Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Livingston ... SoftBank Group Corp is attempting to become the majority owner of WeWork without assuming the onerous lease obligations of the U.S. office-space sharing firm, according to people familiar with the matter.
... Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money that flows through it all. The app industry in 2018 saw 194 billion downloads and more than $100 billion in purchases. Just in the past quarter, consumer spending exceeded $23 billion and installs topped 31 billion. ... Late last night the Financial Times reported that HuffPost, arguably one of the crown jewels of Verizon Media Group’s remaining network of media properties (which includes TechCrunch), is up for sale. Verizon has been shedding media properties in a retreat from the strategy that it had begun to execute with the acquisition of AOL for ... I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit old-fashioned when it comes to phones. Everyone scoffs at my iPhone SE, but the truth is it’s the best phone Apple ever made — a beautiful, well designed object in just about every way. But **** is the iPhone 11 Pro ****. And so are ... Mercedes-Benz car owners have said that the app they used to remotely locate, unlock and start their cars was displaying other people’s account and vehicle information. TechCrunch spoke to two customers who said the Mercedes-Benz’ connected car app was pulling in information from other accounts and not their own, allowing them to see personal information ... <***> We spend a lot of time on email. A lot. Managers, professionals, and other high-skill workers spend, on average 28% of their working week managing their inbox. But there will always be more corporate innovation. For argument’s sake, let’s say it was possible to get all your emails ... Whatever you might say about HTC (and believe me, there’s plenty to say), at least the company takes some fascinating chance. As newly minted CEO Yves Maitre admitted to me at Disrupt a couple of weeks back, the once mighty smartphone giant has lost the thread in recent years. But if nothing else, the Exodus ... In this week's newsletter: Pendo raises $100M, 'cloud kitchens' is an oxymoron and 'Super Pumped' is hitting the small screen. ... Why would an automaker want to place explosives inside its battery packs? Which eagerly anticipated electric car has been delayed a model year? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending... ...
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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio
SoftBank seeks to avoid WeWork’s liabilities with new investment: sources
This Week in Apps: League of Legends goes mobile, Tim Cook talks to China and more
HuffPost is reportedly on the auction block
The new iPhone is ****
Mercedes-Benz app glitch exposed car owners’ information to other people’s accounts
How to Use Right Inbox to Supercharge Your Gmail
HTC releases a cheaper blockchain phone
Startups Weekly: The unicorn from down under, an Uber TV show and All Raise’s expansion
Volvo electric car details, $100k Porsche Taycan, making sense of Bolt EV: The Week in Reverse