 |  | | Wednesday, October 30, 2019 • By Anthony Ha | |
Happy Wednesday WarnerMedia shares more details about its HBO Max streaming service, WhatsApp sues an Israeli spyware company and Tencent makes a big investment in streaming video. Here’s your Daily Crunch for October 30, 2019. | | | |
| AT&T and WarnerMedia announced the pricing, launch timetable and content lineup of their HBO Max streaming service. They also revealed that HBO has placed a straight-to-series order for “House of the Dragon,” a spin-off of “Game of Thrones.” Even though distinguishing between HBO and HBO Max will probably be a bit of a headache over the next few years, this is a service that I’m genuinely excited about, with a rich library of HBO shows and Warner Bros. films at its core. And while the price is high compared to competing services, there’s no additional cost compared to the existing HBO Now. Read more | |  Image Credits: WarnerMedia | | |
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| WhatsApp has filed a suit in federal court accusing Israeli mobile surveillance software maker NSO Group of creating an exploit that was used hundreds of times to hack into targets’ phones. Read more | | | |
| Times Internet, which acquired a majority stake in MX Player in late 2017, also participated in the Series A financing round. The post-money valuation was $500 million, according to a source. Read more | |  | | |
| The app allows children three and up to listen to their own music, both online and offline, as well as explore playlists and recommendations picked by experts. The music selection is filtered so songs won't have explicit content. Read more | | | |
| Quill, a startup led by Stripe’s former creative director Ludwig Pettersson, claims to offer "meaningful conversations, without disturbing your team." Read more | |  | | |
| Many of the rising cybersecurity startups focus on the same or overlapping problems, which could lead to a "cybersecurity consolidation.” (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more | | | |
| What3words wants to map the entire world and overhaul addresses, three words at a time. The startup has divided the world into three-meter squares, each one assigned three words as an identifier. Read more | | | |
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