Category: Tech news

 Alright, European TechCrunch fans, time to listen up — we’ll soon be releasing our final batch of Disrupt Berlin 2017 tickets at the deeply discounted rate of two for the price of one. Yes, you read that right. If you act now, you can score not one but two whole Disrupt tickets for the price of one. That’s half off tickets to an event best described as the hottest startup… Read More

 At our TechCrunch China event in June we discussed the bright future that Hong Kong’s startup scene has, despite some big challenges. This week the country passed a notable milestone as it got its first $1 billion valued startup, better known as a unicorn.
The company in question is GoGoVan, a logistics on-demand provider that connects van drivers and customers for transporting goods. Read More

Juicero, the company that created the $400 juicer, is shutting down, Tinder hits top-grossing app on the App Store, and Google reveals the top things people want to find out how to do. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

 In a pleasant Friday surprise, Roku dropped its S-1 document today, detailing its financial performance and corporate strategy. The filing indicates that the company intends to raise $100 million in its debut. The figure is a widely-recognized placeholder number. The company could raise more or less in its IPO. Follow Crunchbase News on Twitter & Facebook As a private company,… Read More

 A group of hackers used a bug earlier this week to scrape the phone numbers and email addresses of six million Instagram accounts and are now selling that information on the web. The hackers mainly targeted celebrities and verified users, including Selena Gomez, who’s account was hacked two days ago. The hackers used this glitch in Instagram’s system to start posting nude pictures… Read More

 Have you ever spent time on hold with an airline, a credit card company, or your insurance provider? Of course you have, I bet you’re still humming the tune from that hold music you had to listen to. For years, the frustration of traditional customer service, be it phone or email, have pushed us all over the edge at one point or another. And for what? The reality is most people have… Read More

A special Force Friday edition of the show with guest Brendan Nystedt.

It’s that time of the year: time to spend your entire paycheck on cool new Star Wars stuff!

Android Oreo brings a whole new set of emoji, which look more like squishy circles than the old gumdrop.

Grab a weissbier and a currywurst and take a look at our favorite gadgets from IFA in Berlin.

For example, 54,794 copies of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.”

The terribly-named LF-S50G combines a banging speaker with the power of Google Assistant.

Three phones, one watch, and a whole lotta Tim Cook.

The machine merges ink jet tech with 3-D printing.

It’s that time of the year: time to spend your entire paycheck on cool new Star Wars stuff!