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Time.com Hires Design Studio Big Human For This Fall’s Big Relaunch | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | Time is moving forward with its plans for a major redesign and relaunch of this fall, announcing today that it has hired design studio . It’s an interesting choice, because most of Big Human’s past experience has been on the tech and startup side — include Jetsetter, 1stDibs, and Samsung. (Big Human’s founder Rus... |
Judge Allows Quinn Emanuel To Continue Representing Snapchat In Lawsuit | Billy Gallagher | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | A judge denied alleged Snapchat co-founder Reggie Brown’s motion to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing Snapchat today. Quinn Emanuel will continue to represent the company as the case moves forward. Brown claiming that he came up with the idea for a disappearing messages app that eventually became Snapchat. B... |
OMGPOP Team Tried To Buy Back Its Site, But Zynga Killed It Instead | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | OMGPOP almost got an extra life, but Zynga said ‘game over’. Zynga just to shut down OMGPOP, the game developer of Draw Something it in March 2012. But multiple sources familiar with Zynga tell TechCrunch the OMGPOP team was in direct contact with Zynga leadership in an attempt to buy back the site or continue ope... |
Y Combinator Startup 7 Cups Of Tea Connects People In Need Of Emotional Support With Trained Listeners | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | It’s almost a cliche to complain about the alienating effects of technology, but the Internet is an amazing resource for combating isolation. Sites and online forums mean people who suffer from stigmatized conditions like depression can find support that was unavailable just a decade ago. Now startup wants to help ... |
YC-Backed One Month Rails Teaches You How To Build Your Startup While You Learn To Code | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | If you build it, they will come. But what if you don’t know how to build it? That was the problem facing Mattan Griffel, founder of a new YC-backed startup called that is launching today. “I didn’t study computer science or anything, but I had this great idea for a startup,” he said. “I just didn’t know how to build ... |
Five U.S. Startups Wanted For U.K. Plc Sales & Marketing Opportunity | Natasha Lomas | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | The U.K. government’s latest tech-related initiative has political photo opportunity written all over it. Said scheme — (TGTA) — is heavy on jingoism (yes that’s “GREAT” as in Britain GREAT as in technology, see what they did there?) — and light on payload and pay-off. But then the business of government is mostly a... |
Zynga To Shut Down OMGPOP’s Online Gaming Portal, OMGPOP.com | Greg Kumparak | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | Long before OMGPOP found its sudden (and rather fleeting) success as a mobile game developer with Draw Something, it began its life as an online game network at OMGPOP.com. After Zynga only to a year later, it was unclear what would happen to this last lingering monument to the company. On September 30th, it’ll be... |
Can Mayer’s Aggressive Acquisition Spree Drive Revenue Growth At Yahoo? | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 5 | Yahoo continued its acquisition spree last week, . The company’s product will be all but instantly axed. Yahoo’s senior vice president of mobile wrote the blog post announcing the purchase, so it is not hard to see where RockMelt’s employees are headed. It joins a string of companies, often small and directionless, ... |
A Look Into What The Manning Verdict Means For The Tech Industry | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | It’s a situation that has captured the interest of many people but has especially meaningful implications for the tech industry (and the people who use its products), so it was a big pleasure to have stop by the TechCrunch TV studio this week to help elucidate what it all means. As the co-founder and COO of the a... |
Verizon Reportedly Provides British Spy Agency Access To Its Undersea Internet Cables | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | It became that the GCHQ, Britain’s NSA equivalent, was directly tapping into the fiber optic cables that carry Internet traffic around the world. However, at that time, what telecommunications companies take part in the program was not known. We now know. As , the German newspaper Süddeutsche published the list of c... |
CBS Blocks Time Warner Cable Subscribers From Watching Full Episodes On CBS.com | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | A dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees for its broadcast content has spilled over onto the web, with a blackout of television programming also being extended to CBS’ online properties. In the wake of Time Warner Cable dropping the CBS and Showtime signals in most major markets, the broadca... |
University Of California Approves Major Open Access Policy To Make Research Free | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Good news for fans of the scientific method: the largest and most influential university system on the planet will be giving out its research for free. After 6-year-long fight with the for-profit academic publishing industry, the University of California Senate for research on all 10 campuses. The policy is major win... |
