Graduated From An Engineering Bootcamp? Now What?

 While hip hop may have ‘too many mc’s and not enough mics’, in tech, there are too many startups and not enough seasoned technologists. Over the last seven years, hopeful entrepreneurs have flooded the market, looking to cut their teeth in the hopes of building the next billion-dollar business. Read More

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Email Is The Last, And Ultimate, Social Graph

 One of the magical innovations of the Web 2.0 era was when the bigger social platforms opened their doors to third-party app developers. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter widely touted ,and profited from, the concept of allowing consumers to plug their social graph into other applications. We saw the meteoric rise of games, apps and business tools that leverage the ability to quickly insert… Read More

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Designing New Mobile Experiences For The Music-Loving Generation

{rss:content:encoded} Designing New Mobile Experiences For The Music-Loving Generation http://ift.tt/1JrxNZg http://ift.tt/1MTEvcU August 29, 2015 at 05:00AM  As music fans go mobile, music festivals are following suit. The kids in America are rocking out to T-Swift with a Natty Lite in one hand and a mobile phone open to native festival apps in the other. Schedules, venue maps, artists and vendors are all in the palm of partygoers hands. And festivals are even designing other features specifically to engage the throngs of eager event-goers,… Read More

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CrunchWeek: Tech Stocks Fumble, Facebook Announces ‘M,’ And YouTube Takes On Twitch

 Welcome back to another episode of CrunchWeek. We’re very glad that you are here. This time ’round, our fearless Matthew Lynley headed the ship, while our own Josh Constine and your humble servant were on hand to help out along the way. We dug into the very turbulent global markets, and what that means for technology shares, along with a dive into the latest from Facebook, and,… Read More

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SocialBattles Is A Photo App For People Who Think Instagram Isn’t Competitive Enough

 Andre and Sandro De Moraes must really like to see people compete. The brothers previously created GoldMic, a now-defunct social network for hip hop battles. Now they’ve launched a new iOS app called SocialBattles, where users compete to post the most popular photos. Read More

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SocialBattles Is A Photo App For People Who Think Instagram Isn’t Competitive Enough

 Andre and Sandro De Moraes must really like to see people compete. The brothers previously created GoldMic, a now-defunct social network for hip hop battles. Now they’ve launched a new iOS app called SocialBattles, where users compete to post the most popular photos. Read More

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SocialBattles Is A Photo App For People Who Think Instagram Isn’t Competitive Enough

{rss:content:encoded} SocialBattles Is A Photo App For People Who Think Instagram Isn’t Competitive Enough http://ift.tt/1IqF0VC http://ift.tt/1LHnoMO August 28, 2015 at 11:01PM  Andre and Sandro De Moraes must really like to see people compete. The brothers previously created GoldMic, a now-defunct social network for hip hop battles. Now they’ve launched a new iOS app called SocialBattles, where users compete to post the most popular photos. Read More

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Uber Hires Security Researchers Behind That Crazy Jeep Hack

{rss:content:encoded} Uber Hires Security Researchers Behind That Crazy Jeep Hack http://ift.tt/1IqBSZJ http://ift.tt/1Lst2Qy August 28, 2015 at 10:48PM  Uber has hired the duo behind a spectacular hack earlier this year that involved taking remote control of a Jeep Cherokee. Wired writer Andy Greenberg experienced this firsthand — he wrote that he was driving on a St. Louis highway when Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek used a laptop 10 miles away to make the radio, air conditioning and windshield wipers go haywire. Then they cut the… Read More

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Uber Hires Security Researchers Behind That Crazy Jeep Hack

 Uber has hired the duo behind a spectacular hack earlier this year that involved taking remote control of a Jeep Cherokee. Wired writer Andy Greenberg experienced this firsthand — he wrote that he was driving on a St. Louis highway when Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek used a laptop 10 miles away to make the radio, air conditioning and windshield wipers go haywire. Then they cut the… Read More

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Mobile Gaming Livestreaming Service Mobcrush Has Raised Around $10M

