Month: April 2021
Clubhouse will create billions in value and capture none of it
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. It was a busy week on the IPO front, Danny was buried in getting the Tonal EC-1 out, and Natasha took…
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Wild: Sony’s MLB The Show 21 coming to Xbox Game Pass, includes Xbox Series X version mlb the show 21 key art
We’ve known for some time that MLB The Show 21, the next installment in the yearly MLB The Show baseball game franchise, would be coming to Xbox consoles in addition to PlayStation. Today, that story gets even wilder and more joyous for baseball fans. Microsoft announced this morning that MLB…
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Nomad’s Base Station Pro wireless charger is half price this weekend
Nomad’s well-designed Base Station Pro is a Qi wireless charger that can charge up to three devices simultaneously — perfect if you have a phone, watch, and earbuds. If its $200 price tag has been a stumbling block, Nomad is offering a 50 percent discount on the charger until Sunday,…
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PS5 bundles are in stock at GameStop
If you have been keeping up with PS5 news, you will know that it is nearly impossible to find this console right now because of the short supply and mostly online-only sales. If you don’t mind buying a bundle, which includes additional items alongside the PS5, GameStop has restocked several…
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Google is making important changes to the way Android apps operate Android phone
As of early next month, Android 11 apps that gather information about other apps installed on the same device will no longer be welcome on the Play Store, as per updated Google policies. Explaining its reasoning, Google said information about what’s installed on a device is private and should remain…
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Backflip offers an easier way to turn used electronics into cold, hard cash
Mike Barile spent two years and racked up nearly $20,000 in credit card debt to bring his first startup, Backflip, to life. The former management consultant had spent years toiling in the startup grind, first at Uber, then, after taking a coding academy bootcamp through AppAcademy (where Barile met his…
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