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Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll | John Biggs | 2,013 | 2 | 2 | Austin Meyer, creator of the popular and ultra-realistic flight sim is facing a potentially destructive lawsuit by an East Texas patent troll, . Meyer, who has worked on the simulator since 1995, isn’t dealing with a claim against his simulator or the game mechanics within. Instead, he’s being sued for using a fou... |
Google Reportedly In Talks With Warby Parker To Design Stylish Google Glass Frames | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Google is reportedly in talks with to make glasses that look less like Geordi La Forge’s eyewear and more like something a style-conscious person in the early 21st century would be happy to put on his or her face. A cites unnamed sources who say that Google is negotiating with the NYC-based e-commerce startup to he... |
BillPin Wants To Save Friendships By Making Social Expense Sharing Quick And Easy | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Out of all the problems that friends run into, money is one of the stickiest. There’s nothing that can degrade a relationship in quite the same way as an argument over rent, a restaurant bill, or even who owes how much for a pack of toilet paper. , a new app that launches today, wants to make it easy to split social e... |
Don’t Mess With The GOOG | Jon Evans | 2,013 | 2 | 2 | A couple of years ago I in this space: “A spectre is haunting Mountain View. No, not bed bugs: bit rot. Google is in serious decline.” Well, credit where it’s due. These days Google has put its problems behind it and is soaring from strength to strength. Contenders keep coming and trying to claim its crown–and failin... |
Coursera Adds 29 Schools, 90 Courses And 3 New Languages To Its Online Learning Platform | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | It’s almost as if there’s an arms race in online education. Which MOOC platform can expand the fastest? Place your bets now. that it will be expanding internationally with the addition of six new schools (bringing its total to 12), is doing some addition of its own. Today, the massive online course platform announ... |
By Helping Big Pharma Better Understand Your Local Doctor, Medikly May Just Be Tapping Into A Goldmine | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | , a startup that aims to help pharmaceutical companies reach and better understand physicians, announced today that it has raised $1.2 million in series A financing from Easton Capital. A recent graduate of the in New York City, Medikly has developed an enterprise-grade platform that provides Big Pharma with a multi-... |
Online Learning Platform, edX, Goes International With The Addition Of Six New Schools | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | When it comes to online education and massive open online courses (a.k.a. “MOOCs”), and stolen most of the attention. But they aren’t the only two choices for voracious distance learners out there; in fact, the number of options . Last May, to launch — their own, high-profile response to Coursera, Udacity and ... |
Sumpto Wants To Be The Klout For College Students | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Like a growing number of students, Ben Kosinski attended multiple universities over the course of his collegiate career. Although these schools differed wildly in culture and the makeup of their student bodies, the one thing that seems to remain true at any school, he says, is the level of influence online social ident... |
White House Anti-IP Theft Strategy Comes Out Swinging Against China | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | The White House released a high-level strategy paper on combating international intellectual property theft and pointed a not-so-subtle finger at China. The report promises increased criminal sanctions against thieves, diplomatic pressure on egregious state actors, and public-awareness campaigns. While the administrati... |
ZTE Aims To Launch The First Tegra 4 Smartphones In China By The End Of 1H 2013 | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | When NVIDIA officially pulled back the curtains on its new it had no shortage of praise for the thing — the company referred to it as “the world’s fastest mobile processor” — but there was something missing from the announcement. Who would be using be using it? Sure, Vizio revealed a 10.1-inch, just a day later, but... |
Pinterest Confirms Massive New $200 Million Series D Funding Round And $2.5 Billion Valuation | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | , the content discovery website that has achieved by letting people clip and share their favorite photos and videos online with virtual “pinboards,” is making it very clear that it is much more than just a pretty face — it’s a big business. Pinterest confirmed today that it has secured approximately $200 million in a... |
In Exchange For Help Juicing Sales, Twitter And LinkedIn’s Ads APIs Share The Wealth | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Tech companies try to stay lean. They don’t want to hire too many sales people, and they can’t build the perfect advertising tool for every buyer. So following in Google and Facebook’s footsteps, today and in November launched ads APIs. They set up a powerful value exchange: “Help us sell more ads, and we’ll give y... |
