Nevada rules daily fantasy is gambling, orders sites like DraftKings and FanDuel to obtain licenses from gaming commission or shut down
Nevada Regulators Rule Daily Fantasy Is Gambling, Order Sites To Shut Down In State — The Nevada Gaming Control Board offered perhaps …
US appeals court rules Google's book-scanning project legal, dismisses lawsuit brought by Authors Guild that alleged massive copyright infringement
Appeals Court Backs Google in Copyright Lawsuit Over Book Scanning — A federal appeals court in New York on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought …
Apple updates Pages, Keynote, & Numbers for iOS + OS X w/ Split View, 3D Touch, much more
A little later than some expected, Apple has released new versions of the iWork suite of apps for iPhone and iPad with iOS 9 and iPhone 6s features. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers …
Pixelmator for Mac gets El Capitan optimizations, Metal-based Photos extension
Pixelmator for Mac was updated to version 3.4 on Thursday, adding things like optimization for OS X El Capitan, and a new Photos extension founded on Apple's Metal graphics technology.
App Annie: iOS App Store revenue was about 80% higher than Google Play in Q3 2015, up from 70% in Q2 2015
iOS App Store Revenue Now 80 Percent Higher Than Google Play, Thanks To China — The move to larger-screened iPhones has led to China becoming Apple's most important market …
Red Hat acquires devops firm Ansible, source says for over $100M
Source: Red Hat is buying Ansible for more than $100M — EXCLUSIVE: — Publicly traded enterprise software company Red Hat has acquired devops software startup Ansible for more than $100 million, Ve...
Mobile storytelling app Flipagram, which has John Doerr and Mike Moritz on its board, cuts 20% of staff
Flipagram, a photo-story app that raised $70 million from 2 of the best investors in Silicon Valley, has laid off 20% of its staff — Flipagram, the mobile storytelling app …
YC raises $700M “Continuity Fund”, managed by Ali Rowghani, to invest in later rounds of all YC startups valued under $300M and select YC startups valued $300M+
Tech Incubator Y Combinator Takes New Tack With Venture Capital Fund — Backers bet $700 million fund …
Dorsey gave 15M shares back to Square and Start Small Foundation, an organization to invest in local businesses and underserved communities, pledges 40M more
Jack Dorsey is giving almost 20% of Square to an organization serving struggling communities — Square CEO Jack Dorsey is donating …
City-owned power utility EPB brings 10 Gbps internet to Chattanooga, TN, for $299 per month
Chattanooga boosts citywide broadband capacity to 10 gigabits — Ultra-high-speed broadband available to all 170,000 customers for $299 per month … Chattanooga's EPB, which created America's first …
Restaurant Search App Zomato Lays Off 300, 10% Of Staff, In Shift Away From Live Data Collection
Some belt tightening underway at Zomato, the $1 billion+ restaurant discovery portal based out of India that is now active in 22 countries. TechCrunch has learned, and has now confirmed with the comp...
Alibaba submits $4.2B offer to buy Chinese video streaming giant Youku Tudou
In a massive bet on Internet video, China's Alibaba announced today it has made a $4.2 billion bid to acquire Youku Tudou. — The move is not entirely shocking. Last year, Alibaba invested $1.22 bil...
IAB launches program to address ad blocking with light, encrypted, ad-choice supported, and non-invasive ads
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AMD Q3 earnings miss expectations with net loss of $197M, revenue drops 26% YoY to $1.06B
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Pebble to let developers add voice dictation to their Pebble Time and Pebble Round apps with new API powered by Nuance
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Dropbox unveils Paper, a web app for collaborative document editing, to-do management, currently in beta and invite-only
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YouTube Gaming adds ability to broadcast gameplay and facecam video from Android and launches $4 monthly sponsorships, but ads remain
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Flipboard cofounder Evan Doll leaves permanently after returning from sabbatical to become an EIR at Redpoint Ventures, days after CTO Eric Feng's departure
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Payment-processing giant First Data raises $2.6B in IPO
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Twitter Ads introduces conversion lift reports to show advertisers which ads perform better
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Married Founders Of Wildfire Leave Google 3 Years After $350M+ Buyout
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Hightail moves past file sharing with Spaces, a project collaboration service for creatives
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