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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Tencent Leads $750K Investment In Wound-Care Startup, Tissue Analytics

Another investment for Chinese Internet giant Tencent: it’s led a $750,000 seed funding round in Baltimore-based Tissue Analytics, alongside existing investor DreamIt Health — the Philadelphia-based accelerator program for medtech startups which Tissue Analytics went through last July. Read More http://ift.tt/1B3zING Tencent Leads $750K Investment In Wound-Care Startup, Tissue Analytics http://ift.tt/1ENQS...

Clinkle Implodes As Employees Quit In Protest Of CEO

Seven employees quit the frequently mocked payment rewards startup Clinkle simultaneously today due to frustration with its 24-year-old CEO Lucas Duplan, according to multiple sources close to the company. Duplan, pictured above, is said to have withheld information from employees about acquisition talks with Apple that the team hoped would result in a sale. He’s believed to have… Read More from TechCrunch » Social http://ift.tt/1KbAiBh Clinkle Implodes As Employees Quit In Protest Of CEO Josh Constine http://ift.tt/1GdHaf4 via IFT...

Seven employees quit the frequently mocked payment rewards startup Clinkle simultaneously today due to frustration with its 24-year-old CEO Lucas Duplan, according to multiple sources close to the company. Duplan, pictured above, is said to have withheld information from employees about acquisition talks with Apple that the team hoped would result in a sale. He’s believed to have… Read More http://ift.tt/1KbAiBh Clinkle Implodes As Employees Quit In Protest Of CEO http://ift.tt/1PLQy...

{rss:content:encoded} Clinkle Implodes As Employees Quit In Protest Of CEO http://ift.tt/1H7TrOb http://ift.tt/1KbAiBh May 16, 2015 at 02:21AM Seven employees quit the frequently mocked payment rewards startup Clinkle simultaneously today due to frustration with its 24-year-old CEO Lucas Duplan, according to multiple sources close to the company. Duplan, pictured above, is said to have withheld information from employees about acquisition talks with Apple that the team hoped would result in a sale. He’s believed to have… Read More ...

{rss:content:encoded} TC AppleCast 15: Stealing Time And WWDC Predictions http://ift.tt/1L7MRuV http://ift.tt/1Ezluq9 May 15, 2015 at 10:47PM On this week’s AppleCast, we discuss the overblown reaction to the news (gasp!) that people might steal your Apple Watch. There’s also more news coming in about potential Apple TV features, and the rumor mill in general is heating up ahead of WWDC, so we make some predictions about what we’ll see there, in terms of Apple TV, WatchKit and other potential developments.… Read More ...

New Story is a startup in Y Combinator’s current batch that raises funds to build homes for those who lost theirs due to a natural disaster, starting with Haiti. Co-founder Brett Hagler got the idea during a volunteer trip to help those hit by the 2010 earthquake that left thousands of Haitians without homes. Read More http://ift.tt/1Gd59eu YC-Backed New Story Crowdfunds Houses For Homeless Families http://ift.tt/1PLke...

HelloFresh has just shared that it is now selling 4 million meals per month. The company says that this is more than the company sold in the entire first half of 2014 combined. HelloFresh is a food delivery service that competes directly with Blue Apron and Plated, delivering pre-portioned and planned meals at your door each week for you to cook. The space is so hot right now, with Blue… Read More http://ift.tt/1KnlMEa HelloFresh Is Delivering 4 Million Meals Per Month http://ift.tt/1PLbw...

Can you hear me now? Hopefully you can after a month of silence out of the TC Gadgets Podcast team. But freshly acquired by Verizon, we’re back and ready to chat. The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, is valued at $4.4 billion. I don’t want to ruin the surprise of the podcast, so I’ll just ask you to direct your attention to the player below. Check out… Read More http://ift.tt/1FoYYFj This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: Verizon On The Horizon http://ift.tt/1JNBO...

{rss:content:encoded} Shuffle’s New iPhone App Lets You Create Disposable Phone Numbers…And Emails, Too http://ift.tt/1ICSJyd http://ift.tt/1HljXcg May 15, 2015 at 08:10PM A new mobile app called Shuffle has launched a simple utility that lets you create additional, disposable phone numbers you can use to call or text as well as receive voicemail through, right from your iPhone. The app is a competitor to longtime favorite Burner, which has, for some time, offered similar functionality. But Shuffle takes things a step further,...

A new mobile app called Shuffle has launched a simple utility that lets you create additional, disposable phone numbers you can use to call or text as well as receive voicemail through, right from your iPhone. The app is a competitor to longtime favorite Burner, which has, for some time, offered similar functionality. But Shuffle takes things a step further, by also allowing you to create… Read More http://ift.tt/1HljXcg Shuffle’s New iPhone App Lets You Create Disposable Phone Numbers…And Emails, Too http://ift.tt/1EM8T...

