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Kanye West’s new album, ‘The Life of Pablo,’ is no longer a Tidal exclusive

 So much for Kanye West’s plans to make his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” a Tidal exclusive. The artist, who has changed his mind numerous times with regard to this latest release, has now put the album out on Tidal’s competitors, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music. The move is notable because West had originally promised fans the album would… Read More

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CHKN, letting you build and raise creatures, is betaworks’ latest game

 betaworks doesn’t often launch games, but when they do, it tends to stick. Just take Dots, for example, which ended up spinning out of betaworks as its own game studio. Today, the startup studio is launching its second game in the form of CHKN. Imagine that Minecraft had a baby with a Tamagotchi from the 90s and you’ll have a pretty clear idea of how CHKN works. It’s a… Read More

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Billy lets you track your subscriptions and bills in a simple app

 A new app called Billy wants to help consumers more easily manage their subscriptions and bills, by keeping track of your fixed costs and recurring payments, and make these accessible via a simple mobile interface. That means tracking monthly payments like rent, alongside subscriptions to a variety of services like Dropbox, Apple Music, Spotify, Playstation Plus, Evernote, Google Drive,… Read More

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Krablr pivots to crab pricing messaging app for millennials

 Krablr started off as a promising real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen. After a long beta period and a $5 million round with Sequoia leading the round and Scranton Angels also investing, the startup is pivoting to focus on millennials going forward. Read More

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John Borthwick, Naveen Selvadurai, and Heather Hartnett to school us on startup studios at TC Disrupt NY

 Some of the most influential and successful companies in the game have come out of startup studios. Just look at Giphy, Reserve, and Operator. But what makes a startup studio successful? At Disrupt NY in May, we aim to find out. Betaworks’ John Borthwick, Expa’s Naveen Selvadurai, and Human Ventures’ Heather Hartnett will be joining us for a panel called “How A… Read More

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Yammer co-founder Adam Pisoni raises $4.5 million for Abl Schools

 A co-founder and former CTO of Yammer, Adam Pisoni, quietly raised a $4.5 million first round of venture funding for his new education tech startup in January. This week, he revealed what Always Be Learning Inc., known as Abl Schools, is working on. Read More

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On-demand moving app Lugg hits Silicon Valley

 Lugg, the startup that helps people with small moves, requested via an Uber-like mobile app, is this week expanding its reach into additional markets. While originally available in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company says it will now be available in Silicon Valley, from Palo Alto to Mountain View and down to San Jose. In addition, Lugg notes that all of the Costco’s and Crate… Read More

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An oasis in the desert: Special purpose vehicles and behavioral economics 

 Like an oasis in the desert, special purpose vehicles (SPV) can offer investors critical liquidity and capital to exercise pro-rata rights, even in a world where overall returns in venture capital have been decreasing. With new regulations taking effect around secondary transactions, and recent clarification of the definition of the “accredited investors” allowed to participate… Read More

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Kik CEO Ted Livingston to discuss the future of mobile messaging at Disrupt NY 2016

 Messaging is the hot topic of 2016, which is why we’re tremendously excited to announce that Ted Livingston, the co-founder and CEO of popular chat app Kik, is confirmed as a speaker at our upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York from May 9-11. We’ve already revealed a number of prestigious participants for Disrupt — including Union Square Ventures founder… Read More

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Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakently put GIFs into important emails

 It’s past midday on April 1 in some parts of the world, so already we’re seeing some of the inevitable glut of April Fools Day announcements from tech companies. There looks to be one (surprising) early loser: Google. Read More

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Here are 14 actual pictures of Tesla’s $35,000 Model 3

 Good photos of Tesla’s shiny new Model 3 might be hard to come by right now, thanks to some peculiar rules at tonight’s unveiling. So, well, here: 14 actual photos of the actual car, as taken by myself and a few colleagues who were there. Read More

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New Model 3 will extend Tesla’s reach into India, Brazil and other global markets

 Tesla finally unveiled its Model 3 today. The $1,500 car drew a staggering 115,000 orders — $115 million in deposits and $4 billion in potential sales — before it had even been unveiled, but another interesting point to note is that it will be Tesla’s first to be sold in India, Brazil and other international markets. Read More

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Google is getting rid of the physical debit cards linked to its Wallet payment service

 Google is bidding “smell ya later!” to its Wallet Card, the physical debit cards linked to Google Wallet accounts. In a blog post, the company said it plans to focus instead on the Google Wallet app, which relaunched last September with a new focus on online peer-to-peer payments. Read More

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Tesla sold 115k Model 3 preorders before anyone even saw the car

 Elon Musk just unveiled Tesla’s Model 3, the car designed to bring Tesla to the masses. The car will start at $35,000, compared to the Model S and X which can easily run close to $100,000. On stage, Elon said that 115,000 people had already preordered before the car had even been unveiled. This means the electric car company just took in $115M in deposits, and four billion dollars in… Read More

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This is Tesla’s Model 3

 And there it is. After years of speculation, the Tesla Model 3 has been unveiled. We’re live in Hawthorne, CA, where the company has just shown the car for the very first time. Story actively developing; refresh for updates as we hear them. Curiously, they’ve actually said no big cameras (DSLRs, etc) are allowed at this event — though camera phones are apparently okay (hence… Read More

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Government report details Theranos quality control issues

 A government report released late Thursday accuses Theranos of producing inaccurate test results, of failing to meet its own lab standards and hiring unqualified personnel. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service visited Theranos’ main facilities in Newark, California last November and found the one drop blood test startup’s machines produced wildly inaccurate test… Read More