2014
All Of Samsung’s New Smart TVs Will Run Its Tizen Operating System
In its latest attempt to make the operating system happen, Samsung announced today that all of its smart televisions will include a Tizen-based platform in 2015.
Twitter’s ‘While You Were Away’ Recap Feature Is Rolling Out To Many Users
Back in November, Twitter announced plans to implement some major new initiatives to boost user engagement, and one of those features — a ‘While you were away’ recap of tweets…
Snapchat Has Raised $485 Million More From 23 Investors, At Valuation Of Up To $20B
Back in the day, we reported that messaging app Snapchat* was raising over $100 million in a round led by Kleiner Perkins. And then the WSJ reported that it was $20…
2014 was an amazing year in startup news. In fact, we wrote more than 13,000 articles here on TechCrunch. That’s why we are giving you a handy TL;DR guide to…
From cloud wars to the certainty that there will be hacks, venture capitalists believe that 2015 will be a year of tumult and (in public markets anyway) triumph for the…
Comcast Customer Spends Four Hours Canceling His Account
A Comcast user named Mike posted a portion of a four-hour call with the company to cancel his account. The resulting back and forth — full of long, pregnant pauses…
Ten Ways The World Changed In 2014
Editor’s Note: David Hirsch is a founder of Metamorphic Ventures. The firm is an investor in TalkSpace, Boxbee, Snowball, Voyat and Thrive Market. 1) We Went From People Searching For Things To…
Imagine you’re the CEO of a thriving company and you’ve been horrified by the news of the Sony hack, the Target breach and the litany of security issues that have…
How We Celebrate New Year’s Eve On Social Media Around The World
From Smartphone selfie sticks to pyrotechnics, this is how we digitally ring in 2015 around the world…
Netflix Helps You Trick Kids Into Thinking Midnight Came Early With An On-Demand Countdown
Netflix, with a nod and wink to weary parents everywhere, has introduced a clever way to trick the kids into thinking New Year’s Eve came early. The service is offering a…
YC-Backed Omniref Is Rap Genius For Code
While the open source movement has made getting up and running with a software project incredibly easy for those who know what to look for, the reality is that not…
Eye-popping is the only word that comes close to describing the numbers we saw this year from venture finance. The valuations accelerated rapidly, with companies like Slack jumping past the…
How To Find The Right YouTube Influencers For Your Brand
Earned media is stealing the show. According to Nielsen, 84% of consumers say they trust peer recommendations above all other sources of advertising. According to McKinsey and Deloitte, marketing-inspired word-of-mouth…
On Comcast? Buy Your Own Modem.
Comcast just raised their modem rental fees from $8 to $10, because apparently charging you too much for a modem costs more than it used to. If you’re on Comcast…
CrunchWeek’s 2014 In Review: Hacks Aplenty, Mega Money, Tech’s Stars Under Scrutiny
This week’s episode of CrunchWeek is coming a couple of days early, since it’s really a CrunchYear — we took some time to look back at some of the biggest…
Microsoft’s Windows Store Sees 110% Download Growth From A Year Ago
According to the company, Microsoft has seen a 110 percent rise in the number of app downloads on the Windows Store in the last year. The increase, as relayed by…
Snapchat’s New Year’s Eve “Our Story” Will Be Its Biggest Yet
Snapchat is preparing to launch its biggest “Our Story” feature yet this New Year’s Eve, documenting worldwide celebrations using curated user photos and videos from cities like New York, Dubai, St. Petersburg,…
Now With 12 Million Users, Timehop Adds Twitter Vet Jason Goldman To Its Board
It’s been a very busy few months for Timehop. The app, which provides users with a personal “today in history” memo by surfacing their photos and social networking posts from…
Tech To Save You From Your Drunk Self On New Year’s Eve
The safest thing you could possibly do on New Year’s Eve is not drink, not go out, not do anything. You’re probably going to go out, anyway. You’re probably going to go…
Fighting Distractions Should Be Top Resolution For 2015
BING the head of Sony Pictures is talking about CLICK my friend just uploaded a photo to Face BING the wreckage of the AirAsia flight PLOP Danny, are you around…
The hackers who compromised Sony Pictures Entertainment’s servers, releasing private files and emails to the public which detailed everything from the personal, financial and medical data of present and past employees…
The Message In Messaging Apps
Text messaging is on a decline in favor of a new kind of social networking app seeing an increase in relevancy that is expected to continue. From Kik to Line…
Mark Zuckerberg Is Crowdsourcing His New Year’s Resolutions On Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s resolutions have generally put most people’s to shame. In the past, he has vowed to do things like write a thank you note to…
Tesla Is Working On Robotic Snakes That Emerge From The Wall To Charge Your Car
Elon Musk is pretty much the best thing about Twitter, and today is no exception – the Tesla CEO tweeted that his electric car company is actually working on tech…
The Patriot Act Is Cannibalizing America’s Economic Edge
Editor’s Note: Amit Patel is the chief financial officer of HighQ. You would think that when tech companies, the ACLU and the NRA unite for the same cause, the federal government would…
NYC May Integrate Apple Pay, Bitcoin, PayPal For Parking Tickets
Given that NYC is the greatest city in the world (I’m definitely not biased), it makes sense that the Big Apple is looking to give its residents a better way…
TinyPulse Raises $3.5M Led By Baseline To Help Companies Keep Tabs On Employee Happiness
TinyPulse launched to change the way employee reviews were done. Based on the promise of weekly, one-question surveys, the company has grown to more than 20 employees and just raised…
India’s Government Asks ISPs To Block GitHub, Vimeo And 30 Other Websites (Updated)
Today it emerged that the Indian government has asked internet service providers to block access to 32 sites in the name of its censorship laws.
Uber Suspends Its Uber Pop Ride-Sharing Service In Spain Following A Court Ruling
Uber has suspended its Uber Pop ride-sharing service in Spain, the company confirmed today, after a court ruling that has followed months of sustained pressure from authorities in the country.
2014 will be remembered as the year that wearables leapt into the Silicon Valley mainstream. Tech giants like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm have taken notice and poured money and…