 We’ve heard from sources that Mobcrush, which streams mobile games much in the same way Twitch is known for streaming popular eSports desktop games, has raised around $10 million in new financing, though the number could have gone beyond that. Mobcrush’s bet is that mobile game streaming will be as big — if not bigger — than some of the competitive game streaming… Read More

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Mobile Gaming Livestreaming Service Mobcrush Has Raised Around $10M

{rss:content:encoded} Mobile Gaming Livestreaming Service Mobcrush Has Raised Around $10M http://ift.tt/1EpH1X9 http://ift.tt/1IqcJyn August 28, 2015 at 09:06PM  We’ve heard from sources that Mobcrush, which streams mobile games much in the same way Twitch is known for streaming popular eSports desktop games, has raised around $10 million in new financing, though the number could have gone beyond that. Mobcrush’s bet is that mobile game streaming will be as big — if not bigger — than some of the competitive game streaming… Read More

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Our Marketplace Obsession And Bubble

 Service marketplaces have recently become Silicon Valley darlings. The marketplace model has been a popular way for VCs to efficiently tap into the local economies at scale, specifically the $800 billion home services space. It’s a model that dates back to the initial concept of Yellow Pages in 1883. And it makes sense — giving homeowners a convenient way to find local… Read More

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NYC Taxis Are Testing An Uber-Like App Called Arro

 The battle between yellow cabs and Uber cars is about to get that much spicier. According to Crains New York, a new app called Arro is being beta tested among 7,000 yellow and green taxis in the NYC area, allowing potential passengers to e-hail a regular cab instead of an Uber. The app should roll out fully in a couple of weeks and spread to all 20,000 green and yellow taxis in the city.… Read More

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Namely, The All-In-One HR Platform, Hires Radhika Samant And Teresa Dietrich

 Namely, a startup that does all the heavy HR lifting for you, is today announcing two new strategic hires in the form of Radhika Samant and Teresa Dietrich. Samant was previously CFO at EnterpriseDB, where she led human resources and operations and was integral in raising $60 million in funding, as well as growing out the team. Dietrich, on the other hand, was SVP of technology operations… Read More

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Thread, The U.K. Online Personal Styling Service For Men, Scores $8M Series A

 Using a mixture of algorithms and human stylists, London-based Thread works on the premise that a lot of men hate clothes shopping, however much they like stylish attire. Read More

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ReBoard Is An iOS Keyboard With Third Party App Shortcuts

{rss:content:encoded} ReBoard Is An iOS Keyboard With Third Party App Shortcuts http://ift.tt/1MSwl4x http://ift.tt/1Io7TBR August 28, 2015 at 12:33PM  ReBoard is a just launched iOS keyboard app from an indie dev team in India that’s targeting productivity-focused folk, by adding the ability to reach out to other apps right from the keyboard. So instead of having to double tap out of whatever messaging app you’re using to go hunt for that YouTube link, for instance, you can do a look up right from the keyboard. Read More

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Aging2.0 #30in30in30 World Tour Wants To Find The Best Startups For Seniors

 Consumers in their twenties to early fifties are usually considered the most attractive age demographic because of their spending power. Unfortunately, this means that older people are often underserved by companies even though they make up more than 16 percent of the world’s population. Aging2.0 wants to change that. Read More

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iZettle Gets $67M To Expand From Mobile Payments To Small Business Financing

{rss:content:encoded} iZettle Gets $67M To Expand From Mobile Payments To Small Business Financing http://ift.tt/1Ua8bZb http://ift.tt/1MZ4j90 August 28, 2015 at 09:00AM  European mobile payments player, iZettle, is expanding into what amounts to small business loans — announcing a capital advance product, called iZettle Advance, which will be available to select iZettle customers who need funds to grow their own businesses. So it’s basically moving onto even more of the territory where traditional banks fear to tread. Read More

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Vine ❤️ Music

 Vine, the six-second looping video app from Twitter, has today announced a significant feature update that brings more attention to the audio in users’ videos. Starting tomorrow (Friday), Vine users will have more control over their vines with the ability to add music to their content. While it was previously possible to add music to vines by using a separate device to play the music,… Read More

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