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References To iPhone 6, iOS 7 Reportedly Seen in Developer Log | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | The iPhone 5 , but it looks like leaks about the iPhone 6 are already starting to surface. An iOS developer saw a device named “iPhone 6.1” running iOS 7 making requests from an IP address within Apple’s Cupertino campus, . The iPhone 6 is expected to be released by the middle of next year. TNW says that “although OS... |
Study: 75 Percent Of The World’s Heads Of State Are Now On Twitter | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | You know how some naysayers still like to dismiss Twitter as nothing more than a time wasting website where people talk about the sandwich they’re eating? Here’s another rebuttal for them. A new survey from the Digital Policy Council (DPC) shows that 75 percent of the world’s heads of state have a presence on Twitter. ... |
Obama Promised Public Policy Negotiations. Secrecy Has Failed. So, Why Not Try YouTube | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | One universal silver lining to any abject failure is that it presents the opportunity to test out radically different ideas. President Obama his campaign promise to hold policy negotiations in public. But after yesterday’s , it seems like a reasonable time to revisit that campaign promise and livestream talks over Y... |
FounderDating Launches #NoRegrets2013, A New Year’s Initiative For Budding Entrepreneurs | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | Does one of your New Year’s resolutions involve finally committing to that wacky startup idea that you’ve been thinking about for months or years? If so, is launching a new program called #NoRegrets2013 to help you go beyond idle dreaming. In some ways, that’s what the organization does already — it connects founders... |
The Mobile Apps I Used The Most In 2012 | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | In the early days of TechCrunch, Mike Arrington used to share a list of his favorite products – those he couldn’t live without – which he had used over the course of the year. Want to flashback? Check out , , , and . But given that one of the biggest themes in 2012 was mobile, I thought it would be nice to take a m... |
Keen On… 2013: Why Old Platforms Will Persist This Year [TCTV] | Andrew Keen | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | One of technology’s most persistently prescient crystal ball gazers is Betaworks CEO , a guy who – from Summize to Tweetdeck to bitly to Digg to his latest baby – always thinks ahead of the crowd. So, as a follow-up to Borthwick’s of 2012, I sat down with the Betaworks CEO in his New York City office to get his ... |
Per These Leaked CES Pics, Sony Is Actually Capable Of Making A Memorable Android Phone | Matt Burns | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | Quick! What’s Sony’s current high-end Android phone? Anyone? Yeah, Sony has a problem with brand recognition, one it likely hopes will be resolved with a big CES debut next week. While that could still happen, Sony’s Japanese press site just prematurely posted pics of the Xperia Z “Yuga” and the Xperia ZL “Odin”. And, ... |
Le Parcel, Because Tampons And Monthly Subscription Services Go Hand In Hand | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | If ever there was a consumer product suited for monthly subscriptions, it would be tampons. It only takes one midnight trip to the pharmacy for you to agree with me. That’s where comes in. It’s a new startup that lets you choose which brand of feminine hygiene products you’d like to have shipped to you monthly, along... |
New Year’s Resolutions, Internet-Style | Sarah Perez | 2,013 | 1 | 1 | It’s that time of the year again: it’s time to promise to go on diets we won’t stick to, miles we won’t run, and projects we won’t complete. Maybe, this year, it’s time for a change? For 2013, I’m making a list of New Year’s resolutions that I actually might be able to keep. This time around, my resolutions will be int... |
Facing Regulatory Heat, GREE Apologizes, Pledges Refunds After Over-Charging Minors | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | , GREE . The Japanese gaming company, , said it charged several hundred minors more than the legal limit of 5,000 yen per month for players under 15 years of age and 10,000 yen per month for players between 16 and 19. The amount is pretty negligible — about 733 people were affected and the total amount was 28 million... |
With Over 300 Pro Athletes On Board, Egraphs Wants To Reinvent And Personalize The Autograph For The Digital Era | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | For sports fans, and fans in general, nothing beats meeting your favorite athlete, celebrity or musician and getting to capture that experience — a signed photo, shirt, etc. — take it home with you and proudly display it to your friends. There are many that would happily stand in long lines to get their favorite author... |
LEGO Mindstorms EV3: The Better, Faster, Stronger Generation Of Robotic Programming | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | Lego is back with another generation of MindStorms, the company’s consumer robotics line aimed at introducing application programming to a younger generation. Kids these days grow up with so much focus on the virtual self, but MindStorms works as a bridge to connect software programming with real-world, physical acti... |
