TechCrunch Industry News

Latest Episodes:

This is how much money Pinterest execs made last year Mar 25, 2019

Show notes

This is how much money Pinterest execs made last year Silicon Valley is known for its massive wealth. When these companies file to go public, we all finally get to know how much money these executives take home each year, and the millions they’ll take home after the IPO. In Pinterest’s S-1, which it filed earlier today, we see that co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann earned a salary of $197,100.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paris to tax scooter and bike services Mar 22, 2019

Show notes

According to the City of Paris, there are 15,000 free-floating vehicles of all forms and shapes in the city, from electric scooters to fluorescent bikes and motorcycle-like scooters. And the City of Paris announced today that companies that operate free-floating services will have to pay a tax depending on the size of their fleet. If the plan goes through and if you’re running a bike-sharing service, you’ll have to pay €20 per bike per year.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is what the Huawei P30 will look like Mar 22, 2019

Show notes

You can already find many leaked photos of Huawei’s next flagship device — the P30 and P30 Pro. The company is set to announce the new product at an event in Paris next week. So here’s what you should expect. Reliable phone leaker Evan Blass tweeted many different photos of the new devices in three different tweets: pic.twitter.com/nIlhxby1Ah — Evan Blass (@evleaks) March 20, 2019 As you can see, both devices feature three cameras on the back of the device.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dyson launches a vacuum with better battery, a desk lamp and a personal air purifier Mar 21, 2019

Show notes

Dyson’s got a very specific way of doing things. The British company makes super-high-quality products for a world where price isn’t an option. Using their devices is a bit like driving a sports car for the first time. You’ve got no idea why someone would pay that much money for something until you actually try them out. Fittingly, it offered a few handfuls of reporters a chance to try out a trio of new products at a closed-door event this week.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon updates the $90 Kindle with a front light Mar 21, 2019

Show notes

Cost has always been a big part of the Kindle line’s appeal at the low end. Amazon’s very good at undercutting the competition, while still managing to provide a workhorse e-reader in the process. Of course, paying $90 for the device comes with a number of cut corners, not the least of which has been the device’s stubborn refusal to adopt the front-lighting found on the rest of the line. Amazon’s just amended that oversight with the latest version of the standard Kindle.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vectordash’s cloud gaming service brings crypto-miners a new revenue stream Mar 20, 2019

Show notes

PC gaming has grown to be a pretty wide niche of people with some far-flung similarities and differences, one thing they all share are souped-up rigs that rely on beefy GPUs. This is fine for those with dedicated machines but PC gaming isn’t too friendly to those trying to pull double-duty on their everyday machine. Vectordash, launching out of the latest Y Combinator batch, wants to turn your Macbook Air or other underpowered rig into a formidable machine through their cloud gaming service.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiny claws let drones perch like birds and bats Mar 19, 2019

Show notes

Drones are useful in countless ways, but that usefulness is often limited by the time they can stay in the air. Shouldn’t drones be able to take a load off too? With these special claws attached, they can perch or hang with ease, conserving battery power and vastly extending their flight time. The claws, created by a highly multinational team of researchers I’ll list at the end, are inspired by birds and bats.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Ape Out’ and ‘Baba Is You’ demonstrate the depth of simplicity Mar 19, 2019

Show notes

The games we see advertised the most aren’t necessarily the best representatives for what has become an incredibly diverse medium. Yearly AAA installments and massive open worlds are all well and good, but simplicity is rarely on display — which makes two recent releases, Ape Out and Baba Is You, all the more delightful. Both are, in a way, very simple games, but from that simplicity arises complex and enjoyable gameplay concepts that can entertain (or frustrate) for hours.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Canal+ launches streaming service in France for €7 per month Mar 18, 2019

Show notes

French premium TV channel Canal+ is facing increased competition from Netflix in France. The company is trying to reinvent itself with a new over-the-top offering called Canal+ Séries. The new service is launching today. As the name suggests, Canal+ Séries is focused on TV series — you won’t find any movie on the streaming service.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Tesla Model Y is a 300-mile range Model 3 doppelganger coming in fall 2020 Mar 15, 2019

Show notes

At first glance, it appeared that Tesla Model 3 had a doppelganger. After years of teasers and hints, Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally unveiled the Model Y, a mid-sized all-electric vehicle that will start at $39,000 and is slated to hit the marketplace in fall 2020. The Model Y bears a striking resemblance to Model 3. The vehicle, which will come in a standard, long range, dual-motor all-wheel and performance variants, is a bit larger, allowing it to accommodate seven people.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices