Bingie is an app for all your streaming recommendations and debates – TechCrunch
If you’re overwhelmed trying to choose the next movie or TV show to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max or any other streaming service, Bingie could be the app...
Judge says Apple can’t block Unreal Engine – TechCrunch
Epic Games wins a victory against Apple, Fitbit announces a new smartwatch and Microsoft Word adds a transcription feature. This is your Daily Crunch for August 25, 2020. The big...
Facebook is bringing a Shop section to its app, while Instagram expands Live Shopping – TechCrunch
Facebook is announcing a number of new e-commerce features both within the main Facebook app and on Instagram. The pandemic has forced many businesses to shift online, and Facebook made...
COVID-19 blamed as smartphone sales plummet 20% in Q2 – TechCrunch
The last couple of years have been tough on the smartphone industry, as sales plateaued and eventually eroded. But nothing could have prepared manufacturers for 2020. This was supposed to...
Microsoft’s Seeing AI founder Saqib Shaikh is speaking at Sight Tech Global – TechCrunch
When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced Saqib Shaikh on stage at BUILD in 2016, he was obviously moved by the engineer’s “passion and empathy,” which Nadella said, “is going to...
Yalochat, a fast-growing conversational commerce startup, lands $15 million led by B Capital – TechCrunch
Yalochat, a five-year-old, Mexico City-based conversational commerce platform that enables customers like Coca Cola and Walmart to upsell, collect payments, and provide better service to their own customers over WhatsApp,...
Apple quietly acquired Israel’s Camerai, formerly Tipit, a specialist in AR and camera tech – TechCrunch
Apple is well known for picking up smaller startups on the hush-hush to augment its business, and today news leaked out about the latest of these… nearly two years after...
DoorDash expands with on-demand grocery delivery – TechCrunch
DoorDash is announcing that customers can now order groceries through the DoorDash app from partners including Smart & Final, Meijer and Fresh Thyme. Additional stores like Hy-vee and Gristedes/D’Agnostino are...
BlackBerry’s brand switches hands again, set to return as a 5G Android handset – TechCrunch
A good brand is hard to kill. Over the past several years, the smartphone space has seen a resurgence of once-mighty mobile brands making a comeback with various degrees of...
Join Twilio’s Jeff Lawson for a live Q&A August 25 at 3:30 pm EDT/12:30 pm PDT – TechCrunch
As we race toward Disrupt 2020, we’re keeping the Extra Crunch Live train rolling with a big entry next week as Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson joins us for a...