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Clyp Wants To Be An Imgur For Sound
Meet Clyp, the app that bills itself as an imgur for sound files. Founded by two University of Texas graduates, Clyp has blown up since its launch in 2013 with 825,000 unique users playing with the app. The two founders William Tyson Ferguson and Jordan Patapoff met at uShip, the online transportation marketplace in Austin. Clyp isn’t the entrepreneurs first stab at creating a business. Read MoreHelloFresh Raises $126 Million In Series E From Rocket Internet
HelloFresh, the European startup that delivers perfectly portioned groceries and recipes for you to cook at home, has just announced the close of a $126 million Series E funding round led by previous investors Rocket Internet and Insight Venture Partners. This brings the company’s total funding to $193.5 million. Read MoreChat App Line’s Latest Experiment Is A YouTube-Like Video Service
Messaging app company Line continues to build out its business beyond its core chat service after it launched a YouTube-like video service in Thailand. The company, which claims 181 million active users worldwide, is evaluating plans to introduce similar services in other markets. Read MoreU.K. Court Says NSA-GCHQ Data-Sharing Was Illegal
A U.K. court has for the first time ruled that intelligence sharing activities between the NSA and the equivalent government intelligence agency in the U.K., GCHQ, were unlawful in the past on the grounds that they breached European human rights law. Read MorePalantir Buys Fancy That To Add Retail, Shopping Data To Its Analytics Platform
Palantir is known for its data analytics platform that is used extensively in areas like law enforcement, financial and insurance research and healthcare. Now you can add retail and shopping data to the mix. It has acquired Fancy That, a startup that has built a platform to help retailers with their omnichannel strategies across physical stores, online, mobile and other platforms where… Read MoreGoogle Faces Fight In Europe On Search Delisting
Google’s digital policy pantomime on the theme of Europe’s so-called ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ (rtbf) ruling has delivered its final conclusions, with the publication of a report by the Google-appointed and Google-styled “Advisory Council”, following a series of Google-arranged public debates last year. Read MoreIndian News App NewsHunt Lands $40M To Evolve Into A Digital Content Marketplace
India-based mobile news aggregation service NewsHunt has raised $40 million to continue its evolution into a digital content platform. Read MoreRocket Internet Puts $586M Into Delivery Hero, Buys 9 Other Food Startups
Rocket Internet is making the second major consolidation of its global businesses after the German accelerator announced a new food-on-demand group with business in four companies worldwide, including its portfolio company FoodPanda. Read MoreAnnouncing The Winners Of The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards
Today at The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards TechCrunch and VentureBeat came together to celebrate the best of technology in 2014. It was a night for the ages. The Davies Symphony Hall was packed and Silicon Valley‘s TJ Miller hosted the event. But only a few companies walked away with a Crunchies trophy. The complete list of winners follows. Read MoreUber Wins The 2014 Crunchie For Best Overall Startup
In a few decades, when we look back at the history of Uber, 2014 will be remembered as the year in which it established itself as a global force to be reckoned with. So it’s probably no surprise that the company has won this year’s Crunchie for Best Overall Startup. Over the past four years, Uber has quickly expanded to make affordable, reliable transportation available in more… Read More
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