Nearly two years to the day of its majority investment in Grindr, China-based tech firm Kunlun Group has fully acquired the gay dating app. Grindr is among the, if not the, world’s most popular LBQT dating app with a claimed 3.3 million daily users. Kunlun, which is best known for games but is part of a consortium that acquired Opera’s browser business, bought 60 percent of the… Read More
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In a betrayal of loyalty signaling poor morale, a massive dump of Snapchat’s usage stats has leaked. The most worrisome is that the number of users posting Stories has shown zero growth, an even worse performance than Snapchat’s total user growth that was sluggish this year. It appears Instagram’s Stories clone has stopped Snapchat’s most monetizable feature dead in… Read More
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Tickets please, the next crypto train is about to depart. Japan-based messaging app Line is said to be the latest public company to consider a move into the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, according to a Bloomberg report.
Unlike some of the more obscure and head-scratching moves, which include China’s forgotten social network and an iced tea company, there would be some merit to Line… Read More
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Dell has completely revamped the XPS 13 for 2018, giving it a fresh new design and boosted internals. How does it stack up against the classic MacBook Pro? When you consider the Dell XPS 13 vs. MacBook Pro 13, here’s how it plays out.
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The Steelseries Rival 600 is the company’s flagship new gaming mouse, and its TrueMove3+ sensor system could help it stand apart from the competition. It employs a secondary sensor, just for tracking lift-off distance.
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It’s like something straight out of Star Wars. This holographic effect display is wowing crowds at CES 2018.
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Dell has made bold moves with its new XPS 15 2-in-1, including a unique maglev keyboard. It also uses Gore fabric to keep weight down. The system’s unique traits make it thin, light, and fast — but how is it to use every day?
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The fastest man alive versus Brian Tong. He talks his love for music, DJing and his trial with German football team Borussia Dortmund on the CNET stage.
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Last year I wrote that Hong Kong is increasingly becoming a destination for tech IPOs, and the country just got a major boost after Alibaba chairman Jack Ma said the company is exploring the possibility of listing one or more of its affiliate businesses on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Chinese e-commerce giant famously snubbed Hong Kong in favor of a record $25 billion listing on the New… Read More
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ElliQ robot raises $22 million, Facebook is shutting down M and Google Assistant comes to Android Auto. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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