Twitter tests reply subscriptions

THE DAILY CRUNCH MONDAY, AUGUST 12 2019 By Anthony Ha Twitter continues to test new features, TikTok's owner moves into search and Lucidworks raises $100 million. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 12, 2019. 1. [Twitter’s latest test lets users subscribe to a tweet’s replies]( Many people already receive push notifications when selected accounts send out new tweets. Now you’ll be able to set up something similar for individual tweets, so you receive a notification every time there's a reply. And this is just one of a number of features that Twitter is testing to personalize conversation views. [twitter-logo-sketch-wide-inverted] 2. [ByteDance launches a new search portal that returns a mix of results from the Web and its own platforms]( The Chinese company that owns social app TikTok and news aggregator Toutiao launched a new portal called called Toutiao Search. This could set up ByteDance as a competitor to Baidu, while also driving traffic to various ByteDance properties. [SPONSORED CONTENT: TechCrunch]( [Check out our other newsletters to stay up on all things TechCrunch We know a lot can happen in a week, so that’s why we created the Week In Review and Startups Weekly newsletters to help keep you informed. Subscribe to these and other TechCrunch newsletters stay on top of all things tech news.]( [Learn More…]( 3. [Lucidworks raises $100M to expand in AI-powered search-as-a-service for organizations]( Lucidworks has raised around $200 million in funding to date, and it says it's been doubling revenues annually for the past three years. 4. [Bosch is working on glasses-free 3D displays for in-car use]( These 3D displays use passive 3D tech, which means you won’t need to wear glasses to see the effect. It also skips eye tracking, which is a key ingredient for most high-quality glasses-free 3D displays today. 5. [How a Swedish saxophonist built Kobalt, the world’s next music unicorn]( Combining a technology platform to better track ownership rights and royalties of songs with a new approach to representing musicians in their careers, Kobalt has risen from the ashes of the 2000 dot-com bubble to become a major player in the streaming music era. (Extra Crunch membership required.) 6. [Adobe’s Amit Ahuja will be talking customer experience at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise]( Customer experience is a term we’re hearing a lot of these days, and we'll going to be discussing that very topic with Amit Ahuja, Adobe’s vice president of ecosystem development, at our big enterprise event in September. 7. [Startups seek sperm … and venture capital backing]( That headline is not a joke: This week's [Equity]( is about male reproductive health startups. Meanwhile, [Original Content]( reviews the new Netflix series "Another life." [Get more stories at techcrunch.com ]( Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: - [Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at FanDragon Technologies, Inc. (West Hollywood, CA, USA)]( - [Director of Engineering at HIA Technologies Inc. (Pasadena, CA, USA)]( - [Senior Security Engineer at Anitian (Portland, OR, USA)]( - [Engineering Manager, Backend at Livongo (Mountain View, California, USA)]( - [Lead Backend Software Engineer at Livongo (Mountain View, California, USA)]( [SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD]( [Post your tech jobs]( and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Youtube](  [Instagram](  [Flipboard]( [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