PS4 Is Sony’s Last Stand, And It’s Wasting It On A Tired Strategy That Ignores How The Gamer Is Changing | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Sony’s PlayStation 4 made its grand debut today in a presentation with all the theatrical flair to be expected from an electronics company that’s also a media company that’s also a producer and publisher of blockbuster video games. But the pomp hides a hurting heart: Sony’s FY 2012 financial results saw it swallow a $5... |
Gaikai Cloud Gaming In PlayStation 4 Brings Easy Free Trials Of Games, Sharing, Spectating And Remote Play | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Gaikai’s Dave Perry took the stage at the PS4 event today to describe how Gaikai would be adding cloud gaming elements to the PS4, which will make it possible to jump in and try games in the PlayStation store, make sharing with your friends a snap, and also invite spectators and get friends to help you by remotely taki... |
Twitter And Yahoo Vet Kevin Cheng On How Companies Can Use Comics To Convey Big Ideas [TCTV] | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | In his new book released last week called “ ” Cheng makes the case for taking comics outside of their typical realm and using them to convey complex ideas in the corporate and technology worlds. The idea, he says, is that “just as vividly as they convey the feats of superheroes, comics tell stories of your users and ... |
Maker’s Row Grows As A Matchmaker Between Fashion Designers & Domestic Manufacturers | Emily Goligoski | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Barriers to international manufacturing and high fuel costs have long made overseas production painful for small businesses. Now, an economic trend towards American manufacturing has created a timely entrance to the market for . The startup, a finalist in last week’s , says it wants to become a go-to resource to crea... |
The New, New PlayStation: Watch The 2013 Sony PlayStation Meeting Live At 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific | John Biggs | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Join us live at the 2013 PlayStation Meeting where Sony will hopefully unveil what’s next for their iconic gaming console. The event runs from 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific and I’ll be posting images and commentary in our liveblog below. You can also watch it live right here thanks to . [ustream id=443086 live=1 hwaccel=0 w... |
Sony Officially Unveils The PlayStation 4: X86 CPU And 8GB Memory, But About Experiences, Not Specs | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Sony had an event today and as expected, it introduced the PlayStation 4. The next-gen platform is designed to shift focus from the living room to the gamer, Sony said, and overall, PlayStation’s approach is meant to make it possible for gamers to play wherever they want, whenever they want. PS4 lead system architect M... |
Mobile Commerce App PayDragon Launches A Redesign To Make One-Click Shopping Even Easier | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Mobile commerce startup wants to simplify the process of purchasing various grocery staples via your mobile phone. The company already has one-click purchasing and two-day shipping for products that can be ordered on its mobile apps. Now it’s redesigned its app to provide easier browsing of its inventory. PayDragon h... |
Introducing ‘Boatbound’, The Airbnb For Boats | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 20 | Average boat owners only use their vessel 14 days a year. That’s why is brilliant. It’s a peer-to-peer boat-renting startup that lets you book everything from kayaks to catamarans to yachts for a day at a time with a $1 million Lloyd’s insurance plan. In his first interview about Boatbound, founder Aaron Hall lays ou... |
Milk Virtual Goats For Womens’ Rights In This New Facebook Game | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Instead of spending to grow virtual crops faster, Facebook gamers can turn those purchases into donations for cattle donations and fistula operations in the developing world. A in a few weeks is all about women’s rights. Based on about women, it’s called and it is the fruit of a collaboration between a non-profit... |
Hangout With The A-List During Google’s Asian Pop Star Week | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Google announced today that it is kicking off A-Pop Star Week on March 8. The event will include Google+ Hangouts with C-, J-, and K-Pop singers (if you haven’t guessed already, the letters stand for Chinese, Japanese and Korean) including , , , and , all of whom are now taking questions on their linked YouTube pro... |
PayPal Stops Personal Payments In Singapore | Victoria Ho | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | PayPal will stop allowing personal payments in Singapore on February 20. It said in an email to members that this was due to “regulatory instructions”. People will still be able to make commercial payments for goods and services with their accounts, such as at online merchants, or receive funds, but we can expect that ... |
Kaifu Lee Still Upbeat On China’s Social Media Despite Sina And Tencent Weibo Suspension | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Despite after criticizing state-run , former Google China head Kaifu Lee remains optimistic about social media in China. Lee posted on how he believes social media can help ordinary citizens in that country: Many people followed the news, and sent me their condolences about my recent predicament. With news like th... |
