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How you react when your systems fail may define your business Just around 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time on February 28, 2017, websites like Slack, Business Insider, Quora and other well-known destinations became inaccessible. For millions of people, the internet itself seemed broken. It turned out that Amazon Web Services was having a massive outage involving S3 storage in its Northern Virginia datacenter, a problem that created […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - How you react when your systems fail may define your business November 1, 2019 at 08:00AM

Facebook sues OnlineNIC for domain name fraud associated with malicious activity Facebook today announced it has filed suit in California against a domain registrar OnlineNIC and its proxy service ID Shield for registering domain names that pretend to be associated with Facebook, like www-facebook-login.com or facebook-mails.com, for example. Facebook says these domains are intentionally designed to mislead and confuse end users, who believe they’re interacting with […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook sues OnlineNIC for domain name fraud associated with malicious activity November 1, 2019 at 04:00AM

Daily Crunch: Twitter is banning political ads 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. Jack Dorsey says Twitter will ban all political ads Arguing that “internet political ads present entirely new challenges to civic discourse,” […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Twitter is banning political ads November 1, 2019 at 02:00AM

Twitter banning political ads is the right thing to do, so it will be attacked mercilessly Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced abruptly — though the timing was certainly not accidental — that the platform would soon disallow any and all political advertising. This is the right thing to do, but it's also going to be hard as hell for a lot of reasons. As usual in tech and politics, no good deed goes unpunished. Social – TechCrunch - Twitter banning political ads is the right thing to do, so it will be attacked mercilessly October 31, 2019 at 08:00AM

Zuckerberg defends political ads that will be 0.5% of 2020 revenue As Jack Dorsey announced his company Twitter would drop all political ads, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg doubled-down on his policy of refusing to fact check politicians’ ads. “At times of social tension there has often been an urge to pull back on free expression . . . We will be best served over the long term […] Social – TechCrunch - Zuckerberg defends political ads that will be 0.5% of 2020 revenue October 31, 2019 at 07:00AM

Facebook shares rise on strong Q3, users up 2% to 2.45B Despite ongoing public relations crises, Facebook kept growing in Q3 2019, demonstrating that media backlash does not necessarily equate to poor business performance. Facebook reached 2.45 billion monthly users, up 1.65 percent from 2.41 billion in Q2 2019 when it grew 1.6 percent, and it now has 1.62 billion daily active users, up 2 percent […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook shares rise on strong Q3, users up 2% to 2.45B October 31, 2019 at 06:00AM

Jack Dorsey says Twitter will ban all political ads CEO Jack Dorsey just announced, via tweet, that Twitter will be banning all political advertising — albeit with “a few exceptions” like voter registration. “We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought,” Dorsey said. While it’s not totally clear how broad those exceptions will be, it sounds like the ban will apply to […] Social – TechCrunch - Jack Dorsey says Twitter will ban all political ads October 31, 2019 at 06:00AM

Samsung ramps up its B2B partner and developer efforts Chances are you mostly think of Samsung as a consumer-focused electronics company, but it actually has a very sizable B2B business as well, which serves over 50,000 large enterprises and hundreds of thousands of SMB entrepreneurs via its partners. At its developer conference this week, it’s putting the spotlight squarely on this side of its […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Samsung ramps up its B2B partner and developer efforts October 31, 2019 at 03:01AM

Google launches TensorFlow Enterprise with long-term support and managed services Google open-sourced its TensorFlow machine learning framework back in 2015 and it quickly became one of the most popular platforms of its kind. Enterprises that wanted to use it, however, had to either work with third parties or do it themselves. To help these companies — and capture some of this lucrative market itself — […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Google launches TensorFlow Enterprise with long-term support and managed services October 31, 2019 at 03:01AM

Facebook agrees to pay UK data watchdog’s Cambridge Analytica fine but settles without admitting liability Facebook has reached a settlement with the UK’s data protection watchdog, the ICO, agreeing to pay in full a £500,000 (~$643k) fine following the latter’s investigating into the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal. As part of the arrangement Facebook has agreed to drop its legal appeal against the penalty. But under the terms of the […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook agrees to pay UK data watchdog’s Cambridge Analytica fine but settles without admitting liability October 31, 2019 at 01:00AM

