SpaceX rocket is tougher than expected. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2018 By Darrell Etherington SpaceX has a lucky break, Telegram not so much, and Instagram is giving advertisers more to work with. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for February 1, 2018 1. SpaceX launch results in lucky windfall SpaceX has launched its latest Falcon 9 mission, carrying a satellite to orbit for the Government of Luxembourg. The mission was pretty standard stuff for the space company these days, but it did have one surprise. Though the mission parameters didn't include a recovery attempt for the Falcon 9 first stage booster used during the launch, the rocket fell back to Earth and wound up pretty much intact in the ocean. SpaceX could, conceivably, even use it again. 2. Telegram gets booted from the App Store Telegram hasn't had a good day. Its apps have been kicked off the iOS App Store, apparently for violation of Apple's content rules. Usually that just means they'll need to put better filters in place to make their way back. Sponsored By: Johnson Cornell Tech MBA Learn more about the one-year, immersive Johnson Cornell Tech MBA. To reap the rewards of the digital economy, you need business, management, and teamwork skills that you can apply in the world of technology. The Johnson Cornell Tech MBA connects tech innovation with the entrepreneurial spirit of New York City—and beyond. Learn More… 3. Instagram is bringing Carousel Ads to Stories More than one ad can be shown in sequence in ads in Instagram Stories now – up to three, in fact, which can include both images and videos. 4. Accidents happen – sometimes to me Turns out that doing automated driving tech demos isn't always the safest thing in the world, who knew? We were involved in an accident during a test of an Autopilot-like system. Luckily, everyone was okay, but it is a measure of how far things have yet to go. 5. YouTube TV makes its way to Roku In happier news, especially for streaming fans, Roku device owners can now access YouTube TV. Hooray! 6. Alibaba is buying a third of Ant Financial Alibaba wants to be more invested in its financial services affiliate Ant Financial, so it's inscribing its total stake to a third of the company. 7. Musk sold all his dumb flamethrowers And the world spins on. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Sr./Principal Informatics Architect, Dev Sci Informatics at Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA, United States) Integration Engineer at Leesa Sleep, LLC (Virginia Beach, VA, United States) Senior Software Developer - Shopify Plus at Shopify (Waterloo, ON, Canada) Senior Businesss Process Specialist - HCM at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Business Systems Supervisor - Finance at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, 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 © 2018 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service

                                                           

Samsung rules the chipmaking world. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 2018 By Darrell Etherington Samsung takes the chipmaking crown, Google wants to warn you about flight delays and Uber looks at bike sharing. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for January 31, 2018. 1. Samsung is now the world's biggest chipmaker Samsung is the world leader in terms of total sales of chipsets, per its latest financials. That's in terms of revenue from the category. It's the first time Samsung has done bigger business in this category than Intel, which has rivaled all others since 1992. Obviously, the mobile shift is mostly responsible, but you have to wonder whether this trailing indicator won't matter much in a few years when AI rises even further in prominence. 2. Google flights wants to predict delays before they happen Flight delays aren't fun. Google is hoping to make them easier to deal with by predicting delays before they're officially confirmed. It'll flag them up once it's 80 percent confident that it'll happen in the Google Flights search product. Still, that seems not certain enough to make any plans around. Sponsored By: SessionM A Look Ahead: 2018 Customer Data and Engagement Trends Customer data and engagement strategies are evolving dramatically. Are you prepared to keep up? Read five ways customer data and engagement will change and how to adjust your 2018 strategy. Learn More… 3. Uber working with Jump on dockless bike share in SF Uber is mirroring some of its Asian rivals with a new trial launch of Uber Bike, a service that makes it possible to book on-demand bikes from dockless bike share startup JUMP in San Francisco. 4. SoftBank is working with Line on its mobile service for Japan SoftBank will own a majority stake in Line's mobile business in Japan, which is an interesting move for a carrier relative to a young, much smaller MVNO. 5. Spotify is building a Pandora-like playlist app Spotify has an Android-only app debuting in Australia (a common test market for these sorts of things) that resembles Pandora and focuses on playlist-based radio. 6. Amazon wants to make its own QR codes a thing Amazon is hoping QR codes can still catch on in North America, and it's using its so-called "SmileCodes" to make it possible to link directly to products on its platform from real-world marketing. The iPhone now has native QR code support, so maybe it'll work. Big maybe. 7. Amazon's amorphous healthcare announcement sends stocks tumbling Amazon's power is such that when it announces... something to do with healthcare in the works with partners JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway, almost all other healthcare stocks tumble. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Integration Engineer at Leesa Sleep, LLC (Virginia Beach, VA, United States) Senior Software Developer - Shopify Plus at Shopify (Waterloo, ON, Canada) Senior Businesss Process Specialist - HCM at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Business Systems Supervisor - Finance at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Full Stack Rails Engineer (remote OK) at ART19 (Oakland, CA, 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 © 2018 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service