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| May 5, 2016 | Stop Posting Photos of Real Keys in News Stories | It’s fun to have the key. (Photo: Matt Roberts/Getty Images)
We’ve all seen that moment on TV where someone surreptitiously gets hold of another character’s keys, presses one into a bit of putty, puts the keys back where they belong and hea... |
| Sep 21, 2015 | Lockitron Releases 3rd Gen $99 Connected Door Lock, Aims To Improve Product Accessibility | If the connected home has struggled with anything over the past few years it’s accessibility. Ease of use has been improving rapidly but most internet-connected devices are still multiples more expensive than their “dumb home” alternatives.... |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Introducing Disrupt TV Live From Disrupt SF | We’re just a week away from TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015, and the TechCrunch video team has a packed schedule: broadcasting interviews, updates and all sorts of other great startup action live from the exhibit hall floor.
Disrupt TV kicked of... |
| Aug 26, 2015 | Dodge Kickstarter Fees And Take Crowdfunding On Your Site With Celery Launch | Why pay Kickstarter or Indiegogo 5% when most crowdfunding traffic comes from project creators and their own promotion? And why publicize a crowdfunding page that will only live for a month instead of a business’ own website that can take o... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Lockitron Announces The $99 Bolt, A Deadbolt You Can Unlock With Your Phone | Y Combinator alum Lockitron is today launching the Bolt, a $99 follow-up to its troubled crowdfunded keyless-entry gadget.
Lockitron co-founder Cameron Robertson says the company learned a lot from the difficulties it went through with its ... |
| Jan 7, 2015 | August Connect adds remote access to Smart Lock | August today announced Connect, a new hardware device that enables a persistent connection via the Internet to its Yves Behar-designed Smart Lock.
August Connect, which is available for preorders today, will begin shipping in mid-February, ... |
| Jan 7, 2015 | August Connect adds remote access to Smart Lock | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
August today announced Connect, a new hardware de... |
| Dec 27, 2014 | When Will Your Phone Replace Your Keys And Wallet? | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| Jul 13, 2014 | Hardware Case Study: Why Lockitron Has Taken So Long To Ship | Cameron Robertson Contributor
Editor’s note: Cameron Robertson is a co-founder of Lockitron.
There has been renewed excitement at Lockitron HQ in the last few weeks as we pass shipping to our 3,000th backer. Following an incredibly oversubs... |
| Jan 16, 2014 | Lockitron Still Hasn’t Shipped To Most Backers Over A Year After Its $2.2M Crowdfunding Effort | YC alum Lockitron still hasn’t shipped its next-gen product to the vast majority of backers. As of right now, almost a year on from its original shipping deadline, the keyless smart lock that’s designed to fit over your dumb deadbolt so you... |
| Nov 7, 2013 | Analysts Project Bluetooth® Smart Technology to Lead Home Automation Market | Wireless Home Follows Path of Sports and Fitness Market, Embraces Bluetooth Smart as Consumer Demand Increases
Kirkland, Washington – November 07, 2013 – Bluetooth Smart technology became, seemingly overnight, the de facto wireless connecti... |
| Sep 15, 2013 | How Bluetooth LE And Crowdfunding Are Accelerating The Connected Hardware Boom | It’s one trend that’s been hard to miss, being mostly clipped and/or strapped in plain sight. To spell it out, hardware startups — and the devices they’re making — are having a moment, thanks in major part to crowdfunding websites providing... |
| Sep 3, 2013 | Amazon Launches A Home Automation Store Featuring Smart Locks, Sensors, Thermostats & More | Amid a bevy of Amazon-related announcements surrounding Kindle – some intentional (the arrival of Kindle MatchBook), some not (news of an updated Kindle Paperwhite leaked a bit early) – Amazon has also quietly launched a new storefront focu... |
| Aug 22, 2013 | Crowdtilt Launches Crowdhoster To Let Anyone Create, Customize And Host Their Own Crowdfunding Campaigns | Thanks to the JOBS Act and the rise of Kickstarter, Indiegogo and the parade of startups that have emerged in their wake, crowdfunding has gone mainstream. However, according to the minds behind Crowdtilt — the Y Combinator-incubated platfo... |
| Aug 22, 2013 | Crowdtilt (YC W12) launches Crowdhoster, the world’s most flexible open source crowd funding platform | Thanks to the JOBS Act and the rise of Kickstarter, Indiegogo and the parade of startups that have emerged in their wake, crowdfunding has gone mainstream. However, according to the minds behind Crowdtilt — the Y Combinator-incubated platfo... |
| Aug 22, 2013 | Crowdtilt (YC W12) launches Crowdhoster, the world's most flexible open source crowd funding platform | Thanks to the JOBS Act and the rise of Kickstarter, Indiegogo and the parade of startups that have emerged in their wake, crowdfunding has gone mainstream. However, according to the minds behind Crowdtilt — the Y Combinator-incubated platfo... |
| Aug 4, 2013 | Who Will Disrupt Real Estate? | I don’t even want to imagine what looking for a house was like in the 80s. Over the last few years, Zillow, Trulia, Redfin and others have done a lot to make more information available to those who want to buy and sell their homes. Today, I... |
| Jul 30, 2013 | Unikey’s Kevo Smart Lock Uses Bluetooth 4.0 To Let You Unlock Your Door By Touching It | NFC-powered door locks are already a thing, allowing owners of compatible smartphones (or NFC rings) to get into their houses with a tap of their gadgets. But NFC is not the only transfer tech capable of powering a smart lock (plus, if you ... |
| Jun 27, 2013 | As The Lockitron Nears Shipping, Apigy Partners With Schlage And Details Building Gadgets On IOUs | Almost nine months after its crowdfunding success, the Lockitron is scheduled to ship on July 15th. As I learned through a chat with Apigy’s founder, it’s been a long road to this point as the young company overcame several obstacles includ... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | The ultimate guide to startup pre-launch marketing in 5 simple steps | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Manish Dudharejia is the co-founder of two Intern... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | The ultimate guide to startup pre-launch marketing in 5 simple steps | Manish Dudharejia is the co-founder of two Internet companies, E2M Solutions and OnlyDesign.
