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 At Tech Open Air Berlin Soundcloud co-founder Alex Ljung gave his first major public interview to me today. In the interview he batted back claims that Soundcloud (SC) is facing tough times, insisting that by drastically cutting headcount by 173 people recently and closing two major offices, Soundcloud is on its way to “taking back control” of its destiny, and remaining a major… Read More from TechCrunch via March 30, 2018 at 01:00PM

On 19 July we’re hosting the TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off in London, in partnership with Unbound. — and it’s going to be great! Tickets are still available, so grab yours today. You’ll get to see 10 companies pitching and fiercely competing for first place. These startups will have exactly one minute to pitch their product (with no slides) to a panel of local VC… Read More from TechCrunch via March 08, 2018 at 01:00PM

 Whatever any country leader says about banning travel or shutting down the movement of people, the world is accelerating its globalisation and that means people move around. Duh. Talent is now global, and the industry that helps that talent move is huge. Thus it is that Move Guides — a SaaS platform for employee relocation which launched in London but has grown internationally —… Read More from TechCrunch via January 18, 2018 at 01:00PM

 Facebook has announced its “FbStart Apps of the Year”, which is an event which recognizes the most successful apps from the global FbStart program. This year’s Grand Prize winner is SoloLearn (iOS/Android] which is a free mobile-first app for anyone who wants to learn how to code. SoloLearn’s CEO and Co-founder Davit Kocharyan came up with the idea for the app in his… Read More from TechCrunch via December 27, 2017 at 01:00PM

 Ever been driving a car when both the brake ands the gas pedal failed, and the dashboard go nuts? I just have, and it isn’t fun. What are we going to do when our cars are targets for hackers? The problem with most modern cars is that to offer many more kinds of services (live traffic data for sat navs etc) they need to be connected. Once that happens then they are, by definition, hackable. Read More from TechCrunch via October 25, 2017 at 01:01PM

 mySugr, a popular digital diabetes management platform which emerged from Austria a few years ago, has been acquired by health giant Roche. It now becomes the heart of Roche Diabetes Care’s new patient-centered digital health services. Roche plans to maintain its acquisition as an open and independent platform for health insurance companies, medical technology companies, and… Read More from TechCrunch via October 22, 2017 at 01:01PM