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Crunch Report | Glow-in-the-Dark Plants
Blue Origin’s Crew Capsule 2.0 takes first flight, scientists at MIT make glow-in-the-dark plants and Google is opening an AI center in China. All this…
Samsung refreshes its Notebook 9 laptop line
They say Christmas season gets earlier every year, and the same seems to apply to CES. The year’s biggest tech show is a little less…
Wizeline expands its outsourced IT services business into southeast Asia
Wizeline, a provider of outsourced programming services, is expanding its global footprint with agreements to partner with a slew of development shops across Southeast Asia.…
The price is right! Pace raises £2.5M to automate hotel room pricing based on demand
Pace, a London startup that has developed tech that uses machine learning to let hotels set room prices dynamically based on demand, has raised £2.5…
Plenty of Fish adds new conversation features to differentiate itself from Tinder
Match Group, which houses a large portfolio of dating app brands – including most notably, Tinder, Match, and OKCupid – is prepping a notable upgrade…
Microsoft looks to make Bing results smarter with new AI-powered features and Reddit partnership
At a special AI-focused event today in San Francisco, Microsoft announced a number of feature updates to Bing that it hopes will make results smarter…
Microsoft makes Azure Bot Service generally available for developers
Microsoft introduced the Azure Bot Framework over two years ago and companies have building chatbots for a variety of scenarios ever since. Today, the company…
The new reality of mobile AR and computer vision venture capital
Mobile AR from Apple, Google and Facebook and computer vision/machine learning (CV/ML) are focusing the minds and wallets of VCs in Silicon Valley, China and…
Half of Amazon app users have been switched to a new, swipe-based 1-Click checkout
Has Amazon’s ‘one-click’ checkout on mobile looked a little different to you lately? A number of users of Amazon’s mobile applications have recently reported seeing…
How to Use the Psychology of Colors When Marketing
Originally posted by smallbiztrends.com here: https://smallbiztrends.com/2014/06/psychology-of-colors.htmlLast Updated: Nov 2, 2017 by DashBurst Do you feel tranquilly calm when surrounded by green fields and blue skies? Or perhaps slightly alarmed when staring at a red stop sign? Color has been known to have a powerful psychological impact on people’s behavior and decisions, and this knowledge has […]
The Psychology of Colors in Marketing and Branding
Originally posted by ColorPsychology.org here: https://www.colorpsychology.org/color-psychology-marketing/ For retailers and most outlets, marketing is an art of persuasion. Many different factors influence the buying decision of the shoppers who walk into your store. The most common influences are the subtle and the obvious visual cues around the outlet, from the order of arrangement and colors to […]
PuTTY Begone! Microsoft will ship an OpenSSH client
The first thing I download on a new Windows machine – after Chrome, of course – is PuTTY. This tried-and-true OpenSSH client has served millions…
Redbox unveils its service for digital movie purchases and rentals
Redbox, the company behind the ubiquitous supermarket kiosks for renting DVDs, is moving into the world of digital streaming. Technically, Redbox On Demand is still…
Comcast reiterates a shifting promise of ‘no paid prioritization’
Comcast has promised before that it does not and will not engage in paid prioritization, and today the company has reiterated that stance — after…
Gfycat wants to fix your low-fidelity GIFs with machine learning
We all love to share GIFs — and there are plenty of ways to do that, through online portals or keyboards — but often times…
Security robots are being used to ward off San Francisco’s homeless population
Is it worse if a robot instead of a human is used to deter the homeless from setting up camp outside places of business? One…
2017 Trend: The Eyelid as the Canvas of Choice Follow along on… via #Instagram Blog
2017 Trend: The Eyelid as the Canvas of Choice Follow along on #IGYearInReview as we reflect on the most memorable Instagram trends of 2017. While Ellie Costello (@makeupisart_x) paints magical scenes on her eyelids, it feels like she plants them. “I never ever plan a look and then go and get the flowers,” explains 20-year-old Ellie, who lives in London. “I always get some flowers first, then envision the look around the flowers. I find that creating as you go along always allows your creativity and imagination to run a lot more freely —I like just letting the magic happen.” Ellie is part of the beauty community on Instagram who made the eyelid their canvas of choice in 2017. “It is great when you can…
INSIKT raises $50 million to lend to low-income communities
Loans can be the hardest to get for the people who need them the most. An estimated 45 million Americans don’t have a credit score and others…
Here are the deadlines for all your online holiday shopping orders
While some folks still head to the stores on Black Friday and throughout December, many of us are turning to the web for Christmas shopping.…
Pepsi one-ups Budweiser brewer by ordering 100 Tesla electric semi trucks
PepsiCo is the latest company to reveal that it’s placed orders for Tesla’s forthcoming electric semi-truck – and also the company with the largest order…
Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso just raised venture funding for her new company
