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How to teach Gen Z to be collaborative, innovative and responsive
<i>Editor’s note: As part of our ongoing celebration of students and teachers, we’re highlighting leaders across the world to share how they’re creating</i> …
PedagogySnap’s IPO numbers look a lot more like Twitter’s than Facebook’s
Probably not the comparison investors are looking for.<p>In late 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported that Snap, the camera and messaging startup preparing for an IPO, was planning a message for potential investors: <i>We’re the next Facebook, not the next Twitter</i>.<p>The numbers, though, tell a different …
FacebookSources: Spotify may delay IPO to 2018 as it rethinks licensing deals
Spotify — the music streaming company with over 100 million users (40 million of them paying) — has long been seen as one of the more likely candidates among larger tech startups to go public in 2017, but it looks like this plan may be shifting.<p>TechCrunch has heard from multiple sources that the …
SpotifyAmazon fumbles earnings amidst high expectations
Mixed faces in Seattle today as Amazon delivered its Q4 2016 earnings. The e-commerce company reported lower than expected revenue of $43.74 with better than expected earnings per share of $1.54. Expectations had been high in the run up to the release. Wall Street consensus was that Amazon would …
AmazonSnap files to raise $3 billion in much-hyped IPO
Snap today filed its S-1 paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), triggering the process to go public. The company aims to raise $3 billion in the initial public offering (IPO) and will subsequently trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SNAP.<p>Today’s filing shows …
SnapchatUber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism
SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, chief executive of Uber, plans to step down from President Donald J. Trump’s economic advisory council, according to an email that the executive sent to employees on Thursday that was obtained by The New York Times.<p>“Earlier today I spoke briefly with the president …
UberJ.K. Rowling has the perfect response to Trump trolls burning her books
LONDON — J.K. Rowling has had a very busy week on Twitter, even by her standards.<p>It kicked off on Monday with a tweet about Mike Pence, then progressed to her shutting down Trump trolls again and again with a series of well-crafted, 140-character barbs.<p>The tweets have generated media coverage, …
Harry PotterFacebook, Microsoft Circulate Immigration Open Letter - Bloomberg
U.S. companies including technology firms like Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google, Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., are circulating an open letter …
It's time to admit Apple Watch is a success
Are Apple Watch watchers watching Apple Watch really watching... the Watch?<p>There's a strange narrative in the tech community concerning Apple Watch …
Apple NewsAirbus Is About To Build A Self-Flying Electric Robo-Taxi
With eight rotors on a pair of tilting wings, the Vahana prototype has the sci-fi look you'd expect.<p>If you think self-driving cars are futuristic, imagine them flying overhead. That's what European aerospace titan Airbus has done in designing its Vahana electric, autonomous plane, which can fly a …
AerospaceWaymo’s self-driving tech got a lot better in 2016
Waymo’s self-driving software had far fewer disengagements in 2016 than it did in 2015 in the state of California, despite a big increase in the number of miles driven overall. The California Department of Motor Vehicles just published Waymo’s most recent disengagement report, which tracks al the …
CaliforniaTesla Is Testing Self Driving Cars on California Roads - Bloomberg
Tesla Motors Inc. started testing four self-driving cars on California’s public roads late last year, a milestone for Chief Executive Officer Elon …
Driverless CarsApple Developing New Mac Chip in Test of Intel Independence - Bloomberg
Apple Inc. is designing a new chip for future Mac laptops that would take on more of the functionality currently handled by Intel Corp. processors, …
AppleOculus lawsuit ends with half billion dollar judgment awarded to ZeniMax
What’s next?<p>A Dallas, Texas jury today awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed.<p>The jury also said that Oculus did not misappropriate trade secrets as contended by ZeniMax.<p><b>This story is</b> …
Virtual RealityAmazon to spend $1.49 billion on new centralized air cargo hub
Amazon is making a major investment to boost its air delivery capabilities.<p>The world's largest e-retailer plans to spend $1.49 billion to create a new worldwide air cargo hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, the company and state officials said Tuesday. The new hub …
AmazonTake-Two buys mobile gaming publisher Social Point for up to $276M
