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Monday, March 7, 2016

Ben Horowitz backs rapper Ryan Leslie’s SMS commerce startup Superphone

Superphone Ryan Leslie gave every fan his phone number. It’s (915) 600-6978. But instead of a million unwanted phone calls, it’s making him money and giving him deeper intelligence about his listeners than anyone in the music business. That’s why A16z’s Ben Horowitz, Betaworks, and more investors just put a $1.5 million seed round into Leslie’s startup Disruptive Multimedia. Read More

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Verizon settles with FCC over “supercookie” ad targeting, will pay $1.35M fine

{rss:content:encoded} Verizon settles with FCC over “supercookie” ad targeting, will pay $1.35M fine http://ift.tt/1TZRe2q http://ift.tt/1X7maw2 March 07, 2016 at 07:25PM cookies The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it has reached an agreement with Verizon Wireless. The FCC says it’s been investigating Verizon’s use of Unique Identifier Headers (more commonly known as “supercookies,” which serve as a permanent identifier that tracks user behavior even after you’ve deleted your cookies). Investigators found that the… Read More

UpLabs thinks designers and developers should hang out more

designer UpLabs is a community-powered marketplace that lets designers and developers share ready-to-ship UI resources — like login boxes and payment forms — to build apps and sites. Originally from France, founders Matt Aussaguel and Guillemette Dejean moved to the U.S. after finding their way into Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 class.  They had long felt that existing… Read More

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Facebook gives Messenger a Material Design makeover on Android

{rss:content:encoded} Facebook gives Messenger a Material Design makeover on Android http://ift.tt/1QxSq9I http://ift.tt/1TEIijr March 07, 2016 at 06:01PM facebook-messenger-android Confirming reports from earlier this year, which spoke of a forthcoming revamp of the Facebook Messenger application for Android devices, Facebook today began rolling out a new, Material Design-styled version of Messenger on Android to all users worldwide. The updated application now features a bright blue navigation bar at the top of the screen with buttons to access chat, groups, settings… Read More

Startup Turkey, in its 8th year, reveals a vibrant Turkish startup ecosystem

turkeybridge In its eighth year, Startup Turkey, a gathering of 600, is one of the country’s premier startup events. Read More

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PayPal makes money every time you use Uber, Airbnb

paypal here-surface pro PayPal has been going through some big changes since separating from eBay last year. The company recently introduced a redesigned app and is now monetizing its popular peer-to-peer payments app, Venmo. Already with 18 million users, PayPal is expanding its One Touch checkout to 120 new countries. Read More

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Score one free drink a day with Hooch, a subscription-based cocktail app

9090990028_2a214e12bd_k Hooch, which just launched in LA, is a subscription-based app that gives its members one cocktail a day for just $9.99 per month. Yes, we’re being serious. For less than the price of one cocktail, you can get one free drink each day at your choice of dozens of bars around New York or LA. But how could the company possibly be making money? Essentially, the service acts as a promotional… Read More

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Staff Finder, the on-demand marketplace for temporary staff, bags €20M from One Peak and Goldman Sachs

Staff Finder Staff Finder, the European on-demand marketplace for temporary staffing, has closed a funding round led by One Peak Partners and Goldman Sachs Private Capital. Terms of the investment isn’t being disclosed, however sources tell TechCrunch that the round is in the region of €20 million. Read More

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BBVA continues its fintech acquisition run, buys Holvi, an online-only business bank

{rss:content:encoded} BBVA continues its fintech acquisition run, buys Holvi, an online-only business bank http://ift.tt/1QBsnzI http://ift.tt/1B7lJJY March 07, 2016 at 01:38PM moneys Spanish banking giant BBVA has made another M&A play as it looks for a bigger role in the next generation of financial services: today the company has announced the acquisition of Holvi, an online-only bank for entrepreneurs and SMBs based out of Finland. (“Holvi” means “vault” in Finnish.) Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but we are trying to find out.… Read More

Property Partner lands £15.9M to scale up real estate crowdfunding platform

Property Partner In any conversation I have about London’s fintech space, property crowdfunding platform Property Parter is almost certain to come up. The startup which lets you invest from as little as £50 in residential property — or the so-called the ‘buy to let’ market, as it’s called here in the U.K. — has, by all accounts, been growing at a clip. Read More

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

The new workforce: Aligning jobs and skills in the age of tech disruption

nyc_tech_talent_pipeline_1 There is a rising tide of concern in the U.S. This concern has always been front and center in Silicon Valley. It centers around the shortage of skilled IT workers and the threats modern technology poses to today’s blue-collar workers and those without a STEM degree. Read More

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The broken world of mobile payments and how to fix it

{rss:content:encoded} The broken world of mobile payments and how to fix it http://ift.tt/1RvrqVX http://ift.tt/1UKORA4 March 06, 2016 at 09:00PM mobile payments It’s being predicted that by the end of this year, mobile payment transactions in the U.S. will grow 210 percent. Despite this impressive gain, it turns out that not everyone is taking advantage of mobile payments. Why aren’t more people enjoying the convenience and ease of mobile payments? Some have said that the system for money exchange in the mobile world was broken before… Read More

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