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. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. A multibillion dollar acquisition, IPO projections and some good ol’ VC and billionaire drama? It would be unfair to say that this week in tech and startups felt like 2021’s boom cycle; especially…
People walk past a Rite Aid store in Chelsea, New York in 2018. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images Rite Aid execs say theft in New York City stores drove $5 million in losses in its most recent quarter alone. The company is experimenting with new security and theft prevention strategies. Rite Aid’s Chief Revenue…
Then-President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference at the White House on January 18, 2017. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File Former President Obama in a private talk with reporters called the GOP “incoherent,” per Bloomberg. The conversation was held in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump assumed the presidency. “You don’t…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian television and radio host Vladimir Solovyov pose for a photo during an awards ceremony in Moscow’s Kremlin on Dec. 25, 2013. RIA Novosti Kremlin/AP A Russian TV presenter and Putin propagandist said the “West is starting to mock us” over the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Solovyov has been…
Disney-owned channels including local ABC stations, ESPN, FX and 17 others are no longer available on Dish Network and Sling TV. Dish says Disney wanted almost $1 billion more to extend their carriage contract, which expired at 3AM ET on October 1st. As a result, Dish had to remove Disney’s channels from both platforms for…
Neural 3D rendering uses optics and linear algebra to potentially meet the demand for efficient 3D images for the hyperrealistic metaverse.Read MoreRead More
Braided, silicone, and leather Pixel Watch band styles. | Image: Slashleaks via OnLeaks As if the launch of the Pixel Watch hasn’t been spoiled by enough leaks already, a new set of images shared with Slashleaks by reliable leaker OnLeaks (via 9to5Google), show the smartwatch in even more detail just days ahead of Google’s launch…
There’s a lot of chatter right now about the “surprise” shutdown of Stadia, Google’s game-streaming service. While it’s true that rivals like Geforce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming presented entrenched competition, and that Google knows next to nothing about gaming, the main trouble — as with most of its products these days — is that…
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. More companies are adopting product-led growth (PLG), in which the product itself does most of the selling, and usage-based pricing (UBP) — meaning users…