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Amazon debuts a new Appstore app with better discovery, focus on Amazon Coins

Amazon’s Kindle app isn’t the only mobile app from the company getting a makeover today. Amazon has also now quietly introduced a new version of its Appstore app for Fire TV, Fire tablets and Android devices. The new store features a visual redesign and an increased focus on Amazon’s own virtual currency, Amazon Coins. Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/amazon-debuts-a-new-appstore-app-with-better-discovery-focus-on-amazon-coins/?ncid=rss

Why Samsung doesn’t beat Apple where it matters

Samsung’s competition with Apple is on premium phone ($400+) market share, and Apple is crushing Samsung in this market. Why do consumers with discretionary spending still prefer Apple in such large numbers? The reason is not the product. Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/why-samsung-doesnt-beat-apple-where-it-matters/?ncid=rss

Facebook finally adapts to 4K video

If you’re sick of your beautiful videos looking crummy on Facebook, there’s good news for you. After some super HD videos started popping up on the social network, Facebook now confirms to TechCrunch it’s testing 4K video uploads and viewing using the 2160p UHD-1 Ultra-High-Definition Television standard. Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/facebook-4k-video/?ncid=rss

Apple’s ‘App of the Day’ featuring boosts downloads by 1747%, games by 792%

New research from Apptopia, out today, takes a look at the impact getting featured as the App or Game of the Day on the new iOS App Store has on app downloads. This data is still fairly early, as the revamped App Store only arrived publicly with iOS 11’s release in September. Not surprisingly, the report finds that snagging one of these featured spots can lead to a big boost in app… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/apples-app-of-the-day-featuring-boosts-downloads-by-1747-games-by-792/?ncid=rss

Gfycat hits 130M monthly active users as short form video heats up

GIFs — or, let’s call it for what it is: short-form video — were always pretty popular, but it still seems surprising that we would embed them into our phone’s keyboards. But here we are in 2017, and there is a group of startups that are looking to bring the usage, or in the case of Gfycat the creation, of GIFs closer and closer to an everyday thing. So it’s… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/gfycat-hits-130m-monthly-active-users-as-short-form-video-heats-up/?ncid=rss

Mia Contacts takes another shot at a smart contacts app with $3M in funding

Editor’s Note: After publication, a reader pointed out on Twitter that mia Contacts will text your contacts on your behalf when tagging a contact. CEO Amit Kumar said on Twitter that this is an attempt to curb abuse. The full original story follows below. The idea of sorting out your contacts, and discovering new ones that are really helpful, has always been a complete nightmare. Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/mia-contacts-takes-another-shot-at-a-smart-contacts-app-with-3m-in-funding/?ncid=rss

Omni storage now earns you money by renting out your stuff

“We want to change behavior around ownership on the planet,” says Omni co-founder Thomas McLeod. First, it built an on-demand storage business, where you can get things picked up from your place in as little as two hours, pay a monthly fee to store them depending on their size and get them temporarily returned to you for free whenever you need them. Now it wants to help you earn… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/omni-rental/?ncid=rss

You’ll be able to get the iPhone X at an Apple Store on launch day — if you get there early

Early reports have pointed to a shortage of iPhone X units at launch, but Apple issued a press release this morning assuring customers that the ultra-premium handset will, in fact, be available for walk-in customers on launch day. Though they’re “encouraged to arrive early.” In other words, if you want one, line up. That last bit seems to lend a bit of credence to the… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/youll-be-able-to-get-the-iphone-x-at-an-apple-store-on-launch-day-if-you-get-there-early/?ncid=rss

This Nintendo Switch dock packs a built-in projector for big screen anywhere

The Nintendo Switch is probably the best mobile gaming console ever created, but it’s still not great at going from playing on the go to big screen console experience when you’re not at home. A new dock accessory created by a company called YesOJO aims to change that, giving Switch the ability to project a screen of up to 150″ wherever you want to play. The ‘OJO’… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/this-nintendo-switch-dock-packs-a-built-in-projector-for-big-screen-anywhere/?ncid=rss

Amazon revamps the Kindle app with a new design and deeper Goodreads integration

With the release of the new waterproof Oasis about a week out and the Kindle line’s 10th anniversary happening next month, it’s as good a time as any for the company to release an overhaul version of its reading app. Amazon releasing a new version of Kindle for iOS and Android today, featuring a redesign, much deeper Goodreads integration and persistent search. In spite of media… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/amazon-revamps-the-kindle-app-with-a-new-design-and-deeper-good-reads-integration/?ncid=rss

