By John Biggs Making a cellphone is easy. You go into a mine, pull up some ore, extract various metals and then add components that you manufacture from other mines. Then you have to get FCC clearance and create lithium ion battery. Finally, you need to write a Snake game. If you can’t do that,…

By Romain Dillet Pebble has a new watch, the Pebble Time Round. Announced this morning, Pebble co-founder and CEO Eric Migicovsky was interviewed on stage by our own Greg Kumparak at Disrupt SF to share the story behind this new watch, and what’s currently happening at the company. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Drew Olanoff Square announced the opening of its fourth office today, and the location holds a special place in the hearts of its founders. Both CEO Jack Dorsey and co-founder Jim McKelvey are from St. Louis. The office will swell up to more than 200 new employees over the next five years and is…

Electronics theft is now the top subway crime in NYC. Theft of electronic devices on the system has increased to over five times what it was in 2009. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

New preorder figures show which new iPhone models are selling fastest at Best Buy. The rose gold iPhone 6s is the most popular so far. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By John Biggs There is a disease destroying our young people. It is silent, malignant, and fatal. It is called Minecraft and something must be done. If you have children of a certain age chances are they have made a giant Pikachu out of yellow blogs or put up a signpost that says “Poop Here”…

By Fitz Tepper,Jordan Crook We’re back with a special TechCrunch Disrupt SF edition of Fly or Die, where we had an early preview of the new iPhone 6s. As is now routine with iPhone releases, the 6s is an off-year incremental upgrade, focusing on upgraded internals instead of exterior aesthetics. The most notable upgrade is…

By Drew Olanoff Amazing design isn’t just for us humans. What about the cats who want a toy to play with like the new pretty iPhone? Nobody is really trying to make a cat’s playtime as enjoyable as possible. WHERE IS THE CAT TOY DISRUPTION? Well, it’s here. Since I’m the resident cat reporter at…

By Fitz Tepper CliniCloud, a company that is building a connected home medical kit, has just announced a $5M seed funding round and a new retail partnership with Best Buy. The round was led by Tencent and Ping An Ventures. Founded by Dr. Hon Weng Chong and Dr. Andrew Lin, Clinicloud is a device that…

By Cameron Faulkner Introduction Xbox and Windows have traveled down separate paths for the last 14 years, and in that time the gaming console has managed to be a smash hit without the ever-popular Windows name hanging from its collar. At the same time, Windows has gone in its own direction, maturing into a slick,…

By Cameron Faulkner Windows is coming to Xbox, but why now? Xbox and Windows have traveled down separate paths for the last 14 years, and in that time the gaming console has managed to be a smash hit without the ever-popular Windows name hanging from its collar. At the same time, Windows has gone in…

By Zak Storey Introduction and performance Let us tell you about the experience we had reviewing AMD’s A8-7670K APU. It came in a tiny little white box. Presumably not the retail packaging. God, let’s hope not. Though judging by AMD’s lack of marketing share, this could be the real deal. It’s not possible to tell…

By Zak Storey Introduction and performance Let us tell you about the experience we had reviewing AMD’s A8-7670K APU. It came in a tiny little white box. Presumably not the retail packaging. God, let’s hope not. Though judging by AMD’s lack of marketing share, this could be the real deal. It’s not possible to tell…

Looking to cash in on a $1 million bounty, hackers have shared an exploit that offers access to contacts and photos in about 30 seconds. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Lenovo Vibe X3 appears on a GeekBench benchmark test. Rumors of the handset have been flying for many months and market experts believe that the handset will be unveiled soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones