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Twitter launches its anti-abuse filter for Direct Messages Twitter is rolling out its spam and abuse filter for Direct Messages, a month and a half after the company announced it had started testing the feature. The filter will be available on Twitter’s iOS, Android and Web apps. The filter adds a new view to the Additional Messages inbox, where DMs from people you […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter launches its anti-abuse filter for Direct Messages October 1, 2019 at 09:00AM

AWS IQ matches AWS customers with certified service providers AWS has a lot going on, and it’s not always easy for customers to deal with the breadth of its service offerings on its own. Today, the company announced a new service called AWS IQ that is designed to connect customers with certified service providers. “Today I would like to tell you about AWS IQ, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - AWS IQ matches AWS customers with certified service providers October 1, 2019 at 08:00AM

Swiftoberfest 2019 Get schwifty with Swift and SwiftUI Swift Developer News - Hacking with Swift - Swiftoberfest 2019 October 1, 2019 at 06:00AM

Daily Crunch: Facebook faces VR challenges The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Not all is predictable on Facebook’s social Horizon Last week, Facebook unveiled Horizon, a massively multiplayer VR world that’s scheduled to […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Facebook faces VR challenges October 1, 2019 at 05:00AM

SmartNews’ head of product on how the news discovery app wants to free readers from filter bubbles Since launching in the United States five years ago, SmartNews, the news aggregation app that recently hit unicorn status, has quietly built a reputation for presenting reliable information from a wide range of publishers. The company straddles two very different markets: the U.S. and its home country of Japan, where it is one of the […] Social – TechCrunch - SmartNews’ head of product on how the news discovery app wants to free readers from filter bubbles October 1, 2019 at 03:00AM

Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop service is now generally available Microsoft today announced that Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), its Azure-based system for virtualizing the Windows and Office user experience it announced last September, is now generally available. Using WVD, enterprises can give their employees access to virtualized applications and remote desktops, including the ability to provide multi-session Windows 10 experiences, something that sets Microsoft’s own […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop service is now generally available October 1, 2019 at 02:00AM

Confluent adds free tier to Kafka real-time streaming data cloud service When Confluent launched a cloud service in 2017, it was trying to reduce some of the complexity related to running a Kafka streaming data application. Today, it introduced a free tier to that cloud service. The company hopes to expand its market beyond large technology company customers, and the free tier should make it easier […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Confluent adds free tier to Kafka real-time streaming data cloud service October 1, 2019 at 01:00AM

Why is Dropbox reinventing itself? According to Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, 80% of the product’s users rely on it, at least partially, for work. It makes sense, then, that the company is refocusing to try and cement its spot in the workplace; to shed its image as “just” a file storage company (in a time when just about every big […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Why is Dropbox reinventing itself? September 30, 2019 at 03:00AM

This Week in Apps: AltStore, acquisitions and Google Play Pass The app industry shows no signs of slowing down, with 194 billion downloads in 2018 and over $100 billion in consumer spending. People spend 90% of their mobile time in apps and more time using their mobile devices than watching TV. In other words, apps aren’t just a way to spend idle hours — they’re […] Social – TechCrunch - This Week in Apps: AltStore, acquisitions and Google Play Pass September 29, 2019 at 03:00AM

Not all is predictable on Facebook’s social Horizon Most of the people I spoke with at Facebook’s Oculus Connect see the proliferation of virtual reality as a foregone conclusion, one that’s just a matter of timing at this point. For Facebook, the conference’s “The Time is Now” catchphrase showcased that they feel their hardware is ready for everyone. But despite the success, they […] Social – TechCrunch - Not all is predictable on Facebook’s social Horizon September 28, 2019 at 06:00AM

Daily Crunch: Facebook hides Like counts The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy It looks like Facebook wants to end the terrible game of chasing Likes, […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Facebook hides Like counts September 28, 2019 at 05:00AM

Google will soon open a cloud region in Poland Google today announced its plans to open a new cloud region in Warsaw, Poland to better serve its customers in Central and Eastern Europe. This move is part of Google’s overall investment in expanding the physical footprint of its data centers. Only a few days ago, after all, the company announced that, in the next […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Google will soon open a cloud region in Poland September 28, 2019 at 02:00AM

Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy If their post has lots of Likes, you feel jealous. If your post doesn’t get enough Likes, you feel embarrassed. And when you just chase Likes, you distort your life seeking moments that score them, or censor it fearing you won’t look popular without them. That’s why Facebook is officially starting to hide Like counts […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy September 27, 2019 at 06:00AM

Europe shows the way in online privacy After passively watching for many years as tech giants developed dominant market positions that threaten consumer privacy and stifle competition, American antitrust regulators seem to have finally... Social – TechCrunch - Europe shows the way in online privacy September 27, 2019 at 05:00AM

