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Book review: ‘The Next Billion Users’The next wave of digital media adoption will come from the three billion people on the planet who live on less than two dollars a day. These are the global poor. They live in India, Africa and China, among other places, and their lives will be transformed as they embrace […]

Elon Musk defends tweets in SEC’s contempt proceedingsTesla CEO Elon Musk argued Friday that his Twitter use did not violate a settlement agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that the agency’s request to have him held in contempt is based on a “radical interpretation” of the order, according to court papers filed […]

What’s the cost of buying users from Facebook and 13 other ad networks? Julian Shapiro Contributor Share on Twitter Julian Shapiro is the founder of BellCurve.com, a growth marketing agency that trains you to become a marketing professional. He also writes at Julian.com. More posts by this contributor Which types of startups are most often […]

Equity Shot: Pinterest and Zoom file to go public Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. What a Friday. This afternoon (mere hours after we released our regularly scheduled episode no less!), both Pinterest and Zoom dropped their public S-1 filings. So we rolled up […]

This is how much money Pinterest execs made last yearSilicon Valley is known for its massive wealth. When these companies file to go public, we all finally get to know how much money these executives take home each year, and the millions they’ll take home after the IPO. In Pinterest’s S-1, which it filed earlier […]

Our 9 favorite startups from Y Combinator W19 Demo Day 2Heathcare kiosks, a home-cooked food marketplace, and a way for startups to earn interest on their funding topped our list of high-potential companies from Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Demo Day 2. 88 startups launched on stage at the lauded accelerator, though some of the best […]

Drone analytics startup Aria Insights suddenly shuttersEarlier this year, Helen Greiner-founded drone startup CyPhy Works announced a major change. The company was rebooting and renaming itself Aria Insights, a move that arrived with a newfound AI/data-driven focus. Now, just over two months later, the company is no more. Reports that Aria had shuttered began surfacing […]