Tech giants still not doing enough to fight fakes, says European Commission It’s a year since the European Commission got a bunch of adtech giants together to spill ink on a voluntary Code of Practice to do something — albeit, nothing very quantifiable — as a first step to stop the spread of disinformation online. Its latest report card on this voluntary effort sums to the platforms […] Social – TechCrunch - Tech giants still not doing enough to fight fakes, says European Commission October 30, 2019 at 05:00AM

Yext Answers helps businesses provide better site search Yext helps businesses manage their presence on search and across the web; starting today, with the launch of Yext Answers, it’s also helping them provide a better experience on their own websites. “It lets any company with a website answer a question about their own brand in a Google-like experience on their own site,” CEO […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Yext Answers helps businesses provide better site search October 30, 2019 at 03:00AM

Facebook unveils its first foray into personal digital healthcare tools Nearly a year and a half after the Cambridge Analytica scandal reportedly scuttled Facebook’s fledgling attempts to enter the healthcare market, the social media giant is launching a tool called “Preventive Health” to prompt its users to get regular checkups and connect them to service providers. The architect of the new service is Dr. Freddy […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook unveils its first foray into personal digital healthcare tools October 30, 2019 at 01:00AM

Datameer announces $40M investment as it pivots away from Hadoop roots Datameer, the company that was born as a data prep startup on top of the open source Hadoop project, announced a $40 million investment and a big pivot away from Hadoop, while staying true to its big data roots. The investment was led by existing investor ST Telemedia . Other existing investors including Redpoint Ventures, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Datameer announces $40M investment as it pivots away from Hadoop roots October 30, 2019 at 12:01AM

WeFarm rakes in $13M to grow its marketplace and network for independent farmers Huge networks like Facebook and LinkedIn have a huge gravitational force in the world of social media — the size of their audiences make them important platforms for advertising and those who want information (for better or worse) to reach as many people as possible. But alongside their growth, we’re seeing a lasting role for […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - WeFarm rakes in $13M to grow its marketplace and network for independent farmers October 29, 2019 at 11:00PM

Facebook is failing to prevent another human rights tragedy playing out on its platform, report warns A report by campaign group Avaaz examining how Facebook’s platform is being used to spread hate speech in the Assam region of North East India suggests the company is once again failing to prevent its platform from being turned into a weapon to fuel ethnic violence. Assam has a long-standing Muslim minority population but ethnic […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook is failing to prevent another human rights tragedy playing out on its platform, report warns October 29, 2019 at 02:00PM

Facebook staff demand Zuckerberg limit lies in politcal ads Submit campaign ads to fact checking, limit microtargeting, cap spending, observe silence periods, or at least warn users. These are the solutions Facebook employees put forward in an open letter pleading with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leadership to address misinformation in political ads. The letter, obtained by the New York Times’ Mike Isaac, insists […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook staff demand Zuckerberg limit lies in politcal ads October 29, 2019 at 05:00AM

Even after Microsoft wins, JEDI saga could drag on The DoD JEDI contract saga came to a thrilling conclusion on Friday afternoon, appropriately enough, with one final plot twist. The presumptive favorite, Amazon did not win, stunning many, including likely the company itself. In the end, Microsoft took home the $10 billion prize. This contract was filled with drama from the beginning, given the […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Even after Microsoft wins, JEDI saga could drag on October 29, 2019 at 04:00AM

Kandji announces $3.375M seed for sophisticated Apple MDM solution Kandji, a new Apple MDM solution that promises to go far beyond Apple’s base MDM protocol and other solutions on the market, emerged from stealth today with a $3.375 million seed investment. The product is also publicly available for the first time starting today. The round, which closed in March, was led by First Round […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Kandji announces $3.375M seed for sophisticated Apple MDM solution October 29, 2019 at 12:01AM