Ogio Renegade RSS Backpack Makes For A Solid Hackathon Carry-All | Jay Donovan | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | The arrived in the mail last week — perfect timing for a business day trip I needed to make and a great test of this backpack’s capability. The bag soft launched in 2012, but they are just now getting review units out because, apparently, consumer demand has been quite high for this backpack. How did it work for me? ... |
Microsoft Takes Outlook.com Out Of Preview, Starts Migrating Hotmail Users And Launches “Massive” New Marketing Campaign | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Six months after its initial launch, the preview of , Microsoft’s free webmail service that is meant to replace the aging Hotmail brand and design, now has over 60 million active users according to the company’s own data. Today, Microsoft is officially taking and will start prompting its 360 million Hotmail users to... |
Y Combinator-Backed Zenefits Gives Small Businesses A One-Stop Shop For Finding And Managing Employee Benefits | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | For startups and small businesses, providing and managing employee insurance and benefits can be a huge headache. In the early stages of business development, this responsibility generally falls into the hands of founders, who have to contact insurance brokers and manage the whole enrollment process themselves. It’s te... |
Fujitsu Finally Enters Europe’s Smartphone Market With A Senior-Focused Android Device With France Telecom, Starting In June | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | It was that news began to surface of Fujitsu’s intention to come to Europe with its Android-based smartphones. Now the Japanese company is finally coming good on those reports: on Tuesday, Fujitsu is launching its first device in Europe, marking its first “extensive foray into the smartphone market outside Japan.” Bu... |
Singapore Fashion Retailer Inverted Edge Takes $1.6M Funding | Victoria Ho | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | A Singaporean fashion retail site has secured $1.6 million (S$2 million) in funding from a government-backed group of VCs. When it launches next month, the e-tailer, called , will carry a consignment of goods from 36 Asia-Pacific designers, according to CEO, Debra Langley. The funding it received was from the Singapor... |
TC Cribs: Lit Motors, Where Sleek Electric Cars (And More) Are Built From Scratch | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | We’re back with a brand new , the TechCrunch TV series where we go inside the gates of the hottest tech companies and get a grand tour of what the day-to-day work life is like — warts, perks, and all. In this episode, we headed to an industrial stretch of San Francisco’s Folsom Street that’s generally as a home for ... |
How To Sell A Car To The Mobile-First Generation | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | I’m shopping for a car right now. Just something that can handle a little city driving and frequent trips to the cottage in the warmer months, with the ability to haul a decent amount of cargo. I’m weighing factors like size, fuel economy, engine power, cargo space and FWD vs. AWD, but for my purposes most of those poi... |
Turtle Beach’s New Seven Series Headphones Are A Gamer’s Audio Dream | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | If you’re a hard-core gamer, the name most certainly means something to you. We met with the tournament-grade headset maker to discuss their new Seven series of headsets, originally debuted at CES. There are three different models in the line, the (meant for all consoles, PC, and mobile), the Z Seven (meant for P... |
A Multi-Perspective Look At The Ambitious Pebble Smartwatch | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | The Pebble has one huge advantage over other smart watches right out of the box: aesthetics. This is a watch that lets your geek flag fly without being ass-ugly. The watch face options aren’t necessarily all that awesome, but set it to the text face that comes pre-installed and don’t worry about the rest. Also, black w... |
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Pulling From More Than 400M Listings, eBay’s Pinterest-Like, New Personalized Home Page Experience Rolls Out Tomorrow | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Last October, eBay a completely new homepage experience and redesign, marking the company’s biggest homepage in the marketplace’s history. eBay’s feed experience has been in pilot phase for several months, only tested with less than 10 percent of users, and tomorrow eBay is unveiling to new experience to all customer... |
Meet Tickengo, The Ride-Sharing Service That’s Already Available Throughout The US | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Ride-sharing is becoming increasingly popular and more widely available, as San Francisco-based startups Lyft and SideCar have both begun . But what if I told you there’s a ride-sharing company that already operates in all the cities that those companies are just now starting to enter? The company is called , and i... |
Mycestro Is A 3D Mouse For Your Fingertips That You’ll Look Funny Using, But Who Cares? | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | We all go through phases where we feel like we’ve seen that we’d ever want. And then and reminds us that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s a 3D mouse that you strap to one of your fingers and it looks like it could become a huge asset for multi-tasking. If you think about how you use your computer, be it a ... |