MediaRadar’s new product helps event organizers maximize sales MediaRadar CEO Todd Krizelman describes his company as having “a very specific objective, which is to help media salespeople sell more advertising” by providing them with crucial data. And with today’s launch of MediaRadar Events, Krizelman hopes to do something similar for event organizers. These customer groups might actually be one and the same, as […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - MediaRadar’s new product helps event organizers maximize sales September 27, 2019 at 05:00AM

Battlefield vets StrongSalt (formerly OverNest) announces $3M seed round StrongSalt, then known as OverNest, appeared at the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC Battlefield in 2016, and announced product for searching encrypted code, which remains unusual to this day. Today, the company announced a $3 million seed round led by Valley Capital Partners. StrongSalt founder and CEO Ed Yu, says encryption remains a difficult proposition, and that […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Battlefield vets StrongSalt (formerly OverNest) announces $3M seed round September 27, 2019 at 12:01AM

Voter manipulation on social media now a global problem, report finds New research by the Oxford Internet Institute has found that social media manipulation is getting worse, with rising numbers of governments and political parties making cynical use of social media algorithms, automation and big data to manipulate public opinion at scale — with hugely worrying implications for democracy. The report found that computational propaganda and […] Social – TechCrunch - Voter manipulation on social media now a global problem, report finds September 26, 2019 at 10:00PM

India’s Darwinbox raises $15M to bring its HR tech platform to more Asian markets An Indian SaaS startup, which is increasingly courting clients from outside of the country, just raised a significant amount of capital to expand its business. Hyderabad-based Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based human resource management platform, said on Thursday it has raised $15 million in a new financing round. The Series B round — which moves […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - India’s Darwinbox raises $15M to bring its HR tech platform to more Asian markets September 26, 2019 at 10:00AM

Symantec’s Sheila Jordan named to Slack’s board of directors Newly-public Slack taps cybersecurity expertise for growing board. Enterprise – TechCrunch - Symantec’s Sheila Jordan named to Slack’s board of directors September 26, 2019 at 06:00AM

Facebook announces Horizon, a VR massive-multiplayer world Facebook today announced it’s building its own Ready Player One Oasis. Facebook Horizon is a virtual reality sandbox universe where you can build your own environments and games, play and socialize with friends, or just explore the user generated landscapes. This is Facebook’s take on Second Life. Launching in early 2020 in closed beta, Facebook […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook announces Horizon, a VR massive-multiplayer world September 26, 2019 at 04:00AM

Why Flexport built a slick Slack SaaS for shipping “Make their metrics your metrics” is one of Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen’s mantras. Sometimes that means building free software for your clients. It can be frustrating aligning your fates with a fellow business if they operate on email, phone and fax like much of the freight-forwarding industry that gets pallets of goods across the world […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Why Flexport built a slick Slack SaaS for shipping September 26, 2019 at 04:00AM

Segment’s new privacy portal helps companies comply with expanding regulations With the EU’s sweeping GDPR privacy laws and the upcoming California Consumer Privacy ACT (CCPA), companies have to figure out how to deal with keeping private data private or face massive fines. Segment announced a new Privacy Portal today, that could help companies trying to remain in compliance. Segment CEO and co-founder Peter Reinhardt says […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Segment’s new privacy portal helps companies comply with expanding regulations September 26, 2019 at 03:00AM

Why Flexport built a slick Slack SAAS for shipping “Make their metrics your metrics” is one of Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen’s mantras. Sometimes that means building free software for your clients. It can be frustrating aligning your fates with a fellow business if they operate on email, phone, and fax like much of the freight forwarding industry that gets pallets of good across the […] Social – TechCrunch - Why Flexport built a slick Slack SAAS for shipping September 26, 2019 at 02:00AM

Netdata, a monitoring startup with 50 year old founder, announces $17M Series A Nearly everything about Netdata, makers of open source monitoring tool, defies standard thinking about startups. Consider that the founder is a polished, experienced 50-year old executive, who started his company several years ago when he became frustrated by what he was seeing in the monitoring tools space. Like any good founder, he decided to build […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Netdata, a monitoring startup with 50 year old founder, announces $17M Series A September 26, 2019 at 12:01AM

How founder and CTO Dries Buytaert sold Acquia for $1B Acquia announced yesterday that Vista Equity Partners was going to buy a majority stake in the company worth a $1 billion. That would seem to be reason enough to sell the company. That’s a good amount a dough, but as co-founder and CTO Dries Buytaert told Extra Crunch, he’s also happy to be taking care […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - How founder and CTO Dries Buytaert sold Acquia for $1B September 26, 2019 at 12:01AM

Arceo.ai raises $37 million to expand cyber insurance coverage and access Critical cyber attacks on both businesses and individuals have been grabbing headlines at an alarming rate. Cybersecurity has moved from a background risk for enterprises to a critical day-to-day threat to business operations, forcing executive teams to pour time and hundreds of billions in capital into monitoring and prevention efforts. Yet even as investment in […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Arceo.ai raises $37 million to expand cyber insurance coverage and access September 26, 2019 at 12:01AM

