Last week, we reported that American Airlines filed suit against Gogo, its in-flight Wi-Fi provider, over subpar internet speeds. In the filing, American claimed to have found a better provider, ViaSat, and wanted to nullify its existing agreement with Gogo unless it could match … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced a few changes to the Windows Store. Microsoft says it has improved search rankings for apps and games in the store, and more reviews should be showing up there soon. Reviews from people participating in the Slow ring of the Windows Insider Program, which … | Continue reading
Some games we play for the excitement, some we play for scares, and some we play for the challenge. And then there are games like Tsuro [$4.99], the digital port of the 2004 board game, that are all about introspection, the kind of game you play while lying on a couch with a glas … | Continue reading
Fitbit released its fourth quarter earnings report on Monday afternoon, beating analysts' expectations in terms of revenue, and nearly doubling its full-year unit sales from 2014.The San Francisco-based maker of digital health and fitness products raked in $712 million in revenue … | Continue reading
Xbox Live is currently down for the count.Microsoft noted on its Xbox Live Status page that Purchase and Content Usage (Buying items, redeeming codes, or downloading purchases) and Xbox Live Core Services (Signing in; creating, managing, or recovering an account; search) are "lim … | Continue reading
This may come as a surprise to some, but there are just some things that don't need to be connected to the internet. Like a toothbrush. But don't tell that to Oral-B, which debuted its latest toothbrush — the Genius — at Mobile World Congress.Unlike other electric toothbrushes th … | Continue reading
Today T-Mobile continued in their tradition of off-beat showmanship by releasing a video in which the Samsung Galaxy S7 is unboxed underwater. | Continue reading
Cheetah Mobile and Cubot have partnered up to introduce a co-branded smartphone called the CheetahPhone. It’s an Android-powered device that is priced at €199 (approximately $220) and is available to everyone in the European Union through Amazon starting in April with pre-orders … | Continue reading
Jason Dalton, the Uber driver who shot and killed six people and injured two in Kalamazoo, Michigan Saturday had a 4.73 driver rating and had completed over 100 trips since being cleared by the ride-hail company's screening process less than a month ago, Uber said Monday.Dalton, … | Continue reading
At MWC today, Mark Zuckerberg formally spoke out in favor of Apple’s continued battle against the FBI. His company, Facebook, issued a statement in support of Apple last week. As reported by Re/code, Zuckerberg said: We’re sympathetic with Apple on this one. We believe in encrypt … | Continue reading
TechCrunch sat down with Mark Suster, managing partner at Upfront Ventures. One of the most active investors in Los Angeles, Suster spoke of how local startups are able to draw upon the city’s creative talent to bring content, commerce and communication platforms to the next leve … | Continue reading
Only a little more than a week after suing in-flight internet provider Gogo over service speeds, American Airlines has dropped the suit, according to a statement released today by Gogo. An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed that it had dismissed the suit without prejudice.A … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: App monetization and distribution platform Appnext grew its revenues by 345 percent in 2015. The London-based company now serves 12 billion app recommendations to 380 million unique users in 180 countries. Sure, it grew off a small base in 2014. But the growth rate is … | Continue reading
This is the French translation of Manuel Rego’s (@regocas) post “Deep Dive into Grid Layout Placement”, published on February 1st, 2016. All images and code samples come from the original article, with the author’s permission. Translation: Patrick Brosset (@patrickbrosset). Ceci … | Continue reading
Target, one of the largest retail chains in the U.S., has decided to "pause" the sale of hoverboards on its websiteThe action is being taken in the wake of a notice from the U.S. government last week that declared all hoverboards unsafeSee also: U.S. government declares hoverboar … | Continue reading
Time to consult Tim Gunn because Fallout 4 is giving you more decorating options. Wait, Tim Gunn is the fashion guy, not the interior-design guy. Oh, wait! I was thinking of Tim Allen’s character from Home Improvement. I always mix those guys up. Bethesda is preparing an update f … | Continue reading
If there's one thing I'm certain of about the folks over at Prettygreat, it's that they love sliding things! This all started with them sliding land in our 2015 Game of the Year Land Sliders [Free], and the sliding continues this Thursday with the release of their second game cal … | Continue reading
Ever since the Consumer Products Safety Commission declared all hoverboards (AKA self-balancing scooters) unsafe unless they have UL certification, retailers, merchants and manufactures have largely remained mum on what consumers should do about their beloved riders.See also: You … | Continue reading
Planet Earth is returning to TV later this year, and this time, it'll be in 4K. The original 11-part series debuted in 2006 and was the first BBC nature documentary to be filmed in high definition. It helped propel HDTV's popularity, and this new season will take those stunning n … | Continue reading
Oracle today disclosed that it has acquired Ravello Systems, a company with tools for running enterprise workloads in public cloud environments. Oracle didn’t disclose terms of the deal but a source familiar with the matter said Oracle is paying $500 million to do the deal. Oracl … | Continue reading
Developer Joshua Burr has revealed I Love My Circle, an arena survival game that releases next week on Tuesday, March 1st, for iOS and Android. The game has you playing as a dot in a circle, that's quite happy in that circle. It doesn't really feel like leaving. However, deadly t … | Continue reading
Samsung aimed to gather the best features of Galaxies past for their S7 line. That included features missing from the S6 like water resistance and a microSD slot, but the company also took the improved design from the S6 line and made it even better. Check out the photos above to … | Continue reading
If you’ve been following content marketing news recently, you’ll know it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows across the industry. The first warning bells indicating content marketing was heading towards murky waters came last year when Gartner placed content marketing on the decline … | Continue reading
