Don’t Believe Anyone Who Tells You Learning To Code Is Easy
Editor’s note: Kate Ray is the technical cofounder of scroll kit, a visual webpage creation tool that was recently acquired by WordPress.com. One of the most dangerous things I’ve seen happen to people who are just starting to code is being told that it’s easy. Here’s what your brain does: Most programming doesn’t require a special brain, but it’s… Read More-
Hands On With Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3
Microsoft’s newest Surface, the Surface Pro 3, is an interesting gadget. Akin to its predecessors, it sits somewhere between a tablet and a laptop. In Microsoft’s estimation, the Pro 3 can replace your laptop while providing the utility of a tablet. It’s a big claim. TechCrunch got its hands on a Pro 3 here in San Francisco, and sat it next to its predecessors and… Read More -
Deciphering The Economics Of Venture Capital
Editor’s note: Matt Oguz is managing director of Palo Alto Venture Science. When Nassim Nicholas Taleb developed his popular theory to explore way-out-of-the-norm surprising events, he outlined three characteristics of a black swan event: The event has a huge impact The event is very hard to explain using (commonly used) scientific methods The event appears unforeseen due to… Read More -
5-Tiles Keyboard Targets Wearables To Hunt The Post-Qwerty Holy Grail
Meet the 5-Tiles Keyboard, (yet) another contender taking aim at disrupting Qwerty — and hoping to increase its chances by first targeting smaller wearable devices, such as smartwatches. The rational being that’s a more realistic way to drive a wedge between Qwerty and its users’ fingers. As challenges go, disrupting Qwerty is akin to attempting to pass… Read More -
The ROI Of iCloud Photo Storage
“When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don’t consider the bloody ROI.” That’s Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in February, after a representative of conservative think tank National Center for Public Policy Research asked a question related to a shareholder proposal that would have Apple disclosing… Read More -
Kill The Hamburger Button
That little three-lined button is the devil. Whether you call it a side menu, navigation drawer, or a hamburger, hiding your features off-screen behind a nondescript icon in the corner is usually a poor mobile design choice. Interaction theory, A/B tests, and the evolution of some of the top apps in the world all support the same thesis: The hamburger button is bad for engagement, and you… Read More -
Watch This DJ Pound The Default iPhone Ringtone Into A Crazy Catchy Dance Track
Happy Saturday! Ready for your semi-regular reminder that some people are just too damned talented? You know that one iPhone ringtone? Yeah. That one. Some call it “Opening”; others call it “That one damned song thats woken me up every morning since iOS 7 came out.” A DJ out of New Delhi, India, cut together a ridiculously catchy mix of iOS 7′s default ringer… Read More
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Baoku
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- Round A
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in2nite
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Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics
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AdRoll
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Birchbox
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Airbnb
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Placester
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American Aerogel
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RF Surgical Systems
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CarNinja
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Encounter Collaborative
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Mirage Endoscopy Center
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Nova Towers Holdings I
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PaxVax
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Tyrogenex
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Xcovery
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X2 Biosystems
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Smava
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The Internet Is Burning
Online security is a horrifying nightmare. Heartbleed. Target. Apple. Linux. Microsoft. Yahoo. eBay. X.509. Whatever security cataclysm erupts next, probably in weeks or even days. We seem to be trapped in a vicious cycle of cascading security disasters that just keep getting worse. Why? Well — “Computers have gotten incredibly complex, while people have remained the same gray mud… Read More -
Bellabeat Lands $4.5M Seed Round To Grow Its Quantified Self App For Pregnancy
Bellabeat, the startup that launched earlier this year with a system to help moms-to-be to track their pregnancies, has closed on a $4.5 million round of funding. The investment, which counts as Bellabeat’s seed round, comes from a roster of angel investing heavyweights: SVAngel, CrunchFund, Nicolas Berggruen, Paul Buchheit, Justin Kan, Michael Seibel, Universal Music Group, Cherubic… Read More -
Dating App Coffee Meets Bagel Ditches Twilio With New IM Features
When I wrote about the Coffee Meets Bagel dating service more than two years ago, I hoped (but didn’t quite believe) that it would last this long. Yet, here we are. The company has received $2.8 million in funding and is today launching the biggest update yet to the app. Coffee Meets Bagel takes a different approach to online dating. Instead of offering up a buffet of potential matches… Read More -
California Will Start Granting Licenses For Driverless Cars In September
You need a license to drive a car. But does a robot? For now, yes. Come September, the California Department of Motor Vehicles will begin granting licenses to select driverless cars and their human co-pilots, which will make it a bit less legally iffy as to whether or not they’re actually allowed to be on a public road. The good news: The license will only cost $150 a pop, and that… Read More -
Notifyr Is A Nifty Little App That Sends Your iPhone Notifications To Your Mac
Notifyr lets you receive iOS notifications on your Mac. When I work, I put my iPhone on the table next to my Mac. Every time it buzzes, I look away from my screen to see whether it’s an important notification. I get quite a lot of notifications, and most of the time it’s not important. But it can become problematic if I’m trying to focus and write a long post. I know it’s… Read More -
That Guy Who Built His Own Wolverine Claws? He Just Built Shoes To Walk On The Ceiling
Remember the crazy gent (Colin Furze) who built the fully automatic Wolverine claws in his garage? He promised more preposterous DIY X-Men themed hackery in the coming days, and he just came through in a big way. This week’s absurdity: shoes that magnetically let him walk across the ceiling, in honor of Magneto. Maybe it’s not quite as cool as full control over anything metal… Read More
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