QC Ware Forge will give developers access to quantum hardware and simulators across vendors Quantum computing is almost ready for prime time, and, according to most experts, now is the time to start learning how to best develop for this new and less than intuitive technology. With multiple vendors like D-Wave, Google, IBM, Microsoft and Rigetti offering commercial and open-source hardware solutions, simulators and other tools, there’s already a […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - QC Ware Forge will give developers access to quantum hardware and simulators across vendors September 26, 2019 at 12:01AM

Vannevar Labs comes out of stealth to bring best-in-class AI tech to national security agencies Few organizations have the complex data and analytics problems that challenge the defense and intelligence communities every single day. Whether it is managing petabytes of text, audio, or video data, finding extraordinarily small patterns in the noise, or processing multilingual analytics, the agencies at the heart of America’s national security system confront cutting-edge problems every […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Vannevar Labs comes out of stealth to bring best-in-class AI tech to national security agencies September 26, 2019 at 12:01AM

ZenBusiness raises $15m to help founders launch and grow “worry-free” There are two sides to starting a new business. On one side, entrepreneurs need creativity, imagination — a dream, essentially — to find, build, and market a new product to users and consumers. But on the other side, they have to deal with the regulatory state and all the minutia that comes with running any […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - ZenBusiness raises $15m to help founders launch and grow “worry-free” September 25, 2019 at 11:00PM

Alibaba unveils Hanguang 800, an AI inference chip it says significantly increases the speed of machine learning tasks Alibaba Group introduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes performing machine learning tasks dramatically faster and more energy-efficient. The chip, announced today during Alibaba Cloud’s annual Apsara Computing Conference in Hangzhou, is already being used to power features on Alibaba’s e-commerce sites, including product […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Alibaba unveils Hanguang 800, an AI inference chip it says significantly increases the speed of machine learning tasks September 25, 2019 at 05:00PM

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power In 2012, the emblematic podcast This American Life did a special on politics in Afghanistan. They noted that in order to be a politician in Afghanistan, one needs to command a personal armed militia. That’s how politics is practiced in a fragmented country with a long history of violence, and without a stable, credible centralized authority. Social – TechCrunch - In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power September 25, 2019 at 07:00AM

Facebook promises not to stop politicians’ lies & hate Facebook confirms it won’t fact-check politicians’ speech or block their content if it’s newsworthy even if it violates the site’s hatespeech rules or other policies. This cementing of its policy comes from Facebook’s head of global policy and communication Nick Clegg who gave a speech today about Facebook’s plans to prevent interference in the 2020 […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook promises not to stop politicians’ lies & hate September 25, 2019 at 06:00AM

Amazon launches Amazon Care, a virtual and in-person healthcare offering for employees Amazon has gone live with Amazon Care, a new pilot healthcare service offering that is initially available to its employees in and around the Seattle area. The Amazon Care offering includes both virtual and in-person care, with telemedicine via app, chat and remote video, as well as follow-up visits and prescription drug delivery in person […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Amazon launches Amazon Care, a virtual and in-person healthcare offering for employees September 25, 2019 at 06:00AM

Meme editor Kapwing grows 10X, raises $11M Kapwing is a laymen’s Adobe Creative Suite built for what people actually do on the internet: make memes and remix media. Need to resize a video? Add text or subtitles to a video? Trim or crop or loop or frame or rotate or soundtrack or… Then you need Kapwing. The free web and mobile tool […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Meme editor Kapwing grows 10X, raises $11M September 25, 2019 at 04:00AM

Daily Crunch: Facebook acquires a neural monitoring startup The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook buys startup building neural monitoring armband Facebook has talked a lot about working on a non-invasive brain input device that […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Facebook acquires a neural monitoring startup September 25, 2019 at 04:00AM

Meme editor Kapwing grows 10X, raises $11M Kapwing is a laymen’s Adobe Creative Suite built for what people actually do on the internet: make memes and remix media. Need to resize a video? Add text or subtitles to a video? Trim or crop or loop or frame or rotate or soundtrack or… Then you need Kapwing. The free web and mobile tool […] Social – TechCrunch - Meme editor Kapwing grows 10X, raises $11M September 25, 2019 at 04:00AM

Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices So you thought there were 800 million Windows 10 Devices that will get Microsoft’s most recent out-of-band emergency patch? Think again. As the company announced on Twitter today, Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices. That’s a bit of bad timing, but current security issues aside, the momentum for Windows 10 clearly remains steady. […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices September 25, 2019 at 03:00AM

Meet SoundCloud rival Audius, free & anti-takedowns “It was SoundCloud’s opportunity to lose and now it’s ours” says Audius CEO Roneil Rumberg. Plenty of musicians and fans are sick of SoundCloud’s expensive hosting costs, haphazard content takedowns, and lagging user experience as the site’s status withers. Audius wants to be the opposite, and offer a new home for artists where they’ll eventually […] Social – TechCrunch - Meet SoundCloud rival Audius, free & anti-takedowns September 25, 2019 at 02:00AM

