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Media, Civic Tech, Audience Engagement, Bagels navbar We’ve tackled push notifications before, but we haven’t talked about voice. Every push notification sounds like a headline. What if: You could sign up for push notifications from a particular editor? Or a friend? Or in a particular voice? You could opt to receive 10 delightful pushes over…
Slack announced yesterday that it raised $160 million at a $2.8 billion valuation. The company hasn’t spent a penny of the $120 million it raised just last October. When Slack raised that money, founder Stewart Butterfield said it was enough to last them 60 years. Besides creating a Scrooge McDuck style swimming pool, why exactly would a company take…
Piracy is a serious issue. Live-streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat have plenty of sticky societal implications. These are two indisputable facts! Let’s not make the mistake, though, of assuming that they overlap. This week, HBO confirmed that it sent takedown notices to Periscope, the Twitter-owned emporium of bored iPhone owners showing off their cats…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Portfolio An iOS Lens Into Equity There is more to mobile apps than games, and Portfolio, co-founded by TechCrunch alum Ben Schaechter, wants to upend the financial application space. The company launched its iOS application three weeks ago, and has seen quick early adoption, spurred on in part with App Store love…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Send an instant message asking for something, and they’ll do the grunt work of placing your order and getting it delivered to you. That’s the idea for Uber co-founder Garret Camp‘s new startup Operator that’s still in stealth, according to sources with direct knowledge of the app.You might have heard of…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat. Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Twitter has been contacting celebrities who use Meerkat, trying to convince them Meerkat is dying and that they should use Periscope instead.Sources also say Twitter has been in touch with media companies…
By Madeline Messer March 4Madeline Messer is a student in the 6th grade. iStock For a 12-year-old girl, playing games on an iPhone is pretty regular behavior. Almost all of my friends have game apps on their phones, and we’ll spend sleepovers playing side by side. One day I noticed that my friend was playing…
Students at Columbia University are fretting over the arrest of a fellow undergraduate accused of dealing drugs on campus. The alleged dealer was an active user of Venmo, a mobile app for sending money to people, and on Venmo, transactions are public by default. Yes, even drug transactions. Much of his activity has since been removed or…
How I learned how to record a Periscope live stream, part 1. Live streaming is making a comeback even though it’s technically been around for some time(UStream, Spreecast, Livestream.com etc). The capability these days has grown from desktop to mobile thanks to two new apps that are making waves across social media: Periscope and Meerkat….
Introducing Dash Replenishment Service Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) enables connected devices to order physical goods from Amazon when supplies are running low—like a coffee maker that orders more coffee beans. By using DRS, device makers are able to leverage Amazon’s authentication and payment systems, customer service, and fulfillment network—giving their customers access to Amazon’s low…