Month: February 2020
New Early Stage speakers to tackle growth marketing, media strategy and M&A
In a little less than three months, TechCrunch will bring its Early Stage event to SF for the very first time. Early Stage is meant to bring together more than 50 experts across startup core competencies, from funding to marketing to operation. Today, I’m pleased to announce another four experts…
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US could buy stake in Ericsson or Nokia
The US has suggested it could take a stake in either Ericsson or Nokia in order to mitigate the perceived threat of Huawei. Attorney General William Barr said either the government, or a group of US companies, could make the transaction which would be a remarkable course of action and…
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Handshake bans to stop the coronavirus might be overkill in most places
Fear of the spreading coronavirus has led groups around the world to abandon niceties and recommend against handshakes, which are now discouraged at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where high-profile companies are already dropping out due to coronavirus concerns. The gesture is also reportedly unwelcome at Andreessen Horowitz,…
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Homeland Security reportedly bought phone location data to track people at the border
The Department of Homeland Security has been purchasing cellphone location data and using it to track activity near the US-Mexico border, according to The Wall Street Journal. The data has reportedly led to arrests after law enforcement saw where people were crossing the border and traced the data back to…
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A history of Simlish, the language that defined The Sims
In 2000, a man named Will Wright built a small, flat garden, and he built houses of all shapes to decorate it and large swaths of land begging to be filled, and he made it green and wonderful, and he gave it music and language. He was its Creator, but…
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Chrome will soon block risky downloads
In a bid to make internet browsing more secure, Google will soon block insecure downloads via its Chrome browser. “Mixed content downloads”, which are initiated on HTTPS web pages but originate from less secure HTTP pages, are considered unsafe by Google. Chrome 83, slated to release in June, will automatically…
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