Vista Equity Partners buys Acquia for $1B Vista Equity Partners, which likes to purchase undervalued tech companies and turn them around for a hefty profit, has purchased web content management and digital experience company, Acquia in a deal valued at $1 billion. Robert F. Smith, who is founder and chairman of Vista Equity Partners, says that increasingly brands understand that delivering a […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Vista Equity Partners buys Acquia for $1B September 25, 2019 at 02:00AM

Fivetran hauls in $44M Series B as data pipeline business booms Fivetran, a startup that helps companies move data from disparate repositories to data warehouses, announced $44 million Series B financing today, less than a year after collecting a $15 million Series A round. Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) led the round with participation from existing investors Matrix Partners and CEAS Investments. As part of the deal, Martin […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Fivetran hauls in $44M Series B as data pipeline business booms September 24, 2019 at 11:00PM

Fundbox raises $176 million Series C to build ‘Visa’ for B2B payments Credit cards have become all but ubiquitous for consumer transactions, and it isn’t hard to see why. By intermediating payments, networks like Visa allow buyers and sellers to exchange money for goods and services without knowing the financial risk profile of the counter-party. Rather than applying for credit at every merchant you shop at, you […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Fundbox raises $176 million Series C to build ‘Visa’ for B2B payments September 24, 2019 at 09:00PM

Tipalti collects $76M from Twitter alums’ 01 Advisors and more for its AI-based accounts payable solution Accounting is one of the cornerstones to building a business, but for most companies, getting it right is more of a necessity than it is one of their core competencies. That has created a vacuum, and now, a company called Tipalti — which has developed a popular solution to automate accounting for businesses that are not […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Tipalti collects $76M from Twitter alums’ 01 Advisors and more for its AI-based accounts payable solution September 24, 2019 at 08:00PM

What’s the right way to sponsor a YouTube influencer? We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth Report. Social – TechCrunch - What’s the right way to sponsor a YouTube influencer? September 24, 2019 at 07:00AM

Twitter details new policies designed to crack down on financial scams Twitter today says it’s expanding its policies to prohibit financial scams on its platform — something you’d think would have already been banned, but apparently was never directly addressed through Twitter’s policy documentation. Instead, financial scams until now have been handled through Twitter’s spam reporting tool which was expanded last year to specifically identify what […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter details new policies designed to crack down on financial scams September 24, 2019 at 04:00AM

Chef CEO does an about face, says company will not renew ICE contract After stating clearly on Friday that he would honor a $95,000 contract with ICE, CEO Barry Crist must have had a change of heart over the weekend. In a blog post, this morning he wrote that the company would not be renewing the contract with ICE after all. “After deep introspection and dialog within Chef, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Chef CEO does an about face, says company will not renew ICE contract September 24, 2019 at 02:00AM

Programmer who took down open source pieces over Chef ICE contract responds On Friday afternoon Chef CEO Barry Crist and CTO Corey Scobie sat down with TechCrunch to defend their contract with ICE after a firestorm on social media called for them to cut ties with the controversial agency. On Sunday, programmer Seth Vargo, the man who removed his open source components, which contributed to a partial […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Programmer who took down open source pieces over Chef ICE contract responds September 24, 2019 at 12:01AM

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How Peloton made sweat addictive enough to IPO It makes lazy people like me work out. That’s the genius of the Peloton bicycle. All you have to do is velcro on the shoes and you’re trapped. You’ve eliminated choice and you will exercise. Through a succession of savvy product design choice I’ll break down here, Peloton removes the friction to getting fit. It’s the […] Social – TechCrunch - How Peloton made sweat addictive enough to IPO September 23, 2019 at 09:00AM

TechCrunch Disrupt offers plenty of options for attendees with an eye on the enterprise We might have just completed a full-day program devoted completely to enterprise at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise last week, but it doesn’t mean we plan to sell that subject short at TechCrunch Disrupt next month in San Francisco. In fact, we have something for everyone from startups to established public companies and everything in between along […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - TechCrunch Disrupt offers plenty of options for attendees with an eye on the enterprise September 23, 2019 at 05:00AM

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Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service As Facebook prepares to launch its new cryptocurrency Libra in 2020, it’s putting the pieces in place to help it run. In one of the latest developments, it has acquired Servicefriend, a startup that built bots — chat clients for messaging apps based on artificial intelligence — to help customer service teams, TechCrunch has confirmed. […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service September 22, 2019 at 09:00AM

Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service As Facebook prepares to launch its new cryptocurrency Libra in 2020, it’s putting the pieces in place to help it run. In one of the latest developments, it has acquired Servicefriend, a startup that built bots — chat clients for messaging apps based on artificial intelligence — to help customer service teams, TechCrunch has confirmed. […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service September 22, 2019 at 09:00AM

