A new Microsoft patent, invented by former Nokians, shows the company has been thinking about how to design bigger cameras for thin phones using a foldable phone design.The patent, called split-camera autoalignment, details the company's efforts to overcome the limits imposed on a camera's capabilities by ever thinner smartphones.Apple has given up on the flush cameras of earlier iPhones, optin...

By now many of us are obsessed with our skin, buying and applying a bundle of products to maintain it glowing, firm, and not too dry or too oily to avoid wrinkles and pores. but imagine if you could know exactly the state of your skin and which products it needs. Worry no more, because you don’t have to go to sephora or to your dermatologist to find out as johnson & johnson-owned neutrogen...

Nearly half believe it's an overhyped buzzword. Four in 10 marketers say tech vendors overpromise and underdeliver on AI.In a world of tech innovations, new platforms and constant competition, it’s easy for words to lose their meaning, even when the concepts they represent are changing the industry. Pushing any concept too hard, too fast and with too few tools can rapidly morph the buzzy into...

HOW BRANDS AND ADVERTISERS CAN TUNE INTO THE TREND.Live streaming is a relatively new phenomenon that was, at first, simply a curiosity. Today live streaming marketing has turned into a very real and viable way for brands to reach out to their fan bases, as well as generate an additional revenue stream.The rise of live streaming has created yet another way to engage customers in a truly genuine...

Researchers at Columbia University have developed a system called the Tethered Pelvic Assist Device (TPAD), which can help Parkinson’s patients to improve their gait stability after just one training session.Fall rates in adults with advanced Parkinson’s disease are twice as high as those in healthy adults of a comparable age. Finding strategies to reduce the number of falls that these patien...

Medical-technology companies continue to rely on M&A for growth. How solid is your approach?For many medical-technology companies, M&A continues to be a core growth driver and will likely see increased activity as these players work to meet overall high-growth expectations for the sector. Yet this period is an era in which growth assets are scarce, so those that are available carry high...

Bolt Threads, the startup making spider silk from microbugs, has raised a giant $123 million Series D round of funding. As we reported in November, an SEC filing showed the company had raised $106 million from Formation 8.Bolt now tells TechCrunch it has added to that amount for this round, bringing up its total to $213 million raised so far.The funding was led by Baillie Gifford, with addition...

Mobile users spent an estimated $58.6 billion on apps and games during 2017 through in-app purchases, subscriptions, and premium apps on the App Store and Google Play, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data. This represented a year-over-year increase of approximately 35 percent over 2016, when consumers spent approximately $43.5 billion across both stores.Worldwide Mobile App Revenue...

After selling 160 thousand suitcases in a single day and reaching no.1 status in sales volume in the luggage category, the largest lifestyle brand of the mi ecosystem, ‘90 FUN,’ is ready to take on the consumer electronics show in las vegas. while renowned tech giants sharpen their arsenal of 8K televisions, autonomous vehicles, collections of code and user experiences, this simple, puppy-lik...