybe escaping with just a touch of public…
MIT’s new desktop 3D printer technology increases speeds up to 10x
There are plenty of reasons desktop 3D printing never really took off with consumers. Speed isn’t the main one, but it’s certainly up there. Mind…
Shonda Rhimes talks move from network TV to Netflix
When Shonda Rhimes, the creator of network hits like Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder, announced her new contract with Netflix,…
Sequoia, Tencent, TPG look to invest in Uber alongside SoftBank
It’s not just SoftBank and Dragoneer that are looking to buy Uber shares from the employees and other shareholders, when the tender offer launches, likely later…
AWS rolls out AppSync to enable offline app usage
As part of its victory lap extravaganza in Las Vegas as the dominant web hosting platform, Amazon Web Services today launched a new service, AppSync, which allows…
FCC’s Ajit Pai: ‘When it comes to an open Internet, Twitter is part of the problem’
FCC Chairman and net neutrality eliminator-in-chief Ajit Pai has thrown Twitter and other online services under the bus in order to show that it’s not…
Ebay says Cyber Monday was its biggest sales day ever
Looks like this past Cyber Monday was a hit across the board. Earlier today, Amazon noted that the Black Friday weekend was its strongest yet,…
Security researcher finds classified U.S. Army data sitting online with no password
In the latest edition of “uh oh, we left that just sitting out in the open,” a batch of NSA and Army files were discovered…
Uber faces another lawsuit over data breach
In light of Uber failing to report the massive data breach that affected potentially 57 million passengers and drivers worldwide, Washington State Attorney General Bob…
Enjoius raises $1.4 million to bring its party planning services to you
Just in time for the holiday season, a group of prominent Los Angeles entertainment and technology executives have come together to back the new startup, Enjoius,…
Lynk & Co. starts selling an SUV with a dedicated car share button in China
Lynk & Co. aims to be a different kind of car brand, with a focus on a simplified buying experience and a focus on connected…
Monkeys controlling robot arms with their minds show how brains can be reprogrammed
New research out of the University of Chicago shows a trio of rhesus monkeys controlling robotic arms with their mind. Each of the three primates…
Ello’s spam problem
Remember Ello? I recently wrote about this social networking site’s comeback. Since then, a handful of you have pinged me about its spam bot problem.…
Virtual reality headset unit sales are slowly improving
The number of VR headsets out there may not be reaching the stratospheric estimates that were first predicted, but they’re still growing at least. According…
Instagram now allows optional photo and video message replays
Instagram has tweaked a couple of its direct messaging features to make them a bit more flexible and interactive. You can now automatically capture and…
Astonishing OS X bug lets anyone log into a High Sierra machine
Wow, this is a bad one. On Macs running the latest version of High Sierra (10.13.1 (17B48)), it appears that anyone can log in just…
Fox announces an ‘X-Files’ mobile game coming in 2018
Not content to just revive The X-Files on television, Fox is also bringing the franchise to phones and tablets. The new title from FoxNext Games…
The White House wants to ban cell phones, citing security risk
The Donald can’t seem to keep his hands off the phone while in the White House, but the same rules may not apply to his…
NFX Guild gets more serious about investing with a $150 million fund
Roughly two years after emerging on the scene as a new Bay Area accelerator, NFX Guild, an outfit run by several seasoned founders, has raised $150…
InstaCarro raises $22 million to tackle Brazil’s $50 billion used-car market
InstaCarro, a Brazilian-based marketplace for buying and selling used cars, has raised a whopping $22 million in its first institutional round of venture financing. One…
WHEW, Google fixed the burger emoji in Android 8.1
Apparently, Google made good on its promise to fix its awful hamburger emoji, in the wake of an online debacle last month. In case you…
After shoving its way onto iTunes, U2 is headed for the Amazon Echo
The last time U2 offered up an album exclusive, things didn’t go great. Apple reportedly paid $100 million for exclusive rights to Songs of Innocence,…
Analyst says Apple could have sold 6 million iPhone X units during Black Friday weekend
Apple hasn’t shared any exact number, but Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang calculated that Apple may have sold as many as 6 million iPhone X…
Alexa developers can now use notifications, soon personalize apps based on users’ voices
Amazon says it will allow Alexa skill developers to alert customers using notifications starting today, and soon, it will allow them to recognize users’ individual…
AWS launches new partner programs for networking and machine learning specialists
Amazon’s AWS cloud computing division is launching a number of new programs for its partner ecosystem today. These include a new networking competency program for…
