Category: Tech news

Generic black-or-brown speaker designs giving you the blues? The good folks at Kvart & Bølge may have an answer for you.

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The new drone from Chinese manufacturer Yuneec has a 4K camera and is very easy to pilot. It has some faults, but it’s great for beginners.

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 As on-demand businesses like Uber and Instacart grow quickly, so too do the B2B startups that service their wider ecosystem. In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed with several sources that Checkr — which runs background checks and vets potential hires by way of an API for the likes of Uber, Instacart and Handy, and other fast-growing startups like Zenefits… Read More

 On September 18, 2015, Comcast reached a $33 million settlement over claims that it published personal information of more than 75,000 customers — even though those customers had specifically paid a fee for their information to be kept private. As a consequence, the company will pay a $100 compensation to each victim. This case is particularly interesting because, for the first time,… Read More

 There are plenty of people who’d happily become shareholders in companies like Apple and Facebook if the process of buying stock were simpler. They are plenty of people who’d prefer to give the gift of stock but who hand out money or retailers’ gift cards for the same reason. Stockpile, a five-year-old, 15-person, Palo Alto, Ca.-based brokerage services firm has a solution… Read More

 In a discussion with TechCrunch last week, Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand and CFO Michael Sullivan, detailed the company’s financial performance, including its forward projections.
The company, known for its identity management, multi-factor authentication and single sign-on tools also noted that it has seen growth in revenue share from newer products, and that it has transitioned… Read More

 When the Surface Book, Microsoft’s new laptop-hybrid was announced, the most expensive version quickly sold out on the company’s online store. Now, every variant is unavailable on the online Microsoft store in the United States. That’s notable, given the device’s high price point; the Surface Book starts at $1,499. Read More

 Facebook connects 1.5 billion people all over the world, but for the blind and visually impaired, it can be difficult to gain access to what has become a vast platform for connectivity. That’s where Facebook’s accessibility team, led by Jeff Wieland, comes in. The sole purpose of the accessibility team is to help people with disabilities have a seamless experience on Facebook,… Read More

 Condé Nast, publisher of magazines including The New Yorker and Wired, announced earlier today that it has acquired Pitchfork Media. You might not be a Pitchfork reader yourself, but the site has become a cultural force — fairly or not, it’s known as the standard bearer for hipster/indie music. (It’s also a site that I visited regularly, back when I actually cared about… Read More

 Customer support giant Zendesk is acquiring French startup BIME Analytics for $45 million in cash. BIME Analytics is a business intelligence startup with a software-as-a-service approach. It turns data from many different sources into trends and insights. The startup raised $3.4 million from Alven Capital and business angels. Read More

 This week on Cribs we continue our string of Hollywood startups at Funny or Die headquarters in Los Angeles, California. This is the fourth office for the digital content company since its start in 2007. And for some reason this time the walls aren’t finished. Funny or Die’s CEO Dick Glover tells us, like everything it does, that’s on purpose. We’re not sure if we… Read More

 As a lover of watches I look for a few things. First I look for complicated movements – the guts inside the watch – and second I look for interesting design. These watches, the KLOK-1 and KLOK-2, fit the bill. Designed to look like a slide rule and a clever “fuel gauge” model, both watches use custom-made quartz motorized movements to display the time. The watches… Read More

 Today following the bell, Intel reported its third-quarter financial performance, including revenue of $14.5 billion and earnings per share of $0.64. Following its earnings beat, shares in the chip giant initially rose.
Analysts had expected Intel to report a $0.59 per-share profit, off revenue of $14.2 billion. Those expectations represented a 10.6 percent decline and a 2.3 percent fall… Read More

 Before the whole Alphabet rejiggering, Google acquired tons of companies over the years. Roughly 184, according to Wikipedia. We thought we’d take a few minutes and pluck out a few names you might recognize, but weren’t all necessarily powerhouses on their own, and let you know what’s become of them! Read More

 One of the most common complaints from iPhone owners today is that they’re running out of space on their phones, and either aren’t quite sure what to do about it, or don’t have time to spend backing up then deleting all the photos, videos, and messages that are weighing down their device. While Apple offers a solution for this with its iCloud service, which is now more… Read More