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Sensus Case Adds Back And Side Touch Controls To The iPhone | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | The Sensus Case is at CES 2013, and it brings touch controls to the iPhone that go way beyond the screen. Touch-sensitive panels on the back (which can detect 10 points of input at once) and sides of the case give it additional capabilities for gaming and apps, akin to what Sony has down with the back panel of the Play... |
No, We Were Not Trying To Trademark Rumor Sunday! ® | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | You know, I love Aol. I seriously do. The company has some stellar health and dental benefits, and , and there are definitely some individuals who work there that go above and beyond what’s necessary in being thoughtful, generous, and helpful (hello , you saint you!). It is also pretty great to have someone – anyone ... |
Hands-On With The Apex HD+ Goggles: Simple Video Streaming For Snowbunnies | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | Now I’m hardly what you’d call an athlete, but I’ve often been sucked into a sport because of some of the gadgets involved (don’t ask me how many fitness trackers I’ve bought since I started running). The recently released Apex HD+ goggles, which California-based was keen to show off here at CES Unveiled, is one of th... |
Belkin WeMo Light Switch Looks And Feels Like A Light Switch, But With Wi-Fi Control For $50 | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | The Belkin is designed to bring Wi-Fi-connected, remote home automation to the masses without expensive, whole home system upgrades. The existing WeMo outlet is a little bulky, but it makes it possible to remotely power on and off any device with a two or three-prong cord. Now, the company is debuting an in-wall swit... |
Reddit Rumored To Be Raising Money, At A $400 Million Valuation | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | Welcome to yet another . In 2011, Reddit as a standalone company, but the publishing giant kept full ownership. At the time, Peter Kafka of AllthingsD that Conde Nast had considered the option of selling off parts of the company to investors at a $200 million valuation. That idea was scrapped at the time because t... |
Join Us Live From CES Unveiled, The First Official Event Of CES 2013 #CEScrunch | Matt Burns | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | CES 2013 is here! Join us live with the live video stream above and send us questions and comments with the hashtag #CEScrunch. Tonight, on a cool Sunday evening, CES 2013 officially kicks off in the bowels of the massive Mandalay Bay complex. It’s CES Unveiled, a mini-Consumer Electronic Show upon itself. Unveiled is... |
Meet Mike Rothenberg, The 28-Year-Old Whose Seed Fund Could Be The Best Bang For Your Cap Table Buck | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | When you’re a rookie, you’ve got to hustle, and is ready to bring some sweat to venture. Today he unveils his seed fund . With up to $5 million to invest, it’s already backed eight startups just led Chat Sports’ $1 million seed round. Rothenberg’s lean firm hopes to offer big value through intros and advice for a ch... |
After Disappearing For More Than 3 Years, Why The Lucky Stiff Returns To The Internet | Frederic Lardinois | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | With few exceptions, the world of developers (and startups in general), is really known for its scandals. But when Ruby icon (also known simply as _why) suddenly took all of his projects offline – including the famous – offline in August 2009, there was quite a bit of uproar and in the programming community. _why... |
Polar Demonstrates Exactly What To Do If Your App’s User Base Is Becoming Too “Teen-Centric” | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | It happens to the best of entrepreneurs: That service, app, or site that you set up finds an audience that totally blows your mind. You thought that a certain set of people would flock to your app like crazy, and you’re surprised by those who actually use it. If you have this “problem,” it’s important to recognize that... |
CrunchWeek: Google Makes A Deal With The FTC, The Hot/Cold Apple And Waze Deal, 2013’s M&A Surge | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | In this edition, Ms. , Mr. , and I dig into the FTC’s settlement of its , the -and- on Apple’s reported in buying geolocation startup Waze, and the big M&A stories that kicked off the new year — and . |
Hands On With Redbox Instant By Verizon: Not Really A Netflix Killer. But Then, What Is? | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | Redbox’s long-awaited streaming video service is almost here, thanks to a that was announced in July. I lucked out and got an invite to the service, which was , and have played around with it a bit. Here’s what you need to know about Redbox Instant and how it stacks up against the competition. The first thing most u... |
Craigslist Slowly Expands Its Maps To Items For Sale, Starting First With Yard Sales And Flea Markets | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | has started to add maps to its sales listings, letting people view not just what items are being sold, but where those items are located on a map. Craigslist appears to be starting off with group selling events — garage sales, yard sales and flea markets — in a move that extends a feature Craigslist first introduced i... |
