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Google finally brings group calling to the Nest Hub Max

Video chat has long been one of the chief selling points of smart screens like the Amazon Echo Show and Google’s Nest Hub Max (the regular Hub is still lacking a camera, mind). But until today, the la

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Candidate Labs wants to be modern talent agency for techies

In the first few minutes of pitching his new company, Candidate Labs, Jonathan Downey admitted that he’s operating in a market that is “done to death”: recruitment technology. But Downey, whose previo

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Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan will speak at Disrupt 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has bruised and battered many technology startups, but it has also boosted a small few. One such company is Zoom, which has shouldered the task of keeping us connected to one

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5 VCs agree: COVID-19 reshaped adtech and martech

We last surveyed VCs about their advertising and marketing investment strategies back in January — which is to say, in a completely different world, before the coronavirus pandemic began to wreak havo

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Coronavirus lockdown drives record internet use

A new report by communications regulator Ofcom reveals people are spending record times online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Google’s 46-camera ‘light field videos’ let you change perspective and peek around corners

Google is showing off one of the most impressive efforts yet turning traditional photography and video into something more immersive: 3D video that lets the viewer change their perspective and even l

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Join GGV’s Hans Tung and Jeff Richards for a live Q&A: June 30 at 3:30 pm EDT/12:30 pm PDT

As June comes to a close, TechCrunch will welcome GGV Capital’s Hans Tung and Jeff Richards to Extra Crunch Live.Eagle-eyed readers will recall that we discussed this conversation earlier in the

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Online B2B sales: What's big tech doing during the COVID-19 pandemic?

CFP The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the world economy to the extent that some cross-border traders in China are moving to English education.For a lot of salesmen, the pandemic has also been

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Clockwise CEO Matt Martin: How we closed an $18M Series B during a pandemic

It all started with an email from a customer: “Do you know why Bain Capital Ventures is reaching out to me about Clockwise?”That email would mark the beginning of a journey toward closing $18 million

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Mail.ru cofounder Dmitry Grishin has a new $100 million fund; he gives a look here

Grishin Robotics is an eight-year-old, Sand Hill Road venture firm that until now, has exclusively on the smart hardware industry. A newly closed $100 million fund will see it widen its aperture a bit

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Kaia Health gets $26M to show it can do more with digital therapeutics

Kaia Health, a digital therapeutics startup which uses computer vision technology for real-time posture tracking via the smartphone camera to deliver human-hands-free physiotherapy, has closed a $26 m

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Software will reshape our world in the next decade

As I was wrapping up a Zoom meeting with my business partners, I could hear my son joking with his classmates in his online chemistry class.I have to say this is a very strange time for me: As much as

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Beyond the negative impact of COVID-19

03:40 Editor's note: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every corner of the world. Contrary to the common belief that it is only going to have a negative impact on individuals, Charlot

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Dropbox introduces slew of new features for business and home users

Dropbox has always been about file storage, sharing and collaboration, but it wants to stretch beyond those roots and provide customers, especially those using the Dropbox Plus paid tier with a set o

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You can set up a Zoom call with Tony Hawk or Sinbad using Cameo’s latest feature

My birthday was last month (still accepting belated greetings in the comments below). I was sick and sheltering in place, and my sister kindly gifted me a Cameo of Kids in the Hall/Newsradio star Dave

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Social media 'not a good substitute' for lockdown loneliness

03:14 COVID-19 has changed the rules on social interaction. The need for physical distancing can leave people feeling isolated, and while we can still keep in touch via online channels

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Startups Weekly: A Silicon Valley for everyone

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here.Many in the tech industry saw the threat of the novel cor