Stealthy search startup, Searchable.ai snags $2M seed Searchable.ai wants to solve an old problem around search in the enterprise. The stealthy startup announced a $2 million seed round. Defy Partners led the round with a slew of other participants including Paul English, co-founder of Kayak; Wayne Chang, co-founder of Crashlytics; Brian Halligan, co-founder and CEO of HubSpot; Jonathan Kraft, president and COO […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Stealthy search startup, Searchable.ai snags $2M seed October 28, 2019 at 11:00PM

Instagram expands ban on suicide content to cover cartoons and memes Instagram has expanded a ban on graphical self-harm imagery to include a broader range of content depicting suicide, including fictional illustrations of self-harm and suicide methods such as drawings, cartoons and memes. “This past month, we further expanded our policies to prohibit more types of self-harm and suicide content. We will no longer allow fictional […] Social – TechCrunch - Instagram expands ban on suicide content to cover cartoons and memes October 28, 2019 at 08:00PM

Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for Facebook News While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed cheerful and even jokey when he took the stage today in front of journalists and media executives (at one point, he referred to the event as “by far the best thing” he’d done this week), he acknowledged that there are reasons for the news industry to be skeptical. Facebook, […] Social – TechCrunch - Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for Facebook News October 26, 2019 at 06:00AM

Daily Crunch: Facebook launches its News section 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 starts testing News, its new section for journalism Facebook’s news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here: […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Facebook launches its News section October 26, 2019 at 05:00AM

Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism Facebook’s news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here: The company is rolling out Facebook News in a limited test in the U.S. as a home screen tab and bookmark in the main Facebook app. In a blog post, Facebook’s Campbell Brown (vice president of global news partnerships) and Mona Sarantakos (product manager, […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism October 25, 2019 at 08:00PM

Why publishers shouldn’t trust Facebook News Are we really doing this again? After the pivot to video. After Instant Articles. After news was deleted from the News Feed. Once more, Facebook dangles extra traffic, and journalism outlets leap through its hoop and into its cage. Tomorrow, Facebook will unveil its News tab. About 200 publishers are already aboard including the Wall […] Social – TechCrunch - Why publishers shouldn’t trust Facebook News October 25, 2019 at 11:00AM

Stewart Butterfield says Microsoft sees Slack as existential threat In a wide ranging interview with Wall Street Journal global technology editor Jason Dean yesterday, Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield had some strong words regarding Microsoft, saying  the software giant saw his company as an existential threat. The interview took place at the WSJ Tech Live event. When Butterfield was asked about a chart […] Social – TechCrunch - Stewart Butterfield says Microsoft sees Slack as existential threat October 25, 2019 at 06:00AM

Stewart Butterfield says Microsoft sees Slack as existential threat In a wide ranging interview with Wall Street Journal global technology editor Jason Dean yesterday, Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield had some strong words regarding Microsoft, saying  the software giant saw his company as an existential threat. The interview took place at the WSJ Tech Live event. When Butterfield was asked about a chart […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Stewart Butterfield says Microsoft sees Slack as existential threat October 25, 2019 at 06:00AM

Daily Crunch: Twitter revenue disappoints 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. Twitter Q3 misses big on revenues of $824M and EPS of $0.05 on the back of adtech glitches Twitter said the […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Twitter revenue disappoints October 25, 2019 at 02:00AM

Twitter Q3 misses big on revenues of $824M and EPS of $0.05 on the back of adtech glitches Twitter today reported its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and the numbers delivered a big surprise, falling on both sales and earnings per share. Revenues came in at $824 million, and EPS at $0.05. That represents sales up 9% year-over-year but far below what analysts had been expecting: (non-GAAP, diluted) EPS of 20 […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter Q3 misses big on revenues of $824M and EPS of $0.05 on the back of adtech glitches October 25, 2019 at 02:00AM

LinkedIn’s degree problem A couple of years ago, the co-founder and CEO of a blood-testing company was publicly taken to task for implying in articles and professional profiles that he has a PhD, when, in reality, he’d left a prestigious graduate group three years after enrolling, without a degree. The CEO is hardly alone in intentionally or otherwise […] Social – TechCrunch - LinkedIn’s degree problem October 25, 2019 at 01:00AM

Grafana Labs nabs $24M Series A for open source-based data analytics stack Grafana Labs, the commercial company built to support the open source Grafana project, announced a healthy $24 million Series A investment today. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Lead Edge Capital. Company CEO and co-founder Raj Dutt, says the startup started life as a way to offer a commercial layer on top […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Grafana Labs nabs $24M Series A for open source-based data analytics stack October 24, 2019 at 10:00PM

Cybersecurity automation startup Tines scores $4.1M Series A led by Blossom Capital Tines, a Dublin-based startup that lets companies automate aspects of their cybersecurity, has raised $4.1 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Blossom Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown. Founded in February 2018 by ex-eBay, PayPal and DocuSign security engineer Eoin Hinchy, who was subsequently […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Cybersecurity automation startup Tines scores $4.1M Series A led by Blossom Capital October 24, 2019 at 06:00PM

Bill McDermott aims to grow ServiceNow like he did SAP Bill McDermott has landed. Two weeks ago, he stepped down as CEO at SAP after a decade leading the company. Today, ServiceNow announced that he will be its new CEO. It’s unclear how quickly the move came together but the plan for him is clear: to scale revenue like he did in his last job. […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Bill McDermott aims to grow ServiceNow like he did SAP October 24, 2019 at 09:00AM

Just 6% of US adults on Twitter account for 73% of political tweets…and they disapprove of Trump A small number of prolific U.S. Twitter users create the majority of tweets, and that extends to Twitter discussions around politics, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center out today. Building on an earlier study which discovered that 10% of users created 80% of tweets from U.S. adults, the organization today says […] Social – TechCrunch - Just 6% of US adults on Twitter account for 73% of political tweets…and they disapprove of Trump October 24, 2019 at 04:00AM

Lowlights from Zuckerberg’s Libra testimony in Congress Congress grilled Facebook’s CEO today, unleashing critiques of his approach to cryptocurrency, privacy, encryption, and running a giant corporation. Mark Zuckerberg tried to assuage their fears while stoking concerns that if Facebook doesn’t build Libra, then the world will end up using China’s version. Yet Facebook won’t stop shaking up society, with Zuckerberg saying its […] Social – TechCrunch - Lowlights from Zuckerberg’s Libra testimony in Congress October 24, 2019 at 01:01AM

Demodesk scores $2.3M seed for sales-focused online meetings Demodesk, an early stage startup that wants to change how sales meetings are conducted online, announced a $2.3 million seed investment today. Investors included GFC, FundersClub, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins and an unnamed group of angel investors. The company was a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 cohort. CEO and co-founder Veronika Riederle says […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Demodesk scores $2.3M seed for sales-focused online meetings October 24, 2019 at 12:01AM

TikTok’s new set of safety videos teach users about features, the app’s focus on ‘positivity’ TikTok today released a new set of safety videos designed to playfully inform users about the app’s privacy controls and other features — like how to filter comments or report inappropriate behavior, among other things. One video also addresses TikTok’s goal of creating a “positive” social media environment, where creativity is celebrated and harassment is […] Social – TechCrunch - TikTok’s new set of safety videos teach users about features, the app’s focus on ‘positivity’ October 24, 2019 at 12:01AM

In latest $10B JEDI contract twist, Defense Secretary recuses himself The JEDI drama never stops. The $10 billion, decade long cloud contract has produced a series of twists and turns since the project was announced in 2018. These include everything from court challenges to the president getting involved to accusations of bias and conflict of interest. It has had all this and more. Today, in […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - In latest $10B JEDI contract twist, Defense Secretary recuses himself October 23, 2019 at 08:00AM

Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott taking over as ServiceNow CEO When Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down as CEO at SAP a couple of weeks ago, it certainly felt like a curious move — but he landed on his feet pretty quickly. ServiceNow announced he would be taking over as CEO there. The transition will take place at year-end. If you’re wondering what happened to […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott taking over as ServiceNow CEO October 23, 2019 at 07:00AM

Snapchat beats in Q3, adding 7M users & revenue up 50% The Snap-back continues. Snapchat blew past earnings expectations for a big beat in Q3, as it added 7 million daily active users this quarter to hit 210 million, up 13% year-over-year. Snap also beat on revenue, notching $446 million, which is up a whopping 50% year-over-year, at a loss of $0.04 EPS. That flew past […] Social – TechCrunch - Snapchat beats in Q3, adding 7M users & revenue up 50% October 23, 2019 at 07:00AM

