Instagram calling features unearthed. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH FRIDAY, MARCH 2 2018 By Darrell Etherington Instagram could be a calling platform soon, too. Plus, Snap is building not just one new version of Spectacles, but two. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for March 2, 2018. 1. Instagram might add video and voice calling Instagram has at least thought about adding voice and video calling to its app, as revealed by elements hidden in the app's code. The dormant icons could be used in a future release, and might be an addition to the existing Instagram messaging features. It's a textbook move for Facebook on the messenger product front, and could make a lot of sense as Instagram becomes more a generational successor to FB and less a totally different kind of product. 2. Snap is working on two new versions of Spectacles Just because Snap only sold <200K pairs of Spectacles doesn't mean it's binning the whole project: New reports claim two new versions are coming, including a minor refresh later this year and a two-camera version in 2019. But will anyone care? Sponsored By: TechCrunch Discover TechCrunch Sessions Robotics May 11 Join TechCrunch at UC Berkeley on May 11 for TC Sessions: Robotics for a full day of all things robots, AI, and more! Learn from top thought leaders, join dive-deep workshops, and network with today's makers and shakers. Seating is limited. Buy your tickets today! Learn More… 3. Toyota has an advanced tech company for its advanced tech company Toyota: I heard you like advanced automated driving research and technology so I put an advanced automated driving research and technology company in your advanced automated driving research and technology company. 4. Angry Birds maker's bad times roll on Those furious birds are no Mickey Mouse, it turns out. Rovio's closing its London studio, and more fallout is likely to follow. 5. Travis Kalanick joins medical startup board Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick has joined the board of medical startup Karao, a health tech company that he's advised and angel invested in, founded by his friend. Kalanick hasn't really made any moves of this kind since he got the boot from his ride hailing company. 6. Meanwhile, another Uber founder created a cryptocurrency Uber cofounder Garrett Camp meanwhile has created a cryptocurrency called Eco to be used for daily payments and transactions globally. There's no ICO so that seems less shady than most, but creating a cryptocurrency designees for frequent, volume use is still a big challenge. 7. Alibaba rival posts first profitable quarter since going public JD.com isn't as huge as Alibaba, but it's very big, and now it's also profitable for the first time since its IPO almost four years ago. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Software Architect at New Classrooms (New York, NY, USA) Senior Full Stack Developer at Jungle Scout (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Director of Digital Marketing at Pedago, LLC (Washington D.C., DC, USA) FPGA Designer/Concepteur de FPGA at Haivision Network Video (Montreal, QC, Canada) Director, Global Social/Digital Marketing, Bobbi Brown at Estee Lauder Companies (New York, NY, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2018 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service

                                                           

Spotify files to go public. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, MARCH 1 2018 By Darrell Etherington Spotify is doing some banking/public markets thing, Alta Motors scores a big partner in electric motorcycles and Uber gets into healthcare. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for March 1, 2018. 1. Spotify files to go public Spotify has filed to list publicly, and its plans include bypassing the typical fundraising event and will instead just list shares directly. It's an unconventional approach, but one that make sense for the music streaming company. This has been a long time coming for many observers, but Spotify is hoping it can go public and convince investors of its ability to stay ahead of the competition in key areas like music recommendations. 2. Harley-Davidson will work with Alta Motors on electric motorcycles The old guard and the new, working together on environmentally friendly, powerful electric motorcycles. Beautiful. 3. Uber launches Uber Health Uber is making a healthcare play, with a dashboard and service that allows clinics, hospitals and other care facilities to schedule and hail rides for their clients and patients. 4. DoorDash has raised $535 million That makes it a unicorn, which is a lot for a company that does on-demand food delivery. It looks like the focus will be on making sure it's an easy-to-integrate service layer, which seems wise. 5. Daimler buys up the last of car2go Daimler has been majority owner of car sharing platform car2go for years now, but as of today it's also full owner, since it bought up the remaining quarter of shares. 6. Publisher blames Facebook newsfeed changes for shutdown Is it really Facebook's fault? LittleThings is something I'd never heard of before this shutdown, and apparently its genesis was on the back of FB to begin with, so who's to say really. 7. Light Phone 2 wants to stand out in a sea of blah smartphones This looks like my dream phone. Especially amid the cacophony of "who cares" smartphone releases from MWC this year in Barcelona. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Director of Digital Marketing at Pedago, LLC (Washington D.C., DC, USA) FPGA Designer/Concepteur de FPGA at Haivision Network Video (Montreal, QC, Canada) Director, Global Social/Digital Marketing, Bobbi Brown at Estee Lauder Companies (New York, NY, USA) Program Specialist, California Office at CTA (Palo Alto, CA, USA) Marketing Manager, Subscription Products at TechCrunch (San Francisco) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2018 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service