A pandemic and recession won’t stop Atlassian’s SaaS push
No company is completely insulated from the macroeconomic fallout of COVID-19, but we are seeing some companies fare better than others , especially …
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Apple reaches $2 trillion market cap
The broader market melt-up has helped buoy shares of Apple to new highs this morning. In early trading today, the market capitalization of the tech …
Bluetooth SIG works to include wearables in COVID-19 exposure notification systems
Current smartphone-based exposure notification systems (ENS) like the one created jointly by Apple and Google are a clever way of leveraging modern…
Meet the startup that helped Microsoft build the world of Flight Simulator
Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator is a technological marvel that sets a new standard for the genre. But to recreate a world that feels real and aliv…
Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo arrives September 10 for $1,399
I can’t recall the last time people were this intrigued by a (non-Xbox) piece of Microsoft hardware. Announced a little under a year ago amid a delu…
Google, Nokia, Qualcomm are investors in $230M Series A2 for Finnish phone maker, HMD Global
Mobile device maker HMD Globa l has announced a $230M Series A2 — its first tranche of external funding since a $100M round back in 2018 when it tip…
Google rolls out virtual business card in India to take on LinkedIn
Google has rolled out a new Search feature in India that enables influencers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, or anyone else who wants to be easily disc…
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 ships August 21, starting at $1,000
Samsung promised a lot of gadgets for today’s big Unpacked event — five in all, as a matter of fact. As expected, the big headliners — both figurativ…
Beware bankers talking TikTok
The next few weeks are going to be critical for ByteDance-owned TikTok . The company is weeks away from a ban signed by President Trump , and while t…
U.S. gaming industry records another excellent quarter as pandemic fuels sales
The COVID-19 pandemic has utterly decimate a number of industries over the the past several months, but the U.S. gaming industry continues to benefit…
Equity Monday: The TikTok saga rolls on as earnings season starts to wrap
Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity …
Minecraft: Education Edition comes to Chromebooks
Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on Chromebooks. Now, if you were hoping that this means that the stan…
Hackers say ‘jackpotting’ flaws tricked popular ATMs into spitting out cash
In 2010, the late Barnaby Jack , a world-renowned security researcher, hacked an ATM live onstage at the Black Hat conference by tricking the cash di…
Apple goes to war with the gaming industry
Most gamers may not view Apple as a games company to the same degree that they see Sony with PlayStation or Microsoft with Xbox, but the iPhone-make…