In May of this year, Snap banned two Snapchat platform apps that allowed users to send anonymous messages, Yolo and LMK, following a lawsuit filed on behalf of a mother whose son died by suicide after
It’s been a big year for crypto, and Robinhood shared some stats today providing more evidence that the crypto boom is more than just hype — at least for now.In a blog, Christine Brown, Robinhoo
Tech executives face Congress, Spotify gets a redesign and Snapchat is developing a new Remix feature. This is your Daily Crunch for March 25, 2021.The big story: Zuckerberg defends Facebook over role
TikTok is testing a new video QA feature that allows creators to more directly respond to their audience’s questions with either text or video answers, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The f
A failed acquisition usually triggers the same series of questions: What does this mean for early-stage startups in the sector? Will a chilling effect occur and hurt valuations? Will VCs stop funding
Some time ago, I gave up on the idea of finding a thread that connects each story in the weekly Extra Crunch roundup; there are no unified theories of technology news.The stories that left the deepest
Twitter is partnering with Snap to bring tweets into Snapchat with a native integration that both companies hope will push users away from screenshots and towards more interactive embeds.Twitter user
F3, an anonymous QA app targeting Gen Z teens which blends a Tinder-style swipe-to-friend gamification mechanic, Stories-esque rich media responses and eye-wateringly expensive subscriptions to unlock
03:13 It's still a month before China's annual Double Eleven shopping festival, but online retailers and livestreaming hosts are already warming up.E-commerce giant Suning.com launched
FILE PHOTO: The deadly California wildfires have burned over 1 million acres and there's no end in sight as thousands of firefighters struggle to contain the blazes and more emerge. /Reuters T
Meet Diaspora Ventures, a new VC fund based in the U.S. founded by two partners who grew up in France but have been in the U.S. for more than a decade —Ilan Abehassera (pictured right) and Carlos Diaz
Snap’s latest developer offering is a tool called Verify that’s aiming to save its mobile-first developers cash on verifying user phone numbers en masse. The new tool is being integrated i
If you can’t stop them, power them. That’s the strategy behind Snapchat App Stories, which launches today to let users show off their ephemeral content in other apps too. The first partner
Following Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano, Yolo, Napa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, Sacramento County on Thursday took a legal step to contain the coronavirus spread, issuing a formal order for
It wasn’t a fad. Yolo became the country’s No. 1 app just a week after launch by letting teens ask for anonymous replies to questions they posted on Snapchat. But nine months later, Yolo i
Snapchat’s developer platform is blowing up as a gateway to teen social app users. Hoop is the latest Snap Kit blockbuster, rocketing to #2 on the overall App Store charts this month with its Ti
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