Startups: Keep It Simple, Stupid | Natasha Lomas | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | Why some startups soar to great heights while others stumble and fall is almost impossible to answer without digging into the detail of each, on a case-by-case basis. So many factors affect success — from funding and timing, to experience, execution, competitive landscape and even luck. There is also the strength of th... |
HBO Inks Exclusive, 10-Year Deal With Universal To Keep Content Out Of Netflix’s Hands | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | today has won a battle in the over-the-top content wars. The pay-TV giant has inked a deal with that extends Universal Pictures’ and Focus Features’ films appearing on HBO’s TV, online and mobile platforms in the U.S. for the next decade. What’s key is that the deal is exclusive to HBO and will mean that Netflix (an... |
Google’s New Director Of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, Is Building Your ‘Cybernetic Friend’ | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | World-renowned artificial intelligence expert and , Ray Kurzweil, wants to build a search engine so sophisticated that it could act like a ‘cybernetic friend,’ who knows users better than they know themselves. “I envision in some years that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking,” ... |
Iterations: Traction Capital | Semil Shah | 2,013 | 1 | 6 | TechCrunch There are many misconceptions about technology-focused venture capital out there. One timeless misconception is that venture capital is monolithic. By now, given the attention driving the tech scene and the age of celebrity investors, we all have a better understanding of how an investor’s can range betw... |
Keith Rabois Leaves Top Operating Role At Square | Eric Eldon | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | Long-time investor and Valley executive is leaving his chief operating officer position at payment company Square, according to a surprise announcement by the company tonight. Chief financial officer Sarah Friar will be acting COO while it looks for a replacement. Rabois joined Square in August 2010 and developed mos... |
Huawei Was Top Third Smartphone Vendor In Q4 After Samsung & Apple, Says IDC | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | on the global mobile phone market reveals that Huawei sprang up into the top-three smartphone vendors in the world, a first for the company. In Q4, Huawei held a 4.9 percent marketshare based on unit shipments. This is much less than the 29 percent chunk held by Samsung and Apple’s 21.8 percent slice, but still placed... |
Skype Must Be More Transparent, Says Activists And Advocacy Groups | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | A roster of privacy advocates, Internet activists, journalists and other organizations have issued , calling on it to issue regular transparency reports about the release of Skype user information to third parties. The letter was addressed to Skype division president Tony Bates, Microsoft chief privacy officer Brendon... |
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Facebook Is Done Giving Its Precious Social Graph To Competitors | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | Of all Facebook’s data sets, it’s the social graph that’s truly unique. It’s spent nine years getting you to confirm who you know, and apparently it’s sick of handing over your friend list to competitors. This week it both Twitter’s new photo app Vine and messaging app Voxer from Find Friends, Facebook’s API that let... |
Another Potential Suitor For RIM As Lenovo Ponders An Acquisition | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | Research In Motion is once again the target of a rumored acquisition. Lenovo’s CFO Wang Wai Ming said in an at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that the Beijing company is eying the BlackBerry maker as a potential acquisition target or strategic alliance partner. The news comes less than a week after that ... |
Today Is The Last Day To Vote For The Crunchies. Buy Your Tickets Now | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | are next week and we’ve already sold out the beautiful in San Francisco…. Well, we had sold out, but then we found a little more space in the balcony. We opened up that space, so you can still buy a few more tickets if you’re fast, right . And one other thing before the show starts — voting ends tonight. Please hel... |
RebelMouse Hires Former CNNMoney And VaynerMedia Talent To Build Out Its Content And Partnerships | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | , a content aggregation and curation site that lets users set up a profile and pull in content from their social networking accounts, as well as other sources, has hired some key former employees from CNNMoney and VaynerMedia. Since , RebelMouse has had 240K sites created and is hitting 1.5 million unique monthly visi... |