Developed By Literacy Experts, Learn With Homer Launches On The iPad To Change How Kids Learn To Read | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Stephanie Dua spent the last ten years pushing for educational reform, first as the CEO of the Fund for Public Schools under former Chancellor of New York’s Department of Education, Joel Klein, and Caroline Kennedy, before becoming senior advisor to David Coleman at Student Achievement Partners (SAP). But as much time ... |
What’s Asseta, A Marketplace For Used Manufacturing Equipment, Doing In Y Combinator? Um, Making Money | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Thank you, Y Combinator, for not just investing in a million photo-sharing apps. While you might not be personally excited about an online marketplace where you can buy and sell used manufacturing equipment – and, at launch, primarily semiconductor equipment – a new startup called demonstrates the potential in taking... |
AOL Lays Off Members Of AIM, Video Production, And HR Teams | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | made another round of cuts today. The news was , which said the layoffs “won’t break any records for AOL” and that the cuts include some recent hires. A spokesperson for AOL (which owns TechCrunch) declined to comment, but a source with knowledge of the company confirmed that there were layoffs today, and that, as r... |
File Transfer & Syncing Service Pixelpipe Shuts Down – Acquisition In The Works? | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | San Francisco-based startup , which previously offered services for uploading photos to a variety of online destinations, before moving to support a wider variety of file types under a cloud-to-cloud rebranding known as , shut down today. The company says it will now be “joining a much larger organization,” but the d... |
EAT Club Suspends Food Bus Operations In SF After Getting A Cease And Desist From The City | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Lunch goers in San Francisco startup neighborhoods like SOMA and the FiDi have lost one of their better food options today, as the food bus has suspended operations after receiving a cease and desist from the city. The shutdown of its San Francisco service follows a disagreement over how to classify the EAT Club vehi... |
Ask A VC: Greylock’s Josh Elman On SoLoMo, Growth Hacking And More | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | On this week’s episode of Ask A VC, we hosted Greylock’s , , in the studio to answer reader questions on his views on local marketplaces and more. Elman tackled how he feels about the SoLoMo trend, and whether local networks are gaining traction at the expense of Facebook. Elman, who worked on , also talked about ... |
Travel Startup WeHostels Goes Big On Mobile With An App For Booking Hostels On The iPad | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Travel startup wants to make it easier for people to book affordable lodging while on the go. Over the past year it has done that, betting on mobile in a big way by releasing and . Today, it released a new version of the app just for the iPad, taking advantage of the device’s larger screen to give users more infor... |
YouTube Expands Live Streaming To Channels With Just 100 Subscribers, Opens Custom Thumbnails & Merchandise Links To All | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Google today a number of updates to that will allow more video producers to use YouTube for live streaming. All channels in good standing with at least 100 subscribers will be able to from their accounts within the next few weeks. By bringing the number of required subscribers down to 100, Google is opening up th... |
The FBI May Be Working To Install Surveillance Taps On Major US Telecom Carriers | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | According to , the FBI wants to follow the NSA into broad surveillance of Internet data by forcing large telecommunications carriers to put in place what is described in the story as “eavesdropping technology.” Once installed, the technology would grant the FBI sweeping new powers to collect metadata on the Internet a... |
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A Tag-Team Look At The New Nexus 7 | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Google recently updated its Nexus 7 tablet, with a new design and brand new specs including a more powerful processor and much better screen. The device also has the distinction of being among the first in line for new Android updates, so it’s an early-adopter’s delight. But despite all the new, the Nexus 7 doesn’t re... |
Gillmor Gang Live 08.02.13 (TCTV) | Steve Gillmor | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | – Bret Taylor, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Find us on facebook at Facebook.com/gillmorgang |
Sorry, Windows Phone Fans: Instagram Hasn’t Anointed A Third-Party App | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Turns out Instagram isn’t kingmaking among the third-party developer community on Windows Phone. Today the Windows Phone community is buzzing with the news of a meeting between developer and Instagram that has led some to believe his forthcoming application for Microsoft’s smartphone platform will carry some sort of ... |
