Opera launches a new mobile browser – TechCrunch
Opera today announced a new mobile browser, Opera Touch, that shows that there’s still plenty of room for a competitor in the mobile browsing world. Opera Touch takes some ideas …
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Techtonic Group raises $2 million to transform tech hiring through apprenticeships – TechCrunch
Where the two companies are using price arbitrage between the costs of developers in emerging markets and coders in the U.S., Techtonic Group is simply offering access to talent. The …
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Grab’s acquisition of Uber Southeast Asia drives into problems – TechCrunch
The long-rumored Grab acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia business may be official now, but it’s far from complete. In fact, what should be a celebratory coming-of-age moment for the Southeast …
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Digit’s first move beyond saving money is a feature to pay down credit card debt – TechCrunch
Digit, the developer of a wildly popular automatic savings mobile app, is moving beyond its core business with a new feature enabling users to pay down credit card debt from …
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Vacation rental management service Guesty raises $19.75M – TechCrunch
As the vacation rental sector heats up — with Airbnb making even more moves to expand its portfolio of services to include multiple tiers of rentals — there’s going to …
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Facebook and the perils of a personalized choice architecture – TechCrunch
Yafit Lev-Aretz Contributor Yafit Lev-Aretz is a Research Fellow at the Information Law Institute, New York University Law School. More posts by this contributor Free choice must be free If …
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Facebook shuffle brings a new head of US policy and chief privacy officer – TechCrunch
Trying times in Menlo Park, it seems: Amid assaults from all quarters largely focused on privacy, Facebook is shifting some upper management around to better defend itself. Its head of …
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Looks like Google is changing Android’s gun emoji into a water gun – TechCrunch
Back in 2016, Apple swapped out the graphic used for its gun emoji, replacing the realistically drawn handgun with a bright green water gun. Just a few days ago, Twitter …
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Hidden Amazon page drops hints about a ‘Fire TV Cube’ – TechCrunch
Rumors have been floating around for a few months now of a new device from Amazon that would mash-up the media streaming capabilities of its Fire TV line with the …
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Particle brings an LTE cellular model to market for networked devices working off of 2G and 3G – TechCrunch
Particle, a developer of networking hardware and software for connected devices, has released an LTE-enabled module for product developers. The new device specifically targets folks whose devices were reliant on …
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