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Netflix rival Iflix launches $5M search for up-and-coming filmmakers in Asia
Dec 06, 5:56AM
Netflix is increasing its efforts in Asia after it commissioned more local content and began testing more aggressive price points, but one local rival is hitting back with a program to spotlight promising creators in the region. Malaysia-headquartered Iflix, which operates in 26 countries across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, today announced a $5 million program […]
Chinese stocks plummet as Huawei CFO arrest raises trade fears
Dec 06, 5:41AM
A string of Chinese stocks fell hard on Thursday after the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver deepened concerns over US-China trade tensions. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong was off 2.76 percent as of 12:40 p.m. On the Mainland side, the CSI 300 […]
Google is killing off Allo, its latest messaging app flop
Dec 06, 4:40AM
It’s official: Google is killing off Allo. The messaging app was only launched in September 2016 but it was pretty much flawed from the word go with limited usage. Google was, once again, painfully late to the messaging game. The company said it had ceased work on the service earlier this year, and now it has announced […]
Japan's Sansan raises $26.5M to help Southeast Asia get more from business cards
Dec 06, 4:03AM
The humble business card is a target for disruption in Southeast Asia after Japanese contacts management startup Sansan raised JPY 3 billion ($26.5 million) to expand its business into the region. Founded way back in 2007, Sansan helps bring business intelligence to companies through a system that helps build connections between users and both internal employees […]
And Uber is going with Bird (looks like)
Dec 06, 3:30AM
Update: Bird tells us it is not in discussions with Uber. The company declined to comment on reports that there have been recent talks between the two companies. Our piece from earlier today reflects what we were told by sources, which is that Bird was engaged in advanced discussions to be acquired. Five months ago, […]
Apple's HomePod will be available in China starting early next year
Dec 06, 3:22AM
"嘿 Siri!" Apple's HomePod will be available for sale in China early next year. A listing is already up on Apple's China site, with the smart speaker priced at RMB 2,799 (about $407), or about 17% more than its $349 price in the United States. Though Apple doesn't list an exact shipping date for Chinese […]
Putting the band back together, ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX
Dec 06, 2:40AM
Scott McCorkle has spent most of his professional career thinking about business to business software and how to improve it for a company’s customers. The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it […]
Magic Leap loses two women from top executive positions
Dec 06, 12:17AM
Magic Leap’s executive team is pretty heavy on the dudes these days. The augmented reality startup’s two female C-suite executives, Chief Marketing Officer Brenda Freeman and Chief Business Officer Rachna Bhasin, have recently both stepped back into advisory roles at the company, TechCrunch has learned. Freeman joined the startup two years ago from National Geographic. […]
Neuron Mobility raises $3.7M to bring e-scooters to Southeast Asia's cities
Dec 06, 12:00AM
Despite the rise in electric scooters in the U.S., you’d be forgiven for thinking that Asia — the region where bike-sharing foreshadowed the rise of e-scooters — has been left off the party. But e-scooters have quietly been in the region for some time and now they are beginning to ramp up. Singapore-based Neuron Mobility is […]
Huawei CFO arrested in Canada, awaits US extradition
Dec 05, 11:00PM
Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, awaits a bail hearing upon suspicion she violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran.
Duet Display 2 uses hardware acceleration to catch up with Luna Display
Dec 05, 10:11PM
Duet Display is an app that lets you turn your iPad into a second Mac monitor. And the team behind it just released a major update that makes it much more efficient — it consumes less CPU resources and is now recognized as a true external display. If you've used Duet Display over the past […]
Still a year away from launch, Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi keeps adding talent
Dec 05, 9:25PM
Video won’t start rolling on Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new bite-sized streaming service with the billion-dollar backing until the end of 2019, but talent keeps signing up to come along for their ride into the future of serialization. The latest marquee director to sign on the dotted line with Quibi is Catherine Hardwicke, who […]
Where Facebook AI research moves next
Dec 05, 9:21PM
Five years is an awful lot of time in the tech industry. Darling startups find ways to crash and burn. Trends that seem unstoppable sputter-out. In the field of artificial intelligence, the past five years have been nothing short of transformative. Facebook’s AI Research lab (FAIR) turns five years old this month, and just as […]
Gift Guide: Ideas for bullet journalers
Dec 05, 8:58PM
Welcome to TechCrunch's 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Need more gift ideas? Check out our Gift Guide Hub. Since digital product designer Ryder Carroll's list-based method for organizing his life first went viral five years ago, bullet journaling has become a movement of its own, helping people take charge of their time with a notebook and […]
Apple puts third-party screen time apps on notice
Dec 05, 8:57PM
A number of app developers building third-party screen time trackers and parental control applications are worried that Apple’s increased scrutiny of their apps in recent weeks is not a coincidence. With Apple’s launch of iOS 12, the company has implemented its own built-in screen time tracking tools and controls. Not long after, developers’ third-party screen […]
Hit the trackless nuclear wastes with this Laco RAD-AUX watch
Dec 05, 7:49PM
Laco is a small German watch company famous for its Flieger watches — pieces featuring big crowns and legible faces designed for pilots. Now the brand has teamed up with A Blog To Watch on a Fallout-themed watch that looks like something pulled out of a deserted vault. The $2,950 watch contains ETA 2824.2 movement […]
Malfunction mars the landing for SpaceX's latest Falcon 9 resupply mission to the ISS
Dec 05, 7:13PM
The latest Falcon 9 mission launched successfully, but its reusable booster just missed sticking the landing thanks to a stalled hydraulic pump on the grid fin, according to a tweet by Elon Musk. Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data. Recovery ship […]
You can now once again flip the camera during FaceTime calls with just one tap
Dec 05, 7:08PM
With the release of iOS 12, Apple hid the button that lets you jump from front camera to rear camera (or vice versa) during a FaceTime call. Previously a one-click thing, it was suddenly shoved away into a menu as if it wasn’t something you might use a half dozen times per call. Don’t like […]
Apple is starting to sell its first iPhone XR case, and it's clear so you can show off your bright new phone
Dec 05, 6:47PM
Apple’s new iPhone XR comes in a half dozen colors, including blue, yellow, red and coral. In fact, the colors are sufficiently fresh that it’d be kind of silly to buy a traditional phone case that would protect it but also hide if from plain view. It’s for this reason that Apple just began selling […]
Foxconn or Foxgone? Tariffs, Wisconsin and iPhone fires
Dec 05, 6:13PM
First some notes on SoftBank's rumored expansion into China and its weird fund math, then Foxconn and then quick notes on tech depression, Huawei and more. TechCrunch is experimenting with new content forms. This is a rough draft of something new — provide your feedback directly to the author (Danny at danny@techcrunch.com) if you like […]
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