Author Archives: Anthony Ha

EventGeek relaunches as Circa to help marketers embrace virtual events

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EventGeek was a Y Combinator-backed startup that offered tools to help large enterprises manage the logistics of their events. So with the COVID-19 pandemic essentially eliminating large-scale conferences, at least in-person, it’s not exactly surprising that the company had to reinvent itself. Today, EventGeek relaunched as Circa, with a new focus on virtual events. founder […] Continue reading EventGeek relaunches as Circa to help marketers embrace virtual events→

Daily Crunch: Slack files antitrust complaint against Microsoft

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An antitrust battle is brewing between Microsoft and Slack, Apple continues to defend its App Store policies and Dexterity raises funding for warehouse robots. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 22, 2020. PS: I’m going to be on vacation until Wednesday of next week. Until then, I leave you in Darrell Etherington’s capable hands! The […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Slack files antitrust complaint against Microsoft→

BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days

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BlueOcean is a new startup offering companies a relatively fast and affordable way to see how their brands are performing and what they can do to improve. CEO Grant McDougall and COO/President Liza Nebel (the pair founded BLueOcean with Chief Data Scientist Matthew Gross) told me they’ve been developing the technology for two years. And […] Continue reading BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days→

Daily Crunch: Rackspace is going public again

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We look at Rackspace’s finances, a Facebook code change causes numerous app issues and electric vehicle company Rivian raises $2.5 billion. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 10, 2020. The big story: Rackspace is going public again The cloud computing company first went public in 2008, before accepting a $4.3 billion offer to go private […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Rackspace is going public again→

Daily Crunch: Zoom reports spectacular growth

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Zoom’s latest earnings report was even better than expected, SoftBank announces a new fund to invest in founders of color and Google pulls a trending app that targets apps from China. Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 3, 2020. 1. Remote work helps Zoom grow 169% in one year, posting $328.2M in Q1 revenue Zoom’s […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Zoom reports spectacular growth→

Daily Crunch: Zoom acquires security startup Keybase

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Zoom acquires some encryption expertise, Uber makes a big investment in scooters and we review the new 13-inch Macbook Pro. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 7, 2020. 1. Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise Keybase, whose encryption products include secure file sharing and collaboration tools, should give Zoom some security credibility as […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Zoom acquires security startup Keybase→

Daily Crunch: Verizon buys videoconferencing company BlueJeans

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Verizon makes a move into videoconferencing, Jeff Bezos discusses a plan to test Amazon employees for COVID-19 and Apple is reportedly working on new over-ear headphones. Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 16, 2020. 1. Verizon is buying b2b videoconferencing firm BlueJeans TechCrunch’s parent company is buying veteran videoconferencing platform BlueJeans Network — shelling out less […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Verizon buys videoconferencing company BlueJeans→

Ceros launches MarkUp, a design collaboration tool for live websites

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When designers need to collaborate with other teams, they can currently turn to products like InVision and Zeplin. But Ceros creative director Jack Dixon said there’s a “pretty interesting gap in the market” — once you move beyond prototypes and start working with websites that are either live or in staging, the process starts to […] Continue reading Ceros launches MarkUp, a design collaboration tool for live websites→

Yext aims to deliver more coronavirus-related answers by making its site search free

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Yext says that in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s making its Yext Answers site search product free for 90 days. You might not see an obvious connection between site search and a worldwide pandemic. You might even think this sounds like a marketing gimmick. But Yext CEO Howard Lerman said that for the past […] Continue reading Yext aims to deliver more coronavirus-related answers by making its site search free→

Oribi brings its web analytics platform to the US

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Oribi, an Israeli startup promising to democratize web analytics, is now launching in the United States. While we’ve written about a wide range of new or new-ish analytics companies, founder and CEO Iris Shoor said that most of them aren’t built for Oribi’s customers. “A lot of companies are more focused on the high end,” […] Continue reading Oribi brings its web analytics platform to the US→