We’d all like to believe that we’re past the stage where marketing matters. If your product is good enough, shouldn’t the blog reviews and viral at... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | Breather debuts ‘Zipcar for rooms’ to give you peace and quiet on-demand | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Wizards and superheros can open locked rooms with... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | Breather debuts ‘Zipcar for rooms’ to give you peace and quiet on-demand | Wizards and superheros can open locked rooms without a key, and now you can, too.
Breather launched its “Zipcar for rooms” at the LeWeb conference in London today. The startup also revealed closing $1.5 million to accelerate development and... |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Lands $12M From Sean Parker, Andreessen & More; Now Acquiring To Expand Into Mobile | After graduating from Y Combinator, Crowdtilt launched in February of last year to become “the Kickstarter for any group.” More specifically, the startup has been on a mission to become the platform of record for all manners of group fundra... |
| Mar 11, 2013 | How Scout Alarm crowdfunded $160K — without Kickstarter or Indiegogo | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Hassle-free home security sounds good, right? Perhaps $160,000 good, if you’re Scout Alarm … with none of that money going through crow... |
| Mar 11, 2013 | CubeSensors Extend The Concept Of The Quantified Self To Your Living Space | Sensors are quickly becoming a category of external hardware gadgets unto themselves, and Slovenia-based CubeSensors is creating a set that essentially monitors your living space to provide you with aggregate data about noise, temperature, ... |
| Mar 11, 2013 | How Scout Alarm crowdfunded $160K — without Kickstarter or Indiegogo | Hassle-free home security sounds good, right? Perhaps $160,000 good, if you’re Scout Alarm … with none of that money going through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo.
In fact, Scout Alarm crowdsourced that cash all on its own.... |
| Mar 4, 2013 | Five start-ups that are tackling life’s annoying problems | The ‘keep it simple, stupid’ principle may have been devised by the US Navy in the 1960s, but it’s a catchcry that has aided many business leaders over the years.
Speak to any start-up mentor and they will tell you one of the first things t... |
| Feb 1, 2013 | U.K. Startup Onefinestay — Aka The ‘Posh Airbnb’ — Patents Keyless Entry System To Hasten The Demise Of Front Door Keys | U.K. startup onefinestay — which has attracted backing to the tune of $15.9 million from Index Ventures, PROfounders Capital, Canaan Partners and David Magliano — has been using some of that cash to develop a keyless entry system to make it... |
| Jan 30, 2013 | Crowdtilt’s latest product helps those who can’t code, crowdfund | Crowd funding is as hot right now as English-Irish boy band One Direction and everybody wants a piece.
Crowdtilt has released a new product called CrowdHoster that makes it easy to build a custom crowdfunding site without having to write an... |
| Nov 22, 2012 | Two Free Tickets To LeWeb And Here’s A Discount Code For TC Readers | [THESE TICKETS HAVE NOW GONE. Thanks for entering.] LeWeb Paris in December is getting closer, and conference organizers Loic and Geraldine Le Meur have put together a schedule featuring great speakers and companies around the theme of ‘The... |
| Nov 19, 2012 | iPhone Connected Home Smart Dock Lumawake Regroups After Kickstarter Rejection, Begins Pre-Orders Today | Lumawake, an innovative iPhone dock designed to work with both 30-pin and lightning dock connectors, today kicks off its own pre-orders in a self-run crowdfunding attempt to bring its product to market. The team faced rejection from Kicksta... |
| Nov 12, 2012 | LeWeb Paris Program Announced: The Internet Of Things With Nest, Fitbit, Lockitron, NASA & Others | LeWeb Paris is less than a month away and conference organizers Loic and Geraldine Le Meur just posted this year’s schedule. The theme of the event, which is scheduled to run from December 4th to 6th, is “The Internet of Things.” There is a... |
| Nov 5, 2012 | Crowdfunding will streamline aid for victims of Sandy and future disasters | Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the United States. Dozens are dead. New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm. The FEMA trailers made famous in the wake of ... |
| Oct 29, 2012 | Philips selling colorful Wi-Fi lightbulbs exclusively through Apple | reader comments 61 with 52 posters participating
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| Oct 10, 2012 | MY BEST TECH: Vaughan Rowsell | Vaughan Rowsell is the chief executive of Vend, a company which provides POS software to retailers that tracks inventory and helps manager customers.
Rowsell’s favourite piece of tech has attracted a lot of attention in the United States fo... |
| Oct 7, 2012 | The Story Of Lockitron: Crowdfunding Without Kickstarter | Editor’s note: After a rejection by Kickstarter, the co-founders of Lockitron, Cameron Robertson and Paul Gerhardt, decided to follow in the footsteps of App.net and take pre-orders for their innovative deadbolt add-on directly. This gamble... |
| Oct 2, 2012 | YC-Alum Lockitron Is Back With A New Kit That Allows Smartphones To Control Dumb Deadbolts | Locks are a necessary evil. They keep the bad guys out while allowing good guys in. The Lockitron aims to make the point of entry as safe as possible, but also as convenient as possible. Plus, it’s packed full of features including remote m... |
| May 13, 2011 | Lockitron Lets You Unlock Your Door With Your Phone | Ever wish you could just call your keys? Well the Ycombinator-backed Lockitron aims to replace physical keys entirely by letting you control your door lock with your phone. The Lockitron web app and hardware package are as of today availabl... |