Ivy League Students Get A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Dropbox, Cue, Romotive, And More | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | and the student-run Princeton publication held their first conference this weekend, where more than 100 students (largely, but not entirely, from Ivy League schools) were recruited to join the startup world. At least that’s the broad outline that Sequoia partner Bryan Schreier and Dropbox vice president Sujay Jasw... |
The Agony Of The Fanboy | John Biggs | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | Every few months I’m reminded of the intensity of feeling some technologies – be they physical objects (they usually are) or web services – engender in a certain subset of the human population. It’s a well-documented effect: The object of desire is courted for months before launch, then at launch it is defended to the ... |
The Science Behind Why The Harlem Shake Is So Popular | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 18 | A five-minute video? Not to watch one, or to make one. But dance videos are capped at 30 seconds. That’s why we’re so willing to watch just one more incarnation, and why it’s easy to recruit friends to make them. The result is one of the most pervasive gags in history. A “Symbiotic Meme,” the Harlem Shake has a les... |
New Zealand Accelerator Lightning Lab Launches Its First Intake Of Nine Startups | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Wellington-based , which bills itself as “the southern-most digital accelerator program on the globe,” just announced its first intake of nine startups from across New Zealand and Australia, who will work with over 100 mentors. Aside from being New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington is the center of the country’s tech... |
Travelmob Continues Push Into Asian ‘Airbnb’ Market | Victoria Ho | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Singapore-based short term home rental marketplace, is pushing steadily into the space with new features on its site. Today, it released a way for home owners to list last-minute discounts to travelers. This follows an earlier feature released last year which allowed travelers to find listings by descriptive tags. Th... |
Viddy Updates Its Mobile Video App With 30-Second Videos, New Filters, And Discovery Tools | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Mobile video startup * is launching a new iOS app, which it hopes will help users create and discover more interesting videos. To do so, it’s doubling the length that videos can be, and giving users more tools to spruce them up. It’s also providing users with more tools to find relevant videos based on their interests... |
China’s Largest Search Engine Baidu Launches English Site For Developers | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | , the search behemoth often referred to as “China’s Google,” today. While the site is still in its infancy–right now there are just a few intros up and no documentation–it promises to grow into a valuable resource for developers who want to take a crack at the Chinese market. Kaiser Kuo, Baidu’s head of international... |
Can The Wild West Of Music Discovery Be Tamed By One Startup? | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Twenty years ago, you discovered music on the FM dial. End of story. Now there’s an uncharted frontier of outlaw torrents, renegade bloggers, on-demand gold miners, and fur-trapping radios. The zeitgeist has splintered, and there’s no piecing it back together. And I think we’re doing just fine without the robber barons... |
With $1.8M From Andreessen, Chris Sacca & More, Rental Marketplace Getable Digs Into The $32B Construction Market | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | When we last caught up with , the startup formerly known as , it was announcing that Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph was joining Collaborative Fund founder Craig Shapiro and OpenTable founder Chuck Templeton on its board of directors. Behind a board familiar with the online rental and reservations business, Getable... |
No Hot SXSW App This Year? Here’s Why | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | is a week away and we were having an internal pow-wow about whether there would be any breakouts this year. A collective “Meh” arose. No one could think of anything. HIGHLIGHT? GOOGLE GLASS? Are we jaded? Is SXSW too crowded to anyone to stand out? I don’t know. I think there are actually a lot of other factors at wor... |
This Could Be The World’s First 3D-Printed Car | Michael Seo | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | With 3D printing on the verge of going mainstream, you can manufacture . You can now add a 3D-printed car to that list. The is a three-wheeled hybrid assembled entirely from parts spat out of 3D printers, reports . Just as and have changed the way we perceive manufacturing, Urbee is seeking to change the way ... |
Y Combinator-Backed SimplyInsured Wants To Help Small Businesses Take The Pain Out Of Health Insurance | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | For small businesses, buying and managing health insurance is a “pain in the buns,” to quote . Not only are its complicated terms, lack of transparency, slow quoting and on-boarding process and paper trail a pain in your buns, but health insurance can be a massive pain in your wallet, to boot. Hidden costs are everywh... |
