Samsung is known for releasing some of the best camera phones in the industry. Can the Galaxy S7 keep up? | Continue reading
Crate, the winner of our TechCrunch Disrupt Europe startup Battlefield in 2014, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round for its open-source SQL database technology. The round was led by London-based Dawn Capital, which was joined by existing investors Sunstone … | Continue reading
Frog Touristik Service: Berlin (ots) - Kaum ist die ITB in Berlin vorbei laufen die letzten Vorbereitungen auf die kommende Sommersaison bei den Reiseveranstaltern auf Hochtouren. Tausende junge Menschen zieht es in dieser Zeit wieder ins Ausland. Arbeiten wo andere Urlaub ... | Continue reading
LG hat endlich den Preis für das neue Flaggschiff-Smartphone bekannt gegeben. Das G5 wird 699 Euro kosten und lässt sich seit gestern vorbestellen. Die Auslieferung scheint jedoch erst in einem Monat, am 16. April, anzulaufen. Ein ordentl... | Continue reading
Fukuoka-based Sefuri, the Japanese startup that provides the Yamap app for mountain climbers and hikers, announced today that it has fundraised 170 million yen (about $1.5 million) in series A funding round. This round was led by Japanese mobile gaming publisher Colopl, with part … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price is still inside its descending channel on the 4-hour time frame but is testing the resistance again. Price just came off a test of the top of the channel but didn’t get enough bearish momentum to make it all the way down to the bottom. T … | Continue reading
After launching in select cities a year ago, Sony is expanding its PlayStation Vue streaming TV service across the US. The company is adding 203 new markets and offering them a range of Slim plans that start at $29.99 a month for 55 channels and go up to $44.99 a month with more … | Continue reading
Sony has agreed to purchase the remaining 50 percent of Sony/ATV from Michael Jackson’s estate for a total of $750 million. The music publishing company was created in 1995 as a joint venture between ATV, which was owned by the late King of Pop, and Sony. It now owns or administe … | Continue reading
As Microsoft gears up to begin shipping the $3,000 Development Edition of its HoloLens augmented reality headset at the end of this month, the company is showing off one of its first AR apps for content creation. It’s kinda neat, if a bit cheesy. Actiongram lets you create augmen … | Continue reading
Verizon has signed an agreement that makes it the second U.S. carrier to offer direct roaming in Cuba. The deal with Etecsa, a government-owned telecom, will enable direct voice calls between U.S. and Cuba. Read More | Continue reading
Finally there’s a use for dog drool: this spring, a new startup called Embark plans to launch a DNA testing kit for dogs that will tell owners about their canine’s ancestry, and disease risk. That’s not all the founders have in mind though; they may be aiming at human diseases by … | Continue reading
A beautiful friendship is blossoming between ex-Microsoft head Steve Ballmer and self-proclaimed greatest artist ever Kanye West. The two men are scheduled to meet this week, after they bonded yesterday over Chuck the Condor, the mascot for the Ballmer-owned LA Clippers. Chuck is … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price moved down a couple of points as forecasted in yesterday’s post. The bearish candles as highlighted on the daily chart played well and pushed the price down towards the $10.50 as forecasted. There is a bullish trend line formed on the hourly chart (d … | Continue reading
Most people know iRobot for its line of Roomba vacuums, but the Massachusetts-based company offers a whole array of robotic cleaners, from gutter cleaners to pool cleaners to floor scrubbers. Today it's expanding its line of floor cleaners, to include a cheaper, simplified model. … | Continue reading
Digital ad spending will surpass TV next year, eMarketer estimates. And according to February 2016 research, US ad agency professionals say their clients are interested in digital advertising more than last year. | Continue reading
Prime Now, a service from Amazon that is available to subscribers, has taken off in select US markets. Media is among the top product categories purchased. | Continue reading
African nations have some of the highest gender gaps in digital access and smartphone ownership, according to a February 2016 report. Even where overall access is very low, men are more likely than women to be online. | Continue reading
Growth in use of mobile bill pay has been fairly steady, and fast, over the last five years. The major shift in mobile device bill pay usage came from 2013—16% of those surveyed—to 2014—27%. | Continue reading
Today Lyft and General Motors kicked off a rental car program designed to make “car ownership optional on both sides” of the equation, Lyft president John Zimmer said during a call with press. The initiative marks Lyft and GM’s first project since Lyft announced it raised a hefty … | Continue reading
The digital TV audience in Australia appears to be somewhat mature, according to 2015 research. The gender and age breakdowns of the audience are stable, and penetration is not changing much. | Continue reading
If you’ve ever been interested in ride-sharing but didn’t have a ride to share, Lyft will make those concerns a thing of the past in certain cities. Today, in a partnership with GM, the company announced its ‘Express Ride’ program, which will allow users to rent a GM vehicle for … | Continue reading
Two months after General Motors announced a $500 million investment in transportation startup Lyft to work on autonomous cars, the pair are launching their first service together. No, it’s not a self-driving car fleet (yet); it’s a short-term rental program called Express Drive: … | Continue reading
General Motors and Lyft are ready to take their two-month-old relationship to the next level, jointly announcing the launch of a short-term vehicle rental for people who want to drive for the ride-hail service but lack the wheels to do so. But this is not your typical car rental … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Hackers using tactics and tools previously associated with Chinese government-supported computer network intrusions have joined the booming cyber crime industry of ransomware, four security firms that investigated attacks on U.S. companies said. Ransomware, which invo … | Continue reading
