August 9, 2015
This Is My Jam Shuts Down Without Screwing Users
“We’re deleting everything in a week because we got acquired/ran out of money”. This is a familiar scene when a startup shuts down. It’s why I’ve wondered if…
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August 7, 2015
CrunchWeek: Earnings Beatdown, Twitter’s Palace Intrigue And VR Goes Full Weird
Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s recurring roundup of the biggest tech stories of the week. This week our humble band delved into…
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Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like Coaching, So Coach.Me Put Coaching In Your Coaching
You don’t just wake up an expert on how to write a crappy headline; someone has to coach you. Thanks to Panz, you are now reading this gem.…
Read articleAugust 6, 2015
Social Publishing Service Wattpad Hacked, “Some” Passwords May Have Been Exposed
It looks like Wattpad, a site where authors can share their writing and interact with readers, was hacked a couple of months ago. The company has been sending…
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Genius Hub Is Like A Paid Version Of Reddit’s AMA
Reddit’s traffic may be climbing amid its recent controversy and turmoil, but the company’s fate is now more questionable than before. And that means it’s time for competitors…
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Femsplain Rolls Out A Community Platform For Feminists
Femsplain bills itself as a “community-driven publisher,” and it’s looking to build that community with a new initiative called Femsplain Beta. The feminist site was launched last year,…
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U.K. Web Users Now Prefer To Do It With Smartphones
U.K. web users now see their smartphone as the most important device for getting online, overtaking the previous most popular device, the laptop, according to a study of…
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‘Watching People Do Stuff’ Is A Business Model And Sywork Is The Twitch For Illustrators
Watching people play video games. Check. Watching people play with apps. Check. Watching people do earnings. Check. Watching people draw things? Check. Now, anyways. Today, a company called…
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Bucket Transforms Text From The Web Into A Visual Travel Planner
Bucket, a service that transforms unstructured text based on travel recommendations into a page of cards with information from places like Yelp and Frommer’s, is launching into an…
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Graava Is A $249 Action Camera That Edits Highlight Videos For You
Your GoPro is great until you have to edit all those hours of footage to find the cool moments. Graava does that automatically. Starting pre-orders today for $249…
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