Meet Facebook’s latest fake Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a 35-year-old billionaire who keeps refusing to sit in front of international parliamentarians to answer questions about his ad business’ impact on democracy and human rights around the world, has a new piece of accountability theatre to sell you: An “Oversight Board“. Not of Facebook’s business itself. Though you’d be forgiven […] Social – TechCrunch - Meet Facebook’s latest fake September 22, 2019 at 04:00AM

Chef CEO says he’ll continue to work with ICE in spite of protests Yesterday, software development tool maker Chef found itself in the middle of a firestorm after a Tweet called them out for doing business with DHS/ICE. Eventually it led to an influential open source developer removing a couple of key pieces of software from the project, bringing down some parts of Chef’s commercial business. Chef intends […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Chef CEO says he’ll continue to work with ICE in spite of protests September 21, 2019 at 08:00AM

Facebook has suspended ‘tens of thousands’ of apps suspected of hoarding data Facebook has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps connected to its platform which it suspects may be collecting large amounts of user profile data. That’s a sharp rise from the 400 apps flagged a year ago by the company’s investigation in the wake of Cambridge Analytica, a scandal that saw tens of millions of Facebook […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook has suspended ‘tens of thousands’ of apps suspected of hoarding data September 21, 2019 at 08:00AM

Xcode 12 wish list: SwiftUI, iPadOS, and more With nine months before WWDC20 now is the time to dream. Swift Developer News - Hacking with Swift - Xcode 12 wish list: SwiftUI, iPadOS, and more September 21, 2019 at 03:00AM

Vianai emerges with $50M seed and a mission to simplify machine learning tech You don’t see a startup get a $50 million seed round all that often, but such was the case with Vianai, an early stage startup launched by Vishal Sikka, former Infosys managing director and SAP executive. The company launched recently with a big check and a vision to transform machine learning. Just this week, the […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Vianai emerges with $50M seed and a mission to simplify machine learning tech September 21, 2019 at 12:00AM

Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in Europe Google announced today that it was investing 3 billion euro (approximately $3.3 billion USD) to expand its data center presence in Europe. What’s more, the company pledged the data centers would be environmentally friendly. This new investment is in addition to the $7 billion the company has invested since 2007 in the EU, but today’s […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in Europe September 20, 2019 at 11:00PM

Twitter discloses another 10,000 accounts suspended for fomenting political discord globally Twitter’s ongoing, and possibly Sisyphean, effort of policing and removing nefarious content disseminated on its platform is taking another step forward today. The company’s safety team has disclosed the removal of another 10,112 accounts across six countries that were found to be actively spreading misinformation and encouraging unrest in politically sensitive climates. The accounts noted […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter discloses another 10,000 accounts suspended for fomenting political discord globally September 20, 2019 at 07:00PM

Twitter launches its controversial ‘Hide Replies’ feature in the US and Japan Twitter’s controversial “Hide Replies” feature, aimed at civilizing conversations on its platform, is launching today in the U.S. and Japan after earlier tests in Canada. The addition is one of the more radical changes to Twitter to date. It puts people back in control of a conversation they’ve started by giving them the ability to […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter launches its controversial ‘Hide Replies’ feature in the US and Japan September 20, 2019 at 07:00AM

Facebook expands its playable and AR ad formats Ahead of Advertising Week, Facebook is the announcing the expansion of three interactive ad formats. First, it says that poll ads (which you may already have seen in Instagram Stories) are moving to the main feed of the Facebook mobile app. Second, the augmented reality ads that Facebook has already been testing are moving into […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook expands its playable and AR ad formats September 20, 2019 at 01:00AM

Quilt Data launches from stealth with free portal to access petabytes of public data Quilt Data‘s founders, Kevin Moore and Aneesh Karve, have been hard at work for the last four years building a platform to search for data quickly across vast repositories on AWS S3 storage. The idea is to give data scientists a way to find data in S3 buckets, and then package that data in forms […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Quilt Data launches from stealth with free portal to access petabytes of public data September 19, 2019 at 11:00PM

New Relic launches platform for developers to build custom apps When Salesforce launched Force.com in 2007 as a place for developers to build applications on top of Salesforce, it was a pivotal moment for the concept of SaaS platforms. Since then, it’s been said that every enterprise SaaS company wants to be a platform play. Today, New Relic achieved that goal when it announced the […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - New Relic launches platform for developers to build custom apps September 19, 2019 at 11:00PM

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How to profit from valuable peer referrals hiding in Slack Brands often act like the person who searches for their keys under the streetlight simply because that is where the light is better. However, when brand marketers focus only on engaging with... Social – TechCrunch - How to profit from valuable peer referrals hiding in Slack September 19, 2019 at 06:00AM

Out of the box influencer strategies to accelerate awareness for your startup For new brands, growing awareness and gaining consumer trust are two of the most important yet challenging marketing objectives. But startups don’t have the budget to activate mega-influencers... Social – TechCrunch - Out of the box influencer strategies to accelerate awareness for your startup September 19, 2019 at 06:00AM

