Daily Archives: October 23, 2018

With their loud noises and hard plastic flanges, breast pumps are the bane of many a new mother’s existence. Founded in 2013, Naya Health is one of the most notable tech startups working on a better pump. But the company’s support site is now shutdown and it’s stopped updating its social media accounts. In a […]

Naya Health, once a promising breast pump startup, now leaving ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Health Startups TC on October 23, 2018 by Catherine Shu

Some Amazon Alexa users are currently having problems reaching the voice assistant. Instead of reacting to commands, Alexa simply says “sorry, something went wrong.” Amazon hasn’t commented publicly yet on the issue. Based on tweets and Down Detector, users began having trouble reaching Alexa around 7AM PST. While some had their connection issues resolved quickly, […]

Amazon Alexa goes AWOL for many users

This entry was posted in Amazon Gadgets TC voice assistant on October 23, 2018 by Catherine Shu

Repairing a phone is harder than it needs to be. With phone manufacturers spending the last decade chasing device slimness and building devices meant to last however long a phone contract lasts, user repairability just doesn’t seem to be something they care much about. Need a repair part? Good luck on eBay, friendo! In what […]

Motorola is partnering with iFixit to sell official DIY phone ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Motorola TC on October 23, 2018 by Greg Kumparak

If Facebook Messenger’s redesign succeeds, you won’t really notice it even happened. I hardly did over the past week of testing. There’s just a subtle sense that the claustrophobia has lifted. Perhaps that’s why Facebook decided to throw a big breakfast press event with 30 reporters today at its new downtown San Francisco office, complete […]

Messenger redesigns to clean up Facebook’s mess

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on October 23, 2018 by Josh Constine

Industry vets and students alike crammed into UCLA's historic Royce Hall last week for TC Sessions AR/VR, our one day event on the fast-moving (and hype-plagued) industry and the people in it. Disney, Snap, Oculus and more stopped by to chat and show off their latest; if you didn't happen to be in LA that day, read on and find out what we learned — and follow the links to watch the interviews and panels yourself.

TC Sessions: AR/VR surveys an industry in transition

This entry was posted in augmented reality Developer Entertainment Gadgets Gaming hardware Media Startups TC Venture Capital Virtual reality Wearables on October 23, 2018 by Devin Coldewey

By partnering with Reddit, Patreon hopes it can convert more Redditors into patrons, helping them discover and support creators on the platform.

To Find New Fans (and Their Money), Patreon Partners With ...

This entry was posted in Gear on October 23, 2018 by Arielle Pardes

There’s a war brewing to become the cloud pharmacy for men’s health. Roman, which launched last year offering erectile dysfunctional medication and recently added a ‘quit smoking’ kit, is taking on $97 million-funded Hims for the hair loss market. Today, Roman launched four new products it hopes to cross-sell to users through a unified telemedicine […]

iPharmacy Roman fights stigmas with premature ejaculation meds

This entry was posted in Apps eCommerce Health Mobile Startups on October 23, 2018 by Josh Constine

Streaming service SoundCloud is making it easier for its users to share music from its service directly to Instagram . The company announced this morning a new feature that allows users to share tracks to Instagram Stories. However, there’s a big caveat here – the tracks are shared as a link that appears within Stories […]

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