Vine Just Made Twitter A Stronger Social Network | Jordan Crook | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | , in case you missed it, is a standalone iOS app from Twitter that lets users create short, 6-second videos that run on a loop. Users record by holding their thumb against the screen, and stop by releasing. The short clips can then be threaded together and shared on Vine itself, Twitter or even Facebook. Here’s how a s... |
Samsung’s Big Q4 2012: $52.4 Billion In Revenue Is Nice, But Operating Profit Surged 89% Year-Over-Year To $8.27 Billion | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | Samsung already gave us a hint of what to expect to see in its latest quarterly financials, but now the Korean consumer electronics titan has released its earnings for all to see. Here’s the gist of the company’s fiscal Q4 2012 figures: Samsung reported a whopping 56.06 trillion won (which works out to $52.4 billion) i... |
No Fitbit Or Fuelband Necessary. The Moves App Tracks Your Steps From The iPhone. | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | For those of you who don’t have the disposable income or the obsessiveness of a Quantified Self devotee to try every single smart pedometer out there like the Fuelband, Fitbit or Jawbone Up, there’s an app for you. . Using just your iPhone, it can track the number of steps you’ve taken per day, and where and when you’v... |
Hey Android Gamers, OUYA Has Heard Your Anguished Cries And Modified Its Controller | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | The team behind the OUYA Android game console clearly paid a lot of attention to its looks — they nabbed Yves Behar to design the thing, after all — but not every component has passed muster with the masses. Thankfully, after hearing some discontent from early backers and developers, OUYA has taken some crucial feedbac... |
Order Mapper Raises $550K Led By Vegas Tech Fund, So You Can Order Pizza (And Eventually More) From Anywhere | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | , which makes apps for ordering a variety of goods (starting with pizza) from any business, just announced that it has raised a $550,000 round led by . The company’s flagship product is , an app that allows users to order pizza from any pizzeria that you choose. The app submits orders automatically, via phone call, e... |
Verizon Said To Be Getting A Flagship Nokia Windows Phone (Codenamed “Laser”) Of Its Own | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | Don’t get me wrong, HTC’s Windows Phone 8X is great and all, but the rest of Verizon Wireless’ Windows Phone lineup (think the Nokia Lumia 822 and Samsung’s ATIV Odyssey) is a bit lacking in the oomph department. If a new report from holds true though, that may not be the case for too much longer. According to source... |
Coaster Launches A Self-Serve iPad App For Bars To Accept Mobile Payments For Free | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | San Francisco-based launched a few months ago with a , allowing consumers to place orders and pay for their drinks at select bars without having to wait in line. Since launch, the startup has been slowly adding local venues to the app. But it couldn’t reach them all, so it just released a self-serve iPad app that ba... |
Facebook Blocks Yandex’s New Social Search App From Accessing Its Data Just Three Hours After Launch | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | Yandex begged Facebook not to shut down its that launched this morning. But the explanation Yandex’s lawyers sent us for why it’s compliant with Facebook’s policies didn’t stop Facebook from blocking all API calls from Wonder, Yandex confirms. Facebook tells me it’s now discussing policy with Yandex. The move follows ... |
Joe Biden Wins The Internet Again: The Best Quotes Of His Google+ Hangout | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | America’s “Happy Warrior”, Vice-President Joe Biden, was as entertaining as ever in his Google+ hangout on gun reform today. “If you want to keep people away during an earthquake, buy some shotgun shells,” he said, in response to a question about assault weapons bans. We’ve compiled the best of Biden’s Hangout, with sp... |
Microsoft Posts Mixed Q2 Earnings: $21.46B Revenue Misses Expectations, $0.76 EPS Exceeds Estimates | Colleen Taylor | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | announced today its financial results for the second fiscal quarter of 2013, and it was an overall strong showing for the company. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant posted revenue of $21.46 billion and net income of $6.38 billion, with earnings per share of 77 cents. That’s largely in line with what Wall S... |
AT&T’s Q4 2012 Beats Street With $32.6B In Revenue, Misses With EPS Of $0.44, Smartphone Subscriber Base Jumps To 47.1M | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 1 | 24 | AT&T shared its Q4 2012 earnings results today, reporting overall quarterly revenues of $32.6 billion (an increase of 0.2% year over year), and earnings per share of $0.44, The highlight of AT&T’s quarter is likely its record smartphone sales, however, as the carrier sold 10.2 million smartphone devices and activated 8... |
New Google Image Search Is Faster, Gets Rid Of Obnoxious Landing Page For Metadata | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Google that it has revamped its image search to be faster and more effective. The changes, which will be rolled out over the next few days, include image results displayed in an inline panel, allowing users to flip through a set of images by using their keyboard and view metadata without being redirected to a separat... |
