Vowels aren’t really necessary in today’s digital age, are they? Twitter doesn’t think so, as it announced a new “two-tiered” service including its free model called R
UPDATE: A spokesman from Zalora Taiwan said: To better serve Taiwan on its business operations model, the company has decided to conduct a review to make changes – From April, we are shifting part o
It seems like every time we make purchases online or in a store, we're collecting some sort of points or rewards. For the most part, those points go unused, mostly because the companies who give them
The Google April Fool’s train continues with the announcement of “Gmail Blue.” Yes, it’s a version of Google’s email service where everything is the color blue. The YouTu
In late March, the American Geophysical Union announced that the Voyager I space probe became the first man-made object to leave our solar system. Just a few hours later though, NASA's Jet Propulsion
Michael Shapiro isn't the sort of person I'd expect to circumvent the gatekeepers of traditional journalism. He's a professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, and he said he's been published in T
Google is shutting down <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/31/youtube-announces-that-it-has-been-an-8-year-contest-will-shut-down-on-april-1-to-determine-the-winner/">YouTube</a>? Good riddance!
When you step off the elevator into Kixeye’s new downtown San Francisco office, a guy in military fatigues has you sign an NDA. After you do (I didn’t), a receptionist with a lot of pierci
Women in games, the continuing rise of microconsoles and the normalizing of real money gaming. These were the three themes that I noticed most at this year's Game Developers Conference.
The mainstream has had little reason to care that Android gives developers much more customization freedom than iOS. But if Facebook's fabled Android homescreen is a hit, the stubbornness of Apple's c
We all know that co-founders with a longstanding personal bond have a better chance of building a successful company than co-founders who don't share a strong friendship. But what about when that bond
Hard drive backups are like the socks of gifts you give yourself. They're initially about as unexciting as gifts can get, only to become the <em>best gift ever</em> in a pinch. Got a meeting in 20 min
The Securities and Exchange Commission is making way for a number of startups and online investment platforms to enable startups to crowdsource investment. Early last week, Y Combinator-backed Funders
I keep seeing this topic push up about how data is affecting creativity. Some say we are losing our sense of narration and storytelling. It’s not this at all. We are just experiencing a shift th
It's time for <a href="https://techcrunch.com/video/crunchweek/">CrunchWeek,</a> that very special time each week when a few of us writers gather around the TechCrunch TV cameras to shoot the breeze a
Now that the Mailbox <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/17/iterations-the-improbable-captivating-pivot-from-orchestra-to-mailbox/">sale</a> to Dropbox is complete, let’s move on to the next nat
I want a black and white computer, and I don't want it out of sheer, wanton weirdness. I actually think it's a good idea. Here's why.
Google's Doodles on the Google.com search page don't frequently stir up too much controversy, but today many users are outraged by the search giant's choice in featuring Cesar Chavez, an American farm
Bad news, guys. YouTube is shutting down.
The platform launched eight years ago, and some of us have gotten so distracted by YouTube videos that we've forgotten that the whole thing is actually a
I feel oddly guilty rejecting my Uber driver’s offer of a beer and a blunt. It’s 4 am. I’m drenched, hungover, and bewildered as to why I’m in a rustic garage on the outskirts
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