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People are seen watching a film at a cinema in Beijing, China, February 12, 2021. /CFPChina's box office set a new record, generating over 3.8 billion yuan ($588 millio
“For All Mankind: Time Capsule” is a new augmented reality app created by Apple to promote the upcoming second season of “For All Mankind,” which premieres on February 19 on Ap
In February 2019 we launched Extra Crunch to help founders and startup teams get ahead, and this week we’re celebrating its two-year anniversary. Since Extra Crunch is turning 2, we’re offering a limi
Automattic, the for-profit company tied to open source web publishing platform WordPress, is announcing that it has acquired analytics provider Parse.ly.Specifically, Parse.ly is now part of WPVIP, th
Extra Crunch is about to turn two years old and we now have a lot of demanding subscribers. Readers tell us that they want more articles — in even more depth — about the latest trends in early-stage s
There are some additions to the TechCrunch team that I’m happy to announce.First, Kirsten Korosec, who has been with us for more than two years, was promoted to Transportation Editor. Kirsten ha
If you were itching to launch an email newsletter via Twitter, following its acquisition of the Dutch newsletter platform Revue last month, it appears you’ll have to wait a little bit longer for
Cinema seats /CFPAs of 12 noon on Saturday, the second day for Chinese film pre-sale during Spring Festival, nine blockbusters have achieved pre-sale of 100 million yua
Twitter only announced its acquisition of newsletter platform Revue two days ago, but the company has already begun to integrate the product into the Twitter.com website. It appears “Newsletters
Literati has raised a $40 million Series B to pursue an unusual startup opportunity — namely, book clubs.Founder and CEO Jessica Ewing (a former product manager at Google) explained that the Austin-ba
Twitter is getting into the newsletter business.The social media company is announcing that it has acquired Revue, a Dutch startup that allows users to publish and monetize email newsletters. While Re
A walk is, more often than not, a solitary experience. As far as the age of COVID-19 is concerned, that’s probably more bug than feature. It’s a way to escape the confines of a shutdown for a few glor
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Medium is acquiring Paris-based startup Glose for an undisclosed amount. Glose has been building iOS, Android and web apps that let you buy, download and read books on your devices.The company has tur
The last we heard from Luther.ai, the startup was participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in September. The company got a lot of attention from that appearance, which culminated in a $3.2
The president of the United States is supposedly the most powerful man in the world. He also can’t post to Twitter. Or Facebook. Or a bunch of other social networks as we discovered over the course of