Japanese bitcoin exchange bitFlyer is coming to the U.S
Japansese cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer announced today it’s expanding to the U.S, with approval to operate in 41 states starting today. This includes regulatory approval in…
Facebook prototypes Messenger Broadcast for businesses
Facebook may soon be ready to squeeze more money out of its 1.3 billion user chat app. The company has internally developed “Messenger Broadcast”, a…
Microsoft shows off Windows ‘Sets,’ a tabbed app interface that puts a web browser everywhere
Just a few weeks after the major launch of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is already looking towards what’s next as the company looks…
Apple launches a new YouTube channel offering device tutorials
Apple is expanding its social media outreach. The company has just launched a new YouTube channel to teach people how to use their Apple devices,…
Instacart signs deal with Albertsons
Instacart has inked a deal with Albertsons to offer same-day delivery from the grocery store chain. The deal will include 1,800 of Albertsons stores across…
Optimus Ride will provide self-driving vehicles to Boston community residents
A new partnership between autonomous driving startup Optimus Ride and release estate developer LStar Ventures will see self-driving vehicle access offered up to residents of…
Adobe previews new Photoshop feature that uses AI to select subjects
While Photoshop users have gotten pretty damn good at masking humans and other subjects over the years, it still remains one of the most tedious…
Amazon sold ‘millions’ of Alexa devices over the holiday shopping weekend
On the heels of news that Amazon may have accounted for half of Black Friday online sales, the retailer today announced that the Black Friday…
Airbnb launches payment splitting for group trips
In February of this year, Airbnb acquired social payments startup Tilt. Today, the fruits of that acquisition are being passed along to Airbnb users. Starting…
Veem opens up global payments platform to developers with new API
If you’ve ever tried to do business across borders, you know how painful it can be to send a wire transfer, wait for the payment…
Time-Warner’s Turner opts for AWS as its preferred cloud provider
All of the hyper-scale cloud providers love to tout their new customer acquisitions: Google talking about Spotify; Microsoft signing up various Adobe services for Azure;…
What Video Marketing Metrics Should You Pay Attention To? [Video]
November 28, 2017 1:00 pm Source: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/rss.xml?tabid=6307&moduleid=8441&maxcount=250 Link: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-metrics-should-pay-attention-to
VMware expands AWS partnership with new migration and disaster recovery tools
Remember how VMware was supposed to be disrupted by AWS? Somewhere along the way it made a smart move. Instead of fighting the popular cloud platform,…
The Gates Foundation is matching $2M in donations on Facebook for #GivingTuesday
Today is #GivingTuesday, an global day of giving that always falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year Facebook is again partnering with the…
Mapping company Here buys ATS to boost its over-the-air tech
Here, the mapping company that powers location services in 100 million cars, is today announcing an acquisition to vastly improve how it distributes and updates…
Senators introduce revenge porn bill
Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), as well as Rep. Jackie Speier introduced a bill today to address revenge…
StrideUp wants to help you buy a portion of your home
StrideUp, a U.K. startup founded last year by Sakeeb Zaman and Rohan Trivedi, both formerly of Deutsche Bank, wants to make shared home ownership more…
Baidu and Xiaomi are working together on internet of things and artificial intelligence
Baidu, China’s answer to Google, and Xiaomi, which has modeled itself on the success of the America’s most successful technology manufacturer in Apple, have announced…
WeWork reportedly plans to buy Meetup
Co-working space giant WeWork will acquire Meetup, according to Crunchbase News. The report says Meetup chief executive officer and co-founder Scott Heiferman shared the news…
SpaceX adds $100 million to previous $350 million funding round
SpaceX filed a new amended update to its $351 million funding round from this summer, adding around $100 million to the round in newly disclosed…
MIT and Harvard create cheap artificial muscles with super strength
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has teamed up with Harvard’s Wyss Institute to create a super strong, affordable artificial muscle that could be…
Doctolib raises another $42 million for its medical care scheduling service
French startup Doctolib is raising money for the second time in the past twelve months. The company is building a sort of Salesforce for the…
Microsoft Office arrives on Chromebooks via Google Play Store
Microsoft Office is now available for Google Chromebook users through the Google Play Store – a notable addition, given the two companies offer competing products…
