TechCrunch 4.0.3.0

The TechCrunch app is the best way to get breaking tech news on your phone. TechCrunch is an unparalleled source of stories about startups, Silicon Valley, venture capital, gadgets, apps, and more. Quickly browse all TechCrunch's headlines, or customize the app to only see the topics that you care about. The completely redesigned free app brings you all the news from TechCrunch's website and is fully integrated with Crunchbase--the industry leading startups, entrepreneurs and investors database.

KEY FEATURES:
* Free access to all the content from TechCrunch's website
* Breaking news alerts for topics you care about the most
* Save stories to read later--even offline
* Integration with Crunchbase

About TechCrunch
TechCrunch has been obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new internet products and breaking the latest tech news since 2005. The award winning site is a leading source for over 15 million people each month, while the company also hosts major industry conferences and events, including Disrupt and various meetups worldwide.


NETWORK COMMUNICATION

MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR USB STORAGE - We cache information on your USB storage. This permission is required so we can write this information.

FIND ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE/READ GOOGLE SERVICE CONFIGURATION
 - We need this permission for the new version of Google Maps and to allow you to share articles with your Google+ circles.

FULL NETWORK ACCESS/VIEW CONNECTIONS/VIEW WI-FI CONNECTIONS
 - We download information from the TechCrunch website. Also, you can set the app to automatically download articles when you are connected via Wi-Fi. To do that, we need to know when you are connected and when you are not.

PREVENT PHONE FROM SLEEPING
 - Prevent Phone from Sleeping. We ask for this permission so the phone stays awake while playing videos.

TEST ACCESS TO PROTECTED STORAGE
 - We ask for this permission for the new version of Google Maps.