WASHINGTON (AP) - WASHINGTON (AP) - This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country.
A 5-year-old girl killed this month in Cleveland in a drive-by shooting. Seven people slain in Chicago over the July 4th weekend. A young female journalist in Washington, D.C., ...
We have some incredible speakers coming to the TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8. And they include several of Europe's new Unicorns. Or should we say EUnicorns? Marco Jansen is Founder and CTO of Catawiki, Europe's fastest growing online auction house. With over 40 weekly auctions and close to 200,000 registered users, Catawiki is the number one site for buying…
Dutch startup Virtuagym, which makes fitness apps aimed at both consumers and fitness professionals, has picked up €2.1 million in new funding. Despite the modest amount, the round is being dubbed a Series A. But, hey, this is Europe after all. Backing comes from Saffelberg Investments.
Dan Lewis wasn't convinced that a startup that connects small trucking companies to people who need shipments was going to work. But he went door to door in a warehouse district in Seattle, and one problem kept coming up: smaller trucking businesses couldn't grow because they weren't able to connect with businesses that needed shipping without dozens of phone…
There are plenty of on-demand alcohol delivery services including fan favorites Drizly and Minibar. And on the other side of the spectrum, the market is loaded with subscription delivery services for wine and beer, like Club W and Craft Beer Club. But what about the weird stuff? The whiskey with snakes in it? The vodka made from dragon tears? Craft & Rare wants to fit into the mix by…