Netflix keeps the mystery alive with Black Mirror
Fans are stoked for a fourth season of Black Mirror, as they should be. The Emmy-award winning series, which shows the dark side of our…
Crunch Report | Founder David Karp Is Leaving Tumblr
Founder of Tumblr David Karp is leaving the company, Barracuda Networks gets acquired for $1.6 billion by Thoma Bravo and MIT and Harvard create artificial…
YouTube’s battery drain problem on iOS devices is now fixed
Google confirms it has now addressed an issue that caused the YouTube app to drain the battery excessively when running on iOS devices, even when…
David Karp is leaving Tumblr by the end of the year
As Verizon’s digital media business Oath rolls on with its merging of Yahoo and Aol (which includes TechCrunch), today comes news of a significant departure.…
SoftBank makes offer for Uber shares at 30% discount
A SoftBank Group-led team of investors has made an offer to buy Uber’s shares in a tender offer that would value the company at about…
Security business Barracuda Networks acquired for $1.6 billion
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Barracuda Networks in a take-private deal valued at $1.6 billion. The company was offered $27.55 per…
Google Trends now surfaces data from News, Images, YouTube and Shopping verticals
Google announced today it’s expanding the focus of its Google Trends service – the site that lets anyone track what the world’s web searchers are…
Reliam raises $17 million for its managed services play
Reliam, a company that provides managed services for businesses that want somebody else to manage their public cloud deployments on platforms like AWS and Microsoft…
Pokémon GO gets a surprise new legendary: Ho-Oh
A bit of a surprise just dropped for everyone poking around Pokémon GO this holiday season: a new legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh. Niantic usually debuts legendary…
Navdy contacts would-be creditors, prepares to liquidate
No one ever says hardware is easy, and today it looks like another promising startup has hit a wall. Navdy, which made an in-car heads-up…
Mobile application testing service HeadSpin launches from stealth
HeadSpin, a mobile application testing service, launched today to give developers a one-stop shop for quality assurance and control for mobile application development. The company’s co-founder…
Uber is partially banned in Tel Aviv
A Tel Aviv district court has banned two of Uber’s services in the city following a court ruling in a case between the transportation company,…
Former Hulu exec Noah Heller launches new venture fund to focus on LA tech
Noah Heller, one of the chief architects of Hulu’s virtual reality strategy, has left the video streaming service to set up his own venture firm,…
Twitter blames human error after blocking a New York Times account over the weekend
Over the holiday weekend, The New York Times found that one of its Twitter accounts had been locked. @nytimesworld was frozen for a full 24…
Jellies is a kid-friendly, parent-approved alternative to YouTube Kids
As YouTube reels from a series of scandals related to its lack of policing around inappropriate content aimed at children, obscene comments on videos of…
Cyber Monday rings up $840M so far in US sales online
Cyber Monday is off to a flying start for online shopping in the US. As of 7am Pacific, $840 million has been spent, up 16.9…
Weather tracking tech developer ClimaCell raises $15 million
ClimaCell, a weather forecasting technology that uses wireless networks to create incredibly granular predictions, has raised $15 million to develop new products and expand beyond…
Researchers create a light-based key distribution system for quantum encryption
Researchers at Duke University, OSU and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have solved one of the biggest problems with new forms of quantum encryption: quantum key…
Waymo racks up 4 million self-driven miles
Waymo continues to press its lead in terms of actual miles driven on roads, which is potentially the most important metric out there when it…
Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported
This is software to save lives. Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send…
Cyber Monday’s best tech bets
So you’ve had a nice, calming two-day respite from all of the bargain hunting. But don’t worry, it’s almost over. It’s Cyber Monday, a holiday…
Stitch Fix defies odds, soars over 50% since lackluster debut
It’s been just ten days since Stitch Fix debuted on the stock market and after soaring 24% on shopping holiday “Cyber Monday,” Stitch Fix has…
iOS jailbreak repositories close as user interest wanes
A few years ago jailbreaking your iPhone was all the rage. The cat-and-mouse game of hackers versus Apple was great fun and some of the…
Cambrian is the new kid on the block-chain investment scene
Blockchain investment firms are the ‘new new thing’ in the investment world, not least European companies like kryptonite1 and neufund which are both appearing at…
YouTube faces brand freeze over ads and obscene comments on videos of kids
YouTube is firefighting another child safety content moderation scandal which has led several major brands to suspend advertising on its platform. Read More