This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: Nexus 7, Moto X, And 3D Printing Gives You Cancer | John Biggs | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Here comes the , the fanciest phone out of Motorola in a long time and here already came the , a device that may beat out the iPad Mini. We talk about both of them. Then we move on to how 3D printing is killing us all and how that’s pretty terrible. We discuss all this and more on this week’s . The show features Joh... |
Google Launches City Experts Program To Encourage Higher Quality Google+ Local Reviews | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Google has quietly launched a new program called to encourage more high-quality local business ratings and reviews on Google+. The program is currently limited to select cities in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Japan, and will reward users who have left at least 50 reviews to date, and who produce at least five new r... |
Google Will Soon Let You Locate, Ring and Remote Wipe Your Android Phone From Its Upcoming Web-Based Device Manager | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | Apple users have long been to use iOS’s built-in device locator and remote wiping features, but Android users had to to . That’s changing soon. Google today that it’ll launch a new Android Device Manager later this month that will allow you to locate and ring your misplaced (or stolen) device and perform a remot... |
Cloud Cannon Turns Any Static Website Into An Editable Dropbox-Based CMS | Romain Dillet | 2,013 | 8 | 2 | is a CMS designed specifically for designers who know how to work with HTML, JavaScript, CSS and any static content. Instead of having to turn your beautiful designs into a dynamic CMS, you just have to put your files into a Dropbox folder — Cloud Cannon will take care of the rest in seconds. Clients can then edit par... |
Virtual Fitting Startup Virtusize Tries On Japan Via Partnership With Online Fashion Retailer Magaseek | Steve O'Hear | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Sweden’s , one of a plethora of startups trying to solve the problem of how to “try on” clothes online, is rolling out in Japan via a partnership with Japanese online fashion retailer Magaseek. As of today, its “Fit Visualiser” solution is available on 20,000 items on Magaseek’s online store, so customers can better u... |
Google’s Stealthy Helpouts Live Video Commerce Service Makes Its First Public Appearance, Landing Page Now Live | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Last month, our own Rip Empson broke the news that Google , a Hangouts-based marketplace “that enables individuals and small and large businesses to buy and sell services via live video.” Today, Helpouts made its first public appearance. The service’s , and while it remains invite-only, its are public and give us a... |
Tech In A “Surprising Slump”? Hardly | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | What is the forecast for tech? It depends on whom you ask. For some, . For others, . Cisco is in the tank and , even as Microsoft . Yahoo . Some companies are from Asia to monetize their social products. Even the tech deities about . Twitter and Box are , and the new name of the tech game is stacking revenu... |
Facebook And 6 Phone Companies Launch Internet.org To Bring Affordable Access To Everyone | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Facebook has a partnership with Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera and Qualcomm to launch , a project aimed at bringing affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people without it. The companies will work together on data-compression technologies and cheap, high-quality smartphones to make the web cheaper. ... |
Social Publishing Platform Percolate Adds New Tools For Managing User Generated Content | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | helps companies publish engaging content to social networks — or at least, that’s the goal. What it hasn’t done until now is help those companies take advantage of the additional content that fans, consumers and everyone else are also posting. The idea of allowing brands to harness user-generated content is a pretty f... |
New Revelations Detail How The NSA Scans 75% Of The Internet Through Telco Partnerships | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Tuesday the existence of several NSA programs that were either previously unknown, or little was known about. Meet Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium and Stormbrew. The programs allow for far greater surveillance than the government has admitted to, and, importantly, detail how the government forces Internet service... |
TechCrunch’s Picks: The Top 8 Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer ’13 Demo Day | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Convenience tech, developer assistance, and services for senior citizens were the big trends amongst the 45 startups that pitched on the record today at ‘s Summer 2013 Demo Day. After conferring with 25 of the most prolific venture capitalists and huddling the TechCrunch team, we’ve picked the eight startups we believ... |
YC-Backed Buttercoin Uses Bitcoin To Attack The $500B-A-Year Remittances Economy | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | With Bitcoin’s promise of frictionless transactions, particularly across international borders, it’s inevitable that a team would use the math-based currency to attack the global remittances market. The World Bank estimates that migrants will send about $515 billion to relatives in developing countries by 2015, which ... |
