Snapchat and NBC Olympics are again teaming up to produce customized Olympics content for users in the U.S. — this time, for the 2020 Tokyo… Read More »NBC partners with Snapchat on four daily shows for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
If I watch a Story cross-posted from Instagram to Facebook on either of the apps, it should appear as “watched” at the back of the… Read More »Yo Facebook & Instagram, stop showing Stories reruns
Octi has created a new social network that uses augmented reality to connect the act of seeing your friends in real life with viewing digital… Read More »Octi launches a social network built around augmented reality
Phones were not the centerpiece at the recently wrapped Consumer Electronics Show; I’ll probably repeat this point a few more times over the course of… Read More »2020 will be a moment of truth for foldable devices
Losing access to Google software and services understandably threw Huawei for a loop. The Chinese hardware giant has clearly been working on a contingency plan… Read More »Huawei’s answer to life after Google Maps? TomTom
AppsFlyer has raised a massive Series D of $210 million led by General Atlantic. Founded in 2011, the company is best known for mobile ad… Read More »AppsFlyer raises $210M for ad attribution and more
Samsung, which once led India’s smartphone market, is investing $500 million in its India operations to set up a manufacturing plant at the outskirts of… Read More »Samsung invests $500M to set up a smartphone display plant in India
Facebook spying on teens, Twitter accounts hijacked by terrorists, and sexual abuse imagery found on Bing and Giphy were amongst the ugly truths revealed by… Read More »TechCrunch’s Top 10 investigative reports from 2019
At most, 7 million of Instagram’s 1 billion-plus users have downloaded its standalone IGTV app in the 18 months since launch. And now, Instagram’s main… Read More »Instagram drops IGTV button, but only 1% downloaded the app
The first cannabis startup to raise big money in Silicon Valley is in danger of burning out. TechCrunch has learned that pot delivery middleman Eaze… Read More »Marijuana delivery giant Eaze may go up in smoke
Despite the U.S. government’s concerns over TikTok, which most recently led to the U.S. Navy banning service members’ use of the app, TikTok had a… Read More »44% of TikTok’s all-time downloads were in 2019, but app hasn’t figured out monetization
Xnor.ai, spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), has been acquired by Apple for about $200 million. A source close… Read More »Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M
French startup Lydia is raising a $45 million Series B round (€40 million). Tencent is leading the round with existing investors CNP Assurances, XAnge and… Read More »Mobile payment app Lydia raises $45 million round led by Tencent
Consumers downloaded a record 204 billion apps in 2019, up 6% from 2018 and up 45% since 2016, and spent $120 billion on apps, subscriptions… Read More »App stores saw record 204 billion app downloads in 2019, consumer spend of $120 billion
Last Halloween, we broke down some “good news” from a Canalys report: the smartphone industry saw one-percent year-over-year growth — not exactly the sort of… Read More »Have we hit peak smartphone?