September 8, 2014
Authy Raises $2.3M To Help Prevent The Next Celebrity Hack
Hacking into poorly secured online accounts isn’t all that hard, as a few celebrities found out this week. One of the easiest ways to secure your accounts is…
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September 8, 2014
Facebook Highlights Its 1-Billion-Video-Views-Per-Day Reach By Adding View Counts
To prove to advertisers and the world that it’s not just YouTube that has massive video engagement online, Facebook today announced it now delivers 1 billion video views…
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The #Gamergate Question
Depending on how closely you follow the gaming and tech press, you may have heard of #gamergate. Those of us inside the industry have. This week it’s essentially…
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TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon Developers Learn To Simplify Under Pressure
Under the pressure that is the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, one team found itself stuck. The product was too complex to complete on time. The team members were tired…
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Git Bounty Wants To Help Open-Source Programmers Get Paid For Bug Fixes
If you’re using open-source software, you’ve probably come across a bug that you want to fix but don’t have the expertise to do it yourself — and the…
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Blitz Lets You Create Shortcuts To Your Favorite iOS Apps
Presenting on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco hackathon this afternoon was the team from an iOS app called Blitz, which aims to offer Notification Screen shortcuts…
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StudySpots Helps Students Escape The Campus Bubble
I wish StudySpots had been around when I was a college student. I’d spend hours hunched over books and my laptop in my dorm room or the same…
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iWatch’s Killer Feature Could Be Two-Factor Authentication For Payments
How will Apple make us desperate to buy its smartwatch? By taking the risk and clumsiness out of mobile payments. Imagine if your iWatch could recognize that your…
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Watch The Disrupt SF Hackathon Live Stream Right Here!
The Hackathon is nearly over, and yet it has only just begun. Hundreds of developers and tinkerers came together yesterday to kick off TC Disrupt SF with a…
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Catering Startup Cater2.me Says It Has Served 5M Meals
It’s been more than two years since I last wrote about Cater2.me, a service that connects local food vendors with companies in need of catering. Sounds like the…
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