Send In Your Questions For Ask A VC With Menlo Ventures’ Mark Siegel | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | This week on TechCrunch TV’s Ask A VC show, we have Menlo Ventures’ Managing Director in the studio. As you may remember, you can submit questions for our guests either in the comments or and we’ll ask them during the show. Siegel joined Menlo Ventures in 1996 and focuses on investments in data storage, cloud compu... |
Big Brother Isn’t A Reason For Journalists To Quit The Internet | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | In fear of Big Brother, award-winning technology law blog, Groklaw, . TechCrunch, however, will not be following its lead. There is always a risk that an abusive government agent may try to intercept or intimidate our sources, but it’s the kind of risk that media outlet has faced since the printing press and will con... |
Powa Technologies Picks Up A $76M Series A Investment To Take Its Mobile Payment And E-Commerce Platform Large | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | , a UK startup that’s been working on an integrated mobile payments and e-commerce platform with some augmented reality thrown in, is today announcing its first round of outside funding — and it’s a doozy. The company says that it has picked up a Series A round of $76 million to take its technology global, and to a ret... |
Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 2: Meet Meta, Lob, Amulyte, Weilos And More | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Just as the wheels of time continue to turn, the 49 new startups out of continue to churn. Batch One is now behind us, and a new group of startups are taking the stage. As per usual, TechCrunch is here to bring you complete coverage of each of these companies, ranging from a “hearing aid 2.0” to a “Netflix for fashio... |
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Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 3: Meet Senic, Buttercoin, Crowdery, Reebee And More | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Third time’s the charm. We’re here ( , ) at Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 demo day, covering the wide range of 48 startups pitching their wares to a large crowd of investors, fellow founders and members of the media. [ : Check out So far we’ve met an augmented reality glasses company, seen Sergey Brin’s little brother l... |
Small Firm Creates A 3D-Printed Scale Model Of The Hyperloop | John Biggs | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgPGBmUp1E] This video shows you probably the closest we’ll ever get to seeing a physical representation of the . It is a 3D scale model made by a nascent company called and it showcases the teams 3D modeling prowess and, more wistfully, shows what the Hyperloop could be. The... |
Google Expands Google+ Photos App To All Chromebooks, No Longer Limited To Just The Pixel | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | The Chromebook world is a weird one where apps trickle out slowly and in a manageable stream, with the most interesting ones costly coming from Google itself. The latest is software that was originally demoed at the Chromebook Pixel launch, then released for that computer exclusively, and now has . The Google+ Photos ... |
Google Updates Play Services With Improved GPS, Google+ And Photo Sphere Integrations | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | , the company’s client-side library for allowing Android developers to easily use Google-powered features like Maps and Google+ in their apps, got a major today that includes a number of interesting new features. Many of these, Google notes, are meant to provide greater power savings, but the company says it has also... |
High Leverage Individual Max Levchin To Speak At TechCrunch Disrupt SF | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Technical co-founder, angel investor and PayPal mafia don once wrote a blog post about a concept he called He described these individuals thus: “People who act on their big ideas. They are capable of articulating a theory of how the world works today and how it should change, and then proceed to actually change the ... |
PiP Uses Facial Recognition To Reunite Lost Pets With Their Owners | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | Having your dog or cat run away is pretty traumatic. And even if somebody finds your furry friend, they might not know where to find you. If your pet ends up in a shelter, chances are high that it will be euthanized, so Philip Rooyakkers, the CEO of , decided to see if he and his team could use facial recognition inst... |
Apple Credits Security Researcher Balic, But Not For Vulnerability Related To Developer Center | Matthew Panzarino | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | A recent posting on Apple’s page issues credit to Ibrahim Balic, 7Dscan.com and SCANV of Knownsec.com for the discovery of two web security issues. Balic, you may recall, discovered a vulnerability that he later publicly claimed was responsible for the weeks-long . The posting was who claimed that Apple was credit... |
Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 1: Meet Glio, 7Cups, Prim, Teleborder And More | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 8 | 20 | It’s that time again. ‘s Summer demo day is upon us, and we’re here live to bring the best and brightest new startups into your world. Forty-nine new companies will pitch their wares for the very first time today, but for now we’re focusing on the first batch, which So sit back, relax, and grab some popcorn as we take... |
