The global pandemic has halted travel, shunted schools online and shut down many cities, but the future of college-town America is an area of deep concern for the startup world. College towns have done exceedingly well with the rise of the knowledge economy and concentrating students and talent in dense social webs. That confluence of
Month: May 2020
You read that right. The big announcement came yesterday — TechCrunch Disrupt is now fully virtual. What does this mean for Startup Battlefield? More opportunity. The best companies from across the globe, an even bigger launch platform, the eyes of more investors from around the world and press exposure at the biggest conference TechCrunch has
Steve Case and Clara Sieg of Revolution recently spoke on TechCrunch’s new series, Extra Crunch Live. Throughout the hour-long chat, we touched on numerous subjects, including how diverse founders can take advantage during this downturn and how remote work may lead to growth outside Silicon Valley. The two have a unique vantage point, with Steve
Thriva emerged in 2016 as an at-home blood-testing startup allowing people to check, for instance, cholesterol levels. In the era of a pandemic, however, at-home blood testing is about to become quite a big deal, alongside the general trend toward people proactively taking control of their health. It has secured a £4 million extension to
Treat yourself to a brand-new smartwatch as part of the Memorial Day sales, and experience convenience at your leisure with a simple flick of the wrist. For as low as $150, you can take home the Garmin Forerunner 45S, Samsung Galaxy Watch Active and Active2, or the Garmin Fenix 6S smartwatch, and elevate your workouts
Mikael Johnsson Contributor Mikael Johnsson is a co-founder and general partner of Oxx, a venture capital firm investing in European SaaS companies at growth stage. A generation of companies now needs to forget what it has learned. The world has changed for everyone, and nowhere is this more true than in fundraising. I’ve been investing
Disney+ is Disney’s answer to streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Apple TV. With an enormous library that includes content from the Disney Vault, the Disney Channel, Pixar, National Geographic, and the Marvel and Star Wars universes, it has a strong claim as a leader in the streaming space. As of April 2020, the
FP TrendingMay 22, 2020 20:13:29 IST Muslims observe fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month of Ramadan. At the end of the holy month, the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated across the globe with much fanfare. Eid-ul-Fitr falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal. The date of Eid-ul-Fitr is decided
Statespace has today raised a $15 million Series A financing round led by Khosla, with partner Samir Kaul joining the board. Existing investors, such as FirstMark Capital, Lux and Expa, also participated in the round, as well as newcomer June Fund. Statespace launched out of stealth in 2017 with a product called Aim Lab, which
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. A cluster of related companies recently caught our eye by raising capital in rapid-fire fashion. TechCrunch covered a few of them, and I read coverage of others. Looking back through my notes and the media
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. First, a big thanks to everyone who took part in the Equity survey, we really appreciated your notes and thoughts. The crew is chewing over what you said now, and we’ll roll up the best feedback into show
Graphic: Google In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Google’s adding a long-overdue feature to its Maps app that puts details about a location’s accessibility facilities front and center. Advertisement With the “Accessible Places” feature enabled, business and points of interest with wheelchair-accessible entrances are marked with a wheelchair icon along with information about whether
VR breathes new life into the original mobile classic. Spaceteam VR is now available on Oculus and SteamVR headsets, offering players a colorfully chaotic cooperative experience that takes heavy inspiration from Sleeping Beast Games’ original 2012 mobile game of the same name. It’s the type of game where proper teamwork and effective communication are essential
No one likes to lose data, so in this guide, we’re going to show you how to back up your Apple Watch, whether it be an Apple Watch Series 5, Series 4, or an older model. The best way to think about your Apple Watch is as an extension of your iPhone, rather than a
Run The World, a year-old startup that’s based in Mountain View, Calif., and has small teams both in China and Taiwan, just nabbed $10.8 million in Series A funding co-led by earlier backer Andreessen Horowitz and new backer Founders Fund. It’s easy to understand the firms’ interest in the company, whose platform features every functionality
Christopher Nolan is one of Hollywood’s hottest filmmakers, with a string of critical and commercial hits that include Inception, the Dark Knight trilogy, and 2017’s Dunkirk. At this point, any project with his name on it is a big deal, but the upcoming Tenet might be his most important movie so far. Currently scheduled to premiere