Some more consolidation is afoot in the gaming industry. Take-Two Interactive, the games maker behind big titles like Grand Theft Auto, Civilization and BioShock that once rebuffed a $2 billion acquisition offer itself from EA, has made a definitive move into the world of mobile gaming: it has …
Entertainment IndustryEU announces deal to end all wireless roaming charges starting June 2017
The European Union took a big step toward creating a Digital Single Market today with the announcement of a deal that would end roaming charges for mobile consumers across the continent.<p>The plan had originally been announced two years ago when the European Commission unveiled an ambitious plan to …
Net NeutralityThis country will give all its senior citizens a biometrics-based smart health card
India’s audacious push to bring and make use of Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometrics database, was one of the highlights at the annual financial budget unveiled in the country today.<p>Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that senior citizens in the country will soon get Aadhaar-based smart …
Arun JaitleyGoogle wins ‘right to be forgotten’ battle in Japan
Google has won a long-standing battle in Japan that drew parallels with Europe’s “right to be forgotten” ruling.<p>The Japanese Supreme Court today dismissed four cases against the U.S. company seeking the removal of allegedly defamatory comments in its Google Maps service, including one high-profile …
GoogleElon Musk's Hyperloop dream is closer to becoming a reality
Three university teams have been the first to test drive their pods in SpaceX's depressurized track as part of Elon Musk's Hyperloop competition.<p>The Delft University Hyperloop team clinched the top price for their prototype pod in the first phase. The Technical University of Munich, Germany …
HyperloopTesla’s Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass - Bloomberg
Tesla Motors Inc. is making a huge bet that millions of small batteries can be strung together to help kick fossil fuels off the grid. The idea is a …
EnvironmentalismTouch Bar MacBook Pros are being banned from bar exams over predictive text
When they launched late last year, the new MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar was largely reliant on first-party applications to show off what it could do. Since then, a number of other companies have jumped on board, , helping the secondary screen grow into something more than novelty.<p>Of course, as with any …
Apple NewsInside the Mind of a Snapchat Streaker - Bloomberg
Abby Rogers, a 15 year-old from California’s Bay Area, recently took extreme measures to help a buddy in Michigan.<p>The friend had her phone …
SnapchatFacebook Gives Marketers New Data Tools to Compare to TV
Facebook is refining its ad measurement offerings to give marketers more information about their campaigns on its ad platform.<p>On Tuesday, the social …
FacebookGoogle open-sources Chrome for iOS
Google has uploaded its Chrome for iOS code into the open-source Chromium repository. In other words, Chrome for iOS has now been open-sourced like Chrome for other platforms, letting anyone examine, modify, and compile the project.<p>Chromium is the open-source Web browser project that shares much of …
ChromebookApple returns to revenue growth in Q1 2017 with $17.8 billion profit
Apple today disclosed that it produced a $17.8 billion profit, or $3.36 in earnings per diluted share, on $78.35 billion in sales in the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal year, which ended on December 31. Analysts were expecting an average of $3.22 in earnings per share on $77.38 billion in …
MarketsApple Watch Sets All Time Revenue Record in Q1 2017
Apple does not break out sales of the Apple Watch like it does for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the Apple Watch set all time unit and revenue records during the first fiscal quarter of 2017, suggesting significant sales during the holidays.<p>Cook said holiday demand …
Apple NewsFacebook Developing Video App for Apple TV, Other Set-Tops (Report)
Facebook is developing an app for set-top boxes including Apple TV, as a way to bring longer-form video — and video ads — to big-screen TVs in …
Apple NewsTrump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech - Bloomberg
President Donald Trump’s clash with Silicon Valley over immigration is about to become even more contentious.<p>After the new president banned refugees …
InnovationInstagram Stories is stealing Snapchat’s users
Good enough and convenient. That’s proved a winning strategy for Instagram’s clone, according to a dozen analytics providers, social media celebrities, and talent managers who told TechCrunch they’ve seen a decline in Snapchat Stories usage since Instagram Stories launched on August 2nd.<p>Most …
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