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Amazon and Better.com’s unlikely pairing by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]
This Week in Apps: Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky, social apps’ teen protections, Twitter clients get help by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Daily Crunch: Japanese marketing tech firm Geniee acquires Zelto for $70M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to the TechCrunch Podcast, where I’m standing in for Darrell while he’s honeymooning with his lady love. This week, I sat down with Amanda Silberling and Mary Ann Azevedo to talk through some of their interesting stories. You can listen below or subscribe in iTunes or Spotify to get new episodes delivered weekly […]
Vigilante hackers fix Black Ops III, and other TC news by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
The slowdown was inevitable, of course. Nothing stays hot forever — especially in this industry. By tech standards, smartphones have had a good run, but the last few years have seen device makers searching for the magic bullet to help the sales slide reverse course. The arrival of 5G was a nice reprieve, but next-generation […]
Smartphone makers searched for a way forward at MWC 2023 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Meta announced today that it’s adding support for longer Facebook Reels of up to 90 seconds, along with some new creative tools. Up until now, Facebook Reels were limited to 60 seconds. The changes comes several months after Meta launched support for longer Instagram Reels of up to 90 seconds. The expansion followed TikTok’s move […]
Meta rolls out new Facebook Reels features, expands max video length to 90 seconds by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Embark Trucks, the autonomous trucking company that went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, is cutting its workforce in an effort to reduce costs and preserve cash. And the pain may not be over. The company said in a regulatory filing that about 230 employees were laid off Friday. […]
Embark Trucks lays off workers, explores liquidation of self-driving truck assets by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
You don’t need to hire a mega-influencer like Serena Williams or a Kardashian to build buzz for your startup.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Ocean tech investor survey, AI and PR, L-1 visa options by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Metaverse hype was hanging like a multicolored fog over the Mobile World Congress (MWC) connectivity trade show in Barcelona this week. Conference organizer, the GSMA’s, program pitched attendees into a smorgasbord of metaverse-themed discussions — most of which seemed designed to generate maximum FOMO, as a parade of tech evangelists took to the stage in […]
Inside the metaverse hype train at MWC 2023 by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch