Top Stories of the Day // March 6, 2019

After an extremely rough year, MoviePass attempts to 'refocus' | Twitter debuts new analytics tools for publishers focused on improving video engagement | Waymo to start selling standalone LiDAR sensors | Google introduces educational app Bolo to improve children's literacy in India | As Meizu's port-free phone fails crowdfunding, company says it was 'messing about' | Tia launches a clinic that places the menstrual cycle at the center of care | Red Cat wants to track drone flight data on the blockchain |

THE DAILY CRUNCH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 2019 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Brian Heater After an extremely rough year, MoviePass attempts to 'refocus' So, like, maybe you had a bad 2018. But ask yourself: was it MoviePass bad? The company was flying high over the summer with a popular movie ticket subscription service... Read More… Sarah Perez Twitter debuts new analytics tools for publishers focused on improving video engagement In January at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Twitter announced that it was developing new tools that would make it easier for publishers to better understand what sort of content... Read More… Kirsten Korosec Waymo to start selling standalone LiDAR sensors Waymo, the Google self-driving project that spun out to become a business under Alphabet, will start selling its custom LiDAR sensors — the technology that was at the heart of... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Withum The New Accounting Standards are Here to Stay- Is Your Company Prepared? Is your CFO or controller on top of the revenue recognition changes impacting companies this year? All private companies are required to adopt the new standards. If you are a calendar year-end company, beginning January 1, 2019, you will need to adopt and apply ASC 606. Let's see if you're prepared. Learn More Sarah Perez Google introduces educational app Bolo to improve children's literacy in India Google is expanding its suite of apps designed for the Indian market with today's launch of a new language-learning app aimed at children, called Bolo. The app, which is aimed... Read More… Brian Heater As Meizu's port-free phone fails crowdfunding, company says it was 'messing about' That port and button-free phone Meizu showed off earlier this year? It didn't even get half of its $100,000 Indiegogo pre-order campaign. But that's fine, says the company. Turns out... Read More… Jonathan Shieber Tia launches a clinic that places the menstrual cycle at the center of care Tia, the company which launched with an app providing health advice and period tracking for women, has launched its first clinic. From its first location in New York, the two... Read More… Ron Miller Red Cat wants to track drone flight data on the blockchain Red Cat, a startup that wants to store drone flight data on the blockchain to guarantee immutability, announced the second Beta of its drone data platform today. Jeff Thompson, CEO... Read More… Danny Crichton Dragonfly, ethics, and infrastructure spending Yesterday's analysis of the ethical tradeoffs faced by engineers working in the Valley certainly lit up my inbox with responses. The general thesis of that piece is that startups and... Read More… Brian Heater Fitbit CEO James Park talks lessons learned from the company's struggles Two years ago, Fitbit was in a rough spot. The company had ridden the wearables boom to an IPO and become virtually synonymous with the fitness tracker space, only to... Read More… Brian Heater Fitbit is partnering with Adidas and Blue Apron for an activity rewards program Fitness should be its own reward, but sometimes you need a little extra push. Fitbit today announced that it's been testing a new Rewards program in beta, with plans to... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Director of Project Management/Scrum Master at FanDragon Technologies, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA, USA) Senior Node.js Engineer at The League (San Francisco, CA, USA) Tech Lead, Web Engineering at W.W. Norton (New York, NY, United States) Lead UI/Front End Engineer at W.W. Norton (New York, NY, United States) Standards Coordinator at TAPPI (Peachtree Corners, GA, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107