Sophia Amoruso famously founded the retailer Nasty Gal, growing it from an Ebay store that sold vintage items to a darling of the fashion world…
Commission Impossible, part two: How enemies gathered around net neutrality
One would think that the classification of internet providers as telecoms or not, and which federal agency has authority over them, is about as in…
Google Assistant is coming to older Android phones and tablets
The Google Assistant has long been available on most modern phones and tablets. But given the fragmentation of the Android ecosystem, many older devices will…
KitchenAid Unveils New All-Terrain Rolling Pin via LifeHacker
BENTON HARBOR, MI—Calling the rugged utensil a necessity for those who bake as hard as they live, KitchenAid on Thursday unveiled its new all-terrain rolling pin. “The DuraDough rolling pin features a larger cylinder diameter lined with specialized treads to take on heavy-duty dough prep,” said company spokesperson…Read more…
Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrates a fully autonomous helicopter in action
Aurora Flight Sciences is a company working on making full-scale autonomous combat craft a reality, and now some of its work is ready for prime…
Lily raises $2M from NEA and others for a personal stylist service that considers feelings, not just fit
One of the reasons recently IPO’d Stitch Fix became so popular among female shoppers is because of how it pairs the convenience of home try-on…
Mario Bear has come to save 2017
It’s been a long year – it feels like it actually spanned about 50, in fact. But now, at the end, some relief: Mario Bear.…
Aiming to be the LinkedIn for creatives, The Dots raises £4m
Professional social networks like LinkedIn have long been a mainstay of business, but what if you are more of a creative bent where LinkedIn looks…
Berlin’s Joblift raises €10M to attack legacy sites, in a round led by DN Capital
Joblift, a European job site in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, has raised €10 million in a funding round led by the London/Berlin…
Click-to-WhatsApp messaging buttons are now rolling out in Facebook ads
WhatsApp has always said that it has no plans to put ads into its own app, but this is not stopping Facebook, which now owns…
Target is buying Alabama-based same-day delivery service Shipt for $550 million
Target, America’s other favorite old-line retailer (the one that’s not Walmart, with the arguably better commercials), is buying the Alabama-based delivery startup Shipt in a…
NASA to screen ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ on the International Space Station
Being an astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station shouldn’t mean that you have to miss out on much-anticipated movie releases like Star…
EBay acquires Terapeak to provide more analytics to marketplace sellers
EBay today announced another acquisition today that underscores the company’s current focus on building out better data tools for third-party sellers on its platform, to…
ispace just raised $90 million to launch two private moon missions by 2020
Japanese company ispace has raised $90.2 million in a Series A funding round, an amount it’s calling the “largest ever” Series A in commercial space…
T-Mobile plans pay TV service in 2018 fueled by Layer3 acquisition
T-Mobile is getting into the paid TV business, with the acquisition of Layer3 TV, a TV tech company, and plans announced to launch its own…
Scientists make kale plants glow in the dark with firefly enzymes
A team of MIT research have engineered plants that glow in the dark, using luciferase, the enzyme that lights up firefly butts. The answer to…
This app will help you figure out if you can fit that Costco-sized paper towel box in your apartment
You’re probably going to get a better deal when you buy consumer products — like paper towels — wholesale, but at the same time you’re…
Indiegogo now lets you fund via token sale
Crowdfunding service and Kickstarter-competitor Indiegogo is now offering an ICO service alongside its partner, MicroVentures. The company will allow users to participate in SEC-complaint ICOs…
Amazon expands same-day delivery and one-day shipping to thousands more cities
Amazon announced today it has expanded its same-day delivery and one-day shipping service to thousands more markets across the U.S., just in time for last-minute…
Amazon Echo’s multi-room music streaming feature now supports Spotify and SiriusXM
Just in time for all of those ridiculous holiday playlists, Amazon’s added two key players to the Echo’s multi-room streaming feature. Spotify and SiriusXM now…
Events management platform Bizzabo raises $15M Series B
Just eight months after its last round of funding, events management platform Bizzabo has raised a $15 million Series B. The new round, which brings…
Nvidia and construction giant Komatsu partner on AI for job site safety
Nvidia is teaming up with Komatsu, one of the largest manufacturers of heavy equipment for construction and mining in the world, to deploy AI at…
Mixbook photo book service acquires WedPics
In 2012, a Raleigh, NC-based company called WedPics launched on to the scene to make wedding photos a little less of a headache. Five years…
10 Hard Truths About Management No One Tells You
I remember talking with an acquaintance a few years back who had recently graduated from college about how she envisioned her career progressing. Here’s how…
NSI Ventures hits first close on new $125M fund for Southeast Asia
There’s been pause since Southeast Asia last welcomed fresh venture capital, but one reload is on its way after NSI Ventures, an early investor in Indonesian…
