Chinese Police Investigate Foxconn Worker's Fatal Fall
Posted by PCWorld
A worker at a Foxconn facility in southwestern China fell to his death on Wednesday, just a week after a dispute erupted with company employees in the same city[...]
Continue ReadingZeebox Is Coming To Shake Up Social TV In The US: Here’s What It Looks Like
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Second-screen social TV app Zeebox is coming to the U.S. later this summer, after a successful run in the U.K. The app is the brainchild of Anthony Rose, former CTO of the BBC and a big driving force behind the development of the public broadcaster’s iPlayer. As such, he knows a thing or two about changing viewer habits, and Zeebox is uniquely positioned to take off where other similar apps have failed to get traction. I got the chance to talk with Rose for TechCrunch TV and to get a demo of the app. First of all, how is the viewing experience changing and why do we need apps to take advantage of that shift in behavior? According to Rose, broadcasters are looking to take advantage of s[...]
Continue ReadingMobile payments biz Square doubles users to 2M in just six months
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Mobile payments startup Square now has more than two million businesses and individuals accepting credit cards with its service, the company announced Thursday.
The company reached the one million user threshold about six months ago and now has doubled that. As it announced yesterday with its new CFO hire, the company is processing more than $6 billion in payments annually.
?Square’s incredibly simple and convenient solution meets the needs of every type of business,? said Square COO Keith Rabois. ?With more than 80 percent of Americans using credit cards, making payments with Square is becoming part of everyday life.?
On top of its core mobile payments business, the company is looking[...]
Continue ReadingThe company reached the one million user threshold about six months ago and now has doubled that. As it announced yesterday with its new CFO hire, the company is processing more than $6 billion in payments annually.
?Square’s incredibly simple and convenient solution meets the needs of every type of business,? said Square COO Keith Rabois. ?With more than 80 percent of Americans using credit cards, making payments with Square is becoming part of everyday life.?
On top of its core mobile payments business, the company is looking[...]
Hardware accelerator gives mobile owners new set of tools
Posted by Gigaom
Accelerators and incubators are now launching plenty of new software startups into the tech world, but fewer programs in Silicon Valley target companies looking to build cool new pieces of hardware.�HAXLR8R, an�accelerator�specifically�designed for hardware startups, debuted its first class of nine projects on Monday, demonstrating the range of�possibilities�that�exist for consumers when they have a piece of hardware linked to software on a mobile device. The startups had 15 weeks in China to build a prototype of their device.
Here are three startups integrating hardware with mobile software to watch for:
Shaka
Surfers looking to quickly check wind speeds and share the information with frien[...]
Continue ReadingHere are three startups integrating hardware with mobile software to watch for:
Shaka
Surfers looking to quickly check wind speeds and share the information with frien[...]
Grindr’s Joel Simkhai Announces 4M Users, 1M Daily Uniques, And Weighs In On The Skout Disaster
Posted by TechCrunch
I love Grindr, and not just because it’s all about the gays. (Full disclosure: I’m super gay.) The reason I love Grindr is because it’s one of the few location-based social networks to show sustained growth and user loyalty, and with that, Grindr is making a difference in the political realm through Grindr for Equality.
Founder Joel Simkhai dropped into our studio to give us a bit of a status update on not only Grindr but Blendr, the open-to-everyone location-based social network. He proudly announced that in the past three months, Grindr has surpassed 4 million users (with 500,000 new users in the last quarter alone), and 1 million active daily uniques.
Blendr, the gender-[...]
Continue ReadingFounder Joel Simkhai dropped into our studio to give us a bit of a status update on not only Grindr but Blendr, the open-to-everyone location-based social network. He proudly announced that in the past three months, Grindr has surpassed 4 million users (with 500,000 new users in the last quarter alone), and 1 million active daily uniques.
Blendr, the gender-[...]
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