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Apple Design Award winner Florence breaks new ground in mobile gaming
Jun 06, 8:47PM
Designer Ken Wong’s app Florence isn’t exactly a game. Or a comic. It’s a little bit of both – a new experience in storytelling using a mobile device. The app – or game, if you prefer – comes from the mind of Ken Wong, best known before Florence’s release as Monument Valley’s designer – another […]
Synack is the latest cybersecurity company to offer state elections its services for free
Jun 06, 7:32PM
The cybersecurity firm Synack will offer its penetration testing services to states for free in an effort to secure election systems for the 2018 midterms. Synack, founded by two former NSA analysts, is best known for its bug bounty program that allows its carefully curated stable of researchers to probe a client’s systems for vulnerabilities. […]
Parrot responds to the Mavic Air with its own folding drone
Jun 06, 7:14PM
This morning, Parrot unveiled the Anafi, a new drone clearly targeted at DJI's Mavic line. According to the French company, the new portable UAV is the product of two years of development and a "wish list of user feedback and a biomimetic design inspired by insects." Like the Mavic, the 0.7-pound drone is foldable, for […]
Hackers, sign up for Disrupt SF Virtual Hackathon today
Jun 06, 7:00PM
Calling all creative hackers, coders and programmers around the world. We've cooked up a special Virtual Hackathon to celebrate TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018 — our biggest Disrupt event ever. Think of it as a Hackathon without borders. Teams from across the globe can submit their most impressive hacks. Sign up for the Hackathon right now, and […]
CTRL+T podcast: That time we talked about Apple, Kanye West and slavery
Jun 06, 6:15PM
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about the stories we want to talk about and figure out what they mean in relation to life. This week is Apple’s big developer conference, creatively called Worldwide Developers Conference (or WWDC), and TechCrunch was there. Each year the company showcases […]
Android P Beta 2 brings updated system images and 157 new emojis
Jun 06, 6:08PM
A month after releasing the first beta version of Android P at I/O (and right in the middle of Apple's own developers conference), Google has just released Beta 2 of its upcoming mobile operating system. The update is available to users enrolled in Google's developer program, who have access to a Pixel device. Those who've […]
Facebook finally monetizes Marketplace with ads from users and brands
Jun 06, 6:03PM
20 months after launching its Craigslist competitor Marketplace and relentlessly promoting it with placement in the main navigation bar, Facebook will start earning money off its classifieds section. Facebook today begins testing Marketplace ads in the U.S. that let average users pay to “Boost” their listing to more people through the News Feed. While they’re […]
Four years after its release, Kubernetes has come a long way
Jun 06, 5:52PM
On June 6th, 2014 Kubernetes was released for the first time. At the time, nobody could have predicted that 4 years later that the project would become a de facto standard for container orchestration or that the biggest tech companies in the world would be backing it. That would come later. If you think back […]
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd is coming to Disrupt SF
Jun 06, 5:28PM
Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd has always done things her own way. Whether it’s standing up for her political beliefs, building a company with fully outsourced engineers or avoiding the usual startup fundraising runaround, Wolfe Herd follows her own instincts in building a business. Which is why we’re super excited to announce that […]
Sonos announces the $399 Beam, a cheaper home theater smart speaker
Jun 06, 4:25PM
Today, at a special event in San Francisco, Sonos announced a compact home theater smart speaker, the Sonos Beam. The cheaper $399 device boasts a much smaller footprint than its previous home theater products; the company says Beam is 60 percent smaller and 28 percent shorter than the Playbase. The speaker is available for pre-order starting today. […]
Facebook is funding news programs from CNN, Fox News, Univision and others
Jun 06, 4:17PM
Facebook has unveiled its initial lineup of news programming that will be airing in a dedicated section of Watch, the original video content initiative the social network launched last year. While these shows are being produced by outside media organizations, it’s actually Facebook that’s funding them. In a blog post, Head of News Partnerships Campbell […]
Kayla Itsines' Sweat app will rake in $77 million this year
Jun 06, 2:47PM
In earlier years, fitness gurus would market their programs for getting in shape on VHS tapes and, later, DVDs. These days, it’s an app business. At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week in San Jose, the company brought in one of the fitness app industry’s superstars, Kayla Itsines, co-creator of the BBG (Bikini Body Guides) and […]
Anker's Spirit earbuds are wireless and waterproof
Jun 06, 2:22PM
Anker, a battery maker turned accessory house, recently released the $39 Spirit X earbuds under their Soundcore brand. Aimed at runners and other heavy sweaters, the earbuds are completely waterproof under the IPX7 rating, a classification that means it can stand up to 1 meter of submersion. What this means is that you get a […]
Worthwhile gadget upgrades for the tech-obsessed
Jun 06, 2:00PM
More than likely, there's someone in your circle who takes great pride in knowing about and staying on top of the latest tech. While you or your gadget-obsessed acquaintance may have a broad selection of new gear, the celebrated laptop, camera, or phone might not be the one that comes with all of the bells and whistles.
Facebook introduces new bidding support for in-app ads
Jun 06, 1:49PM
Facebook is expanding its support for header bidding, a technology that allows publishers to auction off ad impressions through real-time bidding between ad networks. The company announced its support for header bidding on the mobile web last year. Today, it’s adding something similar for in-app advertising. That means app publishers who use header bidding can […]
Switchee raises £1.3M for its smart thermostat for social housing landlords
Jun 06, 1:42PM
Switchee, an IoT startup based in London, has raised £1.3 million in “pre-Series A” funding for its smart thermostat and accompanying cloud-based service. However, unlike consumer offerings, such as Nest, Hive or Tado, the company’s product is targeting large landlords, initially within the social housing sector. The idea is to help social landlords both tackle […]
Motorola's Z3 Play modular handset arrives this summer for $499
Jun 06, 1:30PM
At an event in Brazil this morning, Lenovo announced the latest addition to its line of modular handsets. The Moto Z3 doesn't represent a big leap for the line, but it does introduce a slight change in approach for a company hoping to make a bigger splash on the modular side of the question. Like […]
Uber is bringing its Jump e-bikes to Europe
Jun 06, 1:07PM
Dockless bike sharing startups — such as Ofo, Mobike and LimeBike — have flooded European cities with rides that can be hired at the tap of an app in recent years. But fierce competition in the urban mobility space is not deterring Uber from peddling into the region, and attempting to put some shine back on […]
SAP latest enterprise player to offer cloud blockchain service
Jun 06, 1:01PM
SAP announced today at its Sapphire customer conference it was making the SAP Leonardo Blockchain service generally available. The latter is a cloud service to help companies build applications based on digital ledger-style technology. Gil Perez, senior vice president for product and innovation and head of digital customer initiatives at SAP, says most of the […]
Badoo plans to drop the swipe from its dating app as it tests live video broadcasts
Jun 06, 12:38PM
Is it time to swipe left on the swipe? Badoo, a UK-based dating app with some 388 million users globally — whose majority-owned app Bumble is currently being sued by Tinder in part for its use of swiping — says that it will be removing the gesture from its own app as a way to […]
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