Twitter threads are getting easier – TechCrunch
Twitter is rolling out a “continue thread” button, ViacomCBS has big plans for its streaming service and Morgan Stanley acquires E-Trade. Here’s your Daily Crunch for February 20, 2020. 1....
As Morgan Stanley buys ETrade, Robinhood preps social trading – TechCrunch
Before it was worth $7.6 billion, the original idea for Robinhood was a stock trading social network. At my kitchen table in San Francisco in 2013, the founders envisioned an...
Google launches the first developer preview of Android 11 – TechCrunch
With the days of desert-themed releases officially behind it, Google today announced the first developer preview of Android 11, which is now available as system images for Google’s own Pixel...
Facebook prototypes tabbed News Feed with Most Recent & Seen – TechCrunch
Facebook may make it easier to escape its ranking algorithm and explore the News Feed in different formats. Facebook has internally prototyped a tabbed version of the News Feed for...
Spotify mimics Apple’s design with new podcast show page updates – TechCrunch
Spotify’s ongoing investments in the podcast-streaming side of its business helped boost podcast listening on its service by 200% last year. But today, only 16% of Spotify’s monthly listeners are...
Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma Labs – TechCrunch
Is “Twitter Stories” on the way? Or will we just get tools to send prettier tweets? Well now Twitter has the talent for both as it’s just acquired Chroma Labs....
Do trade shows still matter in the age of online business? – TechCrunch
The death of Mobile World Congress 2020 started as a trickle. First, it was an understandably nervous ZTE. As a Chinese company, it was undoubtedly going to receive extra scrutiny...
Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria – TechCrunch
“I don’t feel good about that. That sucks” Chrys Bader-Wechseler reflects when asked about the bullying that went down on the anonymous app Secret he co-founded in 2013. After $35...
Apple blames coronavirus for revenue miss – TechCrunch
Apple says the coronavirus outbreak will hurt its manufacturing and sales, Jeff Bezos makes a big commitment to fighting climate change and SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites. Here’s your Daily...
Images of TCL’s slide-out display smartphone surface in wake of MWC cancellation – TechCrunch
This morning brought a look at some of what we’re missing at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The show may have been called off on account of coronavirus concerns, but...