Maybe we shouldn't use Zoom after all
Now that we’re all stuck at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, video calls have gone from a novelty to a necessity. Zoom, the popular videoconferencing service, seems to be doing better than most and has quickly become one of, if not the most, popular option going. But should it be? Zoom’s recent popularity has also shone a spotlight on the company’s security protections and privacy promises
SmartNews raises $92M at a $1.2B valuation | TechCrunch
Looks like there’s still money to be made in news aggregation — at least according to the investors backing the news app SmartNews. The company is announcing the close of a $92 million round of funding at a valuation of $1.2 billion. The funding was led by Japan Post Capital Co. and ACA Investments, with participation from Globis Capital Partners Co., Dentsu and D.A. Consortium. This includes the
GREE's U.S. Offices See Layoffs Amid Difficult Quarter, Potentially 30 Or More | TechCrunch
GREE’s U.S. Offices See Layoffs Amid Difficult Quarter, Potentially 30 Or More After a difficult quarter for GREE with profit declining year-over-year, the Japanese gaming company is having layoffs in its U.S. offices. The company just came off a very poor quarter where it was hurt by a stricter regulatory environment in Japan and the rising costs of its campaign to expand internationally outside
Facebook's Dilemma With Native iOS Apps: Relevance or Revenues | TechCrunch
Facebook’s Dilemma With Native iOS Apps: Relevance or Revenues Facebook revealed some healthy new stats about how it drives traffic to Apple’s iOS ecosystem at an event today in San Francisco. The platform drove people to Apple’s App Store 83 million times last month. On top of that, it sent people back to iOS apps they had already downloaded 134 million times. Facebook was also integrated into se
Foursquare Gets A New Look: Redesign Makes Checking In Stickier And More Social | TechCrunch
Foursquare Gets A New Look: Redesign Makes Checking In Stickier And More Social Foursquare, the app that lets people virtually “check in” to places that they physically visit, has debuted a new top-to-bottom redesign of its mobile applications. The new look does not come as much of a surprise — it has been whispered about quite loudly for days, in the tech media and perhaps most by the New York-ba
Here's What The Facebook App Center Is Really About | TechCrunch
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Chester Ng, co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs, makers of Pokki, an HTML5 app platform for the PC. The tectonic plates in the app world have been shifting quite a bit lately, in ways that will significantly impact developers and users. One major upcoming shift is coming from our friends in Redmond–Windows 8– and yesterday, we witnessed another major shift as Fac
App Discovery By Quality, Not Popularity: Facebook Announces App Center For Web, iOS, Android, HTML5, Pre-Paid | TechCrunch
App Discovery By Quality, Not Popularity: Facebook Announces App Center For Web, iOS, Android, HTML5, Pre-Paid Today, Facebook app discovery too heavily favors the loudest apps with the most users, so Facebook today announces it will soon launch the App Center, a single, personalized hub for discovering the highest quality Facebook-integrated games and utilities from across the web and mobile. And
Facebook's Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston | TechCrunch
Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston Yesterday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Y Combinator’s Startup School in a candid interview with Y Combinator Partner Jessica Livingston. You can watch the full interview here, and it starts around the 43 minute mark, and lasts for roughly 40 minutes. If you have some time to spare,
Distimo: China Now The Second Largest iPhone App Market After The U.S. | TechCrunch
Distimo: China Now The Second Largest iPhone App Market After The U.S. After reporting the Android Market’s increasing rate of growth in April’s research, app store analytics company Distimo is releasing a new study that focuses on Apple’s App Store development in Asia. The company took a look at iOS app data in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore,
Gilt Taste: A Pricey Online Marketplace For Artisanal Foods | TechCrunch
Today, flash sales giant Gilt Groupe is launching its newest vertical—Gilt Taste, a marketplace for artisanal foods. By definition, artisan foods are ingredients and foods that are hand-crafted, created in small quantities, and tend to be high-quality products. Basically, these are not the type of ingredients you’ll find at your local Safeway. Led by former Gourmet Magazine Editor and New York Tim
Tencent And Expedia Invest $126 Million In Chinese Online Travel Marketplace eLong | TechCrunch
Tencent And Expedia Invest $126 Million In Chinese Online Travel Marketplace eLong Chinese internet giant Tencent and U.S. travel bookings company Expedia have invested in Chinese travel site eLong, totaling $126 million. Tencent has acquired approximately 16% of the outstanding shares for a total purchase price of $84.4 million and becomes the second largest shareholder of eLong. Expedia has acqu
Walmart Invests In Yihaodian, A Massive Chinese E-Commerce Company | TechCrunch
Walmart Invests In Yihaodian, A Massive Chinese E-Commerce Company Wal-Mart this morning announced that it intends to acquire a minority stake in the holding company of Yihaodian, a massive B2C ecommerce company based in China. The transaction is expected to close within 60 days, the retail giant says. Launched in July 2008, Yihaodian offers more than 75,000 products ranging from clothing to groce
OpenTable Founder Launches OhSoWe, A Network For Neighborhoods | TechCrunch
OpenTable Founder Launches OhSoWe, A Network For Neighborhoods OpenTable’s co-founder Chuck Templeton is launching his latest venture today—OhSoWe. The site essentially aims to bring together neighborhoods. It’s sort of like an online version of a block association. On the site, users can create a “neighborstead,” to form a block club, neighborhood association or a neighbor-based organization. Peo
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