SV Angel Bought $30M In Pinterest Secondary Sale | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Last week we reported on an of a for , for a fund called SV Angel-III Growth P. We’ve since heard from multiple sources that this $30 million is a Special Purpose Vehicle for SV Angel, specifically reserved to buy secondary shares in Pinterest for existing LPs. We’ve also confirmed with SV Angel co-founder that ... |
Extole Raises $7.5M To Build Brands’ Word-Of-Mouth On Social Media | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | , a startup offering tools for brands to manage their “social advocacy” programs, has raised $7.5 million in new funding. The round is a follow-on to that Extole raised about a year ago, and it comes from existing investors, including Shasta Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Trident Capital. ... |
California M&A Activity Reaches Highest Level Since 2009, With Tech Deals Leading The Way | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | California saw about $91.1 billion worth of , the strongest level seen since 2009, according to Mergermarket. The fourth quarter saw a 10.4 percent increase over the third quarter and about a 25 percent increase over the same time a year earlier. The fourth quarter alone was the best one for mergers and acquisitions s... |
With Apple, What A Difference A Week Makes | MG Siegler | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | You know the drill, Apple a record $54.5 billion in revenue… …and the stock 10 percent in after-hours trading. I mean. . I went ahead and did the math: that’s an annual run-rate of $218 billion dollars (yes, I know Q1 is the holiday quarter, so it tends to be much larger than the others — but don’t underestimate t... |
Guavus Buys Mobile Analytics And Data Intelligence Company Neuralitic Systems | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Fresh off n in new funding, enterprise data-analytics company is making a key acquisition today– Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Neuralitic has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital from BlackBerry Partners Fund, BDC Venture Capital, Vertex Venture Capital and GO Capital LP. Neuralitic he... |
Report: 22-Year-Old Gets Job At San Francisco Website | Jack McKenna | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | . What’s crazy is I think I saw this near our office recently, riding his skateboard. Small world. |
Dear Tim Cook, The Retina Display Is Great But It’s Not The Best | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | “iPhone 5 offers a new 4 inch retina display, which is the most advanced display in the industry,” said Tim Cook. “No one comes close to matching the quality of the Retina Display.” He is, of course, obligated to both say and believe this despite the fact there are plenty of displays already available and forthcoming t... |
Apple’s Tim Cook Sees “Huge Opportunity” For iPad In Mac Cannibalization | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to questions about the issue of potential cannibalization of Mac sales by iPad devices on today’s earnings call, a question made more timely by the fact that . He reiterated that supply constraints are leading to fewer sales, but also tackled cannibalization as a broad topic, noting that t... |
Tim Cook On iPhone Market Share And Apple’s ‘Track Record’ Of Devices At Different Price Points | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Today during , CEO Tim Cook was asked about whether Apple was concerned about Apple’s overall market share in smartphones. No one mentioned the A-word (Android, that is) but over the last several years, Google’s platform, led by Samsung, has in the smartphone market and, as of last quarter, accounted for over 72 per... |
Apple Sold 2M Apple TVs In The Holiday Quarter, Up 60% From A Year Ago | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Apple announced on its earnings call today that the company sold more than 2 million Apple TV devices in its fiscal first quarter. That’s up from , and up from 1.4 million during the previous holiday period. Altogether, that means Apple has sold more than 10 million Apple TV units over the years, making it one of the ... |
Apple’s Tim Cook Says iPhone And iPad Supply Component Order Cut Rumors Don’t Tell The Whole Story | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Apple CEO Tim Cook took time on the company’s call today to comment on a specific rumor, which is an extreme oddity for Apple’s top-tier executives. He prefaced it by saying he doesn’t want to make a habit of addressing rumors, but went on to comment on recent r owing to weak demand. “I know there’s been lots of rum... |
Tim Cook On Growth Of Apple Maps: “Usage Is Higher Prior To iOS 6 Release”, Promises “Continued Improvements” | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | One of the most embarrassing happenings in recent Apple history was the launch of its own Maps offering with iOS 6. People were why Apple decided to cut Google out of the OS at all. of its apps product, and so far the feedback has been impressive. During , Cook discussed where Apple is with the product, saying “We... |