New York’s Facebook antitrust investigation now has 46 other attorneys general onboard New York Attorney General Letitia James is turning up the heat on the state’s antitrust investigation into Facebook, which is seeking “to determine whether Facebook’s actions may have endangered consumer data, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices, or increased the price of advertising.” Her coalition previously consisted of attorneys general from a total of eight […] Social – TechCrunch - New York’s Facebook antitrust investigation now has 46 other attorneys general onboard October 23, 2019 at 05:00AM

Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow Databricks is a SaaS business built on top of a bunch of open source tools, and apparently it’s been going pretty well on the business side of things. In fact, the company claims to be one of the fastest growing enterprise cloud companies ever. Today the company announced a massive $400 million Series F funding […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow October 23, 2019 at 04:00AM

Slack announces new features to help ease app integration pain As Slack has grown in popularity, one of the company’s key differentiators has been the ability to integrate with other enterprise tools, but as customers use Slack as a central work hub, it has created its own set of problems. In particular, users have trouble understanding what apps they have access to and how to […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Slack announces new features to help ease app integration pain October 23, 2019 at 03:00AM

Daily Crunch: Facebook fights (some) election lies 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. New Facebook features fight election lies everywhere but ads Facebook made a slew of announcements designed to stop 2020 election interference […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: Facebook fights (some) election lies October 23, 2019 at 02:00AM

Squarespace acquires social media authoring startup Unfold Over the past year or two, Squarespace has been expanding beyond website-building with new products like email marketing and its first acquisition (of an online scheduling tool) . Today, it’s announcing a move into social media content creation with the acquisition of Unfold, which offers templates for creating stories on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat — you […] Social – TechCrunch - Squarespace acquires social media authoring startup Unfold October 23, 2019 at 02:00AM

Figma’s Community lets designers share and remix live files As designers grow both in sheer numbers and within the hierarchy of organizations, design tool makers are adapting to their evolving needs in different ways. Figma, the web-based collaborative design tool, is taking a note from the engineering revolution of the early aughts. “What if there were a GitHub for designers?” mused Dylan Field, early […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Figma’s Community lets designers share and remix live files October 23, 2019 at 01:00AM

FTC settles with Devumi, a company that sold fake followers, for $2.5M The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has put an end to the deceptive marketing tactics of Devumi, a company that sold fake indicators of social media influence — like Twitter followers, retweets, YouTube subscribers and views, and more — which was also the subject of a 2018 investigation by The New York Times into the world […] Social – TechCrunch - FTC settles with Devumi, a company that sold fake followers, for $2.5M October 23, 2019 at 12:01AM

Early stage privacy startup DataGrail gets boost from Okta partnership When Okta launched its $50 million Okta Ventures investment fund in April, one of its investments was in an early stage privacy startup called DataGrail. Today, the companies announced a partnership that they hope will help boost DataGrail, while providing Okta customers with a privacy tool option. DataGrail CEO and co-founder Daniel Barber says that […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Early stage privacy startup DataGrail gets boost from Okta partnership October 22, 2019 at 11:00PM

Aurora Insight emerges from stealth with $18M and a new take on measuring wireless spectrum Aurora Insight, a startup that provides a “dynamic” global map of wireless connectivity that it built and monitors in real time using AI combined with data from sensors on satellites, vehicles, buildings, aircraft and other objects, is emerging from stealth today with the launch of its first publicly-available product, a platform providing insights on wireless […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Aurora Insight emerges from stealth with $18M and a new take on measuring wireless spectrum October 22, 2019 at 11:00PM

Google picks up Microsoft veteran, Javier Soltero, to head G Suite Google has hired Microsoft’s former Cortana and Outlook VP, Javier Soltero, to head up its productivity and collaboration bundle, G Suite — which includes consumer and business tools such as Gmail, Hangouts, Drive, Google Docs and Sheets. He tweeted the news yesterday, writing: “The opportunity to work with this team on products that have such […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Google picks up Microsoft veteran, Javier Soltero, to head G Suite October 22, 2019 at 07:00PM

