BigBrain aims to bring live mobile trivia back to glory – TechCrunch
If you ask Nik Bonaddio why he wanted to build a new mobile trivia app, his answer is simple. “In my life, I’ve got very few true passions: I love...
TikTok’s new developer tools allow apps to offer ‘Login with TikTok,’ sound sharing, and more – TechCrunch
TikTok is expanding its integrations with third-party apps. The company today announced the launch of two new tool sets for app developers, the TikTok Login Kit and Sound Kit, that...
Turkey’s Ace Games raises $7M to develop casual and ‘hyper casual’ games – TechCrunch
Ace Games, a Turkish mobile gaming company founded by a former Peak Games co-founder, has raised a $7 million Seed funding round led by Actera Group. Co-investment has come from...
Instagram adds a captions option for Stories and soon, Reels – TechCrunch
Instagram is making its video Stories and Reels more accessible with the launch of a new “captions sticker” that will allow users to watch without having the sound on. The...
Twitter acquires distraction-free reading service Scroll to beef up its subscription product – TechCrunch
Twitter this morning announced it’s acquiring Scroll, a subscription service that offers readers a better way to read through long-form content on the web, by removing ads and other website...
Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back games publisher Carry1st in $6M Series A – TechCrunch
Africa is the last frontier for basically anything. Mobile gaming is no exception. For a continent that is home to more than 1 billion millennials and Gen Zers, mobile gaming...
alt.bank, Brazil’s latest fintech targeting the unbanked, raises $5.5M – TechCrunch
It looks like everyone and their mother is trying to reinvent the Brazilian banking system. Earlier this year we wrote about Nubank’s $400 million Series G, last month there was...
Amazon’s over-the-top business, including IMDb TV and Twitch, tops 120M monthly viewers – TechCrunch
Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service IMDb TV is getting its own mobile app. The company announced the news today at its first-ever Newfront’s presentation to advertisers, where it also shared...
Digital comics startup Madefire is shutting down – TechCrunch
R.I.P. Madefire, a startup that recruited high-profile artists to reinvent comics for new formats and platforms. An announcement on the Madefire website states the company entered into “an assignment of...
MoviePass co-founder’s PreShow Interactive raises $3M to expand into gaming – TechCrunch
PreShow Interactive is giving gamers a new way to earn in-game currency in exchange for watching ads — a concept that’s become familiar in mobile games but hasn’t really made...