The world’s largest phone show is set for Barcelona later this month, and it’s shaping up to be an interesting one — particularly in the wake of what amounted to an extremely lackluster CES last month. We’re still a couple... What to expect from Mobile World Congress 2018This entry was posted in HTC Mobile smartphones Sony TC and tagged samsung on February 12, 2018 by Brian Heater
The world’s largest phone show is set for Barcelona later this month, and it’s shaping up to be an interesting one — particularly in the wake of what amounted to an extremely lackluster CES last month. We’re still a couple... What to expect from Mobile World Congress 2018This entry was posted in HTC Mobile smartphones Sony TC and tagged samsung on February 12, 2018 by Brian Heater
Onavo Protect, the VPN client from the data-security app maker acquired by Facebook back in 2013, has now popped up in the Facebook app itself, under the new banner “Protect” in the navigation menu. Clicking through on “Protect&... Facebook starts pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC on February 12, 2018 by Sarah Perez
Consumer goods giant Unilever, a maker of branded soaps, foodstuffs and personal care items and also one of the world’s biggest online advertisers, has fired a warning shot across the bows of social media giants by threatening to pull ads f... Unilever warns social media to clean up “toxic” contentThis entry was posted in Advertising Tech Social TC YouTube and tagged facebook google social media on February 12, 2018 by Natasha Lomas
Despite plenty of uncertainty swirling around Instacart and its complex relationship with Whole Foods — now owned by Amazon — investors still seem to not be too worried, and are pouring a fresh big round of financing into the startup ... Instacart has raised another $200M at a $4.2B valuationThis entry was posted in Amazon Apps Instacart Mobile TC on February 12, 2018 by Matthew Lynley
Normally, I wouldn’t be writing about a car seat for for TechCrunch but as I’ve been in the market for such an item lately (and have been hit up for all things baby tech as my due date nears) the high-tech Cybex Sirona M with SensorSa... Cybex starts selling its $330, app-enabled car seat made for ...This entry was posted in Gadgets hardware Health TC TechCrunch world wide web on February 12, 2018 by Sarah Buhr
Amazon acquired Blink late last year, a maker of affordable, easy to use security cameras powered by AA batteries. The acquisition was reportedly worth around $90 million to Amazon, according to a new report from Reuters, though the terms of the ... Amazon reportedly paid around $90 million for security camera maker ...This entry was posted in Amazon Gadgets hardware Publishing software TC on February 12, 2018 by Darrell Etherington
As a fan of both meat and fire, the Traeger Timberline 850 hits right in my rib zone. This powerful – and expensive – smoking grill is more like an outdoor oven than the chintzy charcoal or gas grill you’ve been using and the un... Traeger’s wi-fi connected grill is delicious overkillThis entry was posted in Clothing Gadgets TC on February 12, 2018 by John Biggs
Every year, the governing body Unicode adds new emoji to the nearly 3,000 already in existence. Here's how it picks the additions. How New Emoji Get Added to Your PhoneThis entry was posted in Gear on February 12, 2018 by Arielle Pardes
The Snap Map is a feature that received a mixed response when it landed in the Snapchat app, since it basically let you see where all your friends on the platform were at any given time – provided they were okay with sharing that info. Now,... Snapchat’s Snap Map comes to the web, including in embeddable ...This entry was posted in Apps California Instant Messaging Media photo sharing Social software TC and tagged snapchat social media on February 12, 2018 by Darrell Etherington