Blue Origin flies its Crew Capsule 2.0 for the first time
Jef Bezos’ space company Blue Origin recorded a new milestone today – an inaugural flight for Crew Capsule 2.0, the latest version of the vehicle…
Apple invests $390 million in TrueDepth component maker Finisar
Apple announced a substantial investment in Finisar. Apple is giving Finisar $390 million to build a new 700,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Sherman, Texas. Finisar is…
Line adds unsend for recalling missent messages
Messaging platform Line has added the ability for users to retrieve messages they’ve sent in error. Read More
FreightHub, a European ‘digital freight forwarder’, scores $20M Series A
FreightHub, a Berlin and Hamburg-based startup that claims to be Europe’s first fully digital freight forwarder, has raised a $20 million Series A round, just…
Uber doubles down on Indonesia after hiring its first country president
As part of its new approach to Asia, Uber has announced its first president for its business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy and the world’s fourth…
Here’s what people were Googling in 2017
There are few metrics in the world that offer as much insight into our society as Google’s annual “Year in Search.” More than any of the…
Payments startup iZettle raises $47M, reportedly at a $950M valuation
iZettle — the payments startup based out of Stockholm that competes against companies like Square, Paypal and SumUp to provide card transactions using smartphones and…
Techstars is launching its first accelerator program in Asia in partnership with Rakuten
Techstars is bringing its global accelerator program to Asia for the first time in partnership with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten and its chat app Viber.…
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Google opening a China-based research lab focused on artificial intelligence
Google has officially announced that it is opening an AI center in Beijing, China. The confirmation comes after months of speculation fueled by a major…
New York City moves to establish algorithm-monitoring task force
New York City may soon gain a task force dedicated to monitoring the fairness of algorithms used by municipal agencies. Formed from experts in automated…
Facebook Messaging VP David Marcus joins Coinbase board
Coinbase is growing up fast — or at least trying to. As an emblem of its current effort to accommodate the massive demand on its…
Lyft goes international with Toronto launch
Lyft has officially opened for business in Toronto, its first market outside the U.S. The Canadian expansion was announced last month, and December 12 is…
Alabama Supreme Court blocks order to preserve digital voting records
Following an eleventh hour order instructing voting officials in Alabama to keep the digital ballots generated in Tuesday’s controversial Senate election, the state’s Supreme Court…
To fix SoundCloud, it must become the anti-Spotify
Startups die by suicide, not competition. It wasn’t that anyone was stealing SoundCloud’s underground rappers, bedroom remixers, and garage bands. SoundCloud stumbled because it neglected these…
Target adds an e-gifting option to its website
Target today unveiled a new e-gifting feature designed for those who think gift cards are too impersonal, but who are just too busy (or too…
@nornea’s Forest Adventures with Her ‘Real-Life’ Unicorn … via #Instagram Blog
@nornea’s Forest Adventures with Her ‘Real-Life’ Unicorn Starting today, we’re introducing new ways for you to discover your interests on Instagram, with the ability to follow hashtags like #equestrian. For 19-year-old Menea Johansson Djärv (@nornea), dressing up means felt hats, capes and a unicorn horn for her beloved pony Norina ?. As a child growing up in Sweden, she was inspired by vivid fairy tales and medieval markets. “It was beyond exciting to see adults dress up and pretend they lived in a different time,” she says. Now, cloaked in nature, Menea creates her own #equestrian daydreams that reflect a real-life kinship with her creatures. “I want [my horses] to see me as a best friend they can trust and respect, just like I do…
HotelTonight is revamping their rewards program with infinite levels
Last year HotelTonight launched HT Perks, their own twist on a hotel loyalty program. The program is level-based, meaning user “level up” as they meet…
Betting consumers are tired of bad bank behavior, Aspiration raises $47 million for its alternative
A who’s-who of celebrities, investors, and celebrity investors have come together to invest $47 million into Aspiration, the company launched by a former speechwriter for…
Discovering New Ways to Play with Paint with Artist… via #Instagram Blog
Discovering New Ways to Play with Paint with Artist @annettelabedzki Starting today, we’re introducing new ways for you to discover your interests on Instagram, with the ability to follow hashtags like #asmr. Once Canadian artist Annette Labedzki (@annettelabedzki) learned there was a community of people mixing paint for sensory effects, she wasted no time. “My first video was late at night, I used wax paper, I had my pajamas on,” she says. Through #asmr (autonomous sensory meridian response), Annette, who has painted full time for 30 years, found new ways to be inspired by the materials she’s always worked with. “There was a point where I had mixed every color combo that I could possibly think of. And one night I thought, ‘I wonder what…
Hulu adds your watchlist and picture-in-picture mode to its web app
