The HTC 10 is fresh off the aluminum block, available for pre-order

The HTC 10 is fresh off the aluminum block, available for pre-order

F resh out of development from the company labs in Taiwan, the HTC 10 is not only a new flagship smartphone: it’s a near-complete overhaul. First impressions last; so far they’ve been good. Oh, and they dropped the “M”. I’m one to enthuse over specifications, so let’s get to them right away. The HTC 10 uses a […]

Get ready for the new Kindle

Get ready for the new Kindle

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos teased a new Kindle device for this week. While the company has yet to make an official announcement about the new ereader, Tmall.com’s official Kindle page leaked the device. Tmall quickly removed the device, but Kindle Fere spotted the mistake and The Digital Reader’s Nate Hoffelder picked it up. Meet the […]

Facebook adds Dropbox support and video Chat Heads to Messenger

Facebook adds Dropbox support and video Chat Heads to Messenger

Good news, everyone. Facebook Messenger has two new features! The first inches it (as happens to all messaging apps) one step closer to just emailing someone: you can now pop files from your Dropbox account directly into conversations. Just hit the “More” button in a conversation as if you were going to drop in one […]

Auka brings Google Cloud-powered banking to Europe

Auka brings Google Cloud-powered banking to Europe

Norwegian startup Auka is setting its sights on hitting two birds with one stone: helping banks to get into compliance with EU regulation and rolling out high-tech banking to customers across Europe. The company is a white-label service aimed at retail banks and is the first fully licensed and regulated payments infrastructure running on Google’s Cloud Platform. The service […]

Aydin Senkut on scaling Felicis Ventures from $4 million to $120 million

Aydin Senkut on scaling Felicis Ventures from $4 million to $120 million

Harry Stebbings Crunch Network Contributor Harry Stebbings is the founder and host of The Twenty Minute VC , an independent podcast focused on venture capital. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network In 2006, Aydin Senkut was an unlikely candidate for a venture capitalist. A Turkish immigrant who arrived in Silicon Valley by way […]

How to rescue a bricked iPhone or iPad

How to rescue a bricked iPhone or iPad

“Bricked” is a word that should send a chill down the spine of any iPhone or iPad owner. Fortunately, most devices that at first seem to be dead can be resuscitated with a little know-how. Here are the steps I take when trying to bring a dead iPhone or iPad back to life. First off, […]

The iPad Pro is the most accessible computer Apple has ever built

The iPad Pro is the most accessible computer Apple has ever built

Steven Aquino Crunch Network Contributor Steven Aquino is a freelance tech writer and iOS accessibility expert. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with traditional laptops, like the MacBook. I own one of the first aluminum unibody models. It was my first Mac, and despite being […]

This is the HTC 10

This is the HTC 10

HTC is set to announce its next flagship smartphone tomorrow at a NYC event. But here it is early. The leaked promotional video shows the evolution of HTC’s design with a chamfered edge, camera bump and oval-shaped home button — and like previous HTC devices, the next phone still looks like an iPhone. The video […]