Design startup Decorist has raised $4.5 million in seed funding from home improve giant Lowe’s Companies, the Women’s Venture Capital Fund and undisclosed angel investors. The big player in the market is probably Houzz, which allows users to find home design ideas and hire architects, designers and others who can actually make those ideas a reality. The Decorist approach is a… Read More http://ift.tt/1JkZmEG Decorist Raises $4.5M To Bring Customers Affordable Design Advice And Room Makeovers http://ift.tt/1E9GR...

{rss:content:encoded} Samsung’s Iron Man Galaxy S6 Edge Is Coming – Will Robert Downey Jr. Be Inside? http://ift.tt/1FiwuLk http://ift.tt/1EL5uiZ May 15, 2015 at 05:17PM Samsung is indeed making a special Iron Man-themed edition of its Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone, as The Korea Times reported in April. The mobile maker posted a teaser image to its official Twitter account today, depicting what looks like a special edition box wherein the phone is likely to be. What will said phone look like? If I have to guess, I’m thinking it’ll sport red and...

Tynker, a startup that teaches children the fundamentals of programming by having them build their own games, is now expanding its platform to allow kids to control connected devices, including drones, robots and other “smart home” products, like lighting systems. The company will introduce these capabilities this weekend at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, and the… Read More http://ift.tt/1GcgBXH Tynker, A Startup That Teaches Kids To Code, Now Works With Robots, Drones And More http://ift.tt/1Kass...

It may not have the mega-valuation of rival Uber, but ridesharing startup Lyft’s new $150 million extension to its $530 million round from March certainly puts it in the upper stratosphere of startups in terms of perceived value. The new $150 million extension is led by Carl C. Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises, which put $100 million of the total up. It’s an usual move by Icahn,… Read More http://ift.tt/1Pmtq2b Lyft Raises An Additional $150M, Including $100M From Carl Icahn http://ift.tt/1ICnZ...

Most food delivery services try to offer a cornucopia of selections from as many restaurants as possible. A Bengaluru startup called Dazo, however, is taking the opposite approach. Dazo (formerly known as TapCibo) only works with a few partners, who each make just two dishes available on the platform for lunch, afternoon snacks, and dinner. Read More http://ift.tt/1RNbEZZ Bengaluru Food Delivery Startup Dazo Helps Hungry Customers Figure Out What To Order Fast http://ift.tt/1d1fR...

Face++, Whose Facial Recognition Tech Is Used By Alibaba, Raises $25M

Face++, a Chinese startup that makes facial recognition technology used by Alibaba, has secured an additional $25 million for its series B round. Along with capital raised in November, this brings the company’s total series B to $47 million. A Face++ representative tells TechCrunch that existing investors Qiming Venture Partners and Innovation Works returned for the round. Read More http://ift.tt/1Hh4x6e Face++, Whose Facial Recognition Tech Is Used By Alibaba, Raises $25M http://ift.tt/1L5Gj...

TheLadders is simultaneously announcing a new boss and unveiling a new product, namely a database of company and salary information. Let’s start with the boss. Co-founder Marc Cenedella served as CEO of TheLadders from 2003 to 2012, when he left to focus on his new startup Knozen. He’s remained involved as chairman of the board of directors, and the company says he was reappointed… Read More from TechCrunch » Social http://ift.tt/1IBp9cC TheLadders Announces A New Salary Database And A Returning CEO Anthony Ha http://ift.tt/1Hgs7Qt via ...

{rss:content:encoded} Apple Says First HomeKit-Enabled Devices Land Next Month http://ift.tt/1cZrnW4 http://ift.tt/1cZrnW6 May 14, 2015 at 11:00PM Apple has been relatively quiet on HomeKit, the protocol it announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last year for connecting its devices to third-party smart home gadgets and accessories, but that changed today. The company provided the following statement to TechCrunch confirming that HomeKit-enabled devices will come to market starting next month, meaning users won’t have…...

Hot on the heels of Disrput, we’re (re)packing our bags to come to two of our favorite cities in the world, Austin and Seattle. We’ll be hitting Austin on June 23, where we’ll get a little weird, and then we’ll head up to Seattle on June 25 for our third-annual Seattle Pitch-Off. These will be nights to remember, but prep starts now. The first priority is going… Read More http://ift.tt/1PJ46DM Pitch Your Startup In The Austin And Seattle TC Pitch-Offs http://ift.tt/1e3OZ...

{rss:content:encoded} Bing Follows Google With Its Own “Mobile-Friendly” Ranking Algorithm Change http://ift.tt/1Hg7owb http://ift.tt/1IB7wtq May 14, 2015 at 09:10PM There’s no “mobilegeddon” taking place on Bing, but Microsoft did announce today that it’s taking steps to improve the search rankings for mobile-friendly websites. The changes follow that of a similar move by Google which last month rolled out a change to its ranking algorithm which penalized sites that aren’t easily usable from mobile devices. The update… Read More ...

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