About 200 miles due east of Boston, a robotic boat is putting along at a walking pace on what could be an historic journey across the entire Atlantic. “Solar Voyager,” built by two friends in their spare time, would be the first autonomous vessel to cross that ocean — and the first one to cross any ocean using solar power alone. Read More ‘Solar Voyager’ autonomous boat looks to make history in sun-powered ...This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Autonomous Vehicles Boats Gadgets GreenTech robotics robots TC Transportation on June 8, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
Yesterday in San Francisco, AngelPad held its 10th Demo Day, a graduation of sorts for the enterprise startups admitted into and backed by the accelerator. The accelerator, run by husband and wife team Thomas Korte and Carine Magescas, has realized at least one solid exit already in the adtech startup MoPub, which sold to Twitter for $350 million in stock in the fall of 2013. Companies that… Read More Meet the newest AngelPad startups, and the tech they built ...This entry was posted in accelerator Apps Cloud Enterprise hardware Mobile Security Startups TC Venture Capital on June 8, 2016 by Lora Kolodny
Tinder is discontinuing use of the app for everyone under the age of 18 starting next week, according to a statement from Tinder VP of Communications Rosette Pambakian. The dating app has allowed everyone 13 years of age or older to use the app s... Tinder discontinues service for users under 18This entry was posted in Apps Social Startups TC Tinder on June 8, 2016 by Jordan Crook
What happens when carefree hackers Simone Giertz and Samy Kamkar get together for a lazy afternoon? A lunatic plan to cut hair using a drone and a pair of automatic scissors. Read More Warning: Do not let a drone equipped with terrifying robo-scissors ...This entry was posted in drones Gadgets hack hacks TC WTF on June 8, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
Minneapolis-based startup When I Work, secured $15 million in a Series B round led by Drive Capital. Arthur Ventures and High Alpha also participated. This follows a $9 million Series A led by e.ventures, Greycroft Partners and Arthur Ventures, bringing the company’s total financing to date to $24 million. Read More Hourly employee scheduling startup When I Work secures $15MM from ...This entry was posted in Fundings & Exits Mobile Startups TC on June 8, 2016 by Jay Donovan
Minneapolis-based startup When I Work, secured $15 million in a Series B round led by Drive Capital. Arthur Ventures and High Alpha also participated. This follows a $9 million Series A led by e.ventures, Greycroft Partners and Arthur Ventures, bringing the company’s total financing to date to $24 million. Read More Hourly employee scheduling startup When I Work secures $15MM from ...This entry was posted in Fundings & Exits Mobile Startups TC on June 8, 2016 by Jay Donovan
Just ahead of its annual WWDC conference, Apple has announced a series of changes to its App Store, aimed at improving the experience for both developers and consumers alike. According to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, who took over the App Store in December, the company is working to speed up the time it takes apps to go live, revamp how it splits revenue… Read More Apple to introduce search ads on App Store along with ...This entry was posted in advertising app-store Apps developers Mobile TC and tagged apple on June 8, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Monster.com announced this morning it has acquired the San Francisco-based startup Jobr, which had been developing a job-finding app the company described as a Tinder for jobs, thanks to its use of swipe-based gestures. Deal terms were not disclosed, but Jobr had raised $2 million in seed funding in 2014. The app is not being shut down, but will rather be integrated with Monster’s… Read More Monster snaps up ‘Tinder for jobs’ app, JobrThis entry was posted in Apps Fundings & Exits Mobile Startups TC on June 8, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Earlier this year, a company called Silk Labs, co-founded by former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal, unveiled its plans to address the smart home market with a hub called “Sense,” which interoperates with a home’s connected devices, while also automatically adapting to its owners’ patterns and behavior over time. The device was crowdfunded via a Kickstarter campaign, as means… Read More Ex-Mozilla team behind smart home hub Sense refunds Kickstarter backers, ...This entry was posted in Gadgets hardware smart home software Startups TC on June 8, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Building Robotics Inc., better known as Comfy, raised $12 million in Series B funding for building automation software that helps companies save energy on office air conditioning, while gathering employee-contributed data about the use and occupancy of a workspace. Emergence Capital led the investment joined by real estate services company CBRE, and Microsoft Ventures. According to company… Read More Comfy raises $12 million for app to end office thermostat ...This entry was posted in Apps Cloud Enterprise GreenTech Mobile Startups Venture Capital on June 8, 2016 by Lora Kolodny