Another day, another revelation of an ethically questionable business practice by Uber. This time The Information reports that Uber secretly tracked Lyft drivers using an internal software program it dubbed Hell. Read More | Continue reading
According to a latest survey by Counterpoint Research, mobile phone replacement cycles are shortening in India and two in three users in the country plan to upgrade to a new mobile phone in the next twelve months. | Continue reading
Key Highlights ETH price managed to gain bids recently, and traded above the $43.80 resistance against the US Dollar. This week’s highlighted bearish trend line with resistance at $43.90 on the hourly chart (ETH/USD, data feed via SimpleFX) was broken. The price traded towards $4 … | Continue reading
Images posted by Evleaks show a new HTC phone called the One X10 that, according to what appears to be a marketing slogan, will focus on battery life. “Big style meets bigger battery,” to put it in HTC’s words. We can’t glean too much more about the phone from the pictures, but t … | Continue reading
Here’s one that slipped through the cracks. Chris Pinkham, who joined Twitter two years ago as vice president of engineering, has left the social networking company. Pinkham is well-known in tech circles as one of the creators of the early Amazon cloud computing service more than … | Continue reading
A third of people in the US who own virtual reality devices are happier than they expected with their new toys, while a tiny minority said the devices fell below their expectations. | Continue reading
Mobile payment transaction value in Q4 2016 was up nearly 42% against the previous quarter, according to a new report. | Continue reading
eMarketer’s scan of the key developments of the day, plus data to make sense of it all. Today’s topics: Facebook Messenger reaches 1.2 billion users; Roku and TiVo team up; and more. | Continue reading
eMarketer analyst Mark Dolliver highlights recent research on millennials' news consumption habits. Are younger people getting news from digital channels? From mobile? The answers are surprising. | Continue reading
The UK has long been a solid market for Apple and its mobile operating system. However, Q4 2016 saw particularly strong smartphone sales figures for the company, with the proportion of total sales of iOS tracking incredibly close to Android. | Continue reading
If US consumers think they’re paying too much for their iPhones, they should see how much the device costs in Argentina. | Continue reading
Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) revenues are rising rapidly in China as the number of consumers willing to pay for video moves sharply higher. But advertising still makes up the largest part of overall digital video revenues, and will continue to do so for the next few years, … | Continue reading
UK digital ad spending growth in 2016 was helped by a 50.8% rise in mobile ad investment, according to data from IAB UK and PwC. | Continue reading
Google Allo 9.0 recently hit the Google Play Store, and with it came an APK teardown revealing some of the coolest features coming to the app. | Continue reading
Apple is quietly developing sensors that can track the body’s blood sugar levels in a bid to help people with diabetes, CNBC reports. The company has apparently hired a small team of biomechanical engineers to work on the project, which would monitor glucose levels through contac … | Continue reading
Like the boy in Iron Giant, Elmodis watches massive machines to ensure they don’t break or, worse, hurt people. The company recently raised $4.9 million to manage this task in addition to their $250,000 in seed capital from Innovation Nest in Poland. The founders, Artur Hanc and … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Dash price finally made an upside move, and broke the $65 resistance against the US Dollar. The last highlighted bearish trend line with resistance at $64 on the hourly chart of DASH/USD (data feed from Poloniex) was cleared. The price is now above the 100 hourly s … | Continue reading
When outdoor warning sirens in Dallas cried wolf last Friday, Twitter sleuths concluded that a hacker hijacked the alarms through a vulnerable computer network. As it turns out, the sirens aren’t computerized at all — they’re controlled through a decade-old radio system, one the … | Continue reading
The Google Express app has just been updated with the ability to share shopping lists and use multiple devices to access them. | Continue reading
If you are a customer at one of the select five banks announced by Google, you can now easily add cards to Android Pay right from your mobile banking app. | Continue reading
It’s the 500th episode of Crunch Report. Boomerang joins the subscription games, Lincoln tries to boost sales with chauffers and Justin Kan’s new legal startup AtriumLTS. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading
Building a fan base for your business on social media can seem like an fruitless task and may not provide you with the results that you’re looking for, but working out the right demographic for your marketing campaign as a starting point is imperative, ensure the biggest impact. | Continue reading
I know that it’s April 2017, and 2016 seems like a distant memory, but this is the perfect time to look at the most popular news articles from last year. After all, the slowpokes have had the opportunity to read November and December’s content and we’ve had time to have a good lo … | Continue reading
Fitbit’s smartwatch woes go beyond GPS and waterproofing: the company is also facing challenges building out the third-party app experience on its upcoming smartwatch, two people familiar with the company’s plans have said. Yesterday Yahoo Finance reported that Fitbit’s not-yet-a … | Continue reading
We’ve seen politicians sunk by not-so-private tweets. But one of the most recent political scandals saw former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley taken down by his own texts. The politician, caught using public resources to cover up a torrid affair with a staffer, stepped down from … | Continue reading
