April 11, 2018
ICOs like to move fast and break (lots of) things
Startup life is full of quick, lateral thinking. “Move fast and break things” is the mantra. However, with the rise of token sales – essentially vehicles for untested…
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April 11, 2018
Bloglovin’ becomes Activate and names Kamiu Lee as its new CEO
Bloglovin’ has a new name, new funding and a new CEO: Kamiu Lee, who previously served as the company’s vice president of strategy and business development. It sounds…
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Here Technologies and Argus join our Tel Aviv lineup
Let’s share a bit more about our agenda for TechCrunch’s Tel Aviv event. This year, the event will focus on mobility and everything around it, from autonomous vehicles,…
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TravelPerk grabs $21M to make booking business trips suck less
TravelPerk, a Barcelona-based SaaS startup that’s built an end-to-end business travel platform, has closed a $21 million Series B round, led by Berlin-based Target Global and London’s Felix Capital. Earlier…
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Zuckerberg’s boring testimony is a big win for Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg ran his apology scripts, trotted out his lists of policy fixes and generally dulled the Senate into submission. And that constitutes success for Facebook. Zuckerberg testified…
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Zuckerberg tells Congress Facebook is not listening to you through your phone
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially shot down the conspiracy theory that the social network has some way of keeping tabs on its users by tapping into the mics…
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Mark Zuckerberg: “We do not sell data to advertisers”
While many of us in the tech world are familiar with Facebook’s business model, there is a common misconception among people that Facebook collects information about you and…
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The entire Myst series will be re-released for Windows 10
Myst holds a special place in the hearts of many. Released in 1993, it was unlike any video game most had seen at the time — and yet,…
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Zuckerberg admits it was a mistake not to ban Cambridge Analytica’s ads
Facebook didn’t ban Cambridge Analytica when it found out in 2015 that it had received user data from Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, and Zuckerberg called that a mistake during…
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New research shows successful founders are far older than the Valley stereotype
There is a classic stereotype of the Silicon Valley entrepreneur: often a computer science nerd, almost certainly male, ambitious and, most importantly, young — very young. Founders who…
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