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Apple Music hits 40 million subscribers as it accelerates towards surpassing Spotify, report says
Apr 11, 5:39PM
Apple Music is continuing its upward climb in subscriber count, quickening its pace as it seeks to overtake Spotify in the battle for users’ ears. The music streaming service now has 40 million subscribers, a report today from Variety claims. We have reached out to Apple for confirmation. The service still has a ways to go […]
Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook shadow profiles
Apr 11, 5:35PM
The fact that Facebook probably has a profile of you whether you’re a Facebook user or not might come as a surprise to some users, though today even the company’s chief executive denied knowledge of the practice — or at least the term used to describe it. In this morning’s hearing with the House Energy […]
Cambridge Analytica's acting CEO steps down
Apr 11, 4:38PM
Welp. While Mark Zuckerberg gets the grilling of a lifetime on Capitol Hill, the firm at the center of all of this is losing its top (if temporary) executive. As day two of the Facebook testimony was unfolding, Cambridge Analytica sent out a brief statement from its Board of Directors, noting that acting CEO Alexander […]
Uber CEO outlines mobility plans
Apr 11, 4:37PM
Uber is done being solely a ride-hailing company. Under the leadership of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the company is well on its way to becoming a multi-modal transportation platform. At a future of mobility event in Washington, D.C. today, Khosrowshahi announced Uber’s foray into car rentals, shared bikes in D.C. and public transportation. Khosrowshahi also sat on a […]
Zuckerberg doesn't want to talk about changing the business model
Apr 11, 4:26PM
Facebook is testifying once again before congress about the Cambridge Analytica debacle and Facebook's privacy policy in general. One representative in particular nailed down Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's position on many subjects. The U.S. Representative for California’s 18th congressional district Anna Eshoo started by setting the tone. "First, I believe that our democratic institutions are undergoing a stress […]
What happened to the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update?
Apr 11, 4:24PM
Are you still waiting for the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, which many expected to be released yesterday? You may be in for a long wait. According to the latest report from Windows Central’s Zac Bowden, Microsoft found a major bug in the latest release of its operating system that could push the release back […]
Trump signs controversial anti-sex-trafficking bill
Apr 11, 4:17PM
A few weeks after passing both the Senate and House with an overwhelming majority, the controversial Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) has been signed into law. In spite of only becoming official today, the bill has already begun to have a profound impact around the Web. Craigslist notably shuttered […]
Element wants to give identity to the whole world, raising $12M Series A
Apr 11, 4:15PM
Who are you? That's both an existential question, and also a very practical administrative concern. Today, identity is often exchanged through the use of government ID cards and official paperwork, but what happens when someone loses that paperwork or it is destroyed? Or, as is often the case in many countries around the world, a […]
GIF search is coming to LinkedIn messaging through Google's GIF engine Tenor
Apr 11, 4:10PM
Tenor is now going to exclusively power GIF searches in LinkedIn messaging after Google a few weeks ago, adding yet another service to its already pretty large portfolio of messaging platforms. Tenor has long positioned itself as a GIF search tool working across a number of different platforms, ranging from its own keyboard to Facebook […]
Zuckerberg makes case for privacy regs with teeth — by failing to remember non-existent FTC fine
Apr 11, 4:08PM
Chalk up a sharp political point in support for privacy legislation with actual teeth: In today’s testimony in front of the House Energy & Commerce committee, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked about the outcomes of a string of legal actions against the company — most of which he claimed not be aware of. One which he […]
Google Sheets gets macros
Apr 11, 4:00PM
Google is launching a major update to Google Sheets today that’ll make the life of spreadsheet jockeys just a little bit easier — and may just make the switch from Microsoft Excel a bit more tempting for some. That’s because with this update, Sheets users can now finally record macros. That’s a feature that has […]
Zuckerberg owns or clones most of the "8 social apps" he cites as competition
Apr 11, 3:22PM
Mark Zuckerberg’s flimsy defense when congress asked about a lack of competition to Facebook has been to cite that the average American uses eight social apps. But that conveniently glosses over the fact that Facebook owns three of the top 10 U.S. iOS apps: #4 Instagram, #6 Messenger, and #8 Facebook according to App Annie. […]
With Fargate, AWS wants to make containers more cloud native
Apr 11, 3:10PM
At its re:Invent developer conference, AWS made so many announcements that even some of the company’s biggest launches only got a small amount of attention. While the company’s long-awaited Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes got quite a bit of press, the launch of the far more novel Fargate container service stayed under the radar. When […]
Snapchat's second-gen Spectacles hit the FCC
Apr 11, 2:57PM
After a huge early buzz, Snapchat's wearables ultimately bellyflopped. The company says it lost $40 million on the device. But that failure wasn't enough to dissuade the company from giving things another go — and from the sound of it, the second version of Spectacles find the company taking hardware a bit more seriously this […]
Mark Zuckerberg's data was collected by third parties
Apr 11, 2:56PM
In questioning before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce today, Mark Zuckerberg said that his personal Facebook data was harvested as part of the sweep of personal data that was used by third parties like Cambridge Analytica. As part of a fiery 4 minute round of questioning, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (who represents […]
Google is about to launch a Gmail web redesign
Apr 11, 2:42PM
Google sent an email to G Suite customers to tell them that the company has been working on a brand new version of Gmail for the web. In addition to a fresh design, the company also listed some of the new features. You can expect to be able to access Google Calendar from the Gmail […]
Uber gets into car rentals and public transit
Apr 11, 2:30PM
Uber is officially a multi-modal transportation platform. On the heels of its acquisition of bike-share startup JUMP, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi today announced Uber Bike‘s expansion into Washington, D.C., along with two key partnerships in car rentals and public transit. The first is with instant car-booking service Getaround, which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in […]
ICOs like to move fast and break (lots of) things
Apr 11, 2:11PM
Startup life is full of quick, lateral thinking. “Move fast and break things” is the mantra. However, with the rise of token sales – essentially vehicles for untested startups to raise millions in a few minutes – lots of stuff gets broken and little gets fixed. Take BCT – the Blockchain Terminal – for example. […]
Bloglovin' becomes Activate and names Kamiu Lee as its new CEO
Apr 11, 2:05PM
Bloglovin’ has a new name, new funding and a new CEO: Kamiu Lee, who previously served as the company’s vice president of strategy and business development. It sounds the rebrand and Lee’s promotion are both part of a growing emphasis on the company’s influencer marketing business, where it helps advertisers find influencers who can promote […]
Here Technologies and Argus join our Tel Aviv lineup
Apr 11, 1:18PM
Let's share a bit more about our agenda for TechCrunch's Tel Aviv event. This year, the event will focus on mobility and everything around it, from autonomous vehicles, to sensors, drones and security. That's why I'm incredibly excited to announce two great speakers. Argus Cyber Security co-founder and CEO Ofer Ben Noon and Here Technologies […]
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