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    Google now has a ‘multibillion-dollar’ hardware business, has paid $80B to Android app devs

    “We have no idea how much money Google makes from hardware,” Marketwatch wrote two years ago. That’s no longer entirely true — the company’s hardware division is a “multibillion-dollar” business, the company revealed during parent Alphabet’s Q4 earnings call (via 9to5Google). That suggests that hardware rakes in at least $2…

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      Panasonic will no longer sell its TVs in Australia

      Despite numerous decades of bringing its high-quality televisions to Australia, Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has made the surprise announcement that it’s officially withdrawing its TV products from sale in the country. In a media statement issued yesterday afternoon, Panasonic Australia’s managing director Paul Reid cited “current local market conditions” and…

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        Quibi drops new trailers for Will Forte and Idris Elba shows ahead of April launch

        Short-form video platform Quibi has released new teaser trailers on its YouTube channel that give a first look at some of the new shows coming to the mobile-focused streaming service. The trailers, as well as the company’s recent Super Bowl commercial, are part of Quibi’s efforts to try and convince…

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          Josh Kopelman on how to start and run an early-stage fund in a hypercompetitive market

          Last week at the Upfront Summit in Pasadena, there was no shortage of glitz, from the venue (the Rose Bowl) to the catering (Wolfgang Puck) to the guest list (Ice Cube, Paris Hilton and John Legend, to name just a few). Still, there were also plenty of sessions that provided…

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            Cards Against Humanity rescues ClickHole from its private equity owners

            Cards Against Humanity has purchased parody website ClickHole from digital media company G/O Media in an all-cash deal with and will make it a majority-employee-owned company, BuzzFeed News reported today. Cards Against Humanity is allowing ClickHole to operate as an independent organization and giving it financial support, which essentially means…

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              Watch experts from Boston Dynamics, Built, Dusty and Toggle discuss robotic construction at TC Sessions: Robotics

              After recently doing a survey of the top robotics investment rounds, it became pretty clear: construction is going to be huge for this industry. Global construction is expected to hit $13 trillion by 2022 (with China alone hitting that number in 2030), and there are plenty of dull, dirty and…

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