Hulu today is rolling out a handful of new features to the beta version of its Live TV service on the web, including a picture-in-picture…
Twitter officially launches ‘threads,’ a new feature for easily posting tweetstorms
Twitter today is announcing the launch of a new feature that will allow people to more easily post tweetstorms – that is, those series of…
Upstream Security reels in $9M Series A to protect connected cars
Upstream Security, a new startup founded by two cyber security industry veterans, announced a $9 million Series A today to help protect connected vehicles and…
Mindspace raises $20 million to launch co-working spaces in the U.S.
Co-working startup Mindspace recently raised $20 million as it gears up to launch its first two locations in the U.S. While Mindspace is looking to…
Adobe Lightroom’s auto setting is now powered by AI
Adobe launched an update to its suite of Lightroom photo management apps today that, among other things, brings a new machine learning-powered auto setting to…
Storify’s standalone service is shutting down next year
Storify’s eventual shuttering has been a long time coming. The social timeline curation service was acquired by commenting platform Livefyre back in 2013, which, in…
Twitch launches an Alexa skill that plays your channels on Echo Show, offers live audio streams
Twitch, the Amazon-owned video game streaming service, is now available on Alexa. The company says it has launched a new skill for Alexa device owners…
Facebook opens AR platform and “world effects” to all developers
Facebook is trying to close the augmented reality gap with Snapchat with the help of an army of third-party developers. Today, eight months after debuting…
‘The Last Jedi’ is the most moving Star Wars movie — and the funniest
One of the most common ways to praise a new Star Wars movie is to claim that it’s the best one since The Empire Strikes…
Box launches new consulting unit to help customers struggling with digital transformation
Box announced a new consulting organization today called Box Transform. It is designed to help companies understand that transformation requires a new way of working…
Clubhouse nets $10m Series A from Battery Ventures to make software development fun again
People often describe work as a rat race, but for a lot of engineers, that isn’t too far off. Take one Jira ticket off the…
Facebook will no longer always divert international advertising revenue to Ireland
Facebook today said it is shifting to a “local selling structure” in countries outside of the U.S., in which its advertising revenue in that country…
Facebook bats back after a second former exec accuses it of negatively impacting society
Yesterday, The Verge published comments made by investor and former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, quoting his interview last month at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where…
Together, These Twins Tumble and Soar Through the Air Starting… via #Instagram Blog
Together, These Twins Tumble and Soar Through the Air Starting today, we’re introducing new ways for you to discover your interests on Instagram, with the ability to follow hashtags like #gymnastics. Some twins finish each other’s sentences, Marcos and Alejandro Ponce López (@impact.brothers) finish each other’s flips. After seeing break dancers perform in their hometown 14 years ago, the duo from Torre del Mar, Spain, dedicated their lives to becoming professional acrobats. What’s been their biggest #gymnastics accomplishment to date? “Everything we have learned has been self-taught. Hand to hand [where one performer, balancing on the hands of the other performer, does a handstand], was very complicated for us, since it is a very complex discipline. We have some friends who know this discipline. One…
Now You Can Follow Hashtags on Instagram via #Instagram Blog
Today we’re introducing the ability to follow hashtags, giving you new ways to discover photos, videos and people on Instagram. Now it’s even easier to stay connected with the interests, hobbies, passions and communities you care about. Every day, millions of people share photos and videos and tag them with relevant hashtags. #onthetable, #slime and #floralnails are just a few examples of hashtags that represent the many interests and passions of our community. To make these posts even more discoverable, we’re introducing hashtags you can follow. Following a hashtag is just like following a friend. To get started, search for a topic you’re interested in or tap on a hashtag from any post. You’ll see relevant hashtags displayed in your search results along with related…
Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag following
Instagram has always been a social network where you follow friends and creators, but today it’s evolving with a new way to follow hashtags so…
YouTube TV hits 34 new markets
The unbundling of the cable media empire is well underway, as players like Netflix grow others like Hulu and YouTube offer live TV service. YouTube…
Algoriddim releases djay Pro 2 with AI-powered features
DJ software maker Algoriddim is releasing djay Pro 2 for macOS today. It’s a major update to the company’s flagship app. It still features what…
Review: Shinola Canfield headphones are an overpriced mess
The Shinola Canfield headphones cost $600 and does not ship with a 1/2-inch stereo adapter. That should tell you everything you need to know. But…
Nintendo sells 10 million Switch consoles since launch
Nintendo has sold 10 million units of the Switch console since launch, according to the company. The console launched back in March, and is selling…
Clap on! Clap off! It’s Clapboss!
