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Oracle acquires Grapeshot, a marketing tech startup that helps ensure ‘brand safety’
April 24, 2018
Oracle acquires Grapeshot, a marketing tech startup that helps ensure ‘brand safety’
In the era of fake news and controversies over how brands’ advertising — via programmatic platforms — unwittingly ends up…
Roku’s adds news to its free channel, including the new streaming network ABC News Live
April 24, 2018
Roku’s adds news to its free channel, including the new streaming network ABC News Live
Last fall, Roku launched its own channel to provide its cord-cutting customers with access to free movies and TV shows…
Delivery robotics company Marble raises $10 million, with plans to move beyond food
April 24, 2018
Delivery robotics company Marble raises $10 million, with plans to move beyond food
San Francisco-based robotics company Marble announced this morning that it’s just closed a $10 million Series A. The round, which…
Credit Karma expands its identity theft monitoring tool to include dark web data
April 24, 2018
Credit Karma expands its identity theft monitoring tool to include dark web data
Credit Karma is best known for being the only reason anyone is ever willing to peek at their credit score,…
BuildingConnected lands $15 million for its service linking contractors and developers
April 24, 2018
BuildingConnected lands $15 million for its service linking contractors and developers
BuildingConnected, which provides software linking contractors and developers has raised $15 million from a strategic investor — Brookfield Ventures, the…
Enterprise firm Mitel to be acquired for $2B by Rackspace investor Searchlight
April 24, 2018
Enterprise firm Mitel to be acquired for $2B by Rackspace investor Searchlight
Mitel, the enterprise communications company that tried but failed to buy Polycom for $2 billion, is now being acquired for…
Bag Week is coming and we need your recommendations
April 24, 2018
Bag Week is coming and we need your recommendations
Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags – often ignored…
DoorDash makes a big push into grocery delivery through a pilot program with Walmart
April 24, 2018
DoorDash makes a big push into grocery delivery through a pilot program with Walmart
DoorDash is about to make a huge move into grocery delivery, but instead of going all out as a delivery…
Despite IPO surge, Hong Kong investors aren’t tech savvy, warns Razer CEO
April 24, 2018
Despite IPO surge, Hong Kong investors aren’t tech savvy, warns Razer CEO
Xiaomi and Ant Financial are two of a cluster of major tech names being linked with IPOs in Hong Kong.…
Belgium’s Cowboy raises $3M led by Index to launch a smarter e-bike
April 24, 2018
Belgium’s Cowboy raises $3M led by Index to launch a smarter e-bike
Cowboy, the startup that’s building a new, smarter electronic bicycle, quietly launched in its home country of Belgium this past…
You can now give Amazon the keys to your car
April 24, 2018
You can now give Amazon the keys to your car
Last week, I was sitting in the office, waiting for an Amazon package to be delivered to my house. Typically,…
Alibaba is bringing its smart assistant to cars from Daimler, Audi and Volvo
April 24, 2018
Alibaba is bringing its smart assistant to cars from Daimler, Audi and Volvo
Alibaba is jumping behind the wheel after it announced that Daimler, Audi and Volvo will bring its voice assistant to…
Uber to stop storing precise location pick-ups/drop-offs in driver logs
April 24, 2018
Uber to stop storing precise location pick-ups/drop-offs in driver logs
Uber is planning to tweak the historical pick-up and drop-off logs that drivers can see in order to slightly obscure…
Facebook reveals 25 pages of takedown rules for hate speech and more
April 24, 2018
Facebook reveals 25 pages of takedown rules for hate speech and more
Facebook has never before made public the guidelines its moderators use to decide whether to remove violence, spam, harassment, self-harm,…
Media monitor Meltwater acquires social analytics player Sysomos
April 24, 2018
Media monitor Meltwater acquires social analytics player Sysomos
Meltwater, best known for coming from the media-monitoring space, has been on a tear recently, acquiring startups in the social…