Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a recor
Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood is getting some product firepower as it dives into cryptocurrency and weighs platform aspirations. Investor Josh Elman will join Robinhood as its VP of product whi
Remember <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/edzitron/status/453979737036034048">ringback tones</a>? You know, those songs and messages that you could customize to play so different people wo
RealNetworks, a Seattle-based publicly-traded company that runs RealPlayer and has a gaming arm, is digging into social casino games with a deal to buy Slingo for $15.6 million. It’s also launch
<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/intel">Intel</a> is to buy "a significant number" of patents (approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications) and video codec software from <a href="h
After the company's former <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2011/realnetworks-ceo-kimball-resigns">CEO Bob Kimball resigned</a> in March of this year, RealNetworks has <a href="http://www.prnewswire.c
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I caught up with Bob Kimball and Peter Kellogg-Smith, respectively the chief executive and VP of emerging pro
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/reallogo.gif" />Right around the time the world's financial markets started to collapse, back in 2008, RealNetworks, the folks behind Rea
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/glasershot-200x200.png" width="200" height="200" /><a href="http://www.realnetworks.com/">RealNetworks</a> is finally getting some new blood.
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Remember <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/realdvd-now-available-for-download-dead-simple-dvd-copying-but
Like Achilles, it looks like RealDVD has lived a short but glorious life. Its name will echo for eternity. And so on, and so forth. Right, so that judge that RealNetworks was so confident would rule i
The RealDVD saga continues, quickly becoming one of the more interesting tech stories of the past few months. As we already know, both RealNetworks and the MPAA have been suing each other left, right
Note that I have nothing against Mr. Norris per se. You just knew this was going to happen. Sales of RealNetworks’ RealDVD have been suspended while Real fights Hollywood in court, forever. You
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Often, the court that hears your case can determine whether you win or lose. RealNetworks just improved its cha
In yet another ridiculous and short-sighted move, “the nation’s top movie companies” have filed suit against RealNetworks due to the release of RealDVD. Oh my god. Every time I think
Today should be a happy day for Real, having just released RealDVD, the DVD-copying-for-the-masses Windows app. But now there’s lawsuits involved, and lawsuits make Baby Deity unhappy. RealNetwo
Those of you in the market to buy bridges for a $1, you should probably know that Real’s RealDVD is now available for download. A quick primer on what RealDVD actually does: the $30 Windows-only
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