India moves closer to regulating internet services as it fears ‘unimaginable disruption to democracy’ India said on Monday that it is moving ahead with its plan to revise existing rules to regulate intermediaries — social media apps and others that rely on users to create their content — as they are causing “unimaginable disruption” to democracy. In a legal document filed with the country’s apex Supreme Court, the Ministry […] Social – TechCrunch - India moves closer to regulating internet services as it fears ‘unimaginable disruption to democracy’ October 22, 2019 at 08:00AM

New Facebook features fight election lies everywhere but ads Heaven forbid a political candidate’s Facebook account gets hacked. They might spread disinformation…like they’re already allowed to do in Facebook ads… Today Facebook made a slew of announcements designed to stop 2020 election interference. “The bottom line here is that elections have changed significantly since 2016,” and so has Facebook in response, CEO Mark Zuckerberg […] Social – TechCrunch - New Facebook features fight election lies everywhere but ads October 22, 2019 at 08:00AM

Microsoft acquires Mover to help with Microsoft 365 cloud migration Microsoft wants to make it as easy as possible to migrate to Microsoft 365, and today the company announced it had purchased a Canadian startup called Mover to help. The companies did not reveal the acquisition price. Microsoft 365 is the company’s bundle that includes Office 365, Microsoft Teams, security tools and workflow. The idea […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Microsoft acquires Mover to help with Microsoft 365 cloud migration October 22, 2019 at 03:01AM

YouTube founder secretly building sports fan game GreenPark Chad Hurley is hunting for what comes after fantasy sports. He envisions a new way for fans to play by watching live and cheering for the athletes they love. Beyond a few scraps of info the YouTube co-founder would share and his new startup’s job listings revealed, we don’t know what Hurley’s game will feel […] Social – TechCrunch - YouTube founder secretly building sports fan game GreenPark October 22, 2019 at 02:01AM

Should we rethink the politics of ‘blocking’? Years ago, I wrote a piece criticizing a cover story by a well-known writer and political commentator that I’d met a few times, with whom I’d occasionally sparred on Twitter. The piece wasn’t merely a representation of my own views, but pulled in snarky tweets from other journalists disparaging her work too. It was a pile-on, and not my proudest moment. Social – TechCrunch - Should we rethink the politics of ‘blocking’? October 22, 2019 at 02:01AM

Veteran enterprise exec Bob Stutz is heading back to SAP Bob Stutz has had a storied career with enterprise software companies including stints at Siebel Systems, SAP, Microsoft and Salesforce. He announced on Facebook last week that he’s leaving his job as head of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud and heading back to SAP as president of customer experience. Constellation Research founder and principal analyst Ray […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Veteran enterprise exec Bob Stutz is heading back to SAP October 22, 2019 at 12:02AM

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Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience Is our age of ubiquitous smartphones and social media turning into an era of mass civil unrest? Two years after holding an independence referendum and unilaterally declaring independence in defiance of the Spanish state — then failing to gain recognition for la república and being forced to watch political leaders jailed or exiled — Catalonia’s […] Social – TechCrunch - Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience October 18, 2019 at 10:00AM

Zuckerberg on Chinese censorship: Is that the internet we want? China is exporting its social values, political ads are an important part of free expression, and the definition of dangerous speech must be kept in check, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued today in a speech at Georgetown University. He criticized how American companies that do business with China were becoming influenced by the country’s values. […] Social – TechCrunch - Zuckerberg on Chinese censorship: Is that the internet we want? October 18, 2019 at 04:02AM

Snapchat goes after retailers and DTC brands with new Dynamic Ads Snap today is announcing a new kind of advertising product, Dynamic Ads, that will help it to better attract ad dollars from retail, e-commerce, and other direct-to-consumer brands — a group that today thrives on Instagram. With Dynamic Ads, advertisers can now automatically create ads in real-time based on extensive product catalogs that may contain […] Social – TechCrunch - Snapchat goes after retailers and DTC brands with new Dynamic Ads October 18, 2019 at 12:02AM

