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Daily Crunch: Automattic raises $300M
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Facebook expands its playable and AR ad formats
Ahead of Advertising Week, Facebook is announcing the expansion of three interactive ad formats. First, it says that poll ads (which you may already have seen in Instagram Stories) are moving to the m
Daily Crunch: Facebook announces Portal TV
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Video ad company Eyeview names Rob Deichert as its new CEO
After 13 years at the helm of video advertising company Eyeview, founder Oren Harnevo is stepping down as CEO. The company’s new chief executive is Rob Deichert, who was most recently COO at dig
Podcast app Pocket Casts is now available for free, with an optional $0.99 subscription
Anyone who wants to download the podcast app Pocket Casts can now do so for free. Previously, you had to pay a one-time fee of $3.99 to access the Android or iOS apps, but CEO Owen Grover said this ap
GoDaddy upgrades its website builder with customized marketing action plans
GoDaddy’s website-building product GoCentral is getting an upgrade today — and along with new features, there’s a new name: Websites+Marketing. As you can probably guess, Websites+Market
Daily Crunch: The iPhone 11 goes to Disneyland
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Casper has created CBD gummies in partnership with Plus
That’s right: Mattress startup Casper is launching its own version of CBD-infused gummies, created in partnership with edibles company Plus. This is just the latest in Casper’s efforts to
Will Smith and Ang Lee are coming to Disrupt SF
We’re announcing a big addition to the Disrupt SF Agenda: Will Smith and director Ang Lee will be joining us to discuss their upcoming film “Gemini Man.” They’ve both had long
Daily Crunch: Salesforce launches vertical clouds
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Original Content podcast: ‘The Family’ investigates a secretive evangelical group
“The Family” is a new documentary series on Netflix, based on the work of journalist Jeff Sharlet — whose books promise to expose “the secret fundamentalism at the heart of America
Daily Crunch: AR startup Daqri is shutting down
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J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot sign exclusive deal with WarnerMedia
After being courted by seemingly every major entertainment and streaming company, Bad Robot has signed an exclusive deal with WarnerMedia. While the production company — led by Star Wars director J.
Walmart’s Vudu adds Family Play feature so viewers can skip sex, violence and substance abuse
Vudu, the streaming service owned by Walmart, announced a new feature today that will make it easier for viewers to avoid sex and violence in movies. Anyone who’s watched an R-rated movie on bro
Daily Crunch: Uber resists California gig worker bill
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Google says it will do more to prioritize original reporting in search
Google says it’s taking new steps to ensure that original reporting gets prioritized in its search results. In other words, articles that kick off a major news cycle should have a prominent plac
RYOT co-founder Bryn Mooser launches a new documentary studio called XTR
Bryn Mooser, co-founder of virtual and augmented reality studio RYOT, said he’s “hanging up my VR and AR hats to really focus on more, shall we say, traditional nonfiction storytelling.&#
Yelp adds predictive wait times and a new way for restaurants to share updates
With a new feature called Yelp Connect, Yelp is allowing users to go beyond customer reviews and see “what the restaurants have to say for themselves.” That’s according to Devon Wrig
Apple TV+ will cost $5.99 in Canada, £4.99 in the UK and INR 99 in India
At its big press event yesterday, Apple announced that its TV+ streaming service would cost $4.99 per month and a launch date on November 1. But it’s supposed to be available in more than 100 co
Daily Crunch: Apple unveils new iPhones
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