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You can now hail an Uber by calling a number
Uber’s making it easier to hail a ride — no app required. The company announced Wednesday at its annual Go-GET event in New York City that it’s launching a new ride-hailing option fo
Ring ring, Solana’s web3-focused Saga phone is calling
About 10 months ago, Solana’s co-founder and CEO, Anatoly Yakovenko, announced the launch of Saga, a web3-focused Android smartphone. The phone is now being rolled out, and we got to test one ahead
China’s smartphone shipments slumped 23% in Jan-Aug
Smartphone shipment is often seen as the bellwether of China’s consumer spending, and right now, the picture isn’t very rosy. The world’s largest market for smartphones shipped 175.1
Nothing’s first phone will be released this summer
Say what you will — Nothing knows how to tease a teaser. In the hardware startup’s defense, it noted that this morning’s event would be a “roadmap” reveal, specifically referring to anot
Viber users can now get local numbers in the US, UK and Canada for inbound voice and SMS
Viber, the messaging app owned by Rakuten that a year ago said it had 1 billion registered users, has added another feature in its longer-term efforts to add more stickiness to its service, while also
Crunch Report | Cisco Buys BroadSoft for $1.9 Billion
Today’s Stories Cisco scoops up BroadSoft for $1.9 billion to boost communications tools portfolio WeWork acquires Flatiron School Essential Phone gets a $200 price drop, existing customers ge
Crunch Report | Essential Phone Now Available to Order
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone is now available to order and ships soon, ZeroCater expands to providing snacks and Fat Lama is my new favorite startup name. All this on Crunch Report!
Crunch Report | Fastest Drone Ever World Record Set
The world record for the fastest drone is set, an artificial heart is 3D printed and luxury phone maker Vertu shuts down. All this on Crunch Report.
Crunch Report | QVC Acquires HSN for $2.1 Billion
QVC acquires HSN for 2.1 billion, RED is working on a smartphone, SoundCloud loses its San Francisco and London offices and Microsoft is laying off thousands of people. All this on Crunch Report.
Canonical ends development of its phone to focus on cloud and IoT
Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, long had aspirations to become a player in the mobile phone and tablet world, too. You can’t easily buy an Ubuntu-powered phone toda
Amazon begins reselling Frontier’s internet service on its site
Earlier this year, Amazon launched a new storefront dubbed the “Amazon Cable Store,” which focused on reselling Comcast’s internet and television service from the retailer’s s
NBA League Pass is launching Mobile View to make it more enjoyable to watch games on your phone
Co-managed by Turner and the NBA, NBA League pass is the league’s product that lets users live stream every game all season long. The product costs $199.99 for every team or $119.99 for one team
Comcast business phone service is down and small businesses are freaking out
Comcast’s business phone service seems to be having a huge nationwide outage. While the company acknowledged that some customers may be experiencing problems with phone service, the issue seem
Burner Gets Business-Ready With Auto-Renewing Lines, Connections To Slack, Dropbox, Evernote & More
Burner, the app that lets you create disposable phone numbers you can use for a variety of purposes including online ads, while traveling, for business projects, dating profiles, and more, has been, u
When Will Your Phone Replace Your Keys And Wallet?
When I leave my home, I check that I have three things: keys, wallet, phone. How long will it be until the first two are obsolete? My wallet has only three things I actually need: credit cards, cash,
Contact Center Has Changed The Way I Use My iPhone
Contact Center acts like speed dial built for the way we communicate with others on smartphones today. You're given a set of customizable tiles that can be edited to show common functions, like callin
Talking On Tablets On The Rise In Asia
The phone-sized tablet -- aka the phablet -- was born in Asia, so it's fitting that the region is now apparently driving a trend for talking on even larger slabs of glass and plastic. Analyst IDC says
Apple Seeks Patent For Skype-Style Away Status For Phone Calls, But Set Automatically
In a new patent filing published by the USPTO today (via AppleInsider), Apple describes a system for setting essentially an "Away/Available/Busy" style status for receiving phone calls on a smartphone
Adobe Debuts Photoshop Touch For Phones, Bringing The Full Power Of The Tablet Version To Your Pocket
Adobe's mobile Photoshop strategy has so far kept more heavyweight editing capabilities to tablets with Photoshop Touch, and left the iPhone with Photoshop Express. But today the company has officiall
Flush With Funding, Video Chat Service Tango Has Social Network Ambitions
Video chat service <a href="http://www.tango.me/">Tango</a> is moving in a new direction, and this week, the company closed a round of $40 million in Series C funding which will help it get there. Tod