TechCrunch Industry News

Latest Episodes:

Is your time worth more than $0.30 an hour? Jan 23, 2019

Show notes

Most of us believe our time is extremely valuable, certainly worth more than thirty cents. But then you read about human decision-making, and you have to wonder what goes through people’s heads. This time, it is Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg at The Wall Street Journal, who wrote a review of Amazon Publishing, the printing house (if you will) of the ecommerce giant. Amazon published more than one thousand titles in 2017, and now commands roughly a majority of all book purchases made in the U.S.

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

Twitter bug revealed some Android users’ private tweets Jan 22, 2019

Show notes

Twitter accidentally revealed some users’ “protected” (aka, private) tweets, the company disclosed this afternoon. The “Protect your Tweets” settingtypically allows people to use Twitter in a non-public fashion. These users get to approve who can follow them and who can view their content. For some Android users over a period of several years, that may not have been the case – their tweets were actually made public as a result of this bug.

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

SaaS stocks are coming back to life Jan 21, 2019

Show notes

Nasdaq’s BVP Emerging Cloud Index measures the performance of a portfolio of 45 SaaS stocks. Like much of the tech world, and the stock market in general, the final quarter of 2018 was not terribly kind. The good news is that there are signs of life lately. On November 19th, SaaS stocks had a noteworthy bad day. Everything was down, way down. As we reported, some examples included: Salesforce was down 8.7 percent to $121.01. Box was down 6.93 percent to $16.66 Workday was down 7.57 percent to $124.

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

More scooter dollars, Slack’s revenue projections, and the IPO traffic jam Jan 21, 2019

Show notes

Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We’re back! After what I think was our first-ever break, Kate Clark and I sat down to dig into the latest startup venture news. There was a lot. We had to skip a few rounds to squeeze the show down to size, but we still hit the biggest stories. First, Lime and Bird are raising again.

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

Redpoint Ventures is raising another $400M to invest in Chinese companies Jan 18, 2019

Show notes

Redpoint Ventures is doubling down on China. The firm, headquartered in Menlo Park, has filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $400 million across two new China-focused funds. The firm has set a $300 million target for its second flagship China fund, a significant increase from the $180 million it garnered for its debut China fund in 2016. Redpoint is also raising a $100 million opportunityfund that will also focus on the Chinese tech startup market.

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

Spotify launches Car View on Android to make using its app less dangerous behind the wheel Jan 18, 2019

Show notes

Spotify launches Car View on Android to make using its app less dangerous behind the wheel Spotify is making it easier to use its streaming app in the car, when the phone is connected to the vehicle over Bluetooth. The company today confirmed the launch of a new feature called “Car View,” which is a simplified version of the service’s Now Playing screen that includes larger fonts, bigger buttons, and no distractions from album art.

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

Researcher shows how popular app ES File Explorer exposes Android device data Jan 17, 2019

Show notes

Why is one of the most popular Android apps running a hidden web server in the background? ES File Explorer claims it has over 500 million downloads under its belt since 2014, making it one of the most used apps to date. It’s simplicity makes it what it is: a simple file explorer that lets you browse through your Android phone or tablet’s file system for files, data, documents and more. But behind the scenes, the app is running a slimmed-down web server on the device.

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

China accounted for nearly half of app downloads in 2018, 40% of consumer spend Jan 17, 2019

Show notes

China accounted for nearly half of app downloads in 2018, 40% of consumer spend Global app downloads topped 194 billion in 2018, up 35 percent from 2016, according to App Annie’s annual “State of Mobile 2019” report released today. Consumer spending across app stores was up 75 percent to reach $101 billion.

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

How the new VR screen could end the smartphone Jan 16, 2019

Show notes

Philip Rosedale Contributor Philip Rosedale is co-founder and CEO of High Fidelity. A smartphone screen is a wonder of the world. It’s not just that it’s bright and colorful and sharp. In some ways, it’s as good as human biology allows. We’ve packed so many pixels into such a small space that any more would be lost on us. We can’t make the screens themselves bigger, because then they’d become too large to hold.

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

VLC prepares to add AirPlay support as it crosses 3 billion downloads Jan 16, 2019

Show notes

VLC, the hugely popular media playing service, is filing one of its gaps with the addition ofAirPlay support as its just crossed an incredible three billion users. The new feature was revealed byJean-Baptiste Kempf, one of the service’s lead developers, in an interview with Variety at CESand it will give users a chance to beam content from their Android or iOS device to an Apple TV.

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

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected