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MAUs be damned: Kik proposes new user engagement metrics for chat apps
Jun 15, 6:50AM
Gauging your app via the number of monthly active users is dubious at best. When it comes to daily use apps, such as messaging services or social networks, that data point is all the less illustrative. Read MoreSamsung Pay launches in Australia to take on "tap-and-go" credit cards
Jun 15, 6:43AM
Samsung Pay has expanded its reach in the Asia-Pacific region with yet another country launch. This time it is Australia, where Samsung smartphone owners can now use the service. Its launch Down Under–where tap-and-go credit cards are already popular–comes the day before Samsung Pay is set to debut in Singapore. Read MoreFacebook's suicide prevention tools will now be available to all users
Jun 15, 5:24AM
Facebook has updated its suicide prevention tools and is now making them available worldwide. Read MoreDeleting Apple's pre-installed apps in iOS 10 doesn't actually 'delete' them
Jun 15, 4:43AM
One of the most talked about features in Apple’s upcoming iOS 10 is the ability to delete many of the apps that come pre-loaded on your iPhone or iPad. But it turns out that deleting the apps, an initial 26 can be removed, doesn’t actually *delete* them. Read MoreCrunch Report | New Legend of Zelda Announced
Jun 15, 3:40AM
iPhone apps will be able to shoot raw photos in iOS 10, Zenefits lays off 106 People, Steve Case’s Revolution Growth Closes 525 Million Dollar new Fund, Minecraft becomes full cross platform, And a New legend of Zelda game is announced. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Game Review: Ninja Dude vs Zombies
Jun 15, 1:49AM
Ninja Dude vs Zombies is an endless tap’n’slash arcade. You are a brave ninja who is trapped on a tower surrounded by hordes of bloody zombies. So of course, as with all things zombie related, the only way to live is to kill those pesky zombie, who somehow have learned to climb the sides of your crumbling tower. The controls are simple. Just tap to play. Your weapon at first is a… Read MoreApple's iOS 10 finally, truly begins the mobile messaging war
Jun 15, 1:30AM
The third tech war will be fought over messaging. And it will be fought everywhere. Read MoreFacebook content and brand strategies that win in a silent autoplay world
Jun 15, 1:00AM
The business of Facebook native video is relatively new. Not incidentally, the company also began advantaging native video in the News Feed over posts with outbound links to YouTube and other sites. And recently, the company further enhanced its video focus, rolling out a series of initiatives that should vastly increase the amount of live-streaming video on the site. Read MoreApple will require HTTPS connections for iOS apps by the end of 2016
Jun 15, 12:15AM
During a security presentation at Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference, the company revealed the deadline for all apps in its App Store to switch on an important security feature called App Transport Security — January 1, 2017. App Transport Security, or ATS, is a feature that Apple debuted in iOS 9. When ATS is enabled, it forces an app to connect to web services over… Read MoreAndy Rubin explains his $300M bet on the future of hardware
Jun 14, 11:54PM
Andy Rubin, the creator of Android — arguably the widest distributed operating system in the world — left Google a few years back to start a hardware incubator with a $300 million fund called Playground. Since then, he’s been pretty busy trying to envision the future of hardware. And that doesn’t just include robotics. At the Bloomberg technology conference he showed… Read MoreCrunchyroll-owner Ellation announces Vrv, a multi-channel, streaming video service
Jun 14, 11:20PM
Digital media company Ellation is announcing a big push into streaming video with Vrv, which will offer a variety of channels aimed at gamers and other geeks. Ellation is best known as the parent company of anime service Crunchryoll. Otter Media, the joint venture from Chernin Group and AT&T, acquired a majority stake in the company back in 2013 and invested another $22 million last… Read MoreTwitter tunes up SoundCloud with a fresh investment
Jun 14, 11:05PM
Twitter has invested a reported $70 million into the audio streaming service SoundCloud. Read MoreBed Bath & Beyond acquires One Kings Lane for undisclosed sum
Jun 14, 10:56PM
Home furnishings site One Kings Lane has found a home of its own, with Bed Bath & Beyond. The retailer announced a cash acquisition of the e-commerce startup, but the price was not disclosed. Bed Bath & Beyond is a public company, so that means it needs to announce acquisition prices if the purchase is considered material. That could be up to about 15% of the company’s $6.5… Read MoreUber in talks to close up to $2 billion in leveraged loans
Jun 14, 10:19PM
Rumors from the Wall Street Journal that Uber was in the process of finalizing terms for a $1-2 Billion leveraged loan began spreading just after noon PST. This comes just two weeks after the company closed a $3.5 billion equity round from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. If the deal goes through, it would mean the company has added $5.5 Billion to it coffers in the amount of time… Read MoreNet neutrality withstands legal challenge
Jun 14, 9:58PM
Net neutrality won yet another legal victory today when a federal appeals court upheld Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit data throttling online. But the fight for net neutrality isn’t over yet — representatives from service providers like AT&T have already suggested that they’ll appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. Read MoreExpect a lot more M&A, says Marc Andreessen
Jun 14, 9:16PM
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen spoke at the Bloomberg Technology conference this afternoon, and he said he expects far more M&A than the tech industry has seen in recent years. The conversation stemmed in large part from questions about LinkedIn’s announced acquisition by Microsoft, which disclosed yesterday that it is paying $26.2 billion in cash for the business… Read MoreScala is the new golden child
Jun 14, 9:00PM
Tooling in the data science community evolves quickly, and picking the right tool for a job — not to mention a career — can often be divisive. Which tools should you try to master? What is the proper balance between difficulty, relevance and potential? If it’s not already, Scala deserves a place at or near the top of your to-learn list Read MoreGolden Gate Ventures closes new $60 million fund for Southeast Asia
Jun 14, 8:43PM
Singapore-based Golden Gate Ventures has closed a new $60 million fund for Southeast Asia’s rapidly-growing startup ecosystem. Read MoreAt an investor panel, disagreement underscores broader uncertainty
Jun 14, 8:30PM
During an investor panel at the Bloomberg Technology conference in San Francisco today, one thing was fairly apparent: the panelists, which included partner Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital; Aspect Ventures cofounder Jennifer Fonstad; and Samsung Electronics President and Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn, didn’t agree on much, somewhat underscoring wider uncertainty right now about the… Read MoreThe Car Hacker's Handbook digs into automotive data security
Jun 14, 8:29PM
In the coming age of autonomous cars, connected cars, and cars that can communicate with each other, the city’s infrastructure, our phones, and the entire internet of things, data security is going to be paramount. That’s why Craig Smith, who has spent 20 years working in banking and healthcare digital security, wrote The Car Hacker’s Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester. 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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