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It’s certainly not impossible that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is considering acquiring Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). But if this New York Post rumor plays out at all like the others, the deal is not likely. Since Verizon’s purchase of Yahoo, which now trades under Altaba Inc (...

It would be an understatement to say Uber has had a bad year. Besides posting a $708 million loss on $3.4 billion in revenue in the first quarter, the company has been hit by scandal after scandal. Uber's public relations nightmares may end soon though, thanks to the hire of Frances Frei, a...

Symphony, a little-known secure messaging app, is making headlines on Tuesday as the company has earned the "unicorn" title. According to a TechCrunch report, Symphony closed in on $63 million in a new funding round, which places the company's valuation at more than $1 billion....

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s CEO Tim Cook told CNBC's Jim Cramer in an interview in early May his company created an advanced manufacturing fund with an initial investment of $1 billion. The Billion Dollar Fund The purpose of the fund is to "ripple the pond" and help create manufacturing jobs. Cook...

While Airbnb brought enormous attention to the short-term vacation rental space, more specialized players are now entering the industry, bringing differentiated offerings to a new trend in hospitality. As the amount of vacation rentals available flourishes, the trickiness in pricing rentals...

TechCrunch hosted its 10th annual "Crunchies Award" ceremony on Monday. The event awards, recognizes and celebrates the hottest startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. Here is a list of the 10 winners. 1. Venture Capitalist Of The Year: Kirsten Green Kirsten Green is the founder...

AppDynamics was in the final stages of prepping for an initial public offering, but the company's plans changed very quickly after Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) bought it out. AppDynamics, touted as the first major tech IPO of 2017, was looking to raise as much as $165.6 million at a $1.9...

The impending IPO of Snap Inc., the parent of social media platform Snapchat, is shrouded in mystery, typical of the way business is run at the company. To maintain control of the company, its founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy are expected to reportedly hold about 70 percent of the voting...

Thousands of digital items are now on sale on Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hosting its first-ever "Digital Day" promotional event. For 24 hours, consumers can take advantage of steep discounts on thousands of apps, music TV shows, movies, games and other digital...

Over the Christmas weekend, Snap Inc., the parent company of the Snapchat media platform, quietly acquired an Israel-based augmented reality startup for an estimated $30 million–$40 million. As noted by TechCrunch, Snapchat acquired Cimagine, a 4 year-old startup that allows consumers to...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s CEO Elon Musk, like hundreds of millions of people across the world, hates sitting in traffic. However, unlike the hundreds of millions of people who are limited to complaining about traffic, Musk can actually do something about it. "Traffic is driving...

It shouldn't be brushed off as a coincidence that shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) gained more than 4 percent following a report that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) will no longer develop its own self-driving car. The Information reported that Alphabet's Google...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) isn't going to let Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominate all the headlines with its new product announcements. Amazon introduced on Thursday its all-new Fire HD 8 tablet, a next-generation tablet equipped with an 8-inch widescreen HD display and quad-core processor. The...

San Francisco recently passed legislation that will make it extremely difficult for San Francisco residents to list their residences on Airbnb. The legislation requires hosts to register with the city and holds the short-term rental company liable, TechCrunch reported. Airbnb will be fined $1,000...