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Friday, January 13, 2017

Timehop founder Jon Wegener replaced as CEO by design lead Matt Raoul

Some changes at the top of Timehop, the quirky app that shows you reminders of photos and other content that you’ve taken and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram and Flickr or from your camera roll. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Jon Wegener, who co-founded the company with Benny Wong, has stepped down as CEO. He has been replaced by Matt Raoul, who had… Read More

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Amazon seeks to run wireless tests in Washington state

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According to documents unearthed by Business Insider, Amazon Corporate has sought permission from the FCC to run tests of wireless technology prototypes in and around one of its facilities in Seattle, and outdoors in Kennewick, Washington for unspecified purposes. The person who filed the request on behalf of the e-commerce and IT giant, is Neil Woodward, a former NASA astronaut, now a… Read More

Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is now Snapchat’s chairman

{rss:content:encoded} Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is now Snapchat’s chairman http://ift.tt/2itS3DQ https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/snapchat-search-features.png?w=680 January 14, 2017 at 12:32AM

Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Entertainment, will be stepping down from the company in order to serve as chairman on Snap (the makers of Snapchat), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lynton’s name may sound familiar with respect to Snap. During his time at Sony Entertainment, he oversaw the company suffer a massive breach — which also included a trove of leaked emails… Read More

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Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Entertainment, will be stepping down from the company in order to serve as chairman on Snap (the makers of Snapchat), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lynton’s name may sound familiar with respect to Snap. During his time at Sony Entertainment, he oversaw the company suffer a massive breach — which also included a trove of leaked emails… Read More

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Saleforce’s Quip acquires ex-Facebook designer studio Unity&Variety

{rss:content:encoded} Saleforce’s Quip acquires ex-Facebook designer studio Unity&Variety http://ift.tt/2jgp7QN http://ift.tt/2iRd9JX January 13, 2017 at 11:01PM quip-unity

Some ex-Facebook designers will be adding extra pizazz to Salesforce’s word processing company Quip, which today acquired Unity&Variety. Founded in 2015 by Joey Flynn and Drew Hamlin after several years designing products at Facebook, Unity & Variety released a cute mobile game called Pinchworm last year. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but we’re awaiting… Read More

Parents rejoice! Researchers have found that “moderate” screen use “has no detectable link to well-being and levels of engagement.” This means your kids can play on the iPad for a few hours but not all of them. The study, led by psychological scientist Andrew Przybylski of the University of Oxford, examined the habits of 12,000 British teens, found that “that… Read More

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Acquisition talks fall through all the time, but a new lawsuit from social media startup CultureSphere accuses global IT company HCL of something more serious — using those talks as a way to get access to confidential information for use in a competing product. HCL, meanwhile, has said the CultureSphere’s allegations are “totally baseless.” We wrote about… Read More

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Acquisition talks fall through all the time, but a new lawsuit from social media startup CultureSphere accuses global IT company HCL of something more serious — using those talks as a way to get access to confidential information for use in a competing product. HCL, meanwhile, has said the CultureSphere’s allegations are “totally baseless.” We wrote about… Read More

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Foursquare adds list search to make its app more useful, as Google prepares its rival

{rss:content:encoded} Foursquare adds list search to make its app more useful, as Google prepares its rival http://ift.tt/2jEYK3B http://ift.tt/2jMNCFM January 13, 2017 at 05:53PM foursquare-restaurant-image

Google Maps is preparing to roll out a list-making feature that lets you star places, favorite places, and make bucket lists. That has led Foursquare to now respond by making its own lists feature more useful. The company announced this morning it’s introducing a new way to seek out lists on its app, through the launch of list search. This is a surprisingly late addition for the… Read More

A security issue has been flagged in the hugely popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp that could allow for messages sent via the encrypted platform to be intercepted and read. Read More

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WalkMe acquires Abbi.io to add mobile A/B testing and engagement

{rss:content:encoded} WalkMe acquires Abbi.io to add mobile A/B testing and engagement http://ift.tt/2jrCPgX http://ift.tt/2jfFFrN January 13, 2017 at 04:38PM walkme

After raising $50 million last year on a $400 million valuation, WalkMe — a company that offers on-screen site guidance and engagement analytics — has made an acquisition to beef up its presence in mobile. The startup has acquired Abbi, specialists in mobile A/B testing and app engagement (“Abbi” is both a reference to A/B testing and BI, business intelligence). Terms… Read More

Spotify, Netflix, LINE, Pandora & HBO NOW top the list of 2016’s biggest apps by revenue

{rss:content:encoded} Spotify, Netflix, LINE, Pandora & HBO NOW top the list of 2016’s biggest apps by revenue http://ift.tt/2islHJw http://ift.tt/2jrDaAf January 13, 2017 at 04:37PM 2016-top-apps-hero

According to a new year-end report from Sensor Tower detailing the top apps of 2016, streaming services dominated when it came to which apps, outside of games, pulled in the most revenue over the past year. At the top of the list is Spotify, which not only scored the number one spot on the iTunes App Store, but also was the number one revenue earner across both platforms, including both… Read More

After the early, exciting expository years of the Internet – the Age of Jennicam where the web was supposed to act as confessional and stage – things changed swiftly. This new medium was a revelation, a gift of freedom that we all took for granted. Want to post rants against the government? Press publish on Blogspot. Want to yell at the world? Aggregate and comment upon some… Read More

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After the early, exciting expository years of the Internet – the Age of Jennicam where the web was supposed to act as confessional and stage – things changed swiftly. This new medium was a revelation, a gift of freedom that we all took for granted. Want to post rants against the government? Press publish on Blogspot. Want to yell at the world? Aggregate and comment upon some… Read More

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Yesterday I caught up with George Spencer, the 29 year-old CEO and founder of London property tech startup Rentify. We talked proptech, scaling a startup, and why the tech press sucks. Read More

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App.net, the ambitious project to build a better Twitter, is finally dead

Aiming for the stars and not quite making it, the ambitious App.net has finally officially shut down. Its timely rise and fall comes as highly symbolic as its once rival, Twitter, continues to struggle, years later, with monetization, content management and harassment. Today’s announcement of its closure isn’t hugely surprisingly since App.net had been in… Read More

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Aiming for the stars and not quite making it, the ambitious App.net has finally officially shut down. Its timely rise and fall comes as highly symbolic as its once rival, Twitter, continues to struggle, years later, with monetization, content management and harassment. Today’s announcement of its closure isn’t hugely surprisingly since App.net had been in… Read More

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Snapchat launches universal search

{rss:content:encoded} Snapchat launches universal search http://ift.tt/2iMQdLK http://ift.tt/2jcY2xZ January 13, 2017 at 12:11AM snapchat-search

Snapchat just made it much easier to find friends, groups, Discover publishers, and Our Stories with a universal search bar that’s always accessible at the top of the app. Launching today for some people on Android and rolling out soon to all iOS and Android users, the search bar lets you dig the best content and conversations out of Snapchat. The company tells TechCrunch the interface… Read More