Africa’s top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion will list in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Transsion confirmed to TechCrunch. The company—which has a robust Africa sales...
Instagram Boots Ad Partner HYP3R for Reportedly Scraping Huge Amounts of User Data
Instagram has banned one of its owner Facebook’s official marketing partners, San Francisco-based HYP3R, after “a combination of configuration errors and lax oversight” on its behalf...
Earbuds lets audiences stream the playlists of athletes, entertainers and each other
Earbuds, a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. The...
The Powerful Women of Pop Culture Get Their Own Portrait Show
When Louisiana-based artist Ashly Lovett decided to do a gallery show based on the women of pop culture, narrowing down the options wasn’t easy. Read more…...
Postmates lands first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco
On-demand delivery business Postmates says it’s been granted the first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations in the city of San Francisco. According to San Francisco Public...
Game of Thrones Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Sign Massive Overall Deal With Netflix
They helped create one of the most popular pieces of pop culture this century, and now they’re being rewarded with a nine-figure deal to produce even...
Warren makes $85B federally funded broadband promise
As part of her bid for the presidency, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has made some bold proposals to improve access to broadband in underserved areas, and...
Goodnight Sweet Prince: Digital Prophet Shingy Departs AOL
Shingy, né David Shingy, has relinquished his role as digital prophet of AOL and Verizon Media, after 12 years with the company. Read more… Source :...
Instagram ad partner secretly sucked up and tracked millions of users’ locations and stories
Hyp3r, an apparently trusted marketing partner of Facebook and Instagram, has been secretly collecting and storing location and other data on millions of users, against the...
Samsung Teases a Super-Light Laptop with a Monstrous 23-Hour Battery Life [Updated]
Samsung always has a few surprises planned for its big launch events, so after announcing the new Galaxy Note 10, Samsung announced an ARM-based laptop with...