Samsung and LG went head to head at MWC 2016 with their new flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge and the G5. Which came out on top? Let us know your thoughts! | Continue reading
Sometimes, it seems like the tech world is inexorably bending towards a future full of curved devices. At MWC in Barcelona, we saw yet another prototype display, this time from English firm FlexEnable. Now, this isn't a working device of any kind — it's essentially just a screen … | Continue reading
Fitness gadget-maker Fitbit tumbled 16% in after-hours trading, with investors disappointed by the company’s guidance for the current quarter. Fitbit is forecasting $420 million to $440 million in revenue for the current quarter and adjusted earnings per share is expected to be b … | Continue reading
Doom publisher Bethesda has detailed how its territory control mode, Warpath, will work.It's essentially the genre's familiar King of the Hill mode with a twist: the capture point moves in a circular pattern around the map on a clearly marked trajectory. On the opposite side of t … | Continue reading
We go hands on with Sony's latest range of smartphone offerings, in this quick look at the Sony Xperia X, Xperia XA, and Xperia X Performance! | Continue reading
Uber is hosting a conference call regarding Uber driver Jason Dalton, who is suspected in the killing of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday night. The call, which includes Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan, and Ed Davis and Margaret Richardson of Uber’s safety a … | Continue reading
Boy, am I excited! The TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off is coming to the greatest place in the world: Brooklyn, New York. I live in Brooklyn, and travel all over the country to visit cities with awesome startups. Now, I’m happy to announce that you guys are finally coming to me. The … | Continue reading
Because of a bad back, Donatas Motiejunas will be back in Houston. Because the 7-foot forward could not get clearance for a back injury that required surgery nearly a year ago, the Pistons voided a three-team trade that included the Rockets and 76ers. Yahoo Sports was first to re … | Continue reading
Trade settlement giant DTCC has announced it is to host a blockchain event next month in New York City. | Continue reading
BARCELONA — We all use mapping apps to get from one location to another when we're outside, but we could soon use them for indoor navigation, too.At Mobile World Congress on Monday, I got to experience for myself how indoor navigation works with a Project Tango device. (Google's … | Continue reading
Lest you forgot about Burly Men at Sea, the developers have revealed a new trailer for the game, along with some new info on how it plays. The idea is that you don't actually interact with the characters, but you manipulate the viewport of the world, in order to explore the world … | Continue reading
Microsoft Next Lock Screen just got a massive update that brings Fingerprint Unlock, Smart Contacts, and several other features to your fingertips. | Continue reading
Kabam is laying 8 percent of its mobile game company workforce today as part of a strategic move to focus on a more narrow type of game that it knows well. It’s not clear exactly how many jobs are affected, as Kabam isn’t disclosing those details. Kevin Chou, the chief executive … | Continue reading
The first of the major 2016 flagship smartphones have been announced - the LG G5 and the Samsung Galaxy S7. Here's how they stack up against the competition. | Continue reading
Last December, a group of electric vehicle and green energy enthusiasts — including Elon Musk — sent an open letter to the head of California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, urging the agency to force Volkswagen to build more electric models instead of repair the some 600,000 … | Continue reading
Maybe warp speed isn't science fiction after all. This British supercar called the AF10 has its own "warp drive" engine system that allows it to produce 2,080 horsepower.See also: Aston Martin teams with Faraday Future to make Tesla competitorCreated by the virtually unknown and … | Continue reading
Samsung's new smartphone will use heat pipe technology to keep itself running cool -- and the company is giving a free Gear VR to anyone who pre-orders a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge. | Continue reading
GUEST: Imagine if great content found you because it’s smart enough to know who really wants to see it. Over the next ten years, content embedded with machine-learning technology will start to be smart enough to seek out its own audience. This will solve a growing frustration for … | Continue reading
Is your PC a bad enough dude to run Virtual Reality?Our Digital Foundry guru Richard Leadbetter dug into this VR-ready query last month and now Valve has released its very own SteamVR Performance Test.The Portal-themed analysis "measures your system's rendering power using a two- … | Continue reading
Google is doing away with right-side ads. Whether you manage SEO and PPC, or just search Google on desktop, major changes are coming. Here's what to expect. | Continue reading
After Mashable reported on Saturday that Swagway advised its customers to take a break from hoverboarding, the company now says that direction was the result of a "miscommunication" and its products are safe to use. "Due to an apparent miscommunication, there have been inaccurate … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s online gaming infrastructure is having a rough February. Xbox Live is down for some gamers today, according to complaints on social media. People are complaining that they cannot boot up their digital games. This means that if you own a download-only release like Tria … | Continue reading
A vaginal ring that dispenses an HIV-preventative drug blocked about a quarter of HIV infections in a trial involving 2,600 women in Africa, according to a report published in The New England Journal of Medicine. When the numbers were broken down by age, researchers found that th … | Continue reading
Last summer I was on vacation with my family, watching an episode of Hoarders — as you do — when my dad turned to me and said "This is going to be you, but with books, isn’t it?”I agreed with him. And I was only half jokingSee also: 17 gifts for the bookworm in your lifeWhen I re … | Continue reading
It's been a while since we've heard some news about Breath of Fire 6, the MMORPG take on Capcom's seminal RPG series, surprise! The game is launching in Japan this week, if not right now. The game is currently in pre-launch on Windows and Android, though the official launch and p … | Continue reading