Daily Crunch: Facebook announces Portal TV The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box The Portal TV lets you hang out with friends using your […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Facebook announces Portal TV September 19, 2019 at 04:00AM

Facebook will let users disable storage of Portal voice snippets As consumer tech companies come under fire for how they handle voice data from consumers, Facebook is announcing changes to how users can manage recordings and transcriptions that are stored on Facebook’s services. At a press event announcing Facebook’s new line of Portal hardware, exec Andrew Bosworth told reporters that the company would be adding […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook will let users disable storage of Portal voice snippets September 19, 2019 at 02:00AM

Tableau update uses AI to increase speed to insight Tableau was acquired by Salesforce earlier this year for $15.7 billion, but long before that, the company had been working on its Fall update, and today it announced several new tools including a new feature called ‘Explain Data’ that uses AI to get to insight quickly. “What Explain Data does is it moves users from […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Tableau update uses AI to increase speed to insight September 19, 2019 at 12:01AM

Aliro comes out of stealth with $2.7M to ‘democratize’ quantum computing with developer tools It’s still early days for quantum computing, but we’re nonetheless seeing an interesting group of startups emerging that are helping the world take advantage of the new technology now. Aliro Technologies, a Harvard startup that has built a platform for developers to code more easily for quantum environments — “write once, run anywhere” is one […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Aliro comes out of stealth with $2.7M to ‘democratize’ quantum computing with developer tools September 18, 2019 at 11:00PM

Salesforce brings AI power to its search tool Enterprise search tools have always suffered from the success of Google. Users wanted to find the content they needed internally in the same way they found it on the web. Enterprise search has never been able to meet those lofty expectations, but today Salesforce announced Einstein Search, an AI-powered search tool for Salesforce users that […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Salesforce brings AI power to its search tool September 18, 2019 at 11:00PM

Salesforce is building an app to gauge a company’s sustainability progress Salesforce has always tried to be a socially responsible company, encouraging employees to work in the community, giving 1% of its profits to different causes and building and productizing the 1-1-1 philanthropic model. The company now wants to help other organizations be more sustainable to reduce their carbon footprint, and today it announced it is […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Salesforce is building an app to gauge a company’s sustainability progress September 18, 2019 at 10:00PM

Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box Facebook wants to take over your television with a clip-on camera for video calling, AR gaming, and content co-watching. If you can get past the creepiness, the new Portal TV let you hang out with friends on your home’s biggest screen. It’s a fresh product category that could give the social network a unique foothold […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box September 18, 2019 at 10:00PM

Facebook’s new policy Supreme Court could override Zuckerberg A real check to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s control is finally coming in the form of a 11- to 40-member Oversight Board that will review appeals to its policy decisions like content takedowns and make recommendations for changes. Today Facebook released the charter establishing the theoretically independent Oversight Board, with Zuckerberg explaining that when it […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook’s new policy Supreme Court could override Zuckerberg September 18, 2019 at 06:00AM

In a social media world, here’s what you need to know about UGC and privacy Consumers are rejecting traditional advertising in favor of transparent and authentic communications. Now, more marketers are leveraging user-generated content in marketing and e-commerce strategies. Social – TechCrunch - In a social media world, here’s what you need to know about UGC and privacy September 18, 2019 at 03:00AM

Boston-based DataRobot raises $206M Series E to bring AI to enterprise Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly large role in enterprise software, and Boston’s DataRobot has been helping companies build, manage and deploy machine learning models for some time now. Today, the company announced a $206 million Series E investment led by Sapphire Ventures. Other participants in this round included new investors Tiger Global Management, World […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Boston-based DataRobot raises $206M Series E to bring AI to enterprise September 18, 2019 at 01:00AM

IEX’s Katsuyama is no flash in the pan When you watch a commercial for one of the major stock exchanges, you are welcomed into a world of fast-moving, slick images full of glistening buildings, lush crops and happy people. They are typically interspersed with shots of intrepid executives veering out over the horizon as if to say, “I’ve got a long-term vision, and […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - IEX’s Katsuyama is no flash in the pan September 18, 2019 at 01:00AM

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LinkedIn launches skills assessments, tests that let you beef up your credentials for job hunting LinkedIn, the social networking service for the working world, is today taking the wraps off its latest effort to provide its users with better tools for presenting their professional selves, and to make the process of recruitment on the platform more effective. It will now offer a new feature called Skills Assessments: short, multiple-choice tests […] Social – TechCrunch - LinkedIn launches skills assessments, tests that let you beef up your credentials for job hunting September 17, 2019 at 11:00PM