Apple Changes The Way It Breaks Out China, App Store, Accessory Revenue | Kim-Mai Cutler | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | If you look at , you’ll notice a few changes this quarter. The company adjusted how it reports revenue for different geographic regions and product categories as China and app store revenue have become significant in their own right over the last few years. (You can compare how this past quarter’s reporting looks comp... |
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Apple Now Has $137.1 Billion In Cash, More Than HP’s Annual Revenue And Vietnam’s GDP | Romain Dillet | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Let’s put Apple’s amazing cash on hand numbers into perspective . The company now has $137.1 billion in cash — a 12.9 percent increase from the last reported number, $121.3 billion. With such a big figure, it’s hard to realize how big it actually is. In 2012, HP had $120.4 billion of annual revenue. Apple slightly edg... |
Apple Retail Stores Averaged $1.25M In Revenue Per Week For Q1 2013 | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | As we learn more about , we’ve found out some interesting facts about . The company says that it has opened 401 stores total, with four new ones in China alone. The average revenue per store is $1.25 million per week, compared to $1.22 million last year. It’s no secret that Apple has unlocked something very special i... |
Apple’s Record First Quarter Of 2013, In Charts | Chris Velazco | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | There are plenty of nifty tidbits to sort through in Apple’s most recent , so here’s a little aid if you’re more of a visual learner than a text skimmer. We (by which I mean our graphics guy Bryce) have crafted a handful of charts to help you more easily sift through Apple’s quarterly accomplishments, and hey — if you ... |
Apple’s iCloud Has Grown To 250M Users | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | Apple announced today that there are now 250 million users on its iCloud service. That’s a big increase from the 190 million users that , which itself was up from 150 million in July. The numbers were revealed during this afternoon’s conference call discussing . iCloud, which replaced Apple’s MobileMe service in 2011... |
Apple’s Mac Problem | John Biggs | 2,013 | 1 | 23 | News came today that Apple’s Mac sales are down 21% year-over-year and 16% for the quarter. While 4.1 million Macs sold in Q1 2013 is nothing to sneeze at, it’s still nearly a quarter year-over-year loss, which makes investors nervous. The primary problem in the Mac line right now is the dichotomy between Retina device... |
United Airlines Begins Offering Satellite Wi-Fi On Overseas Flights | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | United Airlines has that inflight Wi-Fi is now available on the first of its international wide-body aircraft, which makes it the only U.S. carrier to currently offer an Internet connection on long-haul overseas routes. The company said that it expects to install Wi-Fi on 300 mainline aircraft (including Airbus 319 a... |
Indian Streaming Music Platform Gaana’s App Rolls Out Across Four Mobile Platforms | Catherine Shu | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | , one of India’s top music streaming services, just launched its app, which is now available on four platforms (iOS, Android, BlackBerry and J2ME for Samsung and Nokia feature phones) to take advantage of India’s vast but fragmented mobile market. The service, operated by Times Internet, allows listeners to browse thro... |
Report: $28.3B Was Invested In 3,267 VC Deals In 2012; Seed Funding Hits Record Levels | Leena Rao | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Venture capital database is releasing a today on the state of the VC industry and investments in 2012. For the year, $28.3 billion was invested by venture capital firms in 3,267 deals. However, it’s interesting to note that while seed VC funding hit highs during the year, overall investment fell from 2011’s $30+ bi... |
After 17 Years, Education Platform Lynda.com Raises Its First Round Of Funding, $103M From Accel & Spectrum | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Back in May, , the veteran, video-based education platform, and how it was able to generate $70 million in revenue in 2011 without taking a penny from outside investors. Since then, it’s continued chugging along, growing revenue to $100 million in 2012. Founded in 1995 by husband-and-wife team Bruce Heavin and Lynda ... |
Twitter Now Lets You Know When You’ve Typed Something Clickable Or Went Over The Character Limit | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Here’s a nifty little addition to Twitter’s website. When you start composing your tweet, the text will change colors when you’ve added something clickable, like a username or URL. The text changes to blue, and this is to let you know that you’ve done something “different.” It’s nice onboarding for new users, or when y... |
Congresswoman Proposes “Aaron’s Law” In Honor Of Late Internet Activist | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | In the wake of before his impending court case, Silicon Valley Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren ( : A) has a bill that may have prevented the government from overzealous prosecution. Swartz reportedly an astounding 50+ years in prison and a $4 million fine after releasing millions of pay-walled academic articles from th... |