McAfee acquires cloud security startup Skyhigh Networks, last valued at $400M
After spinning out as a standalone security business from Intel earlier this year, McAfee has made its first acquisition. The company has acquired Skyhigh Networks,…
Plex’s DVR now lets you skip the commercials… by removing them for you
Plex confirmed it’s rolling out a new feature that will allow cord cutters to skip the commercials in the TV programs recorded using its software,…
Snapchat’s newest filters can recognize what’s in your photos
Snapchat is rolling out new filters that can recognize what’s in your photos in order to suggest graphics, like borders or stickers, to accompany your…
Lucid moves its electric car ambitions into a spacious new HQ
Lucid, one of the companies that looks like it could have the best chance to potentially field a true all-electric competitor to Tesla’s Model S,…
Human pilot beats AI in drone race
Anything you can do, AI can do better. Eventually. On October 12, NASA put on its own demonstration, pitting an AI-piloted racing drone against world-renowned…
Two giant European VCs want founders to give more equity to employees
European VCs are getting tired, and who can blame them. Europe’s startup industry has boomed in the last ten years, and no-one can say it…
Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile title hits 15 million downloads less than a week after wide release
There are now 15 million people doing Tom Nook’s grunt work. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp marked Nintendo’s most significant mobile title launch since Mario Run…
The Pixel 2’s dormant Visual Core chip gets activated in the latest Android developer preview
Sadly, not all of the Pixel 2’s surprises have been the good sort since Google’s latest flagship launched. Visual Core is one of the more…
Imgur says 1.7M emails and passwords were breached in 2014 hack
Image-hosting site turned meme social network, Imgur, is the latest tech service to ‘fess up to a security breach. In a blog post Friday it revealed…
Amazon debuts Elemental-based AWS Media Services for video app creation
Video is what consumers are paying attention to these days, and Amazon’s AWS is hoping to capitalise on that with one of its latest launches.…
The Nordic Web launches an Angel fund to find the region’s under-the-radar startups
The Nordic Web, a research and analysis company which specialises in covering data on tech companies emerging out of the Nordic region, has started a…
UK to give police new powers to ground drones
The UK government has announced it will introduce draft legislation in the spring aimed at preventing unsafe or criminal use of drones. Read More
AWS launches Amazon Sumerian to build AR, VR and 3D apps quickly
We’d heard months ago that Amazon would be using its Re:Invent AWS event to roll out some a new service related to building in mixed…
TechCrunch Include Office Hours with Cavalry Ventures
TechCrunch December Include Office Hours will be hosted in Berlin, Germany on December 1st. We’re partnering with Calvary Ventures. From 2-3pm, Founding and Managing Partner Rouven Dresselhaus…
Here’s the schedule of our incredible breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin
At Disrupt Berlin, we have a special treat for attendees who want to engage with our main stage speakers and other experts on the big…
Cyber Monday Special – Get a free gift when you buy a Disrupt Berlin ticket
Whether you celebrate a specific holiday or just love to celebrate giving gifts, you’re gonna love our Cyber Monday special. Today only, when you buy…
Flitto’s language data helps machine translation systems get more accurate
Artificial intelligence-powered translation is becoming an increasingly crowded category, with Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook all working on their own services. But tech still isn’t…
Predicting success in startup consumer brands
As Amazon replaces brick-and-mortar store shelves and social influencers replace television stars, newer brands are not only taking advantage of these channels, but also are…
Find your red-eyed fans
I’ve been thinking about token sale marketing lately mostly because it’s been so bad. I’ve gotten hundreds of emails asking me to be an ICO…
Balderton Capital closes new $375M fund to invest in Series A-stage European startups
More VC money sloshing around Europe: In what was probably one of the worst kept secrets in European VC, London-based Balderton Capital is announcing a…
Fighting fake news online wins these three projects accolades
There are few greater threats to democracy in the world today than the proliferation of fake news and propaganda. So it was no surprise that…
The time I was turned away from China
Yesterday, Sunday November 26 2017, I was turned away from immigration at Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport by Chinese officials. Alongside a number of other visitors, I…
Snap’s Evan Spiegel is clinging to billionaire status by his fingernails
It’s hard to fault someone for being barely a billionaire — a self-made one at that, who happens to be just 27 years old. Still,…
Makers or breakers?