Pendo scores $100M Series E investment on $1 billion valuation Pendo, the late stage startup that helps companies understand how customers are interacting with their apps, announced a $100 million Series E investment today on a valuation of $1 billion. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures . Also participating were new investors General Atlantic and Tiger Global, and existing investors Battery Ventures, Meritech Capital, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Pendo scores $100M Series E investment on $1 billion valuation October 17, 2019 at 08:00PM

Zoho launches Catalyst, a new developer platform with a focus on microservices Zoho may be one of the most underrated tech companies. The 23-year-old company, which at this point offers more than 45 products, has never taken outside funding and has no ambition to go public, yet it’s highly profitable and runs its own data centers around the world. And today, it’s launching Catalyst, a cloud-based developer […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Zoho launches Catalyst, a new developer platform with a focus on microservices October 17, 2019 at 02:00PM

Edge computing startup Pensando comes out of stealth mode with a total of $278 million in funding Pensando, an edge computing startup founded by former Cisco engineers, came out of stealth mode today with an announcement that it has raised a $145 million Series C. The company’s software and hardware technology, created to give data centers more of the flexibility of cloud computing servers, is being positioned as a competitor to Amazon […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Edge computing startup Pensando comes out of stealth mode with a total of $278 million in funding October 17, 2019 at 01:00PM

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Daily Crunch: LinkedIn now supports real-world events 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. LinkedIn gets physical, debuts Events hub for people to plan in-person networking events LinkedIn is bringing its professional networking features into […] Social – TechCrunch - Daily Crunch: LinkedIn now supports real-world events October 17, 2019 at 02:00AM

This app waits on hold for you DoNotPay helps you get out of parking tickets, cancel forgotten subscriptions, and now it can call you when it’s your turn in a customer service phone queue. The app today is launching “Skip Waiting On Hold”. Just type in the company you need to talk to, and DoNotPay calls for you using tricks to get […] Social – TechCrunch - This app waits on hold for you October 17, 2019 at 02:00AM

Autify raises $2.5M seed round for its no-code software testing platform Autify, a platform that makes testing web application as easy as clicking a few buttons, has raised a $2.5 million seed round from Global Brain, Salesforce Ventures, Archetype Ventures and several angels. The company, which recently graduated from the Alchemist accelerator program for enterprise startups, splits its base between the U.S., where it keeps an […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Autify raises $2.5M seed round for its no-code software testing platform October 17, 2019 at 02:00AM

Instagram will give you more control over your third-party apps…in about six months Instagram is slowly rolling out a new feature that will help better protect your personal data from being accessed by your long discarded, third-party applications — that is, any app you had once authorized to access your Instagram profile over the years. This may include websites you used for printing your Instagram photos, various dating apps, […] Social – TechCrunch - Instagram will give you more control over your third-party apps…in about six months October 17, 2019 at 01:00AM

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UK quietly ditches porn age checks in favor of wider online harms rules A controversial UK government scheme to introduce mandatary age checks for accessing online pornography has been dropped — for now. Introduction of the measure, which was intended to protect children from accessing inappropriate content online, had already been delayed by several months this year, most recently after a bureaucratic oversight. The reason given for ditching […] Social – TechCrunch - UK quietly ditches porn age checks in favor of wider online harms rules October 17, 2019 at 12:01AM

Canva, now valued at $3.2 billion, launches an enterprise product Canva, the Australian-based design tool maker, has today announced that it has raised an additional $10 million to bring its valuation to $3.2 billion, up from $2.5 billion in May. Investors in the company include Mary Meeker’s Bond, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird and Sequoia China. Alongside the new funding and valuation, Canva is […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Canva, now valued at $3.2 billion, launches an enterprise product October 17, 2019 at 12:01AM

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Databricks brings its Delta Lake project to the Linux Foundation Databricks, the big data analytics service founded by the original developers of Apache Spark, today announced that it is bringing its Delta Lake open-source project for building data lakes to the Linux Foundation and under an open governance model. The company announced the launch of Delta Lake earlier this year and even though it’s still […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Databricks brings its Delta Lake project to the Linux Foundation October 16, 2019 at 02:00PM

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