1stdibs, the high-end online marketplace, just nabbed $76 million in Series D funding
1stdibs began pushing the antiques business into the 21st century long ago. Apparently, investors think it can push further and faster with $76 million in new...
How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company
How did Niantic happen? How did the company behind Pokémon GO and (soon) Harry Potter: Wizards Unite come to be? When anyone talks about Niantic, they...
The Niantic EC-1
Few software companies have transformed the way we think about moving through physical space like Niantic . The creators of Pokémon GO and soon Harry Potter:...
Daily Crunch: Lyft debuts on Nasdaq
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at...
io9’s Favorite Memories of Batman
There’s just something about Batman. This week, the character introduced in the pages of Detective Comics turns 80 years old. And in that time, so many...
One week until Code Jam kicks off—here’s why you should register
Code Jam, Google’s longest-running programming competition, is returning for its sixteenth year. We’re offering another season of challenging algorithmic problems (including some that are interactive) for...
Lyft pops 21% on its first day of trading on Nasdaq after raising $2.2B in its IPO at a $24B valuation
Ride-hailing startup Lyft may bear the distinction of having highest net loss of any maiden public company ever going public, but despite that, it made its debut...
Sidewalk Labs launches an app to crowdsource public space surveys
Alphabet’s urban planning subsidiary announced today the launch of CommonSpace. The new app was created to give park operators and community members a place to enter...
Cisco?s Decibel Changes the Nature of Enterprise Funded VCs
A skunk works-like VC organization, Decibel, from Cisco, appears to strike a balance by using a model that has been successful in driving innovation. Source :...
Focaldata thinks it has some answers for campaigners in the age of Trump and Brexit
Political parties, campaigns and brands can’t get an accurate and cost-effective understanding of opinion in small geographic areas, like the constituencies of lawmakers. This is a...
