MassChallenge Launches Maker Space To Encourage Prototyping
Boston-based startup incubator MassChallenge launched a 5,000 square-foot maker space today called Made @ MassChallenge to allow participants to create prototypes onsite. The new area is adjacent to the MassChallenge offices in Boston and enables those folks developing hardware prototypes to move easily between the two spaces during the day. The environment was created with the help… Read MoreGett, The Uber Without Surge Pricing, Cuts Ride Fares In NYC
Gett, an international Uber competitor making a big push in NYC, has today reduced fixed and predictable pricing by up to 25 percent, aiming to compete more squarely with Uber’s UberX service. Last year Gett introduced a summer promotion which ended up staying in effect (and is still in effect today). The promotion offered $10 Gett rides anywhere between Houston St. and Central Park South… Read MoreSequoia-Backed PepperTap Wants To Become The Instacart Of India
New startup PepperTap wants to become the Instacart of India. Armed with $1.2 million in seed funding from Sequoia Capital, PepperTap faces the challenge of India’s maximum retail price laws, which means that it cannot charge a premium for goods. Founder Navneet Singh, however, hopes that his background in logistics will help the PepperTap make money in an industry with notoriously… Read MorePioneering Tech Blog GigaOm Is Shutting Down
GigaOm, a tech blog founded by journalist turned VC Om Malik, is shutting down after finding itself unable to repay creditors. The site has been serving up tech news (and has served as a direct competitor to TechCrunch) since 2006. Initially Twitter chatter backed up reports of the site’s demise. “Gigaom is shutting down. The site. And the company. But Om built something amazing and… Read MoreAccredible Partners With Udacity To Provide Context To Nanodegrees
Accredible, which provides online credentials as a service, is announcing a partnership today to provide digital certificates for Udacity’s burgeoning nanodegree program. The startup has created an API that pulls data from existing online learning platforms — in this case Udacity — and creates an online certificate that summarizes the student’s behavior and learning in… Read MoreSquare Launches Free Chargeback Protection For U.S. And Canadian Sellers
Square, the mobile payments startup that’s been shifting its focus to small business solutions in recent months, announced this morning that it will now cover all Square sellers in the United States and Canada with chargeback protection. That is, when buyers choose to dispute their charges with the business in question, Square will cover those chargebacks for free – up to $250… Read MoreEuropean Pre-Owned Kids Clothing Startup Percentil Acquires Germany’s Kirondo
In a move that sees some consolidation in the European ‘pre-owned’ kids clothing space, Spain’s Percentil has acquired Kirondo, which claims to be the leader in its home country of Germany. Both companies buy and sell ‘nearly-new” clothing, helping parents cash in on clothes that their kids have out-grown and barely used, and letting other parents clothe their kids… Read MorePitch Your Startup In The TC Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM
Winter is slowly turning to spring here in New York City, which makes our trip up to the Sirius XM studios each Tuesday far more attractive. So naturally, we’re more excited than ever to catch up with you fine entrepreneurs in next week’s episode of TechCrunch Radio. As per usual, we’ll start out the show by talking about the latest in tech and startup news, and then… Read MoreFiberead Helps Foreign Authors Break Into China’s E-Book Market
China’s book publishing market is worth about $20 billion and e-books are a fast-growing segment, but it’s difficult for foreign authors to gain a foothold. First they have to find a publisher and then wait for their book to be translated and edited, a process that can take up to a year. Fiberead, a Beijing-based startup, wants to make the process faster and more straightforward. Read MoreSmule CEO Jeff Smith Is Weirdly Optimistic About The Music Industry
“I think this is one of the most exciting times to be in the music business.” That’s not a sentiment I hear very often, but it’s what Smule CEO Jeff Smith told me this week. You could, I suppose, classify this as typical startup bluster — After all, Smith and I were talking about the success that Smule has been seeing with social music apps like Sing! Karaoke. Read MoreGame Over For Storybricks
After a courageous 5 years, it’s game over for Storybricks, the AI gaming startup best known for its work on EverQuest Next, the upcoming new release in the EverQuest MMORPG franchise. Read More
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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