Mobile & Apps: This Week’s Top Stories // November 1, 2015

A Look At Who’s Down From Google | Snapchat Adds Slow-Mo, Fast-Forward, And Rewind Video Filters | Our 9 Favorite Companies From 500 Startups “Demo-Ween” | OnePlus X Unveiled: 5-Inch Display, 13MP Rear Camera, Starting At $249 | Microsoft Officially Unveils Its Arrow Launcher For Android | Monclarity Raises $5M And Launches Its Brain-Training App Brainwell | Michael Jordan, Mark Cuban, Ted Leonsis Betting $44 Million on Sportradar's Data |

MOBILE AND APPS WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Nitish Kulkarni A Look At Who’s Down From Google No longer content to just being the ubiquitous source of information of all kinds for the typical college student, Google is now trying to be the platform that... Read More… Josh Constine Snapchat Adds Slow-Mo, Fast-Forward, And Rewind Video Filters Teenagers have short attention spans, but Snapchat’s latest feature could keep them tuned in. Today Snapchat is introducing a new set of filters called... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, To Speak At TechCrunch China Beijing We're excited to announce that Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet (formerly Google), will open the TechCrunch China event in Beijing, which takes place November 2-3 at the Wukesong Hi-Park in Beijing. Be sure to get your tickets today! Learn More… Megan Rose Dickey, Drew Olanoff, Cat Zakrzewski Our 9 Favorite Companies From 500 Startups “Demo-Ween” 500 Startups today presented its 14th batch of companies at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, with a spooky twist. Dave McClure said... Read More… Drew Olanoff OnePlus X Unveiled: 5-Inch Display, 13MP Rear Camera, Starting At $249 We got a look at the new device(s) at a San Francisco event earlier this week. The Onyx version is available on OnePlus.net in the UK on November 5th for EUR269... Read More… Sarah Perez Microsoft Officially Unveils Its Arrow Launcher For Android There are a number of ways to customize an Android smartphone, but one of the more unexpected tools to emerge earlier this year was Arrow, an Android launcher... Read More… Anthony Ha Monclarity Raises $5M And Launches Its Brain-Training App Brainwell Startup Monclarity announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding from Access Industries. And it recently unveiled Brainwell, a brain-training... Read More… Katie Roof Michael Jordan, Mark Cuban, Ted Leonsis Betting $44 Million on Sportradar's Data Michael Jordan and Mark Cuban are betting that Sportradar will triumph as a sports “big data” leader, as the Swiss company continues its U.S.... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  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 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service