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Crunch Network
The Second Coming Of Deep Linking
For developers and users, mobile deep linking has been a fantastically anticlimactic technology. Deep linking has existed since iOS 2.0, a time when fewer than 1 in 10 of us had a smartphone and Facebook had around 80 million users. Over the last seven years, many companies have riffed on the theme of deep linking. Read More
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Our 9 Favorite Startups From Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 2
Yesterday’s Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day had a little something for everyone, with everything from condom delivery to server vulnerability monitoring thrown in the mix. Of the 52 that debuted yesterday, 9 really stood out to us and others we spoke to. Click through to see our Top 9 from the day. Read More
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New York City’s Tech Industry Is 62 Percent White, 60 Percent Male
New York City’s tech industry is mostly white (62 percent) and male (60 percent), according to a recent analysis from the Center for an Urban Future. The fact that white men make up the majority of NYC’s tech force isn’t a huge surprise, but what’s interesting is how those figures compare to the diversity stats big tech firms like Apple, Amazon and Google have reported… Read More
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Crunch Network
INNOVATE2016: Silicon Valley Is A Political Issue In The 2016 Election
Why should Silicon Valley care about the 2016 election? According to Georgetown University’s Larry Downes, it’s going to be an election in which the most disruptive technologies – from the Internet of Things to drones to Bitcoin to Uber – are becoming political issues. Read More
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HBO Now Rolls Out For Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick
HBO is expanding HBO Now, its subscription streaming service, to the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. As of today, you can watch all HBO series, movies and documentaries for $15 per month with either Amazon’s $99 Fire TV setup or the even more affordable Fire TV Stick that retails for $39 bucks. Read More
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More Disrupt SF Hackathon Tickets Are Available Now
Want to participate in the Disrupt SF Hackathon but missed out on the first wave of tickets? Well, good news. Today we’re releasing the next wave of Hackathon tickets to the general public, and you can score your tickets to the event right now. To purchase your tickets, just head over to our Hackathon ticketing page to sign up. But act fast, because the first batch of tickets flew off… Read More
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ZocDoc Joins The Unicorn Club (Officially)
In June of last year, VC Experts discovered a filing that suggested ZocDoc, a roughly eight-year-old, New York-based online medical care schedule service, was raising a new round of funding worth $152 million and that valued the company at $1.6 billion. Read More
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If This Selfie Emoji Becomes Official, I Am Going Back To Using A Flip Phone
One of my favorite things to do is to watch and see what emojis become candidates for Unicode updates (don’t judge). Sometimes they’re really great and sometimes they’re, well, obnoxious. Two years ago, the word “selfie” was added to the dictionary, which made my day really awful until I saw that “twerk” was also added. Then it turned into the worst… Read More
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Google/Gallup Study: Computer Science Is Not A Priority For Most Schools
Nine in 10 parents believe that teaching computer science is a good use of school resources. Two-thirds of parents believe CS education should be mandatory in schools. Eight percent of students think they will learn about CS in the future. Three out of four principals say their schools offer no CS coding or programming classes (and for reasons I can’t quite fathom, lots of schools… Read More
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Swarm Gets Back Into The Game With Leaderboards
In its quest to add a little fun through your (literal) journey through life, Swarm is launching version 3.0 of the app, bringing in a special new game that lets you compete with your friend network. In short, the Swarm leaderboard rewards users with coins for checking in at various places. Some check-ins might be worth only one coin, whereas others can be worth 10 or more, based on factors… Read More
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10 Art Apps To Inspire Your Inner Creative
What do you look for in an app? It might be something useful that helps to organise your life, it might be to connect with friends and family, or perhaps it’s a diverting game to while away the daily commute. But would you ever look for art on the App Store? Stepping beyond the gallery, artists have been making fruitful use of the medium for some time now to produce a range of art apps… Read More
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Updated Tile Item Tracker Boasts Louder Ring, Find Your Phone Feature
A new version of the bluetooth tracker tag Tile just dropped on Amazon, Tile’s website and a host of T-Mobile stores. The updated item tracker now boasts a ring that’s three times louder and has added a super dandy new feature called Find Your Phone. I am notorious for losing things amongst my friends, so when Tile launched its successful 2013 Selfstarter campaign (which went on… Read More
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LawDingo Adds Accountants, Doctors And Therapists To Its Platform For Remote Consultations
LawDingo users, meet DocDingo, CashDingo and PsychDingo. As I’ve written in the past, the Y Combinator-incubated startup promises to connect you with a lawyer instantly, usually over the phone. The idea is to help users get legal advice quickly and affordably, and to help lawyers reach new customers, even if they’re on the other side of the state. Read More
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Legendary Investor Yuri Milner Will Hit Up Disrupt SF In September
A few short weeks ago, Yuri Milner announced to the world that he’d be investing $100 million to find extraterrestrial intelligent life. Today, TechCrunch has its own announcement: Yuri Milner will be joining us on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in September. Milner is one of the biggest names in tech venture capital, founding DST Global after finding success as the CEO of… Read More
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Google Photos Introduces “Rediscover This Day” To Help You Reminisce
Google Photos wants to be home to all of your photos (and videos). Whether you have a thumb drive, CD, DVD or undeveloped film laying around, the team wants you to consider uploading them to the service. Why? Because that’s when they can make the “magic” happen. Right now, Google Photos will wade through all of your treasured visuals and turn them into animations and stories… Read More
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What We Need To Know About On-Demand Work Platforms Before Regulating Them
As we fast approach the 2016 election cycle, the future of on-demand work platforms is at a crossroads, with Uber, TaskRabbit and other market leaders facing increased scrutiny and skepticism from regulators and political leaders. At the same time, these platforms inadvertently contribute to a growing anxiety among the public, who are concerned that the on-demand economy may change the future… Read More
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Installments Inc.
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