Hipster’s Doug Ludlow Joins AOL Ventures As Its First ‘Innovation Partner’ | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Doug Ludlow, formerly the CEO of , is leaving the company’s mobile team (where he was a senior director) to become the first innovation partner at . Since this is a new role, it sounds like a lot of the details are going to be figured out on the job. Ludlow said the position arose from discussions he had with AOL CEO... |
What Can You Search For On Facebook Graph Search? | Josh Constine | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Great, Facebook launched something called . But how does it actually help you? From content discovery to finding a restaurant, from recruiting to dating to a trip down memory lane, here’s what you can do with Graph Search. First, check out this quick hands-on video intro above. Then let’s look at some questions Goog... |
Google Announces First Project Glass Hackathons In NYC And SF, Will Detail ‘Mirror API’ | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Over the last year, Google has slowly been unveiling its plans around Project Glass, the company’s R&D program responsible for attempting to bring wearable computing to the mainstream. Complete with augmented reality and an integrated display, Google’s smart glasses have had many geeks on pins and needles, especially a... |
Tred Gets $1.7M To Be An Uber For Car Test Drives | Alexia Tsotsis | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | a startup that allows you to order auto test drives to your home, is announcing a $1.7 million raise of seed funding today, from former Chairman and CEO of General Motors , Chris Sacca’s , , and TechStar’s David Cohen. The startup aims to compete with showrooms and car manufacturers that already allow shoppe... |
Twitter’s Social Impact Can’t Be Measured, But It’s The Pulse Of The Planet | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | When you sit back and think about how far Twitter has come since it launched in 2006, its rise to glory is impressive. It’s difficult to make your way through a day without seeing a tweet referenced on television, the radio, or on a news website. It doesn’t mean that Twitter is the biggest or most popular company or se... |
The Best And Worst Of CES 2013 NSFW Blooper Reel | Matt Burns | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | You’ve seen the . Here’s the blooper reel. Don’t watch it around your boss or small children. The video is not safe for work – just like and Vegas in general. |
getTalent Launches iOS App For Scanning Paper Résumés | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | , a service that helps companies build a relationship with potential hires before they apply for a job, is about to get more useful at real-world recruiting events, thanks to , which includes the ability to scan and upload paper résumés directly into the getTalent system. Like business cards, , yet they refuse to dis... |
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Photo Sharing/Social Commerce Network Lockerz Closes Down Its San Diego Office, Lays Off ‘Around 30%’ Of Seattle HQ Staff | Ingrid Lunden | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | TechCrunch has learned that , the social commerce and photo sharing service, is downsizing. It has shut down its San Diego office, laying off all but two of the staff who will now work remotely. The company has also laid off “around 30%” of its head office in Seattle, with its chief product officer Michael Walton amon... |
With News Feed Unable To Handle All Of Our Content, Graph Search Will Lift Facebook Engagement | Drew Olanoff | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Many of you are probably presented with the same problem when logging into Facebook. The first thing that you see is your News Feed, with tons of content from your friends and pages that you like. Unless you sort your News Feed by recent, which isn’t always accurate, you have no idea what to look at first. This is a pr... |
Disney’s John Blackburn Says ‘Infinity’ Game Mash-Up Could ‘Change The Way That People Look At Disney’ | Anthony Ha | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Disney isn’t mincing words when it comes to describing the importance of that it announced this morning. The company’s fact sheet describes it as “Disney’s most ambitious game initiative ever,” while Disney Interactive Co-President John Pleasants compared it onstage to the first time he watched TV’s , which introduc... |
Canon Debuts “Experience Centre” Physical Showroom In Canada, Includes 500px Partnership | Darrell Etherington | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Canon today officially launched a new initiative including a pilot location in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that follows the experience of physical retail projects like Apple Stores and Microsoft’s recent brick-and-mortar locations, giving consumers opportunities for hands-on experiences in a space not shared with other br... |
How Facebook’s Graph Search Just Replaced A Major Chunk Of Google | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | Facebook just took a big bite out of Google. Today, the social network announced , a new feature that lets , location, and preferences of your friends. For anyone who uses the Internet to search restaurant recommendations, travel advice, books to read on vacation, or which political candidates to vote for, Facebook m... |
