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Google Adds Conversational Search In Latest Chrome Build, We Go Voice On -
Google has updated Chrome in build 27 to include conversational voice search, a feature it demoed on stage at Google I/O this year that allows you to search by voice, but also transcribes your queries in real time and lets you use natural language, asking Google straightforward questions and getting straightforward answers, both read back to you by dictation and in actual Google search results.TechCrunch about an hour ago:
What Is It About Porn? An Interview With The Founders Of TheWorstDrug, A NSFW GIF Site -
Porn is the new Tumblr. It seems that everyone with a CS degree and a little free time is trying to cash in (or at least dabble) in the world of online sexuality, a happenstance that I'd chalk up to the ubiquity of boobies online and the potential for perceived riches.TechCrunch about an hour ago:
Practice Fusion Continues To Reach Beyond Digital Health Records, Adds Free Expense Tracking To New Booking Engine -
Practice Fusion has made a name for itself over the past few years by tapping into enormous demand for digital health information -- particularly health records.TechCrunch just under two hours ago:
Hands-On With The Scanadu Scout, The Health Gadget That's Crowdfunding Its Way To FDA Approval -
The last time we met with the folks from Scanadu, we had a very limited look its much buzzed-about line of gadgets that aim to bring vital sign monitoring beyond the realm of the hospital and available to anyone with a smartphone.TechCrunch 3 hours ago:
Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions Platform That Lets Teens Create Memes & Movements -
Urturn, the social expressions platform that soft-launched as stealthily as possible last year by intentionally hiding under a really boring name, is getting ready to turn the volume up to 11 to start seriously recruiting teens and trend-setters to its meme-stuffed, fashion-friendly, music-loving platform.TechCrunch 4 hours ago:
Airtasker Wants To Be oDesk Of Southeast Asia -
Australian startup, Airtasker, is keen to expand out of its home country into Southeast Asia, which it says hasn’t been touched by large competitors yet.TechCrunch 4 hours ago:
SumUp, One Of Europe's Many Mobile Payments Startups, Launches In Russia - Now Operating In 11 Markets -
SumUp, one of the myriad European Square-style mobile card reader startups, has expanded its coverage footprint by rolling into an 11th European market: Russia.TechCrunch 5 hours ago:
Aiming To Be The Mobile Banking App To Rule Them All, Numbrs Stashes $7.7M Of Fresh Funding -
Chalk this up as one to watch closely in the world of consumer fintech. Numbrs, a mobile-first banking app founded out of Swiss company builder Centralway, has raised 7.TechCrunch 5 hours ago:
Rando's 5M Anti-Social Photo Shares Could Be The Canary In The Social Networking Coalmine -
Rando only launched in March but the anti-social photo-sharing app that deliberately eschews the standard social network clutter of likes and comments and connections -- simply letting users share random photos with random strangers and get random snaps in return -- has blasted past 5M photo shares after a little over two months in the wild.TechCrunch 5 hours ago:
