TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. Related to this move, Epic Games’ “ Fortnite Mode” feature , which leveraged Houseparty to bring video chat to Fortnite gamers, will also be discontinued.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

A number of crypto gaming firms have ramped up production in the past year with hopes of revolutionizing the growing industry. Adding to the list is London-based gaming firm Cauldron, which plans on becoming the “Pixar of web3” through a key element: storytelling. The company just closed a $6.6 The company just closed a $6.6

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

-based distributed, spatial computing startup that’s setting out to build the infrastructure for the burgeoning metaverse, has closed a $30 million seres A round of funding from a high-profile cast of investors including Epic Games and Tencent. blockchain, and the metaverse.

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2025

A potential game-changer for and against fraud The more complicated a system is, the more vulnerable it is to attack. The internet did the same thing. Before ecommerce, people didnt trust buying things on the internet, and they wouldnt put their credit card information online. Its a different world now.

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

Locksmith Panda seems more focused on Indonesia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with targeting that is more broad, extending to technology, gaming, and energy companies, as well as democracy activists. In addition to telecom operators, the group has also targeted professional services firms.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Unicorn exits augur poorly as Justworks delays IPO, citing ‘market conditions’ Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. Meanwhile, within Axie Infinity, an NFT-based online game, new players are paying hundreds of dollars to acquire mythical pets and love potions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A startup called Playbyte wants to become the TikTok for games. The company’s newly launched iOS app offers tools that allow users to make and share simple games on their phone, as well as a vertically scrollable, fullscreen feed where you can play the games created by others. — Playbyte (@PlaybyteInc) May 25, 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The internet is undergoing a drastic facelift thanks to surging interest in web3 and the metaverse. But the journey to the internet of the future is so complex that companies are struggling to find people who can do the job. Web3 is a decentralized version of the internet where users can create and manage digital content and assets.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

Erase All Kittens (EAK) is an edtech startup that created a “Mario-style” web-based game designed for kids aged 8-12. However, the game has a twist: it places an emphasis on inspiring girls to code (since, let’s face it, most coding tools are created by men). Erase All Kittens game.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Game on : Amazon is in talks to acquire Indian video streaming giant MX Player from Times Internet, Manish reports. If you’re into classic games, one of our popular stories from late yesterday was Sarah ’s about a remastered, free-to-try version of Myst arriving on iOS. Where you headed?

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The Crazy Programmer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Internet of Things. The Internet of Things has already become an accepted part of daily life. But more devices attached to the internet means more security vulnerabilities — which means a big surge in cyberattacks on IoT devices.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Like the internet. The startup said it works with creators and fashion brands — customers include Adidas, New Balance, Dior, Pull&Bear, and Warner Brothers — to help them build cross-game avatar “assets” across the metaverse. We’re trying to push the world towards that metaverse.”

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

Locksmith Panda seems more focused on Indonesia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with targeting that is more broad, extending to technology, gaming, and energy companies, as well as democracy activists. In addition to telecom operators, the group has also targeted professional services firms.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Yahaha , a Helsinki- and Shanghai-based immersive, user-generated, low-code gaming platform founded by a group of Chinese gaming vets, made a splash in January when it announced a cumulative $50 million in funding ahead of its alpha launch in April. And that’s where Yahaha comes in.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

This week the team — Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace — recorded a bonus Equity Shot to help our listeners make sense out of the GameStop trading bonanza happening all over the internet. Still, this type of story is worth a temperature check and timestamp because it feels like it’s a pivotal moment in many ways.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Monthly active users have almost doubled to 120 million this year and the company has seen 800,000 downloads a day thanks, in part, to the wildly popular game Among Us (which received a ringing endorsement from the popular congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ). AOC’s Among Us stream topped 435,000 concurrent viewers.

