Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 ships August 21, starting at $1,000 – TechCrunch
Samsung promised a lot of gadgets for today’s big Unpacked event — five in all, as a matter of fact. As expected, the big headliners — both figuratively and literally...
Serialized fiction startup Radish raises $63.2M from SoftBank and Kakao – TechCrunch
Radish is announcing that it has raised $63.2 million in new funding. Breaking up book-length stories into smaller chapters that released over days or weeks is an idea that was...
Microsoft-TikTok acquisition inches closer to reality – TechCrunch
A possible Microsoft -TikTok acquisition is causing plenty of drama, we review Google’s new budget Pixel and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returns to Earth. Here’s your Daily Crunch for August 3,...
OneKey wants to make it easier to work without a desktop by integrating apps into mobile keyboards – TechCrunch
“The app that you use the most on your phone and you don’t realize it is your keyboard,” says Christophe Barre, the co-founder and chief executive of OneKey. A member...
Google’s budget Pixel 4a addresses its premium predecessor’s biggest problem – TechCrunch
The Pixel line has always felt like more of an underdog product than one should reasonably expect from a corporation as massive as Google. After years of partnerships and Nexus...
The 4a and 5 will be Google’s first 5G-enabled Pixels – TechCrunch
Surprise. The latest version of Google’s budget Pixel device will be one of the first two to get its next-gen technology. It’s an odd strategy, to be sure, but sometimes...
Google is making autofill on Chrome for mobile more secure – TechCrunch
Google today announced a new autofill experience for Chrome on mobile that will use biometric authentication for credit card transactions, as well as an updated built-in password manager that will...
Huawei overtook Samsung in global smartphone shipments for Q2 – TechCrunch
Things haven’t exactly been smooth sailing for Huawei in recent years. The company’s rapid trajectory has been disrupted by on-going battles with the U.S. government that have, among other things,...
Point wants to provide credit card rewards with debit cards – TechCrunch
Point, a new challenger bank in the U.S., is launching publicly today with an invite system. While Point is technically providing a bank account, the company focuses on rewards associated...
Most mobile apps suck — here’s how to fix them
It’s raining in New York City as Doron waits for the 525 bus. At the stop, he’s trying a new transport app which doesn’t seem to load offline. The ticket...