Uber Returns To New Delhi Six Weeks After Ban
Uber announced today that it will resume operations in New Delhi, India. It was banned by authorities six weeks ago after a female passenger accused an Uber driver of rape. Read MoreOnePlus Partners With Lazada To Launch In Indonesia
Smartphone startup OnePlus announced today that it will launch in Indonesia. The move is a significant one for the company, which is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, because smartphone penetration in Indonesia is still relatively low — about 23 percent of its 250 million population — but growing quickly. In fact, research firm Emarketer believes it will become the… Read MoreTwitter Pleads With Power Users To Stop Using Instagram So Much
Twitter appears to be sending out a message to a group of very high-profile users suggesting that these users post photos directly to Twitter instead of sharing through Instagram. Mashable secured a screenshot of the prompt, which shows the aesthetic differences between sharing an Instagram link and posting a photo directly through Twitter. In 2012, Instagram shut off Twitter Cards… Read MoreVisible Measures Launches New Site To Show The “True Reach” Of A Video Campaign
It’s easy to tell when a video has been successful online, right? Just go to YouTube and look at how many views it has. Except YouTube isn’t the only site around (as I remind myself anytime I look at the view counts on TechCrunch’s YouTube channel). That’s why Visible Measures, a startup focused on video analytics and advertising, has launched a new site called True… Read MoreOrganic Food Delivery Service Good Eggs Lays Off 15% Of Staff
The organic food delivery startup Good Eggs, backed by roughly $30 million from Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures according to CrunchBase, confirms to us that it laid off 15 percent of its workforce yesterday, as a part of its plans to restructure the operations side of its business. The move came shortly after the San Francisco-based startup brought on former Netflix exec Andy Rendich, who… Read MoreAutomated Copywriting Startup Persado Raises $21M
Persado, a startup that says it can automatically create and test different marketing emails and other promotional material, is announcing that it has raised $21 million in Series B funding. Co-founder and CEO Alex Vratskides told me that the automated approach allows marketers to try out many more versions of a message than they’d get with regular A/B testing (where human copywriters… Read MoreFrance’s Orange Launches Digital Ventures, A $23M Fund For Early Stage Investments
Orange, the big French carrier with 240 million customers formerly known as France Telecom, is today unveiling its latest bid to get closer to little startups, and appear a little cooler in the process. Or, as some might think of it, Orange wants to be the new black. It has unveiled a new fund called Digital Ventures, with the aim of finding, strategically funding and then working with… Read MoreMobile-Focused Eniac Ventures Raises $55M Third Fund
Eniac Ventures, a firm that backs early-stage mobile startups, is announcing that it has raised $55 million for its third fund. That’s a big step up from its $12.9 million second fund — to say nothing of the first, $1.6 million fund that it announced back in 2010. Read MoreInvestors Join Dating App The League With $2.1 Million Seed Round
Swiping right on the 4,500 users in San Francisco who are now using the mobile dating app The League in their quest for true love, venture investors have put $2.1 million in seed money behind the company. With the money, The League joins the ranks of venture- or angel-backed startups like Coffee Meets Bagel, Bumble, Hinge, and the Holy Grail of hook-up and dating apps, Tinder, in answering… Read MoreRing Video Doorbell Review: You Can Finally Tell The Delivery Guy To Wait 30 More Seconds
The new design and branding are intended to be more appealing to traditional homeowners looking for something more appropriate for their existing decor, and less sci-fi – and there have been functional improvements to the product to boot. All told, the Ring has proven itself a terrific addition to my connected home setup, and one that proves its worth at a basic level more often than… Read MoreTumblr Announces Creatrs Network, An Agency- Style Platform Matching Brands With User Content
Tumblr, at 420 million monthly uniques, has announced a new program today called Creatrs. Tumblr describes it as a art-meets-content collective but it feels a lot like an ad agency. There are two different pieces to the Creatrs program. The first, and most important, is the Creatrs Network. It’s an advertising platform from Tumblr that curates user artwork and artists to offer brands… Read More
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