Law Would Force Patent Trolls To Pay For Failed Lawsuits Against Innovators | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | America’s esteemed lawmakers want heavy penalties for those who abuse the patent system. A bipartisan bill to force so-called patent trolls, those who hoard patents for the sole purpose of suing innovators, to pay the legal costs if their frivolous patent lawsuits fail in court. The Saving High-Tech Innovators from E... |
This Is Why You Can’t Have Nice Things, Yahoos | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | has succeeded. In getting people to have about Yahoo again. While many are skewering Mayer for not being progressive with her people who are more familiar with what exactly is going on are quietly singing her praises. Mayer will be putting the official smackdown on remote workers . People with a work-from-home ag... |
COO Artie Minson Could Exit Aol, Patch Issues To Blame? | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Aol Chief Operating Officer Arthur “Artie” Minson could be departing the company soon, we’re hearing, possibly over how the company has been handling hyperlocal news site Patch. A spokesperson declined to comment for this story, Minson hasn’t returned my call, and our sources say that it’s not a done deal. , only beca... |
Tinyview Debuts New iOS App To Be Your One Stop Shop For All Mobile Shopping | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | , a startup that wants to be the “mobile browser” for product search and shopping, is expanding its functionality. Today the company has updated its iPhone app and adding a web presence for users. Tinyview is the brainchild of Raj Lalwani, who earlier this year his startup birthday and holiday reminders Facebook app,... |
App Discovery Startup AppHero Hits Version 2.0, Shares Details On What Makes Their Recommendations Tick | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Toronto-based startup launched of its service today, with a brand new interface and big behind-the-scenes changes to how it offers up recommendations to users. AppHero is on a roll, and a spot on NBC this morning, but the app discovery space is a crowded one, and competitors like have more international experien... |
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Enigma.io Raises $1.1 Million To Structure The World Of Big Data | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | So the concept of big data sounds like a great idea — there are vast stores of information out there just waiting to be used, and we just need something to process it all. But unless you know exactly where to look, it’s difficult to actually find actionable information. More importantly, it’s damn near impossible to cr... |
Pandora Resurrects Its 40-Hour (Monthly) Limit On Free Music, But This Time It’s Capping Mobile Usage | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | As it struggles to deal with , streaming radio service is bringing back an old idea by capping free mobile usage at 40 hours per month. The company previously limited free monthly desktop usage to 40 hours, but it . CEO Joe Kennedy suggested that Pandora’s mobile business is in a similar position to its desktop bus... |
Groupon Reports $638.3M In Q4 Revenue, Shares Drop More Than 20 Percent Due To Worse-Than-Expected Loss | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Groupon has just put out . It has reported quarterly revenue of $638.8 million with an operating loss of $12.9 million and a loss per per share of 12 cents, falling short of on the EPS front — they had predicted $638.41 million in revenue and EPS of $0.03. Those numbers show 30 percent revenue growth and a slightly ... |
The CAT B15 Android Smartphone Has A Weird Name But The Brawn To Back It Up | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | Just as some people are put on this earth to create things, others are prone to destroy everything they touch. Those people should probably spend some time with the Caterpillar-branded CAT B15, an aluminum-and-rubber-clad Android smartphone that (inadvertently) encouraged people to work on their stress issues here at M... |
Samsung Puts NFC Stickers In Coffee Bean In Singapore | Victoria Ho | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Samsung and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf have placed Samsung-branded NFC stickers in all 51 outlets in Singapore. Their marketing campaign runs from 8 February to 7 March, and will reward users with an upsized drink for tapping the poster and Liking Coffee Bean’s Facebook page after it pops up. Right now, that means th... |
Bipper App Lands Hollywood Investment, Courtesy Of Actress Jada Pinkett Smith | Mike Butcher | 2,013 | 2 | 27 | The bSafe ‘panic alarm’ app and service on and by the startup called launched into the U.S. . It’s been successful in Europe and has been positioned for a big push in the U.S. But an unexpected turn of events has lead to an investment by a Hollywood star in the form of a new undisclosed investment by actress Jad... |
How The Nuke From N. Korea’s Test Could Damage SF, Via Google Maps | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | North Korea tonight. For perspective, could potentially deliver a bomb capable of taking out downtown San Francisco. After measuring a 4.9 magnitude seismic event tonight, South Korea’s defence ministry confirmed that it was caused by an underground nuclear test. North Korea’s nuclear capability is estimated to be ... |