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The Parallax

JANUARY 21, 2020

Do not access your home email, personal health records, or banking, and I would hesitate to use any part of the Internet from Windows 7 machines,” he warns. . “I would treat that system as an untrustworthy system for anything outside what I’m supposed to be doing for work on that system.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Google said on Tuesday it is investing in two Indian startups, Glance and DailyHunt, as the Android-maker makes a further push into the world’s second-largest internet market. The service replaces the otherwise empty lock screen with locally relevant news, stories and casual games. Google is also investing in Roposo.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Cosmos allows users to create virtual venues by combining game mechanics with video chat. You choose an avatar, then meet up with their colleagues or friends inside a browser-based game. Scaling live experiences online is one of the big internet frontiers where there are still so many opportunities.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nexen Corporation , a South Korea-based rubber products manufacturer, is one of Rimini Street’s SAP clients that has taken this strategy to heart — and is winning the AI game. A plethora of AI tools are already on the market, from open-source options to capabilities offered by internet giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. For background, Rocket Internet has helped launch some very successful businesses internationally, including HelloFresh ($12.9

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Tabletop gaming is in the middle of a historic boom, despite recent restrictions imposed on in-person gatherings by COVID. The tools adopted by game masters and casual players to play remotely are powerful but not always the easiest to use or adopt. “The game lives in the minds of the people, a shared social experience.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

GenAI is a megatrend that rivals the evolution of the internet itself – and it is set to transform global enterprises and entire industries. Long-term game Business leaders are turning their focus from experimenting with GenAI to exploring long-term use cases that transform business performance and workplace culture for the better.

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

GenAI is a megatrend that rivals the evolution of the internet itself and it is set to transform global enterprises and entire industries. Long-term game Business leaders are turning their focus from experimenting with GenAI to exploring long-term use cases that transform business performance and workplace culture for the better.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

But a combination of shifting business models, regulatory changes, and technological advancements — most recently AI — is reshaping the internet into a more closed, restrictive environment. Facebook’s relationship with game developer Zynga is a prime example.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Historically, Socure has been focused on the financial services industry, but it plans to use its new capital to further expand into “every consumer-facing vertical” including online gaming, healthcare, telco, e-commerce and on-demand services. Socure also has hinted that it has an IPO in its future.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Users would complete the security test while also helping to digitize books for the Internet Archive. In 2009, he sold reCAPTCHA to Google , a transaction conducted just a year after the internet giant had purchased a license to one of his other research projects , a game focused on image labeling. Image Credits: Duolingo.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Within months, Gharegozlou’s company went from a niche crypto gaming startup largely known to industry insiders to locking in a hulking reported $7.5 We’re thrilled to have Gharegozlou joining us at Disrupt this September 21-23 , to discuss the future of NFTs, crypto gaming and the decentralized internet.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Moj competes with a handful of players, including Times Internet’s MX TakaTak, as well as Glance’s Roposo and DailyHunt’s Josh — both of which received funding from Google late last year. (Thursday’s deal is Snap’s first investment in an Indian startup.). “We built the app in 30 hours. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Jio Platforms is investing $200 million in Glance, which serves media content, news and casual games on Android handsets’ lockscreen, the two said Monday, the latest in a series of bets from Mukesh Ambani’s empire as it looks to expand its offering to more than 420 million telecom subscribers it reaches in the South Asian market.

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The Crazy Programmer

APRIL 14, 2021

In layman’s terms, a virtual desktop is a desktop embedded on a remote cloud server that users can use on any device, including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, over the internet. It allows accessing the desktop version of MS Excel on iPad and a PC-only game on your Android device. Introduction to Shells.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Video game time for kids was cut , gaming titles left unapproved , algorithms put under the microscope , and more. ByteDance recently “dissolved its strategic investment team, sending worrying messages to other internet giants that have expanded aggressively by investing in other companies,” TechCrunch reported.

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The Crazy Programmer

DECEMBER 16, 2018

We all at a point have come across children who not only enjoy the games or other softwares but have shown interest in asking questions on how the softwares are programmed. Imagine if you searched for “ who can write my research paper for me ” on the internet, what gives you your desired result is a function of coding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. Here are a few interesting points from the newly-launched report.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Minor worked for Merrill Lynch during the rise of the internet in the early 1990s and, in the words of Wayne Gretzky, has been skating to where the puck is going ever since. Since his initial foray into media, Minor has taken to cryptocurrency and blockchain in a big way.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

Boat, an electronics and lifestyle startup in India, has raised $100 million in a new financing round that many independent investors termed as the most successful hardware startup story in the world’s second-largest internet market. More to follow…

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