Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei
April 22, 2019 Off

Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei

By Jill T Frey

It’s one of the greatest technology “startup” success stories of the personal computer and smartphone eras. Yet, despite selling 59 million smartphones and netting $27 billion in revenue last quarter in its first-ever public earnings report this morning, a strange...

Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
April 22, 2019 Off

Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste

By Jill T Frey

Sarah Paiji had the idea to launch the eco-friendly refillable cleaning supply retailer Blueland after hearing about the abundance of...

Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold
April 22, 2019 Off

Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold

By Jill T Frey

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered...

Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei
April 22, 2019 Off

Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei

By Jill T Frey

It’s one of the greatest technology “startup” success stories of the personal computer and smartphone eras. Yet, despite selling 59 million smartphones and netting $27 billion in revenue last quarter...

Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
April 22, 2019 Off

Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste

By Jill T Frey

Sarah Paiji had the idea to launch the eco-friendly refillable cleaning supply retailer Blueland after hearing about the abundance of microplastics in the water she was using to dilute her...

Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold
April 22, 2019 Off

Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold

By Jill T Frey

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...

Samsung confirms Galaxy Fold delay, shares ‘initial findings’ on faulty units
April 22, 2019 Off

Samsung confirms Galaxy Fold delay, shares ‘initial findings’ on faulty units

By Jill T Frey

Samsung has just confirmed that it will delay the release of the Galaxy Fold. Confirming this morning’s report, the company sent TechCrunch a statement noting that the foldable will not...

JCPenney explains why it dropped Apple Pay
April 22, 2019 Off

JCPenney explains why it dropped Apple Pay

By Jill T Frey

JCPenney quietly ditched Apple Pay this month. The decision was announced in response to a customer complaint on Twitter, but without any context or further explanation at the time. JCPenney...

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Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei
April 22, 2019 Off

Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei

By Jill T Frey

It’s one of the greatest technology “startup” success stories of the personal computer and smartphone eras. Yet, despite selling 59 million smartphones and netting $27 billion in revenue last quarter in its first-ever public earnings report this morning, a strange and tantalizing question shrouds the world’s number two handset manufacturer behind Samsung.

Who owns Huawei?

To hear the company tell it, it’s 100% employee-owned. In a statement circulated last week, it said that “Huawei is a private company wholly owned by its employees. No government agency or outside organization holds shares in Huawei or has any control over Huawei.”

That’s a simple statement, but oh is it so much more complicated.

As with all things related to Huawei, which outside of its 5G archrival Qualcomm is probably the tech company most entrenched in geopolitics today, the story is never as simple as it appears at first glance.

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Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
April 22, 2019 Off

Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste

By Jill T Frey

Sarah Paiji had the idea to launch the eco-friendly refillable cleaning supply retailer Blueland after hearing about the abundance of microplastics in the water she was using to dilute her child’s baby formula.

Paiji wanted to cut back on her plastic consumption, and reduce her contribution to the overabundance of plastic waste in the environment, but felt that as a consumer she didn’t have a choice. So the former venture capital investor from the consumer startup brand studio Launch set out to create one.

The answer she came up with is Blueland, a new line of cleaning products that launches today. Blueland’s cleaners — a bathroom cleaner, glass cleaner, and multi-purpose cleaner —  are sold as tablets that customers add to the cleaning containers the company provides.

“These cleaners are mostly water,” says Paiji. “I’m paying for a plastic bottle that I don’t really need and water which I have … Read the rest

Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold
April 22, 2019 Off

Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold

By Jill T Frey

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 can subscribe here.

1. Samsung reportedly pushes back Galaxy Fold release

Four days out from the Galaxy Fold’s official release date, Samsung is pushing things back a bit, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. There’s no firm time frame for the launch, though the phone is still expected “in the coming weeks.”

TechCrunch’s reviewer Brian Heater says he hasn’t experienced any issues with his device, but a number of others reported malfunctioning displays.

2. Tencent’s latest investment is an app that teaches grannies in China to dance

Called Tangdou, or “sugar beans” in Chinese, the app announced that it has raised a Series C funding round led by Tencent.

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Samsung confirms Galaxy Fold delay, shares ‘initial findings’ on faulty units
April 22, 2019 Off

Samsung confirms Galaxy Fold delay, shares ‘initial findings’ on faulty units

By Jill T Frey

Samsung has just confirmed that it will delay the release of the Galaxy Fold. Confirming this morning’s report, the company sent TechCrunch a statement noting that the foldable will not make its previously announced Friday ship date.

Once again, no details on availability are forthcoming — which is honestly probably for the best, as the company assesses the situation. The news follows reports of malfunctioning displays from multiple reviewers. They were in the minority — ours is still working just fine — but three or four in such a small sample size is enough to raise concern.

The company says it will “announce the release date in the coming weeks.”

Samsung reportedly pushes back Galaxy Fold release

The statement is understandably still a bit defensive, but this time out, Samsung actually has “initial findings” to share from those faulty units. According to the company,

Initial findings from the inspection of

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JCPenney explains why it dropped Apple Pay
April 22, 2019 Off

JCPenney explains why it dropped Apple Pay

By Jill T Frey

JCPenney quietly ditched Apple Pay this month. The decision was announced in response to a customer complaint on Twitter, but without any context or further explanation at the time. JCPenney had first rolled out Apple Pay into testing in 2015, then expanded to all its U.S. stores the following year, and later to its mobile app.

The retailer now claims the move was necessitated by the April 13, 2019 deadline in the U.S. for supporting EMV contactless chip functionality.

As of this date, all terminals at U.S. merchants locations that accept contactless payments must actively support EMV contactless chip functionality, and the legacy MSD (magnetic stripe data) contactless technology must be retired.

JCPenney was not ready to comply, it seems, so it switched off all contactless payment options as a result. However, it hasn’t ruled out re-enabling them later on, it seems.

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