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the formal launch of Samsung’s 2020 soundbar lineup since the company debuted the new speakers at CES 2020, and today we now know how much it will cost to add one to our home theater setups. It’s a big selection and there’s a soundbar for every room and every budget, from
The trailer for Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending new blockbuster Tenet will debut in a bizarre new medium. In addition to the usual releases on social media at 5 p.m. PT Thursday, the mysterious film’s latest trailer will also appear at the same time inside Fortnite, Epic Games’ hit online shooter. The trailer will appear on the
The free open beta includes 4 large-scale maps and support for cross-play with PC. Contractors VR developer Caveman Studio today announced a brand new update to its team-based multiplayer shooter Contractors VR which introduces support for Oculus Quest headsets as part of an ongoing open beta. Oculus Quest users can now download and side-load the
We’ve been on a roll with our Extra Crunch Live Series for Extra Crunch members, where we’re talking to some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley about business, investment and the startup community. Recent interviews include Kirsten Green from Forerunner Ventures, Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures and investor Mark Cuban. Next week, we’re pleased
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Yesterday, Twitter announced that it was testing a new feature that allows users to limit who can and can’t reply to their tweets. While this will make it more difficult for people to harass others on the platform, this feature could prevent constituents from replying to publicly elected officials. A
The novel coronavirus disease has reminded millions that handwashing is a great way to avoid preventable diseases. Christine Schindler, the CEO and co-founder of PathSpot, has been preparing for the past three months for the past three years. “I’ve been obsessed with handwashing,” Schindler said, who has a background in biomedical engineering and public health.
Memorial Day hasn’t arrived yet but we’re already seeing plenty of iPad deals floating around online. The latest iPad 10.2, iPad Air, and iPad Pro are all on sale at Amazon starting from $279. And here are even more early Memorial Day sales that are worth a look. iPad 10.2 — $279, was $329 The standard
This article was last updated by Digital Trends contributor Mark Coppock on 5/15/2020. We’ve reviewed hundreds of laptops, so we know what to look for in a laptop regardless of the price. The best budget laptop you can buy is the Asus ZenBook 13 UX333. It does everything that laptops hundreds of dollars more expensive
Chief, the social network dedicated exclusively to women in professional leadership positions, announced today that it has $15 million in funding from its existing investors, including General Catalyst, Inspired Capital, GGV Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Flybridge Capital and BoxGroup. The startup is a highly-vetted network of women who are leaders in their business, either managing
FP TrendingMay 21, 2020 17:03:56 IST Microsoft has cautioned its users about a COVID-19-themed phishing attack, in which hackers send malicious Excel attachments to people through emails to get remote access. “We’re tracking a massive campaign that delivers the legitimate remote access tool NetSupport Manager using emails with attachments containing malicious Excel 4.0 macros,” Microsoft
FP TrendingMay 21, 2020 15:36:12 IST NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set for its long-awaited touchdown on asteroid Bennu’s surface. The first sample collecting attempt is expected on 20 October. Speaking about the mission, Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s associate administrator for science, has said that the OSIRIS-REx has highlighted the core essence of exploration by persevering
FBI Director Christopher Wray takes the oath before a full committee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” on Capitol Hill February 5, 2020, in Washington, DC. Photo: Brendan Smialowski (Getty) Congress is poised to pass legislation that would place several powerful surveillance tools back into the hands of federal law enforcement agencies
E-book and audiobook subscription service Scribd has been actively embracing and experimenting with bundling over the past couple of years, creating joint offers with The New York Times and with Spotify and Hulu. Today it announced a slightly different take on the idea with Scribd Perks. These perks give Scribd’s paying subscribers (the service costs
New leaks may reveal additional information regarding Apple’s long-rumored AR device. A new report by Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech states that Apple’s long-rumored augmented reality headset will work in-tandem with the iPhone, using the devices processing power to generate AR visuals via the wireless headset, just like the Apple Watch. According to Powell,
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