Snapchat Brings Video To Android In A Private Beta | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Snapchat has been on a roll lately, scooping up a from Benchmark last week, toying around with , and becoming the world’s favorite mobile app. But today the train keeps on chugging, as Snapchat a beta build of its Android app that includes the ability to send self-destructing video messages along with the usual ... |
Kabbage Brings Data-Focused Online Merchant Lending To The UK | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | which provides working capital to online merchants, is expanding to the UK, the company’s first market outside the United States. The Atlanta-based company enables online merchants and sellers on marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, and Amazon to get capital they otherwise wouldn’t qualify for at a bank. Many small businesse... |
Dish Chairman Ergen Doesn’t Want To Kill Ads, He Wants To Make Them Better | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is no stranger to controversy, so it should be no surprise that he has a controversial plan for the future of advertising. At the D: Dive Into Media conference today, the outspoken pay TV executive said he didn’t want to kill advertising, but wanted to make those ads more relevant to consume... |
Dish’s Charlie Ergen: Netflix Is Going To Change The Paradigm For How People Watch TV | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen had a few kind words for Netflix at the D: Dive Into Media conference today, saying that the streaming video provider would most likely be successful. More than that, though, he said that the company was already changing the way people are watching TV. When asked what happened with Dish’s pu... |
UPDATED: Robotics Lab Willow Garage, Maker Of PR2, Not Shutting Down, But ‘Changes Are Afoot’ | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | UPDATED: According to Willow Garage’s , the company will not shut down, but change its funding model: Willow Garage has decided to enter the world of commercial opportunities with an eye to becoming a self-sustaining company. This is an important change to our funding model. The success of the PR2 personal robot and ... |
Simulmedia Raises Another $5 Million From Existing Investors To Help Make TV Ads More Like Web Ads | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Media marketing firm has in funding in an inside round from existing investors, the company confirmed today. The money comes from Time Warner Investments, Avalon Ventures, and Union Square Ventures, which together have put a total of about $32 million into the company since it was founded in 2009. Simulmedia has bu... |
Pope Steps Back From Day-To-Day Role To “Do His Own Thing” | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Today, we’ve learned that , sovereign of the Vatican and leader of the Catholic Church, will be stepping down from those roles. Benedict, voted one of the by did not give many details as to what he would be doing after the papacy. Sources tell us that he has some “things in the works” and will share them in the co... |
Microsoft Has Built An Interactive Video Production Studio In LA, With More Than 150 Employees | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Today at the D: Dive Into Media conference, representatives from Microsoft provided more details on its new video production studio, which will provide a whole new level of interactivity for viewers. Nancy Tellem, Corporate VP of Microsoft’s L.A. Studios, said that the company has already hired 150 employees in its San... |
The TC New York Meetup + Disrupt Pitch-Off Is Tomorrow So RSVP Now | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | The is tomorrow evening, so get ready for a wild night of pitch-offs, pizza and beer. While we’re , we’re introducing a new ingredient into the mix in the form of a 60-second pitchoff, where founders can pitch their products to be a part of Disrupt NY in April. Applications are currently closed for the event, but we... |
This Augmented-Reality Robot Is The Closest Thing You Can Get To A Real-Life Hologram | John Biggs | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s-hg4qCaR74] Ready to have your brain blasted to bits? U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi is a “virtual assistant” that is actually a green-clad humanoid robot. Users look at her using virtual reality goggles and instead of seeing a mildly creepy, ninja-like blog they see an ... |
Twitter Study Shows Its Mobile-First Users Are Younger, More Engaged And Easier To Market To | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Twitter released the details of a about its “primary mobile users,” or those who engage with Twitter more on mobile devices and on the mobile web than on the desktop. The study, commissioned by Twitter from Kantar Media’s Compete, revealed that Twitter’s mobile-first users are more engaged than mobile users in more w... |
Netflix’s ‘House Of Cards’ Is Internet TV-Funded Original Programming But Don’t Kid Yourself It’s Ad-Free (Spoiler Alert) | Natasha Lomas | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | When Netflix bid on and won the rights to back in 2011 – buying the show before it was shot and committing to two full seasons – it . And with good reason: Funding such a high-profile slice of original programming – with David Fincher and Kevin Spacey on board — cast Netflix in a role typically occupied by HBO. Rumo... |