Sure Alexa can sing you a song but can you clap back at her? A new product by the makers of the Freewrite lets you…
Apple’s iMac Pro arrives December 14, starting at $4,999
It seems like forever ago that Apple first teased the iMac Pro, the souped up, professional grade version of its all-in-one. Announced back at WWDC,…
Tinder is testing a feed of real-time updates from your matches, including posts from Instagram and Spotify
Tinder announced today it’s beginning a test of a new feature called “Feed” designed to help users learn more about their matches. The Feed, which…
SEC shuts down Munchee ICO
In what should be an interesting beginning to the coming avalanche of ICO failures, the SEC has come down hard on Munchee, a company that…
Descript gets $5M to make sound editing like a word document
Right before jumping on the phone Friday afternoon, Andrew Mason, who then ran a walking tour startup called Detour and ran Groupon, was hand-correcting a…
ThredUP launches Stitch Fix competitor for try-before-you-buy clothes
Consignment startup thredUP is launching Goody Boxes, for people who want to try on clothes at home before making purchases. Customers will be able to order…
Homeis, a culture network for immigrants, launches and nabs $4m seed round led by Spark Capital
Immigrating to a new country is one of the most challenging experiences any person can face. In a single instant, your social networks, your ability…
Brazilian startup Creditas is revolutionizing credit in the world’s third largest lending market
After twelve years working for banks and consulting firms on the digital transformation of financial services, Creditas founder Sergio Furio finally found a problem he…
Alohomora! Harry Potter game hits your phone next year with Jam City
Niantic’s much-anticipated Harry Potter follow up to Pokemon Go is coming next year, but Harry Potter fans who want their first taste of Hogwarts on mobile…
Ed Lee, SF mayor who had a close relationship with the tech world, has died aged 65
Ed Lee, the mayor of San Francisco who worked closely with leaders in the city’s tech industry, has died after a heart attack aged 65.…
Bitwise Investments raises $4M to launch its crypto index fund
Last month San Francisco-based Bitwise Investments announced a passively managed index fund comprised of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The fund rebalances once…
WhatsApp business accounts will either be verified, confirmed or unconfirmed
Another tidbit around how WhatsApp’s incoming business accounts will function: According to a FAQ for users of the messaging platform — on “Chatting with businesses” —…
Apple’s App Store now lets you pre-order iOS apps and games before they launch
Apple has quietly allowed developers to make their apps available for pre-order. It’s a basic feature — as Android fanatics will point out — but…
Germany’s Penta is a new digital bank account for startups and SMEs
Germany’s Penta is the latest European startup to throw its banking wares into the ring. The burgeoning company is launching a new digital bank account…
Google: Southeast Asia’s internet economy is growing faster than expected
Southeast Asia is now the world’s third largest region for internet users — with more people online than the entire U.S. population — and internet…
With Norrsken House, ex-Klarna executive envisions a global network of co-working spaces focused on impact
In 2016, Niklas Adalberth stepped away from day-to-day operations at the financial services startup Klarna, the billion-dollar company he helped create, to begin working on…
Devialet built a car audio system for Renault’s Symbioz concept car
High-end speaker maker Devialet is branching out of home speakers. The company announced a partnership with Renault for its first ever car audio system. You…
Watch SpaceX launch a reflown ship on a reflown rocket live here
SpaceX is launching a space station resupply mission later this morning, with an instantaneous launch window opening at 8:46 AM PST (11:46 AM EST) from…
Africa’s SureRemit joins the tokenized race to win the global remittance market
Nigerian based SureRemit has launched a crypto token aimed at money sent home by global immigrants. The startup — which is incorporated in Mauritius —…
India’s Vahdam Teas raises $1.4M to bring fresher tea to your door faster
Vahdam Teas, an e-commerce that’s focused on selling the freshest brews on the planet, has closed a Series A funding round worth $1.4 million to…
One month after denying it will exit China, AWS opens its second region there
