How We’re Decorating for the Holidays (And Beyond!) This Year. Usually, I’m the gal who has her tree up the first week of December. I love taking out our ornaments one by one, putting on Christmas music, drinking whiskey cider and covering the windows with swag. But this year? The very idea of putting up…

This Week in Apps: App Store privacy labels, Facebook criticizes Apple over ad targeting, Twitter kills Periscope Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and…

Holiday Lights Go Big This Year In this upended holiday season, Americans are decorating their rooflines and yards with gusto as a way to demand some cheer from a gloomy year. Read More…

11 Swedish Christmas Decorating Essentials (From Mari’s Festive Home) We’re nearing the winter solstice, and I have to say, it’s very dark here in Sweden right now. In fact, in the far North, the sun set a few … Read More…