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Amid 30% Layoffs At Gree Intl, Gaming Giant Buys Twiitch, Opens Offices In Berlin And Oz
Jul 27, 4:37PM
Yet more consolidation afoot in the gaming business. Gree International, the global arm of the Japanese gaming giant that focuses on social and mobile gaming, is downsizing in San Francisco by cutting 30% of jobs, and at the same time it is doubling down on growth in other markets. Gree is acquiring Australia’s Twiitch — makers of Heroes of War and other popular titles (and not… Read MoreGoogle AdSense And DoubleClick Publishers Must Now Obtain EU Visitors' Consent Before Collecting Data
Jul 27, 4:35PM
Google has announced a change to its user consent policy which will affect website publishers using Google products and services including Google AdSense, DoubleClick for Publishers, and DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and whose sites or apps have visitors arriving from the European Union. Under the new policy, publishers will have to obtain EU end users’ consent before storing or… Read MoreGoogle Weans Itself Off Of Google+
Jul 27, 4:18PM
It’s no secret that Google+ didn’t quite work out the way Google envisioned and now, after already moving Google Photos out of the service, it’s starting to decouple Google+ profiles from its regular Google accounts. The idea behind Google+ profiles was to give users a single identity across all the company’s platforms. Users didn’t like this and as Google VP… Read MoreMixpanel Announces Codeless Mobile Analytics
Jul 27, 4:01PM
Mixpanel recently unveiled a new feature that should make it easier for mobile businesses to customize the company’s analytics tools without writing any addition code. A number of optimization and testing teams talk about being used by marketers and other team members without having to ask for help from their developers, but co-founder and CEO Suhail Doshi told me that it’s… Read MoreIn Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking, Silicon Valley Slips, While Southeast Asia Gains Traction
Jul 27, 3:00PM
Three years ago, Compass — a three-and-a-half-year-old, San Francisco-based company that provides reporting and benchmarking software to startups around the world — produced a widely read report on the global startup ecosystem. Now, armed more than 200 interviews with entrepreneurs from 25 countries; 11,000 startup surveys; and insights from a long list of data and content… Read MoreYC-Backed GO1 Wants To Make Compliance Training Suck Less
Jul 27, 2:44PM
GO1, an employee training startup out of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 cohort, is launching in North America to help companies onboard and educate their employees in a more effective fashion. Anyone who has worked for a large company knows the frustration of completing yearly compliance training. Generally this means watching a couple of hour-long web seminars about being a team player… Read MoreTune In To TechCrunch Radio On Sirius XM Tomorrow!
Jul 27, 2:34PM
What up, world? TechCrunch Radio is coming at you this week, just like every week, and we’re looking for the coolest folks in tech to present their products in the patent-pending* TechCrunch Radio Pitch-off. Here’s how it works: At the top of each show, John Biggs and I discuss the latest in tech news. For the last half hour, we bring five of the coolest new startups we can find on… Read MoreRazer Confirms Acquisition Of Ouya's Software, Tech And Dev Teams In All-Cash Deal
Jul 27, 2:30PM
After raising funds at a $1 billion valuation, gaming company Razer has confirmed its first acquisition. It has bought the software assets of Ouya; and it has acqui-hired the company’s technical and developer relations teams to expand Razer’s Android TV gaming business, specifically around its Forge TV console and the Cortex gaming platform. Notably, Razer is not acquiring… Read MorePandora's "Sponsored Listening" Ad Format Exits Beta, Offering Mobile App Users An Hour Of Uninterrupted Listening
Jul 27, 2:22PM
Following the arrival of stronger-than-expected earnings last week, radio service Pandora this morning announced the expansion of its “Sponsored Listening” ad product, which is now being made available to all advertisers. The product, which was first introduced this past fall, was said previously to be scheduled for a launch in the second half of 2015. Instead of more… Read MoreHotelTonight And Lyft Can Now Be Expensed by 30M Employees Via Concur
Jul 27, 2:19PM
Concur, the travel management and expense toolset that was purchased about a year ago by SAP, announced that it is partnering with HotelTonight and Lyft to allow employees to easily expense the two services. Used by over 20,000 businesses and 30 million employees, the platform is an easy way for employees to book and get reimbursed for travel and other expenses. After linking your… Read MoreWeathernews Partners With Moji, Maker Of China's Largest Crowdsourced Weather App
Jul 27, 2:00PM
Weathernews, one of Japan’s biggest weather forecast providers and the owner of Sunnycomb and Weathermob apps, is taking a big step into the Chinese market. The company announced today it signed an agreement with Moji, the maker of China’s largest social weather app, to share data. Read MoreAfter Internet.org Backlash, Facebook Opens Portal To Court More Operators
Jul 27, 10:36AM
Facebook is marking the one-year anniversary of the launch of its Internet.org service, which enables free mobile access to a selection of web services in emerging markets, with a push to bring more mobile operators into the project. Read MoreAsia-Based Tech Blog E27 Raises $650,000 Ahead Of Larger Round
Jul 27, 7:26AM
This year is shaping up to be an interesting one for tech media in Asia. Singapore-based E27 is latest technology-focused blog from the region to raise funding, after it closed a $650,000 bridge round ahead of a planned larger raise before the end of 2015. Read MoreIs The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games?
Jul 27, 3:00AM
The desktop app revolution never really got started back in 2011, but with Windows 10 it may be reborn. Read MoreBest Buy Will Begin Selling The Apple Watch From August 7
Jul 27, 2:32AM
Apple is preparing to expand the sales effort behind the Apple Watch after it was announced that Best Buy will begin selling it in its U.S. stores from August 7, making it the first independent retailer to stock the wearable device. Read MoreHow App Design Can Hurt App Development
Jul 27, 1:00AM
Mobile apps have become so ubiquitous that it’s easy for most people in tech to assume that creating them is a simple, straightforward process. Look behind the curtain of their development, however, and you’ll often find a painful history of cost-overruns, code and asset bloat and development delays. Read MoreWhen Selling Virtual Products Abroad, Don't Put Prices On Autopilot
Jul 26, 10:00PM
If you have a physical product that you want to sell in more than one country, determining the price in different markets can be challenging. You might have to open an office in each country, or at least hire a consultant to assess local demand and analyze the competition. But if you have a virtual product — say an app for a mobile phone — setting the price for it in different… Read MoreThe Mystery Money Creating The Unicorn Herd
Jul 26, 7:00PM
Varied explanations for the growing herd of unicorns — and predictions of their imminent demise — abound. But all can agree: Those who invest in unicorns are chasing returns they can’t get elsewhere. And while venture capital is widely perceived to be fueling the unicorns’ growth, a closer look reveals that not all venture capital is really venture capital. Read MoreJack Dorsey's First Order Of Business As Interim CEO? Twitter Support To The Stars
Jul 26, 6:25PM
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Founder of company leaves to start another company. Comes back a few times. Takes role of “Interim CEO” and starts personally doing customer support for celebrities. Haven’t heard that one? OK, well then check this out. The other day, one Kim Kardashian (powerhouse app developer) PERSONALLY emailed Twitter and complained about the lack… Read MoreYes Your ******* Startup Can Cut A Little Free Speech
Jul 26, 5:15PM
The internet’s ugliness has been revealed in so many different ways these past few months, it almost makes you want to pull the plug on all of it (I can’t of course, because Apple already removed my Ethernet port before I could get the satisfaction). Blow up(s) at Reddit over whether we can post pictures of fat people. Terrorists using Twitter and other social media to call for… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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