You Talkin’ To Me? — London’s App Car-mageddon
Protests by London Black Cab drivers outside Hailo offices. Protests by taxis in Paris against Uber. In some case actual violence is taking place across the globe as private car hire apps and taxi apps gradually start to eat away at the long-controlled taxi and private car markets. What does it look like on the ground, what is the long game being played, and when you’re a driver what… Read More-
Weev Talks About His Time In Prison And Why He Trolls
Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer would like you to try to understand him but doesn’t care if you don’t. He admits he’s a troll, he revels in it, and his efforts are, according to him, a form of comedy. Like Andy Kaufman with a keyboard, he wants to be subversive, insulting, and irrational. But his mission isn’t just to get a rise out of people. He’s… Read More -
Bitcoin Rallies As Allegations Of Trading Irregularities Swirl
It’s been a torrid few days for bitcoin, the now globally known cryptocurrency. A price rally kicked off that has, over the past week, pushed the value of bitcoin up by around 25 percent. Trading near the $580 mark, bitcoin is still down around 50 percent from its record, late-2013 highs, but the life that it’s showing could once again bolster consumer interest in the stuff. Read More -
Rap Genius Drops Co-Founder Following Elliot Rodger Manifesto Annotations
Rap Genius, the startup that wants to “annotate the world,” sees the departure of co-founder Mahbod Moghadam today, owing to Moghadam’s ill-advised annotations on the rambling manifesto of Elliot Rodger. Rodger went on a killing spree this past weekend, injuring 13 and killing seven, including himself. In a blog post detailing the news, co-founder and CEO Tom Lehman… Read More -
Home Alone?
Connected devices company Nest, now owned by Google, has been lauded — mostly, it must be said, by the tech press — for turning its attention to the utilitarian devices in your home. The ones no-one loves. The no-frills, (usually) beige plastic devices that squat on the wall or ceiling of your home doing one thing and one thing only, and thus ungraciously limiting possibilities… Read More -
Fly Or Die: Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Forget everything you thought you knew about the Microsoft Surface tablet, as the latest generation of the Windows-powered Surface Pro is a clear step up from the Microsoft slates of yore. In terms of specs, the 12-inch tablet packs a Core i7 processor, and is thinner, lighter, and more powerful than anything Microsoft has put on the table. The Surface Pro 3 also sports a brand new… Read More -
Apple Said To Be Prepping Smart Home Software Platform For WWDC Reveal
Apple is going to make a big play in the connected smart home space, according to a new report from the Financial Times. The company is planning a platform that would turn its iOS devices, including the iPhone, to control their smart home devices, doing things like controlling lights, security systems and connected appliances. This platform would be built into the iPhone, centralizing… Read More
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The iPhone Is Still The Best Smartphone
I see a lot of phones in my work here at TechCrunch, and I’m genuinely impressed with where the average level of quality is at compared to where it was even just five years ago. I’ve seen Android mature so much in that time that it’s amazing – but for all the work Android OEMs have done in terms of narrowing the gap with the iPhone, which had a considerable lead on… Read More -
Messaging 2.0 Is Now Over
With the news today that Korea’s leading messenger KakaoTalk is merging with one of that country’s largest internet portals, Daum Communications, we are witnessing the end of the rise of mobile-focused independent messaging startups that started just five years ago. Only Kik Messenger remains standing independently, although there are a slew of ephemeral messengers like Snapchat… Read More -
#YesAllWomen Shows That Misogyny Is Everyone’s Problem
If the actions of the UC Santa Barbara shooter last week turned the Internet into a crime scene, then the Web is also where we turn to grieve and try to process something that is truly incomprehensible and horrifying. Since news of the murders broke, #YesAllWomen has remained one of the top trending topics on Twitter. Originally created by Twitter user gildedspine in reaction to the Not All… Read More -
The Crazy Genius Behind Solar Roadways
Here’s an idea crazy enough that it just might work: Pave the streets with solar-powered panels that have their own built-in heat and LED lights. That’s what Scott and Julie Brusaw hope to accomplish with their ongoing Solar Roadways project, which they just funded through a hugely popular crowdfunding campaign. The husband-and-wife team has spent the better part of the last… Read More -
Women Vs. Women, Or The Ugly Side Of Feminism
With the birth of the new feminist narrative sweeping popular culture, it is bound to enter its awkward teenage phase. And just like a teenage mean girl, the new feminism is growing unwieldy before gracefully settling into something we can agree on. But before it makes it there, I hope it doesn’t tear us all down in the process. A few weeks ago at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in… Read More -
Long-Delayed Connected Device Tile Finally Starts Shipping
The Bluetooth-powered lost item finder called Tile, which last summer raised $2.6 million via crowdfunding, has finally begun shipping, the company now claims. Early backers may be a bit skeptical, given the delays the company experienced since raising a significant round of funding many months ago, then not being able to deliver in a timely manner. But over the Memorial Day holiday here in… Read More -
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 -
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 -
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
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