Category: Tech news

 Amazon today decided that there’s no better time than a late Thursday afternoon to announce a new instance type for its EC2 cloud computing service and so the company today announced the launch of its new M4 general purpose instances for its EC2 cloud computing service. Read More

 Apple is hoping to lure developers away from the temptations of the URL scheme, which Twitter infamously made use of last year to track what apps are installed on your iOS device, To do that, they’ve introduced a new alternative in Universal Links, which can direct users right to the relevant content within your app, using just a standard web link preceded by either http:// or https://.… Read More

 As is my wont, I like to spend the warm summer months in Central Europe, far from sandy beaches, palm trees and piña coladas. Instead, I prefer Zywiec, the Baltic and conifers. Therefore I invite you and yours to come out to our meet ups in Gdynia, Warsaw, and Krakow where we’ll eat fine sausages and network under the Polish stars. Read More

 Earlier today, we got the chance to check out the Oculus Rift consumer virtual reality headset, which has finally been fully revealed to the world. We also get a first look at the Oculus Touch Controllers, unique input devices designed by Oculus themselves to make interacting with a virtual environment much easier. Press wasn’t able to use or even paw the hardware unveiled – but… Read More

 Launched on Indiegogo last week, PureWrist is a fashionable silicone bracelet that contains an embedded NFC payment chip that lets you go through life without Apple Pay. The chip inside the bracelet is powered by the same technology found in Apple Pay and NFC-enabled credit cards. This allows PureWrist to be used to as a form of payment anywhere that accepts contactless payments… Read More

 Housing activists, San Francisco policy makers and Airbnb are in the midst of another showdown over short-term rental regulation that will stretch into next month and potentially into the November election. The debate centers on enforcement, data and caps on the number of days a host can put a unit out on a platform. Read More

 Oculus may be focused on this generation of hardware with today’s big Rift VR headset unveiling, but it’s also keeping an eye to future generations. We caught up with Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe after the special event today, as he fielded questions from a gaggle of reporters, TechCrunch included. Read More

 Apple has just opened up its sixth location in New York City on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It’s located at 940 Madison Avenue, between 74th and 75th streets, in a building that was once an old bank branch. The vault was remodeled to become an Apple Watch try-on space, and unlike other Apple Stores that have come before it, the UES location features two large display walls for… Read More

 After years of user growth struggles, Twitter just announced that its CEO Dick Costolo will be stepping down July 1st, though he’ll remain on the board. Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey will be the interim CEO. A conference call with investors has been set for 2:15pm PST today to discuss the situation. Read More

 Twitter is a public broadcast platform, but it’s also increasingly a one-to-one and one-to-many private communication mechanism. The company announced today it’s taking that even further with a change to its direct messaging capability: Beginning in July, DMs will no longer carry the 140 character limit Twitter enforces for its public posts. The change to DMs is being telegraphed… Read More

 It’s no secret that the smart home is a hot industry generating big-time buzz from VCs and large technology companies alike. The dream of a fully automated and connected home, where control of every device is at its owner’s fingertips, has attracted leading innovators. Read More

 After launching at Disrupt NY 2013, the HR management startup Zenefits is taking the enterprise human resources world by storm. Parker Conrad is the co-founder and CEO of Zenefits, and we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Parker will be joining us for an on-stage interview at Disrupt San Francisco 2015. Zenefits is one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley, most… Read More

 There are a few major players in the niche of watch media and Ben Clymer’s Hodinkee is one of the biggest. The site, which features bold photos of classic and contemporary watches worth more than all of our cars combined alongside interviews, has merged with Kevin Rose’s Watchville, an aggregator that lets watch obsessives read the latest news. Rose, who will become CEO of… Read More

 Bitbucket, Atlassian’s GitHub-like Git and Mercurial code management service, is getting a major update this week that now allows third-party tools to integrate their applications right into the service. Atlassian claims that this new Connect for Bitbucket feature will help developers get all the information they need to ship their code in one place without having to constantly switch… Read More

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