Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a re
The investment game going after automotive startups is getting more competitive in China with not only established venture capital firms joining the fray but also industry veterans. Two mobility-focus
Ride hailing giant Uber is committing to becoming a fully zero-emission platform by 2040 and setting aside $800 million to help get its drivers using electric vehicles by 2025. The company said that i
SirionLabs, a startup that provides contract management software to enterprises, has raised $44 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand and handle surge in demand from clients. Tiger Gl
Ridesharing and transportation platform Didi Chuxing announced today that it has formed a joint venture with BP, the British gas, oil and energy company, to build electric-vehicle charging infrastruct
As Beyond Meat continues its reign as one of the kings of this year’s IPO mountain, and Impossible Foods serves up impossibly good numbers for Burger King, venture capitalists seem ready to feas
In a bid to show that it’s getting ready for the electrification of American roads, Royal Dutch Shell is buying Greenlots, a Los Angeles-based developer of electric vehicle charging and energy m
VNTANA CEO Ashley Crowder calls the company’s technology, “the world’s first scalable, affordable and interactive hologram.” The startup’s tech has certainly wowed crowds in recent years. In
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<a href="http://www.mit.edu">MIT</a> researchers tested the first prototype of the Seaswarm, a pack of robots that use nanotec
This is amazing. First, this BP pic was found to be photochopped a few days back and now Gizmodo discovered yet another. I doubt this company could mess up any more. Actually, no, I fully expect them
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As oil continues to spill in the Gulf of Mexico, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/british-petroleum">BP</a> is looki
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This morning, there was some ruckus on the Web when <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> seemingl
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So far, an estimated <a href="http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill/">82 million gallons</a> of oil have leaked into
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Nearly everyone has something to say about BP's oil spill, and from a public relations perspective,
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-180856" title="o" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/o.jpg" alt="" />As you're probably well aware, there's a massive oil spill in the Gulf