Yahoo Shuts Down Its Email Service In China | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Yahoo’s email service in China has shut down, with a asking users to transfer their accounts to Alibaba’s . The closure of Yahoo China email was announced on April 18 and is part of its gradual ceasing of services in China since acquiring a stake in Alibaba, one of the country’s largest Internet companies, in 2005. ... |
Beats Electronics May Give HTC The Boot In Favor Of A New Investor | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Whether you like the company or not, people are snapping up Beats Electronics’ wares left and right. It’s no surprise then that Beats is looking to branch out into some new frontiers, and it may not want to do it without getting rid of some old baggage first. The is reporting that Beats is considering buying out Taiw... |
Fly Or Die: Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | The , while having a numerically challenging name, is a slick little guy that’s not too big, not too small, but right. Still, is that enough to compete with not only the but also Samsung’s own ? To start, the specs on this bad boy are sure to please. John Biggs felt that the 8-inch 1280×800 display was beauti... |
Inside Patch’s Leaked Revenue Numbers And Its Hunt For Profitability | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Patch, AOL’s hyperlocal news project, is undergoing steep layoffs as it aims for profitability by the end of the year. Leaked memos detail Patch’s revenue both in its lower reaches, and what its sales bosses expect it to accumulate daily. This grants us a window into Patch’s health, and why the project is cutting as de... |
OpenDesk.cc Is Like Ikea For Open Source Zealots | John Biggs | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Furniture is probably the last thing on the mind of most open source proponents but now it doesn’t have to be. line of furniture that you can make yourself or order unassembled from a maker with a CNC machine. Not only is the furniture cheap – free if you have the wood and hardware – it’s actually cool-looking. Creat... |
Behind The Scenes At Homejoy, A Cleaning Startup That Says It’s Really A Tech Company | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | If I were ranking startups based on how much I value their services, would place pretty darn near the top — every month or so, one of their cleaners comes by my apartment and in two or three hours it becomes more sparkly than I’ve ever been able to make it. All for just 20 bucks an hour. Homejoy’s been growing quickl... |
Vancouver’s GROW Conference Shines A Spotlight On Canada’s Growing Startup Scene | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | When it comes to the tech conference circuit outside of Silicon Valley, Canada is probably not top of mind for most people, but I’ve got a feeling that’s slowly changing. Last week, Vancouver hosted the fourth edition of the , a two-day event (plus one for outdoor activities around the city) that brings together start... |
The Internet: We’re Doing It Wrong | Jon Evans | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | This week Facebook’s ; Github went ; and all Google services collapsed for a few minutes, . Just another week on the Internet, then. We love our centralized services, until they let us down. Bruce Sterling calls them “the Stacks”: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft. In his most recent (always riveting) State... |
Security Researcher Hacks Mark Zuckerberg’s Wall To Prove His Exploit Works | Greg Kumparak | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Earlier this week, security researcher Khalil Shreateh a Facebook bug that allowed a hacker to post on anyone’s wall — even if they weren’t that person’s friend. While he was able to prove to Facebook that his bug was legit (despite an initial response that it wasn’t a bug at all), Facebook wasn’t too happy with the ... |
Goldfinger: The Next iPhone | MG Siegler | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | “Gold? All over?” M asks James Bond upon hearing how Jill Masterson died in 1964’s . While Bond goes on to explain that the gold coating on Ms. Masterson caused her to die of “skin suffocation”, the same fate will not befall the next iPhone. But only because the iPhone will not require oxygen. Yes, there will be a gol... |
What Games Are: Something’s Adrift With Oculus Rift | Tadhg Kelly | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | It is, of course, a bit of a coup. I’m referring to the news last week that the legendary John Carmack, hero of coders everywhere, . Feet first no less, as CTO. This after a long period of tacit involvement and support for the Kickstarted device designed to finally make VR gaming happen. Rejoice ye! While talent endor... |
Britain Detains Partner Of Journalist Who Exposed NSA Spying. Are They Crazy Or Stupid? | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | The partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who published classified information on U.S. government surveillance, in London’s Heathrow Airport. On Sunday morning, David Miranda was detained for the maximum allowable time under British Law; his property was confiscated and has yet to be returned, according to Green... |
Required Reading Regarding Mobile | Semil Shah | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | TechCrunch . It’s clichéd, overplayed, and the obvious new normal: Mobile is the big, fundamental force driving consumer tech. Yes, we all know that, but even taking a few steps back for a minute, we should stand in awe of just how much of a massive platform change this is. “Tectonic” might be the right word. Readers... |
