Greg Kumparak
Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008.
Greg was born just outside of San Jose, and now lives in the East Bay of California.
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F.lux Gets Updated To Work Around Your Personal Sleep Schedule
F.lux! If you haven’t heard of it, be warned: once you get used to f.lux, you’ll probably find yourself annoyed whenever you use a computer that doesn’t have it. The theory behind f.lux: your body’s internal clock is largely driven by daylight. Your monitor, and the bright, blue light it emits, can be perceived by your brain as daylight. Which is great… during the… Read More
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Modders Get Samsung’s Exclusive Music Service Running On Non-Samsung Devices Within Hours Of Launch
This morning, Samsung launched a new service called Milk. The idea? Unlimited, ad-free music stations … but only for people carrying Samsung Galaxy devices. Thing is, locking Android apps down on a device-by-device basis is actually pretty tough. Just a few hours after launch, the Android community already has it up and running on non-Samsung devices. Read More
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Clever Hack Gives The Oculus Rift The Button It’s Missing
The first time people try on the Oculus Rift, they tend to have two immediate reactions. First: "Whoa." Second: "Wait, where's my keyboard? Hold on. Are my fingers on the keys? Just a second. Okay, got it. Wait, lost it. Okay, here we go." Input on the Rift is a fairly tough nut to crack. One guy's clever solution: use the Rift itself as a button. Read More
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QuizUp Is Now Available On Android
Quiz Time! Which super popular trivia game that was previously iOS-only just launched on Android? A) Quizzington Alley B) QuizUp C) Greg's Quiz Cabin D) Angry Bird? I don't know. What is smart phone. If you picked B — hurray! You're right. Read More
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That Fake Hoverboard Video? Funny Or Die Says They Made It
If you were somehow still holding out hope that the hoverboard in that (very, very clearly fake) video from yesterday was in any way real: cue up the sad trombone. “Why Are All These Celebrities Participating In An Epic Fake Hoverboard Troll?” we asked. The answer? Because Funny Or Die asked them to. Read More
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When Airlines Screw Up Your Flight, AirHelp Gets You Paid
Uh oh! Your flight was overbooked. You've been bumped off the flight, and they can't get you another ride for hours. Surely, the airline has to give you something, right? But what? A drink voucher? An extra inch of leg room on a future flight? Try a couple hundred bucks. AirHelp helps you figure out when the airlines legally owe you money — and they don't get paid unless you do. Read More
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Quick! Look! Gabe Newell Is Doing An AMA
Have you ever found out one of your heroes is doing an ask-me-anything on reddit.... only to realize that it already ended like 10 hours ago? Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve and all around really-cool-guy, is doing an AMA. Right now. It started 20 minutes ago. Go! Go! Go! Read More
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The Father Of 3D Printing Is Being Inducted Into The National Inventors Hall Of Fame
With all the hubbub surrounding 3D printing as of late, it’s easy to think of it as something new. Something that, before 5 or 6 years ago, only existed in Sci-Fi novels. Surprise! 3D printing has actually been around for decades. In fact, the first kinda-sorta functional 3D printer prototype was built way back in 1984. This year, its inventor, Chuck Hull, is being inducted into the National… Read More
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Was Your Twitter Password Just Reset? Don’t Panic — Twitter Screwed Up
Over the last hour or so, there’s been a big spike in the number of folks reporting that Twitter had sent them an email asking them to change their password for security reasons. What was going on? Had Twitter been hacked? Were these emails real? Was this some mega phishing attempt? Yes, the emails were real — but no, you weren’t being hacked. Someone at Twitter just hit the… Read More
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Kickstarter Is About To Crowdfund Its $1 Billionth Dollar
How much money would you guess the Internet has collectively thrown at Kickstarter? Don't bother whipping out the ol' graphing calculator — Kickstarter actually shares that number regularly. Sometime quite soon, Kickstarter will surpass $1 billion dollars pledged. Read More
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These Tire Caps Change Color When Your Car’s Tire Pressure Gets Low
Quick! How's your car's tire pressure? Don't know? Better go check. Which, if you're like most people, means going out, kicking the tire, saying "seems good" and forgetting about it until something is clearly wrong. Here's a damned clever alternative: tire caps that change color when the pressure gets too low. Read More
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Reddit To Give 10% Of Its 2014 Ad Revenue To Non-Profits Picked By Its Users
Do you block the ads on sites you love? Would you be less likely to do that if you knew a chunk of ad revenues were going to a good cause? That’s (at least part of) the thinking behind a new idea that reddit — a site that’s so big at this point I honestly feel like explaining what it is on TechCrunch would be stupid — is playing with. At the end of 2014, they’ll be… Read More
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Apple Explains Exactly How Secure iMessage Really Is
Millions and millions of people use iMessage every day. But how many people know exactly what happens to a message once you send it? Maybe a handful. Up until now, the vast majority of what we knew about iMessage’s inner workings came from reverse engineering and best guesses. This week, however, Apple quietly released a document that breaks it all down. Read More
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MakerBot Starts Taking Pre-Orders For Their Itty-Bitty 3D Printer
Back at CES 2014, MakerBot announced three new 3D printers: one small (Replicator Mini), one huge (Replicator Z18), and one that’s about the same size as the one they’ve sold for years (now just the “Replicator”). With a new smart leveling system and built-in webcams for monitoring prints, these new models pack a few tricks that the older Replicators don’t. Since that… Read More
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Watsi To Change Its Logo Following Legal Threats From “Multi-Billion Dollar Health Insurance Company”
Watsi, a non-profit startup that crowdfunds medical treatments for those who can’t afford it, has a problem: a company with lots, and lots of money doesn’t like their logo. Read More
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AfterCredits Tells You If A Movie Has A Super Secret Bonus Scene
Have you ever left a movie theater just as the credits start to roll, only to find out that there was a totally-amazing-oh-my-god-you-missed-the-best-part bonus scene tacked on to the end? It’s okay. We’ve all been there. Those sodas are huge, and those bathroom lines get stupid fast. AfterCredits for iOS tells you at a glance whether or not you’re missing out. Read More
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Here’s What The Upcoming Xbox One Dashboard Update Looks Like
Slowly but surely, Microsoft is making up for shipping the unfinished console that is the Xbox One. In February, they shipped an update that brought many an earth-shattering feature, from “Being able to tell how much space you have left on the hard drive” to “An icon that tells you if your controller is about to die.” Another update is coming in March. Here’s what it looks like: Read More
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Moviefone Is Killing Off Its Namesake Phone Number
Hello, and welcome to Moviefone!! The early 90’s was a strange time. Computers were becoming fairly commonplace, but the Internet still wasn’t. We pumped out new technology that defined our lives for a week, only to be forgotten the next. We were still trying to figure out what the future looked like. So many things seemed brilliant at the time, only to be rendered useless by the end… Read More
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Someone Is Remaking Classic Zelda… in First Person 3D… in Virtual Reality
Ready for a trip down memory lane? A nice little hike up Mount Nostalgia? Someone has set out to rebuild The Legend Of Zelda. As in, 8-bit, 1986, “It’s Dangerous To Go Alone” Legend of Zelda. But with a twist! Read More
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Steve Jobs Is Getting A Postage Stamp
There are few canvases harder to find yourself portrayed upon than the US postage stamp. Unless you’re a state bird, a beautiful wild flower, or a historic/cultural icon, it’s pretty unlikely that your mug will ever act as proof-of-payment on a piece of mail. Joining the ranks in 2015: the late Steve Jobs. According to a list of upcoming subjects obtained by The Washington Post, Steve… Read More
