Corsair acquires EpocCam, a webcam app for iPhone
Corsair Gaming today announced that it has acquired EpocCam, the software developer behind the iOS software of the same name. It's easy to see why the gaming company would be interested in such an acquisition in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to a worldwide spike in remote working — and
Daily Crunch: Google had a good quarter
Google releases its latest earnings report, Spotify is getting ready to raise prices and Excel gets friendlier to custom data types. This is your Daily Crunch for October 29, 2020.
The big story: Google had a good quarter
Google’s parent company Alphabet released its third-qua
PUBG Mobile to terminate access for users in India on October 30 following ban order
PUBG Mobile, the sleeper hit mobile game, will terminate all service and access for users in India on October 30, two months after New Delhi banned the game in the world's second largest internet market over cybersecurity concerns.
India on September 2 banned PUBG Mobile Nordic Map: Livik and P
Apple One services subscription bundles start launching tomorrow
Apple is launching its Apple One services bundle tomorrow, though the company’s workout service Fitness+ isn’t quite ready yet.
On an earnings call today, CEO Tim Cook revealed tomorrow’s rollout and called the service the “easiest way for users to enjoy Apple services.̶
Netflix is raising prices on most of its plans in the US
Time for another Netflix price hike!
About a year and a half after the last price increase, Netflix is bumping up the cost for most of its monthly plans in the U.S. by one to two dollars.
Here’s how the changes break down:
The “Premium” plan (4k and 4 simultaneous
Twitter revenue rises 14%, but user growth fails to impress
Twitter continued to see its total traffic rise in the third quarter, thanks to that trifecta of returning sports, the presidential campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic. But there wasn’t nearly enough growth to appease Wall Street.
Twitter beat out analyst expectations on revenue and net inco
Ad revenues and e-commerce boom boost Facebook earnings but US users down from COVID surge
Facebook reported its Q3 earnings today, including revenues of $21.5 billion, and net income of $7.8 billion. The company earned $2.71 in per-share profit during the three-month period.
Analysts had expected Facebook, the social giant, to earn a much-smaller $1.91 per-share off smaller revenues of
Why Apple’s Q4 earnings look different this year
On Thursday, Apple delivered a Q4 earnings beat but the stock slid anyway as wary investors saw worse than expected iPhone revenues. At the time of writing, stock was down around 5% in after-hours trading.
It was a mild beat, with Apple posting $64.7 billion compared to the $63.7 billion Wall Stree
Amazon crushes Q3 expectations even without Prime Day bump
Amazon has continued to reap the rewards of a society increasingly dependent on ecommerce — a trend further fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company crushed analyst expectations Thursday, reporting net income of $6.3 billion in the third quarter, or $12.37 per diluted share, compared with $2.
Comcast says Peacock has nearly 22M sign-ups
Comcast’s latest earnings report includes some official user numbers for Peacock, the new streaming service from Comcast-owned NBCUniversal.
Specifically, Comcast says that Peacock has received nearly 22 million sign-ups since it launched in July, and that it’s “exceeding our expe
Strong YouTube ad growth powers Alphabet to better-than-expected Q3
Today after the bell, Alphabet announced its Q3 performance. The Google parent company generated revenues of $46.2 billion and per-share profit of $16.40 off the back of net income of $11.2 billion.
Analysts had expected Alphabet to earn $11.21 per share, from revenues of $42.88 billion according t
Google tests a helpful app comparison feature on Google Play
Google is testing a new feature that could improve discovery for Android apps on Google Play. The company confirmed it’s experimenting with a “Compare Apps” option that would allow Google Play users to quickly and more easily understand the slight differences between otherwise sim
Precursor Ventures promotes Sydney Thomas, its first hire, to principal
In 2019, only one Black woman was named partner in venture capital, according to All Raise, a nonprofit focused on accelerating female founders and investors. The data has shown, shows, and will continue to show how the tech industry fails to invest in underrepresented women of color.
Thus, hiring
Google brings Halloween to life using augmented reality
There’s an AR ghost on Google Search. There’s a dancing skeleton, set of creepy jack-o’-lanterns, and costumed cats and dogs, too. Ahead of Halloween weekend in the U.S., Google has launched a set of fun, augmented reality-powered features on Google Search which appear as an optio