3D Gesture Control Is An Area Of Focus On Innovation We Likely Don’t Need Or Want | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Minority Report was an enjoyable action flick, but it may hold the blame for getting the idea stuck in our collective heads that 3D gesture control is the next frontier for computing. The Kinect from Microsoft helped further this idea around as well, with a pretty good (though highly limited regarding needed space, app... |
WebDev Video Tutorials Startup Learnable.com Gives Australian High School Students Free Classes To Address Looming Crisis | Mahesh Sharma | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Hoping to address the software developer skills crisis choking Australia’s startup ecosystem, is giving away $10 million in credits to high school students to access its library of web development videos, ebooks, and access to its community of other students and subject matter experts. Spanning 10,000 students, the ... |
Barnes & Noble Undercuts Amazon, Kobo By Dropping NOOK Simple Touch GlowLight To $99 | Matt Burns | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | The Nook Simple Touch GlowLight is ereaders on the market. It has a very nice form and a great screen. And now it’s also the cheapest of its kind. B&N just announced a $20 price cut, bringing the . The ad-supported Kindle Paperwhite is $119 and the Kobo Glo is $129.99. This price drop is right on schedule for B&N. ... |
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As Court Releases Files In Case Alleging Google Tracked UK Safari Users, Search Giant Wants To Move Case To U.S. | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 8 | 18 | Some new developments this weekend in the case of for secretly tracking their online activity by working around privacy settings in Apple’s Safari web browser. The UK courts released court documents related to the case, giving for the first time more details of the allegations; and Google has apparently finally issue... |
Twerk, Selfie, Bitcoin, Others Added To Oxford Dictionary As Silicon Valley, Middle Schoolers Push English Language Forward | Billy Gallagher | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | The is , from bitcoin to twerk. Before you completely lose it, the Oxford Dictionaries Online is separate from the Oxford English Dictionary, though both are published by the Oxford University Press. The ODO changes much more frequently, and has added text-speak acronyms like OMG and LOL in recent years. The OED add... |
Cooper-Hewitt Adds The First Piece Of Code To Its Design Collection | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | Programmers know how beautiful well-written code can be, but most users will never see the source code behind their software. The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, however, wants to showcase the artistic potential of computer programming. It just acquired and its source code, the first time the muse... |
Google Dumps Video Responses From YouTube Due To Dismal .0004% Click-Through Rate | Matthew Panzarino | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | Google is ditching video responses from its video sharing site on September 12, encouraging users to fall back on hashtags and descriptions to surface videos in searches. The cited reason is a minuscule .0004% click-through rate on video responses submitted by users. To illustrate, says the YouTube team, only four out ... |
Parallels Launches Access For iPad, A Virtualization App That Gets Windows, Mac Apps To Work Like Native iOS Apps | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 8 | 27 |
Timed to coincide with this week in San Francisco, one of its bigger rivals, , today is unveiling a new app that takes its own virtualization software to a new screen: the iPad. More than a year in the making, Parallels Access for iPad is not the first tablet-friendly product released by the company — an existing-b... |
StackOverflow Co-Founder Jeff Atwood Builds A $150 Mechanical Keyboard | Greg Kumparak | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | If anyone knows far too much about their keyboard, it’s a programmer. Professional programmers type a lot. A lot. So much that a flame war over which text editor/input method is best for coding (Vi! No, Emacs!) has roared on for It makes some sense, then, that a well-known coder has taken to building his own keyboar... |
Courting All Bookworms, Kobo Debuts 3 New Reading-Friendly Arc Tablets, A New Aura E-Reader, And A Plan To Gain An Edge Over Amazon | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | , the e-reader and tablet company owned by Rakuten (aka Japan’s answer to Amazon), is today taking the covers off four new devices — three new Android-based Arc tablets and a new Aura e-reader. And it is using the occasion to kick off a redoubled effort to focus on a specific segment in the market — die-hard bookworms ... |
Developers Are Pissed That Microsoft Won’t Give Them Windows 8.1 Until Everyone Else Gets It | Alex Wilhelm | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | Windows developers are not happy that Microsoft will not provide them with a copy of the newly “completed” Windows 8.1 RTM build. Instead, Microsoft has decided to make the developers who are part of TechNet and the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) wait like the rest of us until . The decision isn’t sitting well. De... |
