Applications are officially closed for TechCrunch’s Battlefield Australia, and the response exceeded expectations. There are 272 early-stage companies from Australia and New Zealand that are now vying for a spot in Battlefield Australia and for a chance to walk away with the $25,000 prize and an all-expense paid trip to Disrupt SF in 2018. That’s an impressive number of applicants… Read More
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If you want to get finance for that glossy new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X when pre-orders start, you need to unfreeze your credit. Now.
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Lenovo is going back to the future with its upcoming Retro ThinkPad machine and its first image has apparently been leaked, showing off some of the more trademark old-school ThinkPad elements like the blue Enter key and seven-row keyboard.
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Three ways to help you finance Apple’s new thousand-dollar iPhone.
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In an era where art is shared and streamed for free, Patreon offers new hope for turning content creation into a career. Illustrators, comedians, game makers, and musicians use Patreon to let fans pay a monthly subscription fee for special access to their work. In exchange, Patreon takes only a tiny 5% cut. With 50,000 creators and 1 million subscribers on board paying an average of $12 per… Read More
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Meanwhile, Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car division, is in a bitter legal battle with Lyft’s main rival, Uber.
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It’s about as good a timing as any for Lyft to capitalize on the tidal wave of negative publicity that Uber is facing right now, and it looks like it might end up with a significant investment from Alphabet in the middle of that train wreck, according to a report by Axios. That’s not to say that this is directly related to Uber, which has a new CEO and is trying to move on… Read More
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NYX Cosmetics describes itself as a “digital-first” brand, eschewing traditional ad buys in favor of customer selfies it shares on social media, including an Instagram account with 11.7 million followers. That strategy has paid off: though NYX is often described as a “cult beauty brand,” the Los Angeles-based company joined the big leagues in 2014 when it was acquired… Read More
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It’s our breakdown after Apple officially announces the new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE and an all-new Apple TV 4K.
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A feature in Apple’s upcoming browser makes it harder for advertisers to track us online. That will “sabotage” the internet, advertisers say.
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