Category

Entertainment

4531Articles

apps, ecommerce, Entertainment, fave, Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, Recent Funding, Startups, TC

Fave, with $2.2 million seed, looks to connect creators with their fandoms – TechCrunch

When Jacquelle Amankonah Horton left her role at Google after seven years, where she had been a product manager for…

apple, Apple Music, apps, Entertainment, Mobile

Apple to add lossless audio to Apple Music at no additional cost – TechCrunch

Apple has announced that it is adding some new features to its music streaming service Apple Music. Starting next month, users…

Amazon, Amazon India, apps, Asia, Disney, Entertainment, flipkart, Hotstar, India, mx player, Netflix, prime video, Youtube

Amazon launches miniTV, a free video streaming service, in India – TechCrunch

Amazon, which already charges some of the world’s lowest fees for Prime Video in India, is going a step further…

animation, Artist, Column, Digital Media, Diversity, Diversity And Inclusion, engineer, Entertainment, Gamer, Opinion, TC, video game, video gaming, Writer

The gaming industry needs more than just coders – TechCrunch

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on countless businesses across the globe, the $118 billion gaming industry…

apps, Asia, Entertainment, fiction, Fundings & Exits, Kakao, Kakao Entertainment, Radish, Radish Originals, south korea, Startups, TC

Serial fiction app Radish acquired by Kakao Entertainment for $440M – TechCrunch

Serialized fiction app Radish has been acquired by Kakao Entertainment in a transaction valued at $440 million. Kakao Entertainment is…

Column, Developer, EC Column, EC Consumer Applications, Entertainment, Media, technology, Twitch, user experience, video hosting

The Anchor Effect and de-risking decisions – TechCrunch

Twitch evidently has no issues getting people to spend time on its platform — even politicians can draw huge crowds…

airbnb, ancestry.com, Australia, California, Canada, ceo, Co-founder, coo, Denver, Entertainment, funding, Fundings & Exits, manish chandra, New Jersey, North Carolina, norwest venture partners, oakland, Oregon, Pool, Portland, Poshmark, raleigh, Recent Funding, renting, Sports, startup, Startups, TC, United States, Venture Capital

How 4 New Jersey pools turned into a startup that just raised $10M – TechCrunch

As the oldest of 12 children, Bunim Laskin spent much of his teen years looking for ways to help keep…

apps, Entertainment, Music, music creation, rap music, rapchat, Social, TC

Rapchat tunes into $2.3M as its music-making app hits 7M users – TechCrunch

YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook’s Instagram have upended the film and TV industries, with a new wave of cinematographers,…

Amazon, Entertainment, Mank, Media, Netflix, Oscars

Netflix won seven Oscars last night – TechCrunch

After everything was wrapped up at a very weird Oscars ceremony, original films released by Netflix had won seven statuettes….

chess, Clearbanc, clearco, Dell, discord, edtech, Education, Entertainment, funding, fundraising, garry kasparov, Masterclass, Microsoft, Outlier, Startups, startups weekly, TC, unicorn

What the MasterClass effect means for edtech – TechCrunch

MasterClass, which sells a subscription to celebrity-taught classes, sits on the cusp of entertainment and education. It offers virtual, yet…