When I started out on my path to coding, I learned primarily from books.Continue reading on Medium » | Continue reading
OnePlus Gallery has just been launched. They tout is as a "no-nonsense app" that is "perfect for everyday browsing, editing and organizing". | Continue reading
Tomorrow morning Disney will launch Marvel Battlegrounds, a new four-player superhero fighting game built on top of their Disney Infinity platform.Disney Infinity producer John Vignocchi stopped by TechCrunch HQ to give us an early peek… and things got intense. WHO WILL TAKE HOME … | Continue reading
Smart home lighting is getting a bit more practicalAccording to The Verge, Philips announced a new Philips Hue white ambiance lightbulb that can shift between an absurd number of different shades of white throughout the day, which Philips says can improve the quality of your slee … | Continue reading
In this article you'll discover 6 common prejudices that serve as roadblocks to blogging. | Continue reading
While many retired smartphones still work and have usable sensors like cameras, accelerometers, touch screens and bluetooth radios, large swaths of them remain unused or, worse yet, end up in landfills. The team at Phonvert created an open source software platform that can conver … | Continue reading
AUSTIN, Texas — Facebook isn't the only company thinking about how to make virtual reality more social. But while Oculus looks to create more ways to interact with friends in virtual reality, one new startup is tackling the issue from a different angle.Splash, a new iOS app launc … | Continue reading
The first phase of ExoMars, an uncrewed Mars mission from the European Space Agency (ESA), successfully launched today from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Lifting off on a Russian Proton-M rocket, the Mars-bound spacecraft has begun its 7 month, 300 million mile long journey and is schedu … | Continue reading
Amazon wants you to be able to authorize a transaction with a selfie, so now you’ll have to make sure you’re looking halfway decent when you’re doing some late-night, online shopping.Amazon’s patent application for this technology, first seen by Re/Code, was filed Thursday. The p … | Continue reading
The mobile-enabled food delivery service SpoonRocket might be facing competition from multiple companies, including Bento, Munchery and Sprig, but it’s not shutting down. The Berkeleyside Nosh blog made that assertion today, but it’s just not true, said cofounder and chief techno … | Continue reading
The first test of the Australian government's new site blocking law began in Sydney Tuesday, with two entertainment companies seeking to block access to multiple foreign torrent sites. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill, which became law in June 2015, allows copyr … | Continue reading
Adtech is in trouble because many firms have gotten the cold shoulder from venture capital. Supposedly. Another way to say that, of course, is that smart venture capitalists passed on startups that failed to demonstrate how they would add value to the space. So is that bad news o … | Continue reading
Twitch doesn't just want you watching games on its streaming service: it wants you interacting with them too. Building off of the success of internet sensations like "Twitch Plays Pokemon," today Twitch is announcing a new initiative called "stream first" that it hopes will encou … | Continue reading
Wizards guard Bradley Beal is in the starting lineup for Washington's game against the Detroit Pistons. | Continue reading
Hell hath no fury like a Tinder user scornedUsers of the dating platform were varying levels upset Monday when they discovered their matches had mysteriously vanished. No note was left. No dear john texts were sent. There wasn't even a post-it. They were just ... goneSee also: 10 … | Continue reading
Apple is adding sponsored posts to Apple News, allowing advertisers to place their own articles right alongside the editorial stories people open up the app to find. Sponsored stories will appear in the news feed like any other article, the only difference being a small label ben … | Continue reading
British Gas wants to text its customers the second it detects a problem with their heating system. To do that, it's starting a program called Boiler IQ. Customers who sign up will essentially have their boiler retrofitted with smart home tech that's capable of reporting many issu … | Continue reading
Twitch and YouTube rule livestreaming and gameplay video. But one company sees a market for people who want to share smaller clips, and it’s raised a good-sized seed round to take advantage of the opportunity it sees. Forge, Inc., has drummed up $4.5 million, it announced today. … | Continue reading
At DigitalOcean, we are making some changes to the recruitment process of back-end developers. We simplified the job description and the interview process, and added a step that asks the candidate to write us some code. This is an account of my experience on hiring processes and … | Continue reading
Advanced Micro Devices and virtual reality are getting hitched. The maker of processors and graphics chips hopes that demand for VR will generate demand for high-end hardware, and it said Monday at the Game Developers Conference it is doing what it can to keep it all moving forwa … | Continue reading
Anonymous declaring war on things is becoming rather blasé. In December it declared war on Donald Trump, before that ISIS, and if you want to go back even further we’ve seen operations aimed at combatting the KKK, Scientology, Syria, and The Westboro Baptist Church. “War” in this … | Continue reading
F.lux filters out the blue light on your phone screen to help your brain ease into a sleep-ready mode the natural way. | Continue reading
Warwick Davies contributed today's post. With 25 year's experience running conferences and trade shows, he owns and operates T he Event ... | Continue reading
Infinite State Games, who made the fun and stylish Fruitorious [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frutorious/id524952395?mt=8"], are bringing their Playstation Vita game Don't Die, Mr. Robot! to iOS next week on March 24th. This arena survival game, which has you tilt … | Continue reading