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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iTunes Now Has Nearly 800 Million Accounts, Most With Credit Cards Attached
In June of last year, Apple announced that over 575 million accounts had been created for iTunes 10 months later, they've grown that number by nearly fourty percent. On the Apple earnings call today, Tim Cook announced that they were just about to surpass their 800 millionth iTunes account. Read More
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Meet Flappy48, The Clone Game To End Clone Games
Take the rules of 2048. Add the gameplay and physics of Flappy Bird. What do you get? Flappy48 — a weird (yet surprisingly... fun?) bizarro-world mashup of everything stupidly addictive from 2014. Read More
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Roku FINALLY Releases A YouTube Channel For Most Of Its Streaming Boxes
After what has been seriously way too long, Roku has just launched an official YouTube channel for most of its lil’ streaming boxes. The catch: Roku says the channel is only compatible with “current generation” devices, which they define as any box launched after July 2011. Roku’s model numbering system is super confusing*, so just know that if your Roku came out in the… Read More
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Twitter Starts Rolling Out The New Profile Look — Here’s How To Get It Now
Over the past few weeks, you might’ve noticed that some Twitter profiles looked a bit… different. A bit more… well, a bit more like Facebook. That’s the new Twitter profile, and it’s something they’ve been testing for weeks. Today, they’re starting a wider roll out of the new look, giving it to anyone who knows where to click. Want the new profile? Read More
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Watch The Oculus Rift Get Torn To Pieces In Glorious Stop Motion
As long as I can remember, I've disassembled (and sometimes even reassembled!) every gadget I could get my hands on. But for some reason, gadget teardown photos and videos — so popular across the Interwebs whenever Apple or Samsung release some new thing — have never really done it for me. But this? This I like. Read More
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2,500 Bunsen Burners + Dubstep = Best Visualizer Ever
Take 2,500 bunsen burners, and put'em in a grid. Make the flames react to sound waves, thanks to some amazing physics trickery. Then drop the bass. What do you get? The best visualizer ever. Read More
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Nike Is Said To Be Killing Off The FuelBand
Bad news, Fuel fans: Nike is purportedly killing off their wearable hardware efforts, including the FuelBand. Just a few days ago, folks started whispering about shakeup in Fuelband land after the following post popped up on Secret: Now, sure enough, CNET says they’ve got a person-in-the-know confirming that the majority of the 70-person FuelBand team has been let go. It’s a pity… Read More
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In Just A Few Minutes, SpaceX Will Attempt To Launch A Reusable Rocket — Watch Now! (Update: It’s Over)
Quick! Tune in! SpaceX is about to attempt something pretty historic: launching a rocket in such a way that much of it can be reused in later launches. If the launch is successful, the payload of the rocket will spend a few days cruising to the International Space Station, then drop off a bunch of supplies. The “first stage”(the largest — and often the most expensive —… Read More
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Sonos Wants To Ditch Its Only Annoying Shortcoming
Sonos has often been praised for its minimalist setup. Power up a couple speakers in different rooms, open the smartphone app, and boom — wireless sound around your house... right? Mostly. There's one tiny asterisk in there that tends to get forgotten: one of the speakers needs to be wired into your router to act as the brain of the operations. Now Sonos wants to drop that requirement. Read More
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With iOS 8, Siri Might Be Able To Name That Tune Shazam-style
Quick! That catchy new track is playing over the gym's loudspeaker, and you've been meaning to figure out its name for days. You grab your iPhone. You bring up Siri, and say "Siri, what song is this?" Maybe she'll just sit there. Maybe she'll crack a witty one-liner. Either way, she won't have any idea what song is playing. According to the latest iOS 8 rumors, Apple wants to fix that. Read More
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Photojojo Gets Into Rentals For Drones And Other Crazy Camera Gear
Photojojo began as a newsletter for photography enthusiasts to share their latest tricks. Over time, it's evolved into a popular storefront for photo geeks, selling unique but oh-so-useful photography accessories. Now they're trying something new: camera and gadget rentals... but probably not like anything you've seen before. Read More
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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 Can Be Tricked By The Same Lifted Fingerprint Hack As The iPhone 5S
Remember back in September when a couple of researchers figured out how to bypass the iPhone 5S' fingerprint lock with a fancy fake rubber finger? Turns out, the fingerprint sensor on Samsung's new Galaxy S5 falls victim to the very same trick. They didn't even have to make a new mold. Read More
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Microsoft Rolls Out The April Xbox One Update — Here’s What’s Inside
Do you have an Xbox One? It’s update time! Get excited! Well, not too excited. Moderately excited. Like the last few monthly updates, this month’s patch is mostly meant to bring in features that aren’t so much oh-my-god brand new as they are things that were surprisingly absent after the jump from Xbox 360 to Xbox One. Read More
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The Most Overused Startup Pitch Becomes A Super Rare Cards Against Humanity Card
"Let me tell you about my new startup. It's basically [some popular startup] but for [some completely unrelated thing]." If you've ever been to any startup event, you've probably heard it 14 thousand times. Now it's a Cards Against Humanity black card. The bad news? You'll probably never see the card in person, because it's crazy rare. Read More
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How Much Time Have You Killed In Front Of Your TV? This Tool Tells You
Do you ever wonder how much of your life you've spent watching TV shows? It's probably a lot. But how much? Two week's worth? A month? This tool crunches the numbers for you. Read More
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Apple Nabs Itself A Renewable Power Plant Project in Oregon
Apple’s been on a bit of a buying spree lately. Embark! Cue! Burstly! If you had to guess the next thing Apple would take under its wing, what would it be? If you guessed “a hydroelectric power project in Central Oregon”, you’d be right! You’d also be a weirdly specific guesser. OregonLive reports that Apple has taken over the efforts to complete a hydroelectric plant… Read More
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Reddit Starts Listing Trending Subreddits To Get More Users Into Its Smaller Communities
Subreddits are, perhaps, reddit’s biggest strength. Introduced in 2008, they’re a huge part of the reason why the site rose to popularity, and why that popularity has yet to taper off. Want a community for something you like? Build a subreddit. Don’t like the current popular subreddit for that thing? Screw it, build a new one. Anyone can build one — and as long as the… Read More
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Amazon Acquires Digital Comic Book Store Comixology
Amazon has just announced that they will acquire comiXology, a service that offers digital versions of comics from Marvel, DC, and many others. If you’ve never used it, it’s probably easiest to think of comiXology as a sort of iTunes/Kindle Store for comic books. You buy a comic through their online store, then read it either on the web or through the company’s iOS/Android apps. Read More
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Aereo Plans To Launch Chromecast Support On May 29th
Despite being in the middle of a battle to convince the Supreme Court that their service isn’t illegal, Aereo rolls on. In case you’ve missed it: Aereo rents HDTV antennas to cordcutters for $8 a month to let them view and record live TV from their phones, tablets, and computers. The antenna stays at Aereo’s HQ, and all of the video data is piped to users across the Internet. Read More