Facebook Counted 43M Grammy-Related Likes, Comments — Oh, And 26M Related To Super Bowl Ads Last Week | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | After this year’s Super Bowl, there were that Twitter had “won” the event thanks to the general explosion in usage, as well as the prominent use of hashtags in many of the TV ads. But today Facebook is sharing some numbers of its own — and yes, it’s still an enormous source of conversation around big events. The most... |
Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox May Require You To Use A Kinect | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | The war for your living room rages on, and has no intention of yielding any hard-fought ground to its gaming rivals. Rumors of a new Xbox have been flying around for months now, but has put together the mother of all next-gen Xbox (a.k.a. Xbox 720, a.k.a. Durango) posts thanks to a secretive-but-chatty source known ... |
WordPress For iOS Adds Push Notifications And Comment Moderation | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Automattic, the company behind the WordPress CMS and blogging platform, have today for the WordPress iOS app which introduces push notifications for comments, followers, likes, posts and more. The update makes it easier for WordPress users and authors to reply to and approve comments from their mobile devices, the co... |
Apple Updates iPhone 4S To iOS 6.1.1 After European Carriers Advise Against Updating To 6.1 | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | Apple has just issued iOS 6.1.1, a bug-fixing update aimed at the iPhone 4S specifically to address issues around cellular issues on 3G connections for some European carriers, per the release notes. The update had been in beta for only five days, which is a much shorter cycle than Apple usually goes through for new iOS... |
Bill Gates, Ever The Company Man, Does A Reddit AMA, Claims “Bing Is The Better Product At This Point” | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 2 | 11 | , co-founder of Microsoft and now co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has held his very first . He’s surprisingly good at it, answering over 30 questions and verifying his identity in a number of cute ways (photo at left, video below). For the record, Gates’ preferred computer is the Microsoft Surface P... |
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Facebook’s Never Had A Big User Data Breach, But May Never Recover When It Does | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 16 | It’s not but . Between crooks, hackers and foreign governments, Facebook probably can’t avoid a serious user data breach forever. When it happens, Facebook may never be able to quiet fears that “personal data isn’t safe there.” That could cause a chilling effect on sharing, jeopardize its future in commerce, and cut... |
Palantir Acqhires Team Behind YC Voice Email Startup Voicegem | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 16 | just scooped up some fresh minds to aid its mission of analyzing the world’s information. Today Y Combinator Summer 2012 startup its team is joining Palantir, and it will shut down its voice email service in mid-March. Voicegem had delivered over 1 million seconds of voice recordings, but now its makers are moving t... |
The Rise Of Company Builders | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 2 | 16 | Entrepreneur-turned-investor is a classic story arc in Silicon Valley but recently the plot has earned a twist. Certain operators are foregoing the traditional path of joining a traditional VC to instead create a studio-like holding operation. By doing so, they remain engaged with the grit and grassroots challenges of ... |
Disrupt Darlings GTar Talk About What Happens After You Succeed On Stage, Raise $350K, And Have To Ship Product | John Biggs | 2,013 | 2 | 16 | Last May, Incident Tech launched the gTar, a guitar with real strings that connected to a smartphone for some amazing sound processing. In the last few months, the founder, Idan Beck and his team have been busy preparing the 800 guitars he pre-sold on for shipment. Theirs is a story of creativity, cool, and the next ... |
Gillmor Gang: House of Bacon | Steve Gillmor | 2,013 | 2 | 16 | The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — pondered the debatable relationship between Netflix’ House of Cards and the tech community. From HBO’s Jeff Bewkes calling the Kevin Spacey series “pretty good” to Comcast buying the rest of NBC/Universal from GE, the econom... |
Get Ready To Lose Your Job | Jon Evans | 2,013 | 2 | 16 | “Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase,” and Chris Dixon, who says that the turning point between those phases for the Age of Information is… . Meanwhile, “profits have surged as a share of national income, while wages and other labor compensation are... |
FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Following an over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the executive branch has any authority to change the law. The “ban raises competition concerns; it raises innovation concerns,” FCC Chairma... |
