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The Austin And Seattle Meetups Are In Two Weeks, So SUIT UP!
You don’t really need to put on a suit, but you do need to hurry. Tickets are selling out quick and I don’t want you to miss out. TechCrunch is headed to Austin and Seattle and the pitch-off applications are closed, which means that there is one thing left for you to do: Buy tickets. We’ll hit up Austin on June 23 and head to our usual spot, Palm Door on Sixth Street, at… Read More
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HotelTonight Expands Location-Based Offers With GeoRates And HT Escape
Today HotelTonight announced the launch of two new features, HT Escape and GeoRates.
HT Escape is a simpler way to book a quick driving-distance getaway. While you could always manually view rates at cities nearby, the new feature will curate hotels from a selection of cities that are both nearby and offering low upcoming prices. Read More
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Android Game Console Maker Ouya In Talks To Be Acquired By Razer
We’re hearing that Razer, which creates laptops and other gaming hardware, is in the process of acquiring Kickstarter-backed Android console maker Ouya. TechCrunch couldn’t learn the terms of the deal, which we’ve heard are still in flux, but the acquisition would bring to a close the tale of a very early first-mover in the market of set-top gaming consoles outside of… Read More
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Vine Updates Search Results To Include Actual Vines, Not Just Hashtags And People
Vine has today updated its app to include even better search results. When you go over to the Explore Tab, Vine will serve up the top results and the most recent posts for your search. Before, Vine would only return hashtags and usernames, but the new version of search shows actual content, including the most popular and the most recent posts that fit your criteria. It’s a minor update… Read More
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Rhombus Lets Businesses Accept Payments By Text
Since millennials don’t use credit cards, cash, or even beads and shells, the only way to get them to pay for anything is through their smartphone. Add in a text-to-pay service like Rhombus and you’ve got Williamsburg catnip. This new app allows people to pay you via a special contact number. For example, a customer can text you an order – “five large soy chai latte… Read More
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Stripe Now Has An iPhone App For Monitoring Payment Activity
Stripe, a service that companies can use to accept payments, has a new way for businesses to track purchases and user activity — an iPhone app. The new iPhone app does basically everything its existing online dashboard does, but brings it to an interface more suited for a mobile device. Businesses can also set up notifications for whenever a payment or purchase is made or set up a… Read More
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June, A Countertop Smart Oven, Launches With A $1,495 Price Tag
What happens when you put a bunch of people who have worked at Apple, GoPro, Path, Google, and so on, in a room and ask them to design an oven? The answer, apparently, is June: a countertop smart oven that will cost around $1,495 and ship next spring. It’s about the size of a microwave and designed to operate more like a smart device than a typical oven. It sits on your counter and… Read More
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Lost Item Tracker Tile Locates $3 Million More In Series A Funding From Khosla Ventures
Tile, the square-shaped lost item tracker that attaches to everything from bikes to bags to key chains and more and then helps you locate those items if lost or stolen through a mobile app, has now raised an additional $3 million. The new funding comes from Khosla Ventures, and is an extension to the $13 million Series A Tile raised last fall to fund its international expansion and Android… Read More
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Don’t Let Your Investors Buy All The Options
One of the most pronounced misalignments between investors and entrepreneurs is around the concept of “optionality.” I’m not talking about stock options, but the freedom to choose from a variety of different strategic and tactical options when running your startup. Producing Unicorns In The Land Of Fútbol, Samba And El Dorado
There was a time, not very long ago when Latinos living in the U.S. could only point to two successful Internet/software startups in their countries of origin: Mercado Libre and Despegar/Decolar.
While these companies were very successful, it was difficult for us to explain why no other startups in Latin America had flourished. Read More
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