LinkedIn launches skills assessments, tests that let you beef up your credentials for job hunting LinkedIn, the social networking service for the working world, is today taking the wraps off its latest effort to provide its users with better tools for presenting their professional selves, and to make the process of recruitment on the platform more effective. It will now offer a new feature called Skills Assessments: short, multiple-choice tests […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - LinkedIn launches skills assessments, tests that let you beef up your credentials for job hunting September 17, 2019 at 11:00PM

GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.768B valuation GitLab is a company that doesn’t pull any punches or try to be coy. It actually has had a page on its website for sometime stating it intends to go public on November 18, 2020. You don’t see that level of transparency from late-stage startups all that often. Today, the company announced a huge $268 […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.768B valuation September 17, 2019 at 11:00PM

Data storage company Cloudian launches a new edge analytics subsidiary called Edgematrix Cloudian, a company that enables businesses to store and manage massive amounts of data, announced today the launch of Edgematrix, a new unit focused on edge analytics for large data sets. Edgematrix, a majority-owned subsidiary of Cloudian, will first be available in Japan, where both companies are based. It has raised a $9 million Series […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Data storage company Cloudian launches a new edge analytics subsidiary called Edgematrix September 17, 2019 at 10:00PM

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Daily Crunch: Salesforce launches vertical clouds The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Salesforce doubles down on verticals, launches Manufacturing and Consumer Goods Clouds Salesforce unveiled two new business units today as part of […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Salesforce launches vertical clouds September 17, 2019 at 02:00AM

Ten years after Adobe bought Omniture, the deal comes into clearer focus Ten years ago this week, Adobe acquired Omniture for $1.8 billion. At the time, Adobe was a software company selling boxed software like Dreamweaver, Flash and Photoshop to creatives. Many people were baffled by the move, not realizing that purchasing a web analytics company was really the first volley in a full company transformation to […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Ten years after Adobe bought Omniture, the deal comes into clearer focus September 17, 2019 at 02:00AM

Walt Disney Studios partners with Microsoft Azure on cloud innovation lab Seems like everything is going to the cloud these days, so why should moving-making be left out? Today, Walt Disney Studios announced a five-year partnership with Microsoft around an innovation lab to find ways to shift content production to the Azure cloud. The project involves the Walt Disney StudioLab, an innovation work space where Disney […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Walt Disney Studios partners with Microsoft Azure on cloud innovation lab September 17, 2019 at 01:00AM

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Facebook rolls out new video tools, plus Instagram and IGTV scheduling feature Facebook on Monday announced a number of updates aimed at video creators and publishers, during a session at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) taking place in Amsterdam. The updates involve changes to live video broadcasting, Facebook’s Watch Party, and Creator Studio, and they include enhancements to tools, expanded feature sets, and improved analytics, among other […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook rolls out new video tools, plus Instagram and IGTV scheduling feature September 17, 2019 at 12:01AM

FOSSA scores $8.5 million Series A to help enterprise manage open source licenses As more enterprise developers make use of open source, it becomes increasingly important for companies to make sure that they are complying with licensing requirements. They also need to ensure the open sources bits are being updated over time for security purposes. That’s where FOSSA comes in, and today the company announced an $8.5 million […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - FOSSA scores $8.5 million Series A to help enterprise manage open source licenses September 16, 2019 at 11:00PM

Salesforce doubles down on verticals, launches Manufacturing and Consumer Goods Clouds As legacy industries make the migration to cloud-based, digital solutions to run and grow their businesses, Salesforce is hoping that it will get a cut of the action when it comes to their IT investments. The CRM giant has been doubling down on building specialised solutions for individual industry verticals, and today, it is unveiling new […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Salesforce doubles down on verticals, launches Manufacturing and Consumer Goods Clouds September 16, 2019 at 10:00PM

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How to get people to open your emails We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth Report. Social – TechCrunch - How to get people to open your emails September 16, 2019 at 07:00AM

How to get your ads working, and whether PR is worth it Julian Shapiro Contributor Share on Twitter Julian Shapiro is the founder of BellCurve.com, a growth marketing agency that trains you to become a marketing professional. He also writes at Julian.com. More posts by this contributor How to work with top influencers and avoid ad blockers The secret of content marketing: avoid high bounce rates We’ve […] Social – TechCrunch - How to get your ads working, and whether PR is worth it September 15, 2019 at 10:00AM

Hear how to build a billion-dollar SaaS company at TechCrunch Disrupt There was a time when brick-and-mortar mom and pops framed their first $1 on the wall, but in the SaaS startup the equivalent milestone is $1 billion revenue run-rate. Salesforce is the SaaS revenue king reporting $4 billion in revenue for its most recent quarterly report, and there are many other relatively new SaaS companies, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Hear how to build a billion-dollar SaaS company at TechCrunch Disrupt September 15, 2019 at 02:00AM

How to work with top influencers and avoid ad blockers We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth Report. Social – TechCrunch - How to work with top influencers and avoid ad blockers September 14, 2019 at 06:00AM

