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Gaming
Why Virtual Reality Is Happening Now

2 hours agoby Kyle Russell

Since the Oculus Rift first made waves with its successful Kickstarter, there’s been a consistent line of criticism based in the notion, “why would it work this time?” Read More
Apps
Regin Spying Software Has Been Attacking Governments And Corporations Since 2008

4 hours agoby John Biggs

Symantec has found an unusual new threat called Regin aka Backdoor.Regin. The software, which is essentially a very powerful Trojan Horse, appears to have been circulating in the wild since 2008 and has been hitting governmental, industrial, and individual systems with impunity, using sophisticated encryption and targeting systems to spy on targets. The anti-virus company has released a… Read More
Built In
Built In Brooklyn: FlyCleaners Saves You A Trip To The Laundromat

4 hours agoby Anthony Ha

For this episode of Built in Brooklyn, producer Steve Long and I visited the Bushwick garage of FlyCleaners, an on-demand laundry service — and Steve even went for a ride in one of those blue FlyCleaners vans (they’ve become a common sight in Williamsburg, my neighborhood of Brooklyn). With FlyCleaners, instead of having to bring your laundry to the laundromat or dry cleaner, you… Read More
TechCrunch Radio On Sirius XM 102 Indie Is Back

4 hours agoby Jordan Crook

TechCrunch Radio is back in full force and that means we need YOU! What is TechCrunch Radio, you ask? Well, it’s an hour of weekly bliss brought to you by myself, John Biggs, and the kind folks at Sirius XM each Tuesday at 6pm ET/3pm PT. We discuss this week’s news, chat with interesting guests, and then get into our weekly startup pitch-off. If you want to listen in, just head over… Read More
Fluc Raises $2.3 Million To Improve The Logistics Of Food Delivery In More Markets

5 hours agoby Ryan Lawler

Fluc raised $2.3 million in seed funding to expand its business and keep moving into new markets. The new financing came from investors that include Sherpa Ventures, WI Harper, Charlie Cheever, Blake Ross, Zhou Hongyi, and other angels. Read More
Pathgather Raises Looks To Bring Social Networking To Learning Management

6 hours agoby Jonathan Shieber

Companies feeling they aren’t getting enough out of their learning management systems now have a new tool that may help with the recent financing and launch of Pathgather. In the learning management space roughly 61% of companies that use services are looking to change them, according to Eric Duffy, Pathgather’s chief executive officer. “I got started on this on the… Read More
eCommerce
Black Friday Starts Early This Year, With Pre-Thanksgiving Sales Up 19% Over 2013

7 hours agoby Sarah Perez

Holiday shopping got an earlier start this year with a number of retailers including Walmart, Target, Amazon, Staples, Lowe’s, Sears and several others launching “pre-Black Friday” deals, or kicking off a week of Black Friday-like sales where select items are deeply discounted. The overall effect has been an early lift in online sales ahead of Thanksgiving. This… Read More
Europe
Let’s Pivot Again — Handmake Me Is An Ethical Marketplace For Handmade Gifts

7 hours agoby Steve O'Hear

Call it a pivot. Or failing and starting over. But, either way, some of the most successful startups and tech companies have done it. After all, the entrepreneurial road can be a long and winding one. The latest example to cross my in-box is Handmake Me, an “ethical marketplace” born out of multiple pivots by the team behind Hobzy. Specifically, the U.K. startup has re-launched… Read More
Gaming
Vainglory Review: A Solid MOBA On Your iPhone

7 hours agoby Kyle Russell

Now we’ve had a chance to actually try out Vainglory in real-world settings: on my apartment’s decent Wi-Fi setup and on an actual iPhone 6 Plus. As it turns out, the game is almost entirely successful at transferring to the the smaller form factor, with only a few minor gripes that can be addressed in future updates. Read More
Gadgets
Comcast, Stop Scamming Me So I Can Stop Scamming You

7 hours agoby Matt Burns

Have you ever heard anyone excited to get Comcast service? Of course not. That’s like being excited for a hernia operation. Here’s my hernia operation: every year or so I have to do a dance with Comcast. You know, feigning the intention to quit their service. The so-called trial period on my TV and Internet package ended, causing my bill to nearly double from $90 a month to $160… Read More

Chrome Will Start Blocking All Remaining NPAPI Plugins In January

8 hours agoby Frederic Lardinois
Apps
Homescreen Is Betaworks’ Latest Experiment-Turned-Product

8 hours agoby Jordan Crook

When someone picks up their phone to take a peek, I can’t help but take a peek, too. Whether it’s a perfect stranger on the train or the girl I’ve had a crush on for months, I can’t help but look. With the latest product out of betaworks, you can take that curiosity to a whole new level. Read More
Tesla Has Discussed Sharing Electric Car Tech With BMW

8 hours agoby Darrell Etherington

A future where the electric car is ubiquitous cannot be built by one company alone, regardless of the hype around Tesla and its progress in consumer automotive space. That’s why it’s exciting to hear from Elon Musk himself about talks between BMW and Tesla, even if they’re only informal, around potential collaboration on battery and charger technology. Musk’s comments… Read More
Built In
In Recession’s Wake RelianceCM Rebuilds A Tech Brand

8 hours agoby Fara Warner

Editor’s Note: Fara Warner is the editorial director for This Built America and Aol Tech, which includes TechCrunch and Engadget. She has worked for the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company and was the 2007-2009 Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Michigan. Corvallis, Oregon seems an unlikely high-tech town. Once a center for logging, small produce… Read More
Apps
Goldbely Debuts An App That Lets You Order Gourmet, Regional Cuisine From Anywhere In The U.S.

9 hours agoby Sarah Perez

Goldbely, the Y Combinator-backed startup that lets you order gourmet foods from around the U.S. is now on mobile. The company just launched its first app with Goldbely for iOS, which also includes a newly added next-day shipping feature for getting its tasty treats more quickly than before – whether that’s a real Philly cheesesteak, deep dish pizza from Chicago, Maryland crab… Read More
The ‘Brief History Of Graphics’ Video Series Is Your Monday Morning Pong Pick-Me-Up

9 hours agoby John Biggs

A video series by Stuart Brown of XboxAhoy has created one of the nicest mini-documentaries I’ve watched in a while. The five-part series that looks at computer graphics from Pong to Galaxian to Street Fighter and beyond. The whole series – complete with Brown’s soothing brogue – is a great look at the history of game graphics and the tools that programmers used to… Read More
Gift Connect Wants To Replace Regular Ads With Gifts From Brands

9 hours agoby Jordan Crook
Weaved Hauls Your Raspberry Pi Projects Online

9 hours agoby John Biggs
eCommerce
Post Rakuten Acquisition, Slice Buys Unroll․Me To Add Email List Control To Its Shopping App

9 hours agoby Ingrid Lunden

Slice, the shopping and package tracking app acquired by Rakuten earlier this year, has now made an acquisition of its own. It has bought Unroll.Me, an app that lets users roll up and manage mass-email subscriptions and unsubscribe to those that have tipped into the point of being useless spam. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed, the companies tell me. Unroll.Me was a bootstrapped… Read More
Gadgets
RHA T10i Review: Earbuds That Go Above And Beyond To Suit All Tastes

10 hours agoby Darrell Etherington

A good in-ear headphone is like a truly good book – most of the time, you’re settling for “good enough,” and a true masterpiece only comes along once in a while. The new RHA T10i is that masterpiece when it comes to in-ear buds, with design that’s durable, eye-catching and comfortable, and sound quality that’s hard to match, and that can be tailored to your… Read More
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