Amazon Web Services has opened its second region in China with a local partner, Ningxia Western Cloud Data Technology. The launch comes just one month…
MyEtherWallet plans official iOS app after knockoff version is booted from App Store
The organization behind MyEtherWallet is planning to release an official version of its popular cryptocurrency wallet for iOS after Apple removed a knockoff that had…
Crunch Report | Apple Confirms Shazam Acquisition
Apple confirms its Shazam acquisition, MyEtherWallet knockoff goes live on the App Store and is now removed and the NFL is partnering with Verizon and…
Soylent co-founder Rob Rhinehart steps down as CEO
After an eventful (and sometimes challenging) year for Soylent, co-founder Rob Rhinehart announced today that he will resign as the meal replacement shake company’s chief…
Nextdoor raised about $75 million to connect neighbors
Nextdoor, the neighborhood social networking site raised about $75 million in a funding round, The Information reported, estimating that the valuation is $1.5 billion. The round…
Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPclassic Weekend Hashtag Project is… via #Instagram Blog
Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPclassic Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags. For a chance to be featured, follow @instagram and look for a post every week announcing the latest project. The goal of #WHPclassic was to create photos and videos that display a timeless quality. Each week, we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.
A venture firm focused on real estate, Navitas Capital, just raised $60 million
Real estate heavyweights clearly don’t want to be left in the dust by tech startups that see opportunities to do things more efficiently, more transparently,…
Apple GymKit is coming to a treadmill near you
It’s been half a decade since Apple transitioned to the lighting connector, and still I regularly see the long-retired iPod 30-pin cable flopping off treadmill…
With markets going crypto-crazy, SEC chairman weighs in
Given the crazy run cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether and litecoin have been on in the last week, it was only a matter of time before…
Iron Mountain acquires IO Data Centers US operations for $1.3 billion
Iron Mountain announced today that it’s acquiring the US data center assets of IO Data Centers for a cool $1.3 billion — and the price…
Max Levchin’s Affirm raised $200 million at nearly $2 billion valuation
Affirm, the platform that helps consumers find financing is getting some financing of its own. The San Francisco-based company confirmed that it’s raising $200 million,…
Former Gawker employees are crowdfunding an effort to buy Gawker.com
Gawker may soon return from the dead. While Univision acquired most of Gawker Media’s sites last year (and renamed them as the Gizmodo Media Group),…
Netflix users collectively watched 1 billion hours of content per week in 2017
Netflix users burned a lot of time watching content in 2017, though metrics seem to point that users have been watching less and less on…
N26 partners with Younited Credit to launch credit offering in France
German startup N26 is now live in 17 European countries, but many features first launched in Germany and never made their way to other markets.…
Instagram hires Twitter’s former VP of revenue product
Instagram made a big hire last week when it brought on board Ameet Ranadive, Twitter’s former VP of revenue product. At Instagram, Ranadive is working…
Google launches three new photography apps for testing experimental technology
Google today is launching a trio of new photo apps – a part of new series of what it has dubbed photography “appsperiments.” (Get it?…
Popular podcast ‘Welcome to Night Vale’ scores an FX development deal
With narrative podcasting on the rise, it’s no surprise that TV execs have begun looking at the medium as a resource for new shows. If…
This Could Be Your Last Chance to Buy LEGO's 1969-Piece Saturn V Apollo Kit For the Holidays via LifeHacker
Update 12/14- This was gone for a few days, but now it’s back in stock if you missed out on Monday’s resupply. Read more…
Inciting a new future
Swati Mylavarapu and Matt Rogers are the definitive Silicon Valley power couple. Rogers, a cheerful, be-fuzzed technologist, co-founded Nest Labs. Swati, a sharp visionary, was at…
Facebook is trying to make the Poke happen again
Facebook’s “Poke” feature has never really gone away, but now the social network is giving it a more prominent placement – and is even considering…