Facebook downplays test banishing all Pages to buried Explore Feed

Facebook has caused a 60-80 percent drop in referral traffic to news outlets in six countries due to a test that removed Page posts from the News Feed and relocated them to a separate, hard-to-find Explore Feed. But now Facebook’s VP of News Feed writes “We currently have no plans to roll this test out further.” Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/facebook-page-feed/?ncid=rss

Snapchat dangles referral traffic with link sharing from other apps

In an update to Snapchat’s iOS app today, Snap began rolling out two important new features. You now can share links from other apps via the iOS share sheet, and rather than just turning live location sharing on or off permanently, you now can opt to hide in “Ghost Mode.” Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/snapchat-link-sharing/?ncid=rss

Google ‘actively investigating’ reports of OLED burn-in issues on Pixel 2 XL displays

The Google Pixel 2 XL may have just launched this past week, but over the weekend reports began to surface that the device’s OLED screen was already exhibiting signs of burn-in, which left UI elements faintly evident after switching screens. A Google spokesperson confirmed that the company was looking into the reports: The Pixel 2 XL screen has been designed with an advanced POLED… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/google-actively-investigating-reports-of-oled-burn-in-issues-on-pixel-2-xl-displays/?ncid=rss

Global app revenue and downloads hit record levels in Q3

App downloads and revenue hit record levels in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new report out this morning from App Annie. Downloads across the two major app stores, Apple’s App Store and Google Play, reached nearly 26 billion worldwide – up 8 percent over the same time last year. That figure doesn’t include reinstalls or app updates, only new downloads. In other… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/global-app-revenue-and-downloads-hit-record-levels-in-q3/?ncid=rss

Netflix is raising $1.6B in debt as its content costs balloon

Netflix today said it was raising a very large lump of debt for the typical laundry list of uses that you’ll find in a filing with the SEC — though, the timing comes as its content costs may hit as much as $8 billion next year. The announcement comes off a strong earnings report last week, where Netflix once again beat expectations for its subscriber growth. The company also said… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/netflix-is-raising-1-6b-in-debt-as-its-content-costs-balloon/?ncid=rss

Apple Pay now in 20 markets, nabs 90% of all mobile contactless transactions where active

While we are going to have to wait a little longer for Apple to launch payments in iMessage, this weekend, Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s VP of Apple Pay, announced a series of other milestones for the digital wallet and payments service that competes against the likes of Android Pay from Google (which today announced its own expansions), Samsung Pay, and others efforts from retailers and… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/apple-pay-now-in-20-markets-nabs-90-of-all-contactless-transactions-where-active/?ncid=rss

‘Pay with Google’ goes live, allowing mobile users to pay with any card on file, not just those in Android Pay

Google announced today it’s launching a new way to pay on mobile devices, using any card you have on file – including those saved to your Google Account via products like Google Play, YouTube, Chrome, or Android Pay. This “pay with Google” option ties all these saved payment options together in a single interface, which app makers and retailers can then implement using… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/pay-with-google-goes-live-allowing-mobile-users-to-pay-with-any-card-on-file-not-just-those-in-android-pay/?ncid=rss

Essential Phone gets a $200 price drop, existing customers get credit

Essential has an offer that’s honestly very hard to refuse: The price of the Essential Phone (PH-1, going by technical model number), is now $200 cheaper, so $499 off-contract and unlocked. That’s an amazing price for their debut smartphone, which remains my favorite in terms of straight up industrial design (and it has one of the best color-tuned displays in devices right now in… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/22/essential-phone-gets-a-200-price-drop-existing-customers-get-credit/?ncid=rss

GitHub’s scandalized ex-CEO returns with Chatterbug

Translation earbuds might eliminate some utilitarian reasons to know a language, but if you want to understand jokes, read poetry, or fall in love in a foreign tongue, you’ll have to actually learn it. Unfortunately, products like Rosetta Stone leave people feeling burned after claiming the process should be easy while never helping you practice talking with a real native speaker. You… Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/21/chatterbug-language-learning/?ncid=rss

Redesigning the TechCrunch app

Over the last two years we have been working hard to improve the experience of TechCrunch products for our readers. Our tiny-but-mighty product team launched the brand new TechCrunch mobile app earlier this month and we couldn’t be more excited. It has been completely redesigned with the goal of giving you easy access to the news you care about most, no matter where you are. Read More

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/21/redesigning-the-techcrunch-app/?ncid=rss

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