Mobile

The UK government will allow Huawei to be a supplier for some non-core parts of the country’s 5G networks, despite concerns that the involvement of… Read More »UK gives Huawei an amber light to supply 5G

After a year of its user count shrinking or staying flat, Snapchat is finally growing again, and more growth is likely on the way. That’s… Read More »Snapchat fully rolls out reengineered Android app, boosting usage

Device addiction plagues us all — even Apple CEO Tim Cook. But children with phones and tablets are even more susceptible to the lures of… Read More »New Sesame Street-themed PSA encourages kids to reduce mobile device use

Verizon just released its first quarter earnings report, with earnings per share that came in significantly ahead of analyst expectations, while revenue was right in… Read More »Verizon Q1 beats analyst expectations with earnings per share of $1.22

Twitter shut down Dom Hoffman’s app Vine, giving away the short-form video goldmine to China’s TikTok. Now a year and half since Hoffman announced he’d… Read More »Vine reboot Byte begins beta testing

It’s one of the greatest technology “startup” success stories of the personal computer and smartphone eras. Yet, despite selling 59 million smartphones and netting $27… Read More »Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day… Read More »Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold

Samsung has just confirmed that it will delay the release of the Galaxy Fold. Confirming this morning’s report, the company sent TechCrunch a statement noting… Read More »Samsung confirms Galaxy Fold delay, shares ‘initial findings’ on faulty units

Cyrus Summerlin and Max Hellerstein, who previously created the Push for Pizza app (which allowed users to order a pizza with the push of a… Read More »Down to Shop is a tongue-in-cheek mobile shopping network

Update: The delay has been confirmed by Samsung.  Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. Four days out from the Galaxy Fold’s official release date,… Read More »Samsung reportedly pushes back Galaxy Fold release

Apologies for skipping day three. This kept me extremely busy yesterday. Though the Galaxy Fold remained a constant companion. Before you ask (or after you… Read More »Notes from the Samsung Galaxy Fold: day four

“We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get. During this test, only the person who share… Read More »Instagram hides Like counts in leaked design prototype

Pete Curley and Garret Heaton, who previously co-founded team chat app HipChat and sold it to Atlassian, are officially launching their new product, Swoot, today.… Read More »HipChat founders launch Swoot, a social podcast app