Nostalgia wins at MWC. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2017 By Anthony Ha The initial winner of Mobile World Congress looks like a blast from the past, Twitch will sell video games and SoftBank is in talks to make a huge investment in WeWork. Oh, and we can now call Suicide Squad an Oscar-winner. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for February 27, 2017. 1. Why Nokia's feature phone nostalgia stole the thunder from this year's flagships Mobile World Congress kicked off this weekend with some big announcements, but HMD's Nokia 3310 — a feature phone whose main selling point is its ability to play Snake — seems to be getting the most attention. TechCrunch's Brian Heater says, "That feels like as bold an indictment of the mobile industry as any." In other words, Brian argues that consumers are getting tired of the battle between handset makers, fought on incremental improvements like display resolution. This has created an environment where a gimmicky throwback can feel like a breath of fresh air. (And hey, the 3310 does look pretty cool.) 2. Twitch will sell video games on its site starting this spring Amazon-owned video game streaming site Twitch announced that it will now sell games directly on its platform. The move makes sense, since developers are already taking advantage of the site's social community to get the word out about their games and engage fans. Publishers who have already signed up include Ubisoft, Telltale Games, Digital Extremes, Hi-Rez Studios, tinyBuild, Paradox Interactive, Trion Worlds and Vlambeer. Sponsored By: CrunchBoard Find Your Dream Hire As the official job board of TechCrunch, CrunchBoard leverages an engaged and educated audience of over 12 million unique readers each month to help fill your job vacancies. Post your job today! Learn More… 3. Amazon's 'Manchester by the Sea' and 'The Salesman' take home three Oscars No, this isn't the Oscar moment that everyone's talking about, but it's pretty significant in its own way: Manchester by the Sea and The Salesman, both distributed by Amazon Studios, won a collective three Academy Awards last night. Netflix got an Oscar, too. 4. SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $4 billion in WeWork CNBC is reporting that SoftBank is preparing to make a $2 billion investment in WeWork, with an additional $1 billion to follow. The deal would value the coworking company at $20 billion. TechCrunch has confirmed this information with our own source, though they noted SoftBank was also in discussions to invest in previous rounds — rounds that SoftBank ultimately didn't join. 5. This is probably the Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung is set to announce the Galaxy S8 smartphone in late March, but the two videos and a couple of images appear to show working units. The S8 looks pretty similar to its predecessor, minus the physical and capacitive buttons found on the S7. 6. YouTube is coming to Comcast's Xfinity X1 set-top box Google and Comcast announced a new deal this morning that will see the YouTube application installed on Comcast's Xfinity X1 set-top boxes nationwide later this year. The integration will allow X1 users to launch the app by saying "YouTube" into the X1 voice remote, then search the entire YouTube library by voice or other interface. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Sr. Chef DevOps Developer at Raytheon (Richardson, TX, United States) Android Developer, Product at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) Manager, Product at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) Product Analyst at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) Project Manager, Product at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) 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 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service

                                                           

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Watch HMD unveil the Nokia 3310 live right here | Uber employees are chatting with each other about Uber’s leadership on anonymous workplace app Blind | Snap supporters find a scapegoat in Jeremy Liew | Watch LG unveil the G6 live right here | BlackBerry tries again | Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets | LG proves that taller screens are the future of smartphones |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet Watch HMD unveil the Nokia 3310 live right here HMD is holding a press conference at MWC in Barcelona to showcase some of its first Nokia-branded phones. The conference starts at 4:30 PM CET (3:30 PM GMT,... Read More… Sarah Buhr Uber employees are chatting with each other about Uber’s leadership on anonymous workplace app Blind Uber employees have flocked to an anonymous workplace app called Blind as a sort of catharsis since ex-Uber engineer Susan Fowler Rigetti posted about being... Read More… Connie Loizos Snap supporters find a scapegoat in Jeremy Liew A couple of days ago, the New York Times wrote a story that aims to explain why Snap founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy have retained such a hold on voting... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Sign Up For A Free Demo Table At Disrupt NY At Disrupt NY, there will be 12 featured pavilions and we need your help to fill them! Featured Pavilions include verticals such as AI, Maching Learning, Fintech, Media, and so much more. We're giving away three demo tables in each featured pavilion in Startup Alley for one day during the show. In addition to the table, each company will get three minutes on the showcase stage in the heart of Startup Alley to demo their product in front of the thousands of Disrupt attendees. Apply today for your chance to get a free table! Learn More Romain Dillet Watch LG unveil the G6 live right here LG’s press conference at MWC in Barcelona is today. The conference starts at 12 PM CET (11 AM GMT, 6 AM EST). Rumor has it that LG is about to announce a... Read More… Matt Burns BlackBerry tries again Remember when Research in Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones set the bar? My first smartphone was a BlackBerry 7130e. I loved the phone. And then my son gave... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its Android OS is by far the most ubiquitous smartphone... Read More… Romain Dillet LG proves that taller screens are the future of smartphones Bigger screens don’t cut it anymore. Now, we need taller screens. I’ve been playing with the LG G6 for the past 24 hours. In many ways, it is just... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Sr. Chef DevOps Developer at Raytheon (Richardson, TX, United States) Android Developer, Product at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) Manager, Product at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) Product Analyst at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) Project Manager, Product at Showtime Networks Inc. (New York, NY, United States) 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 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service