Netflix begins streaming in AV1 on Android – TechCrunch
Netflix announced this week that it has started to stream titles in AV1 on Android in what could significantly help the two-year-old media codec gain wider adoption. The world’s biggest...
Huawei files patent infringement lawsuits against Verizon Communications – TechCrunch
Huawei has filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Verizon Communications in U.S. District Court. The Chinese telecommunications equipment giant wants Verizon to compensate it for the use of technology it...
Messenger Kids adds expanded parental controls, details how much kids’ data Facebook collects – TechCrunch
Facebook’s messaging app for families with children, Messenger Kids, is being updated today with new tools and features to give parents more oversight and control over their kids’ chats. Now,...
LG and ZTE withdraw from MWC due to coronavirus-related concerns – TechCrunch
LG Electronics and ZTE said they have cancelled plans to participate in MWC later this month in Barcelona, Spain, because of coronavirus-related concerns. In a statement on its site, LG...
Snapchat hits 218M users but big Q4 losses sink share price – TechCrunch
Snapchat still isn’t profitable nearly two years after its IPO. In Q4 2019, Snap lost $241 million on 560.8 million in revenue that’s up 44% year-over-year and an EPS of...
MIT’s RFocus technology could turn your walls into antennas – TechCrunch
RFocus asks a simple question: What if instead of just antennas and transmitters on access points and mobile devices, we put the things just about everywhere? You know, just totally...
Apple News adds coverage of 2020 US presidential election, including guides to candidates, issues & news literacy – TechCrunch
As it has done in previous election years, Apple today has added special coverage of the 2020 US presidential election to its Apple News app. The coverage includes curated news,...
How Dubsmash revived itself as #2 to TikTok – TechCrunch
Lip-syncing app Dubsmash was on the brink of death. After a brief moment of virality in 2015 alongside Vine (R.I.P), Dubsmash was bleeding users faster than it could recruit them....
Carriers ‘violated federal law’ by selling your location data, FCC tells Congress – TechCrunch
More than a year and a half after wireless carriers were caught red-handed selling the real-time location data of their customers to anyone willing to pay for it, the FCC...
zany 4-min cartoons of your avatar – TechCrunch
If you were the star of every show, would you watch more mobile television? Snapchat is betting that narcissism drives resonance for its new weekly videos that put you and...