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Apps, Startups

“Hypercal: The Newest Addition to ClickUp’s Productivity Platform”

Tiger Global and a16z-backed productivity company ClickUp has acquired the calendar app Hypercal to boost its platform offering, TechCrunch has learned. As part of the acquisition, the app’s founder Ricardo Clerigo is also joining ClickUp as Head of Calendar. Hypercal also had a paid tier costing $10 per month for unlimited calendar and task integrations. We’ve already eliminated the need for many apps by building docs, whiteboards, dashboards, tasks, and AI natively into our platform. The calendar apps space has been busy in the last few months.

Kira Kim
January 30, 2024

Apps, Gadgets

“Revolutionary High-Speed Aircraft: Notion’s Cutting Edge Calendar App Takes Flight as CES Denies Sex Tech Entrance”

Welcome, folks, to TechCrunch Week in Review (WiR), a digest of the past few days in tech happenings. As I write this, snow’s gracing New York City — an increasingly rare treat thanks to our changing climate. Notion launches a calendar app: Notion, the incredibly popular note-taking and project management service, has launched a stand-alone calendar service. AnalysisCES chases off sex tech: Despite being an industry that caters to a universal human experience, sex tech has always had an uneasy association with CES, Haje writes. And this year, the conference effectively managed to chase the sex tech industry off its show floors — for better or worse.

Dylan Williams
January 20, 2024

Apps

Hey Engages in Another Dispute with Apple, This Time Over a Calendar Application

Basecamp founders’ email service Hey is fighting with Apple again — this time over the rejection of its new calendar app from the App Store. Last week, Basecamp launched an integrated calendar service with Hey, along with a new standalone app for it. On Saturday, Hey’s co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson posted on X that Apple has rejected Hey’s standalone calendar app. In 2020, Apple first rejected Hey’s email app because users couldn’t sign up for the service on the app. So Hey’s calendar app should be allowed on the App Store.

Max Chen
January 8, 2024

Uncategorized

The Proliferation of $500 Beauty Advent Calendar Videos on TikTok

Those visceral reactions are why so many content creators are investing in these pricey advent calendars for their TikTok and YouTube channels. “I really did spend over $20,000 on advent calendars,” said Mary Berry, who has been posting daily unboxing videos of luxury advent calendars on TikTok. Advent calendar videos scratch the same itch as online window shopping. Given the changes, advent calendar videos may be more lucrative than ever this year. “These advent calendars may seem like they’re not loaded with significance, but actually they are.