Keep your business model simple
It appears that the allure of complex pricing models and business strategies often proves too tempting to resist. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Battery swapping is great for EV fleets, but can it work for consumers?
Battery swapping could usher in freedom for a wide range of people, allowing them to participate in the EV transition in ways that traditional built-in batteries don’t. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.
YouTube now lets you pause comments on videos
YouTube announced today a new comment moderation setting, “Pause,” letting creators and moderators prevent viewers from adding new comments yet keep existing comments on videos. Instead of turning off comments
ContactMonkey lands $55M investment to grow its email software for internal comms
Email is quite profitable, as it turns out. Or rather, email communications software is. Today, ContactMonkey, a platform that lets companies create, send and track internal comms from Outlook and more, announced
Amazon is piloting a new $9.99 monthly grocery subscription for Prime members in three cities
Amazon is piloting a new grocery subscription offering for Prime members in three cities, the company revealed on Thursday. The new $9.99 per month subscription gives Prime members access to unlimited free grocery
Bitcoin continues climbing, Block releases hardware wallet, Robinhood expands to EU and VCs may see some relief soon
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. In general, the total crypto market cap steadily rose 14% in the past week as more capital enters the crypto market. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
5 secondaries investors tell us what’s hot and what’s not heading into 2024
Secondary activity is expected to return to normal in 2024. Five investors tells us where they are interested and where they are not. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Credit scoring firms face curbs after landmark EU data protection ruling
Credit scoring companies operating in the European Union could be facing tighter curbs under the bloc’s privacy laws following a ruling issued by the Court of Justice (CJEU) today. The referral relates to complaints
The venture landscape may be on the ‘cusp’ of explosive growth after years of macro strain
The crypto industry is facing the same macroeconomic headwinds as others, with the added bonus of regulatory uncertainty. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Tumblr tests ‘Communities,’ semi-private groups with their own moderators and feeds
After scaling back operations and reassigning staff to other projects, Tumblr owner Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company would hone in on the parts of Tumblr’s service that worked, and kill those