Apple has hired a group of biomedical researchers to work on a secret project to monitor diabetic patients using sensors, according to a CNBC report. An estimated 371 million people have the disease worldwide and in the last few years, several tech companies have been trying to … | Continue reading
Personal computing, phones, watches, and ... diabetes?Cupertino-based Apple has over its 41-year lifespan successfully disrupted the former, but it may be about to revolutionize treatment for the latter. SEE ALSO: Apple just fixed an iPhone flaw that overwhelmed the 911 systemAcc … | Continue reading
What's more annoying than a selfie stick?Selfie drones, which are rapidly becoming more affordable, lighter, and easier to use—and, as of April 12, available in Apple stores around the country. SEE ALSO: Drone crashes through woman's apartment windowWhy would this method of self- … | Continue reading
With a new electric vehicle initiative, Uber is finally speaking Portland’s language. The company shares a rocky history with the famously green city, but that won’t stop Portland from becoming the first U.S. market where Uber will push a set benchmarks for electrifying its flee … | Continue reading
The Man Came Around is a survival RPG about trying to escape a fascist dictatorship within a powerful nation. It’s full of trauma, stealth, moral choices, and death — so, you know, fun. The game, made by Belgian studio Pipette Inc, went live on Kickstarter yesterday. This game is … | Continue reading
BlackBerry will get over $814 million back from Qualcomm in royalty overpayments, due to an arbitration decision for the two companies. | Continue reading
Street Fighter, as fighting games go, is in a league of its own. After first releasing the title in 1987, Capcom has peppered us with a steady stream of iterative updates and new characters every few years to follow. A handful of characters have been punching and kicking each oth … | Continue reading
Yext today said it would price its initial public offering at $11, meaning the company will raise around $115.5 million in its IPO as it sets up for a debut tomorrow. Yext will be the second enterprise company in the past week alone that will make its public debut tomorrow follo … | Continue reading
Nintendo will offer a special battery grip accessory for its Joy-Con controller accessory, which will be offered in sets of two and add more life to the already considerable 20-hour runtime of the Joy-Cons using their built-in power. Nintendo is also going to add a new color opt … | Continue reading
Nintendo held one of its Direct video events today, and it showed off a ton of new games. The publisher hit fans with a rapid-fire succession of announcements and tidbits, but it also spent some extra time with Arms and Splatoon 2. But we’ve gone ahead and gathered together all o … | Continue reading
GUEST: In the words of one technology analyst, the legal profession hasn’t really changed since the time of Charles Dickens. And like the never-ending Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit in Dickens’ Bleak House, today’s courtrooms are overburdened and justice often frustratingly slow. … | Continue reading
During one of its Direct live-streams this evening, Nintendo revealed three new Zelda amiibo alongside an avalanche of release dates for new Switch games. These amiibo include Link toys specific to N64 classic Majora’s Mask and the Wii U entries in the franchise, Twilight Princes … | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingForeign Policy: Today, in a thorough reversal of one of his most memorable campaign statements, President Trump praised NATO’s role in fighting terrorism and preserving international peace. (He also reversed some of his former key economic positions.) It’s har … | Continue reading
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Millenials, be careful what you snap, because Snapchat is about to offer advertisers more information on your whereabouts. Snap Inc is set to roll out a new tool for advertisers called “Snap to Store.” This tool collects info and provides data to show advertisers which campaigns … | Continue reading
Google is sending out press invites to attend a media event on April 18, where the company will reveal the new version of Google Earth. | Continue reading
Switch-exclusive cartoonish boxing game Arms is slated for release on 16th June.Nintendo made the announcement during a Nintendo Direct tonight where it showed off some of the intricacies of the game's combat system. As it turns out Arms may also have legs.It has kicks, anyway. N … | Continue reading
Nintendo plans to go into the summer swinging. The Japanese game company revealed during its Direct presentation today that its fighting game Arms will release on June 16 for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo revealed Arms earlier in the year. It features characters with extendable a … | Continue reading
Earlier today, BlackBerry’s stock hit its highest point more than a year, and all it took was a lousy $814.9 million arbitration win. It’s a healthy bounce back for the embattled company, which has spent the last year working to make a major shift from all-in phone maker to soft … | Continue reading
The squid kids are back. Today Nintendo announced that the sequel to multiplayer ink shooter Splatoon will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on July 21st.The original Splatoon debuted on the Wii U in 2015, and marked Nintendo’s first proper foray into the world of competitive mult … | Continue reading
Splatoon 2 will have more than a competitive multiplayer. Nintendo revealed today that its ink shooter launches July 21. And it will have a cooperative four-player horde mode called Salmon Run where players will team up to take on waves of enemies. Your team must collect special … | Continue reading
Nintendo today announced a few hardware add-ons to its one-month-old Switch console, revealed during one of its Nintendo Direct live-streams. There’s now a neon yellow Joy-Con color option for both the left and right controllers and the wrist strap. The company is also introducin … | Continue reading