Ten questions for 2020 presidential candidate John Delaney In November 2020, America will go to the polls to vote in perhaps the most consequential election in a generation. The winner will lead the country amid great social, economic and ecological unrest. The 2020 election will be a referendum on both the current White House and the direction of the country at large. Nearly […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Ten questions for 2020 presidential candidate John Delaney September 14, 2019 at 01:00AM

Patreon sells product curation site Kit to GeniusLink Patreon, the platform for independent content creators to operate membership businesses for their core fans, announced it is selling the assets of Kit.com to localized affiliate link service GeniusLink. Founded in 2015, Kit is a social-shopping platform where influencers curate bundles of products (“kits”) they recommend. When their fans buy products they featured in a […] Social – TechCrunch - Patreon sells product curation site Kit to GeniusLink September 13, 2019 at 02:00AM

Google Photos adds a time-traveling version of Stories, plus more sharing and printing options Google Photos is getting its own version of Stories. But instead of focusing on what you’re doing now, as Stories on other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat offer, Google Photos is adopting the format to help you take a trip down memory lane. The feature is one of several updates coming to the photo-sharing service […] Social – TechCrunch - Google Photos adds a time-traveling version of Stories, plus more sharing and printing options September 13, 2019 at 01:00AM

The mainframe business is alive and well, as IBM announces new Z15 It’s easy to think about mainframes as some technology dinosaur, but the fact is these machines remain a key component of many large organization’s computing strategies. Today, IBM announced the latest in their line of mainframe computers, the Z15. For starters, as you would probably expect, these are big and powerful machines capable of handling […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - The mainframe business is alive and well, as IBM announces new Z15 September 13, 2019 at 12:00AM

SmartDrive snaps up $90M for in-truck video telematics solutions for safety and fuel efficiency Trucks and other large commercial vehicles and the biggest whales on the road today — are they also, by virtue of that size, some of the most dangerous and inefficient if they are driven badly. Today, a startup that has built a platform aimed at improving both of those areas has raised a large round […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - SmartDrive snaps up $90M for in-truck video telematics solutions for safety and fuel efficiency September 12, 2019 at 10:00PM

IBM brings Cloud Foundry and Red Hat OpenShift together At the Cloud Foundry Summit in The Hague, IBM today showcased its Cloud Foundry Enterprise Environment on Red Hat’s OpenShift container platform. For the longest time, the open-source Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service ecosystem and Red Hat’s Kubernetes-centric OpenShift were mostly seen as competitors, with both tools vying for enterprise customers who want to modernize their application […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - IBM brings Cloud Foundry and Red Hat OpenShift together September 12, 2019 at 05:00PM

Kubernetes co-founder Craig McLuckie is as tired of talking about Kubernetes as you are “I’m so tired of talking about Kubernetes . I want to talk about something else,” joked Kubernetes co-founder and VP of R&D at VMware Craig McLuckie during a keynote interview at this week’s Cloud Foundry Summit in The Hague. “I feel like that 80s band that had like one hit song — Cherry Pie.” He doesn’t […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Kubernetes co-founder Craig McLuckie is as tired of talking about Kubernetes as you are September 12, 2019 at 12:01AM

Explorium reveals $19.1M in total funding for machine learning data discovery platform Explorium, a data discovery platform for machine learning models, received a couple of unannounced funding rounds over the last year — a $3.6 million seed round last September and a $15.5 million Series A round in March. Today, it made both of these rounds public. The seed round was led by Emerge with participation of […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Explorium reveals $19.1M in total funding for machine learning data discovery platform September 11, 2019 at 11:00PM

ScyllaDB takes on Amazon with new DynamoDB migration tool There are a lot of open source databases out there, and ScyllaDB, a NoSQL variety, is looking to differentiate itself by attracting none other than Amazon users. Today, it announced a DynamoDB migration tool to help Amazon customers move to its product. It’s a bold move, but Scylla, which has a free open source product […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - ScyllaDB takes on Amazon with new DynamoDB migration tool September 11, 2019 at 10:00PM

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Hatebase catalogues the world’s hate speech in real time so you don’t have to Policing hate speech is something nearly every online communication platform struggles with. Because to police it, you must detect it; and to detect it, you must understand it. Hatebase is a company that has made understanding hate speech its primary mission, and it provides that understanding as a service — an increasingly valuable one. Social – TechCrunch - Hatebase catalogues the world’s hate speech in real time so you don’t have to September 11, 2019 at 08:00AM

Nextdoor adds new funding from Mary Meeker’s Bond, closes growth round at $170M Social networking platform for neighbors Nextdoor today announced it has secured additional funding to close out its $170 million growth round. The new financing includes the $123 million Nextdoor raised in May from new investor Riverwood Capital along with existing investors Benchmark, Tiger Global Management and Kleiner Perkins. The additional funding announced today comes from […] Social – TechCrunch - Nextdoor adds new funding from Mary Meeker’s Bond, closes growth round at $170M September 11, 2019 at 05:00AM