Apple CEO Tim Cook Snags 72k Shares Of Vested Stock, Eddy Cue Sells $12.4M | Matthew Panzarino | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | Apple executives were granted more than 120k shares of vested stock in transactions that took place last week but were disclosed today. CEO Tim Cook converted 72,877 units of restricted stock that were originally granted on a schedule. SVP Eddy Cue units out of a grant of 100k that was . The remainder of those share... |
For The Conscious Consumer, An Online Retailer Called Zady | Eliza Brooke | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | A new ecommerce site called is bringing the conscious consumerism movement to the online retail space by showing shoppers exactly where the goods the carry come from. To that end, the site aims to blend commerce with storytelling in the form of brand profiles and lifestyle articles. Zady — a word that with a slight s... |
Syrian Electronic Army Apparently Hacks DNS Records Of Twitter, NYT Through Registrar Melbourne IT | Matthew Panzarino | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility for hacking the domain name servers of two of Twitter’s sites, and a third appears to have been redirected to servers hosted by the SEA. In addition, attacks have been made on The New York Times and Huffington Post UK name servers. [ The New York Times says it was ... |
TC Cribs: Pinterest, Where Making Beautiful Stuff Is A Way Of Life | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | From the outside, is known for being one of the Internet’s go-to places for beautiful things. But on the inside, the company is also killing it — and tech folks have sometimes been known to neglect decorating to focus on making great products for their customers. So we weren’t sure what to expect when we headed o... |
Playing Ballmer Bingo, Could Microsoft’s Next CEO Come From Google? | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | There are whispers bouncing around Silicon Valley that a Google executive might be selected as Microsoft’s next CEO. The concept isn’t out of the question, especially following Marissa Mayer’s move to Yahoo. That transition has gone, by most accounts, well. To become the next CEO of Microsoft, a number of traits are re... |
Yahoo’s Redesign Isn’t Over Yet, More Sites & Ad Formats To Come | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | Yahoo rolled out a major redesign to several of its web properties today – a move that’s part of a project apparently code-named “Grand Slam.” At least that’s how it was recently described in a of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, which said Grand Slam is “an effort to bring a more coherent look and identity to Yahoo’s pages.... |
NYT Resorts To Bypassing DNS Servers Amid Potential Hacking, WSJ Drops Its Paywall To Capitalize | Matthew Panzarino | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | According to statements from a spokesperson, the New York Times may have been hacked, resulting in the loss of access for many customers. Specifically, it appears that the attack has resulted in the redirection of its domain name servers, which has caused the Times to resort to some interesting methods to deliver the n... |
Assessing Zuckerberg’s Idea That Facebook Could Help Citizens Re-Make Their Government | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | Mark Zuckerberg has a grand vision that Facebook will help citizens in developing countries . It’s a lofty and partially attainable goal. While Egypt probably won’t let citizens vote for their next president with a Like, it is theoretically possible to use Facebook to crowdsource expertise. Governments around the worl... |
Comcast Ventures’ Adit Singh Heads To Foundation Capital To Focus On Enterprise Investments | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | After raising for its seventh fund, Foundation Capital is adding a new partner to its ranks — Adit Singh, a former investor and senior associate with Comcast Ventures, will be an investment partner at the firm. We’re told that in his new role, Singh will focus on identifying and investing in startups specializing in ... |
FeeX Raises $3 Million To Help You Avoid Paying Hidden Retirement Fees | Stephanie Yang | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | , which helps users save on hidden retirement fees, has raised $3 million in Series A funding from Blumberg Capital. Co-founded by Uri Levine from , the startup aims to raise awareness of excessive fees through its crowdsourcing platform. The funding will go towards the company’s U.S. launch in early 2014. Retirement ... |
Keen On… Promoting Yourself: How Social Media Won’t Help You Get A Job | Andrew Keen | 2,013 | 8 | 27 | If you want to learn how to promote yourself, read ‘s CrunchBase . Alternatively, you could read Schawbel’s new book (out next week), entitled, appropriately enough, . The 29 year-old Schawbel – the Managing Partner of the consulting and marketing firm – has made a successful land grab at becoming Millennial au... |
One Hour Translation’s Patented Tech Enables Speedy And Accurate Real-Time Translation Of Online Content | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | Founded in 2008, is one of the oldest and largest online translation companies, with more than 15,000 active translators in 100 countries who cover more than 75 languages. The Cyprus-based company processes 100,000 projects a month for customers ranging from large corporations (including Toyota and Shell) that need e... |
