TikTok Launches Program For Discovering Rising Stars, and Possibly Exploiting Their Music
Most TikTok posts contain music. Whether the video shows a user performing a short comedy skit, a meme, cosplay, or a weird art piece—there’s usually music...
The Roku Channel adds support for HBO just in time for ‘Game of Thrones’
Just days ahead of the return of “Game of Thrones,” Roku has forged a deal with HBO that now gives the media device maker the ability...
Boomplay, a Spotify-style music and video streaming service for African music and Africa, raises $20M
While Spotify dukes it out with Apple and other big tech names to target high-end users in mostly developed markets, a startup out of China has...
Daily Crunch: The corporate fallout of the Bezos divorce
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at...
The Google Assistant on Android gets more visual responses
About half a year ago, Google gave the Assistant on phones a major visual refresh. Today, the company is following up with a couple of small...
Netflix’s Our Planet Delivers Thrills, But Something’s Missing
In the opening episode of Our Planet, Netflix’s new nature documentary, there’s a scene where a glacier tumbling down from the Greenland ice sheet begins to...
New types of rich results from your Google Assistant on Android
We’ve been working to make the Assistant even better on the device that’s with you wherever you go: your phone. Last fall, we launched a visual...
A library’s next chapter: digital skills with help from Google
Editor’s note: It’s National Library Week, and to recognize the impact of libraries of local communities, we’ll hear from Robyn Jonston of the Memphis Public Libraries. To...
Landed raises $7.5 million Series A to help teachers buy homes
Teachers are notoriously underpaid, and buying homes is notoriously expensive. This is where Landed, which just raised a $7.5 million Series A round led by Initialized...
Peter Kraus dishes on the market
During my recent conversation with Peter Kraus, which was supposed to be focused on Aperture and its launch of the Aperture New World Opportunities Fund, I...
