Don't want someone else handing your text messages, pictures, video or phone conversations over to the government? There's an app for that. An app called Signal is a project out of Open Whisper Sys

Do you run a Facebook Page? Heads up: your page's "Like" count is probably going to drop a bit soon, and it's totally not your fault. The short version: Facebook is changing the way it's counting l

It was Valentine’s Day recently and that reminded me of a story I often share with the founders we work with, here at Balderton. One Friday in Cambridge, a few years ago: a tech guy and his fianc

Startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.springleap.com">Springleap</a> says it can help marketers improve their ad campaigns by tapping into a community of 180,000 creative professionals. To pu

Hello and welcome back to another episode of TCBTC, TechCrunch's bitcoin podcast. This time around, myself and John Biggs kick over the news that a new bitcoin-facing investment vehicle is getting

We want to see you in New York for Disrupt NY 2015, our annual celebration of all things startup. It’s a great time. You get to meet great founders and VCs and I’d love to meet you. Hardwa

In a session at GDC this morning, Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Technologies Lead Bei Yang gave a talk about the work the entertainment giant has done with virtual reality.

A bill designed to regulate ridesharing companies is back. California Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian has submitted a bill aimed at placing new rules on companies like Uber and Lyft. Assembly Bill 24, h

Would you shell out money for a ‘smart’ accessory band for an Apple Watch that added additional capabilities? More battery life, perhaps? The reason I ask is that the Apple Watch has a port tha

Apple’s streaming music service, which will be a totally overhauled version of Beats but with iTunes branding and tighter integration with Apple’s own devices and software, will make its

Here's a partnership that may come as a surprise to many: Microsoft and Google are working together to help make Angular 2 -- the next (and somewhat controversial) version of Google's JavaScript web a

Drones are no longer just seen as a tool of the military or a toy that people use to fly around. They're becoming accepted as a tool that businesses can deploy, and every day more and more companies a

As we approach AW-Day, the naysayers are coming out to put their hand in front of the bottle of champagne that will be used to christen the S.S. Apple Watch. The most prominent of those naysayers was

Microsoft is making a number of announcements around its Azure cloud computing platform today. Some of these involve previously announced services coming out of preview, including the NoSQL database D

Trucker Path is a mobile app that helps truckers find truck stops, parking spots, rest areas, scales, DOT weigh stations, truck washes and more. At first, this may sound pretty banal, but the company

Twitter announced a new ad targeting feature today called partner audiences, allowing Twitter advertisers to aim their ads at audiences like "coffee buyers" and "cereal buyers." The various social

Confirming earlier reports that Google has been plotting a move to help sell consumers auto insurance in the U.S., the search giant announced this morning it’s launching a new feature called &#

Microsoft already told us Office 2016 for Mac was coming, but the public preview is out now as a free download, without any Office 365 subscription required. The updated software includes support for

Gmail has a new update out for iOS, which brings lots of new iOS 8-friendly features, including two that are great productivity additions: the ability to reply to and archive emails directly from inco

Men’s fashion is a growing industry, with traditional retailers and startups alike offering more diverse product and delivering that product in new ways. The latest startup to join the new herd