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After Recruiting Founding StubHub CTO, Buzzmob Overhauls Its Social Events App To Help Brands Connect With Fans | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | If you’ve been to a live event recently, like a football game or a, you’ve probably noticed that the majority of people around you spent most of their time huddled over their smartphone. It’s true of life now, too, as people now interface with the world through Instagram rather than their eyeballs, but this even more t... |
Google Launches Zopfli To Compress Data More Densely And Make Web Pages Load Faster | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Google just , a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about 3 to eight 8 (PDF) than the standard library. Because Zopfli is compatible with the decompression algorithms that are already part of all modern web browsers, using Google’s new algorithm and library on a server could lead ... |
Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty For Supplying WikiLeaks, Says Newspapers Ignored Calls | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Private First Class Bradley Manning to leaking classified government documents to WikiLeaks. Reading from a 35-page statement, Manning said he leaked diplomatic cables to “spark a domestic debate as to the role of the military and foreign policy in general,” but denies aiding the enemy. Perhaps most revealing, Mannin... |
Hardware Startup Outex Takes To Kickstarter To Fund Its Go-Anywhere SLR Camera Housing | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 28 |
I like to use my SLR, but there are many times when I leave it behind because I’m not sure whether it’ll be able to handle the conditions I plan to be using it in. LA-based hardware startup is trying to make sure that photographers can use their cameras anywhere, without having to fork over north of $1,000 for... |
Groupon Stock Up 12% In After-Hours Trading Following Mason Ouster (But Has Fallen Since) | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Andrew Mason’s loss may just be Groupon’s gain — at least as far as its shareholders are concerned. Groupon’s got a rapid and marked boost in after-hours trading today in the first minutes after it was announced that longtime . Within the first minutes of the news, Groupon’s stock had shot up as high as 12 percent f... |
Fujitsu’s Senior-Focused Smartphone Is A Thoughtful Use Of Android That Tucks Away Complexity | Natasha Lomas | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Japanese electronics company Fujitsu has taken its time pushing beyond its home smartphone market. The company is best known for slick, slender high end smartphones in Japan but earlier this month it announced a European play — eschewing the crowded top tier of devices in favour of a niche in the seniors space, with a ... |
The Chubby vWand Stylus Can Bring NFC Support To Non-NFC Smartphones And Tablets | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | NFC has always struck me as one of those things that everyone says is going to get really big next year, and the growing number of smartphones and tablets that come bearing support for the standard is proof that at least a few people care about it. But what if you want to experience the NFC lifestyle but your gadget(s)... |
CEO Andrew Mason Replaced By Eric Lefkofsky And Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis At Groupon | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Andrew Mason, CEO and founder of Groupon, has by Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky and Vice Chairman Ted Leonisis, who will take over the new position of Office of the Chief Executive. They will serve as interim co-CEOs while they hunt for a replacement to take over permanently. Here’s the : On behalf of the entire... |
Parking Search Engine BestParking.com Revamps Its Website And Announces A Free API | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | today launched a new version of its website aimed at helping people find the best short-term and long-term parking. It’s also announcing that it’s making its data available to third-party developers through an API. The company offers pricing data for off-street parking in 64 cities and near 80 airports, says founder Be... |
HGST’s Nanotechnology Printing Breakthrough Is Great News For Data Center Storage And HDD Capacity | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | If you’re at all familiar with mobile processors, you’ve likely heard a lot about 32nm vs. 28nm construction when comparing the current generation of chips from companies like Qualcomm and others. That refers to the size of the processor, where a smaller number is better in terms of power consumption, fitting more tran... |
Facebook Confirms It Will Acquire Atlas Advertiser Suite From Microsoft To Close The Ad Spend Loop | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | After weeks of rumors, Facebook it will buy the Advertiser Suite away from Microsoft. Despite rumors, Facebook said it didn’t buy Atlas to launch an ad network, but to help advertisers “close the loop” and understand how their spend earns them money. The Seattle-based Atlas team will stay put, but Facebook plans to... |
The New Dyson AM05 Is The Darth Vader Of Space Heaters | John Biggs | 2,013 | 2 | 28 | Beautiful design and utility are, in many ways, paramount when it comes to home electronics. That’s why I was really impressed by the the new from Dyson. It’s a completely quiet, blade-less system that comes in a black and nickel color scheme that looks like it fell off of Boba Fett’s Slave 1. The AM05 is the success... |
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