After Years Of Bootstrapping, MyFitnessPal Raises $18M Round From Kleiner Perkins And Accel | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | , a service that allows users to track their calories and share that information with friends, has raised $18 million in its first round of funding. This seems like one of those stories where a company goes years without raising any funding (MyFitnessPal launched in September 2005) before raising money from top-tier ve... |
Ride Easier With The Rubbee Easy Electric Bike Conversion Gadget On Kickstarter | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 8 | 11 |
Electric bikes are becoming more popular as the cost to own one goes down, and the cost to own a gas-powered vehicle goes up. If you ask a true cyclist what they think of an electric bike, you might get your head bitten off, but there’s no doubt that there’s a market out there for them. wants to appeal to that... |
ActiveNotifications Lets You Bring The Moto X’s Best Feature To Other Android Devices | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs0JD5KITfM&w=640&h=360] I’ve been spending a lot of time with the Moto X lately (full review coming shortly), and while the spec sheet isn’t to everyone’s liking, it packs some smart features that I’d love to see on other devices. Motorola’s motion-sensitive Active Display notif... |
Four Online Brands That Are Building Their Reputations Offline, Because It’s Called Street Cred For A Reason | Eliza Brooke | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | As a consumer, online-native luxury brands mess with my feelings. On the one hand I tell myself, “Hey, I’m a modern woman. I believe in the power of minimizing overhead!” But when push comes to shove, I want to feel the quality of that leather or wool in your hands. Check the stability of the heel. Because as with OkCu... |
The Science Of Reddit: Why Some Ideas Dominate The Net | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | The Internet is not a perfect meritocracy, where the best ideas naturally rise to the forefront of the national conversation. It is easy to game the popularity of some ideas by exploiting the fact that Internet users are overly optimistic sheep who blindly rate the value of stories positively if they first see that oth... |
Backed By Social+Capital, Brilliant.org Is Finding And Challenging The Brightest, Technical Talent In The World | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | Pharrell Wu began doing math at age one and was trading stocks at age three. Living in the Philippines, Wu became bored with the math curriculum at his school and started Googling for hard math problems on the one computer his parents owned at home. He came upon , a recently launched online community that challenges a... |
Systematic Surveillance Will Eat Itself | Natasha Lomas | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | As the digitally connected world grapples with that our overreaching governments are using technology tools ostensibly designed to increase our convenience to up their own — by peeking into our business, apparently regardless of whether they have probable cause to lift the lid — it’s worth taking a step back from cur... |
Come Build At The Disrupt SF Hackathon! More Tickets Just Released | Greg Kumparak | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | Fame. Riches. A colossal mountain of pizza. A room full of coders who have 24 hours to build the most mind-blowing thing they can. Sound like your kind of night? Come to the Disrupt SF 2013 Hackathon. We’ve just released another batch of tickets. (The last batch sold out so fast that I thought something technical had g... |
Harry Houdini, Lock Picking, And Entrepreneurship | Semil Shah | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | TechCrunch . It’s summer here in Silicon Valley, and for my column this month, I’ll try to finally polish and publish some of the old posts that have been collecting dust in my “drafts” folder. Usually, I try to make the column timely, but not this time. Almost two years ago now, my wife and I visited a museum in San... |
New Rule: Congressmen Who Thought Iraq Had WMDs Can’t Talk About NSA Effectiveness | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | Senator Saxby Chambliss is either a blind war hawk or is deliberately misleading the public. Last week, after the National Security Agency had intercepted an al-Qaida conference call plotting attacks against U.S. embassies, Chambliss claimed it was proof that mass surveillance programs were effective. But that the NS... |
30 New Franchises | Contributor | 2,013 | 8 | 11 | There is a perfect storm of three distinct disruptive forces that has the potential to topple nearly every major enterprise software incumbent. And the traditional approach of dealing with technology shifts — through acquisition — looks like it’s headed toward failure. As such, there is an unprecedented opportunity... |
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Cascade Is An Enterprise Management Platform That Focuses On Boosting Employee Morale | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 8 | 29 | Cloud-based enterprise management software wants to set itself apart by creating happier and more motivated companies. Its two founders, a former banker and a photographer who once served as a creative consultant to Samsung, say that their platform not only helps drive results, but also increases workplace morale by ... |
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