The weight of problems being demonstrably attached to heavily used tech services has acquired such a gravitational and political pull that it’s becoming harder and…
The top 10 tech companies with the best fertility benefits
Thinking of starting a family but need a little help from science? IVF costs alone can be exorbitant, ranging from $12,000 to $20,000 per cycle, depending…
Bitcoin is over $9,000
Well, it’s over $9,000. Even as you recoup from attempting to explain Bitcoin to your family over the Thanksgiving dinner table, the value of the…
Black Friday pushes Jeff Bezos’ net worth to $100 billion
Being the richest man in the world wasn’t enough. After Amazon shares climbed on Black Friday, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos saw his net worth…
OnePlus 5T makes the best deal in smartphones even better
Three years and seven phones later, it’s hard to argue with OnePlus’s methods. That’s not to say it hasn’t made its share of missteps along…
FCC doubles down on its dead-wrong definition of how the internet works
In May, when the FCC released an early draft of its plan to undo 2015’s strong net neutrality rules, I pointed out that its case…
Do VC woes extend to portfolio companies? For Rothenberg, probably not
As VC brands go, Rothenberg Ventures has seen better days. The firm built up a reputation as an up-and-coming early-stage investor. But Silicon Valley soured on Rothenberg Ventures last…
‘Substitute Phone’ artfully satisfies your compulsion to swipe and scroll
Smartphones are inarguably an addictive class of devices, and not just because they put an endless font of information at your fingertips. The experience of…
How bad decision making could undermine good innovation
Here’s a scary thought for decision makers inside large organizations grappling with digital transformation. You can actually be innovative and have mechanisms in place to…
13 great board games to play with family and friends
Board games are a blast. They’re cheap to buy, fun to give, and amazing to play. We’ve chosen twelve of our favorites that you can…
Macy’s credit card processors stop working on Black Friday
It’s one of the biggest shopping days of the year, but retail giant Macy’s can’t get its credit card processors to work. Customers have been…
11 bragworthy gifts for the 20-somethings in your life
It’s me, TechCrunch’s resident 20-something back for a third year to help you figure out what to get the millennials in your life. Here’s a…
Pokémon Go creator raises $200 million ahead of Harry Potter game launch
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has raised a new $200 million in funding, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Series B raise was led by Spark…
Black Friday deals net $640M in sales so far, mobile 60% of all traffic
With Thanksgiving hitting a record $2.87 billion in online sales in the U.S., Black Friday is shaping up to be an even bigger haul for…
Approaching e-commerce investments in the age of Amazon
With Amazon as the 800-pound gorilla, many of my fellow investors choose to ignore e-commerce altogether. In fact, the industry hit recent lows in a number…
Snapchat seeks salvation in long-form and “hands-on” AR ads
Snap Inc’s stock tanked after missing revenue expectations by $30 million last quarter, so Snapchat is looking to win over businesses with immersive new ads…
Black Eyed Peas’ graphic novel, ‘Masters of the Sun,’ gets the AR treatment
Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am took heed of Steve Jobs’ “think different” but perhaps more so, he has kept it all the way 100 by…
Mattress startup Purple launches in 13 Mattress Firm store locations
A number of bed-in-a-box startups have taken different approaches to selling their mattresses and bed ware in the last year. Casper and Tuft and Needle,…
Original Content podcast: ‘The Punisher’ arrives with a bang
Marvel and Netflix’s latest show The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as the bloodthirsty superhero. Bernthal first took on the role in the second season of…
OK Go lets printers do the dancing in new music video
The band OK Go is known for its insanely creative music videos. From scooters, to cars, to planes, to treadmills, these guys have perfected the…
Amazon German, Italian workers protest on Black Friday, dubbed ‘Strike Friday’
Amazon has been one of the strongest driving forces behind the surge of e-commerce holiday sales around Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the rest of the…
Shopify’s live streaming the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales frenzy
Ever wonder what Black Friday’s consumerist rush looks like in real time? Now you can see it visualized in the stream above, which is a…
Equity podcast: Stitch Fix and Sailpoint get their IPOs done
AUDIO Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we assembled the full crew…
Twitter testing a feature that shows how many are ‘talking about’ tweets
Twitter is experimenting with a new feature that will show how many people are “talking about” individual, popular tweets. The metric shows up under some…