Facebook today is expanding its set of features focused on blood donations. The company since 2017 has been working with blood donation centers worldwide that have been able to use
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Facebook’s new Study app pays adults for data after teen scandal
Facebook shut down its Research and Onavo programs after TechCrunch exposed how the company paid teenagers for root access to their phones to gain market data on competitors. Now Facebook
Dropbox relaunches as an enterprise collaboration workspace
Dropbox is evolving from a file storage system to an enterprise software portal where you can coordinate work with your team. Today the company launches a new version of Dropbox
WhatsApp is finally going after outside firms that are abusing its platform
WhatsApp has so far relied on past dealings with bad players within its platform to ramp up its efforts to curtail spam and other automated behavior. The Facebook -owned giant
Yubo is a social network about socializing
Meet Yubo, a French startup that wants to make social networks a bit more… social. Yubo is an app designed for teenagers, and it’s all about meeting people, making new
Changes to Facebook Graph Search leaves online investigators in a lurch
When Facebook Graph Search launched six years ago, it was meant to help users discover content across public posts on the platform. Since then, the feature stayed relatively low-profile for
Shazam for Android now recognizes music played through headphones
Shazam, the Apple-owned app that helps users identify songs playing around them, can now recognize songs you’re listening to through your headphones when using an Android phone or tablet. Acquired
Daily Crunch: Facebook’s cryptocurrency is coming
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you
Twitter’s updated T&Cs look clearer — yet it still can’t say no to Nazis
Twitter has taken a pair of shears to its user rules, shaving almost 2,000 words off of its TCs — with the stated aim of making it clearer for users
The Ticket Fairy is tech’s best hope against Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster’s dominance has led to ridiculous service fees, scalpers galore and exclusive contracts that exploit venues and artists. The moronic approval of venue operator and artist management giant Live Nation’s
Facebook plans June 18th cryptocurrency debut. Here’s what we know
Facebook is finally ready to reveal details about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It’s currently scheduled for a June 18th release of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s basics, according to
Twitter’s updated T&Cs look clearer — yet it still can’t say no to nazis
Twitter has taken a pair of shears to its user rules, shaving almost 2,000 words off of its TCs — with the stated aim of making it clearer for users
Instagram one-ups TikTok with karaoke lyrics
Lip-syncing jumpstarted TikTok’s rise to the center of teen culture, arguably displacing Instagram . Now the Facebook-owned app is striking back with a new feature that lets you displays lyrics
In trying to clear ‘confusion’ over anti-harassment policy, YouTube creates more confusion
After a series of tweets that made it seem as if YouTube was contradicting its own anti-harassment policies, the video platform published a blog post in an attempt to clarify
In trying to clear “confusion” over anti-harassment policy, YouTube creates more confusion
After a series of tweets that made it seem as if YouTube was contradicting its own anti-harassment policies, the video platform published a blog post in an attempt to clarify