Bohemian Guitars Lets You Twang Out On A Real Oil-Can Gitfiddle | John Biggs | 2,013 | 1 | 15 | As the site’s resident guitar shredder, I have a soft spot for musical instruments on . While these Bohemian Guitars don’t have the same features as a or a , it’s still a pretty cool little instrument. The bodies are made of repurposed oil cans and they include a single coil pickup and come in three styles: honey, ... |
Hiring Great Engineers: Kleiner Perkins’ Mike Abbott Explains How | Derek Andersen | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | I spoke with a robotics engineer and PHD from Stanford this week about looking for a job. He’s not the type of guy that easily joins your startup but he described two recent attempts. One was an email from a recruiter that as he described used “plenty of buzz words”, while another email came from an engineering team le... |
The Boy Who Cried Facebook Phone | MG Siegler | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | In , when Sauron’s forces capture Gollum, they torture him in Mordor but are only able to get two things out of him: “Shire” and “Baggins”. Over the past few days, we’ve had similar frustrations in trying to track down the content of the Facebook event taking place this coming Tuesday. Despite hounding a number of peo... |
One Million Raspberry Pi Boards Have Been Sold Since Launch | John Biggs | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | With all the hoopla around , we sadly missed this amazing milestone for one of the greatest little projects I’ve seen in a long time, . have been sold so far, an amazing feat for a tiny $35 circuit board that can boot directly into a streamlined version of Linux. To celebrate the company released this cute info gra... |
In Defense Of The HAPIfork | Ryan Lawler | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | My favorite product at CES isn’t an 8K Ultra High Definition Connected Smart TV with Glasses-Free 3D. It’s not a Smart Oven with Dual-Meal Cooking Technology and an Integrated App Ecosystem that includes Spotify and Twitter. It isn’t a Chest-Hugging Digital Activity Band designed to quantify your self, with sensors to ... |
What Games Are: The Fun Boson Does Not Exist | Tadhg Kelly | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | Back when the social game scene looked like it might be generationally, rather than merely technologically, disruptive, we game makers discovered . Ries (along with Steve Blank) is the key figure behind the movement, and at the time his message of fast iteration and customer validation rang true for us for two reaso... |
Forget Calories, New Gadgets Redefine How To Lose Weight And Be Athletic | Gregory Ferenstein | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | A treasure trove of new health devices unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show promise to make us healthier by more accurately measuring what makes people thin and athletic. Calorie counting, for instance, can be a terribly misleading way to lose weight, what and how we eat can affect our love handles more so than ... |
Gillmor Gang: Hello Goodbye | Steve Gillmor | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — go beyond the usual scenarios in examining the symbiotic relationships between Apple’s more proprietary model and Android’s open heritage. Those looking for a more scholarly version of this dialogue should look to Doc Searls’ recent p... |
10 Reasons Why 2013 Will Be The Year You Quit Your Job | James Altucher | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | People read TechCrunch because they want to create something, they don’t want to follow orders all of their lives, and they want financial freedom. I’m being blunt. The above three items feel good. God bless you. Hopefully once you get the three things above, you get to keep them. Most people (i.e. ME) have to ride a r... |
Digital Activist Aaron Swartz Dead At 26 | John Biggs | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | Digital activist and early employee at Reddit, Aaron Swartz, committed suicide in New York on January 11. He was 26. Swartz was a fiery proponent of Internet freedom and the founder of . He was a co-creator of the RSS 1.0 standard and was a co-founder at . . Cory Doctorow at wrote a beautiful eulogy to the young m... |
Nadia Heninger Is Watching You | Jon Evans | 2,013 | 1 | 12 | It’s been a bad week for online security. An “ ” Ruby on Rails ; a Yahoo! Mail XSS ; and yet another . I know, I know, security is hard: still, it’s difficult not to be left with a frustrated throw-up-your-hands “can’t do right?” feeling. So I paid close remote attention to the workshop at Stanford this week. ... |
Chamath Palihapitiya On Growth Hacking And How To Create A Sustainable User Acquisition Engine | Rip Empson | 2,013 | 1 | 13 | Last fall, Udemy co-founder and Wildfire’s held the first , in which executives, entrepreneurs and investors from LinkedIn, Spark Capital, Bump, Airbnb and Dropbox gathered to growth hacking and what it means for early-stage startups. One of the keynote speakers was well known investor and entrepreneur, , who, fo... |
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