Times to End Charges on Web Site
The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight Tuesday night, reflecting a growing view in the industry that subscription fees cannot outweigh the pot...
Zimbra is so damn cool
If you're a student at Georgia Tech or an employee at Digg or Mozilla.org, you know just how excellent your email and group calendaring experience is. That's because it's powered by Zimbra, creator o...
Facebook, Accel and Founders Fund Launch fbFund; To Give Grants To Facebook App Startups
During his keynote conversation with Michael Arrington this afternoon at the TechCrunch40 conference, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be launching a new entity...
MC Hammer has a new company - DanceJam
MC Hammer, one of the original rap artists, has a new company called DanceJam. I first met Hammer 7 years ago when I was at Napster. MC Hammer is a music artist, but he is also a businessman. He un...
Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal
Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute. — The European Court of First Instance upheld t...
TechCrunch40 List 2007
There are 39 companies in the TC40 so far. I've got 38 of them (they're on banners at the Palace Hotel) and hopefully correct URLs for most. But before you click through, be aware that the actual pr...
O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price
Mobile operator O2 is preparing to unveil Apple's much anticipated iPhone in the UK tomorrow. But serious questions are being raised in the City about how much ground it has had to give away to Apple...
Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?
Venture capitalists invested about six percent more into Web 2.0 companies in the first half of 2007, but the increase was attributable to more deals in Europe and Israel. — Notably, early investors...
Sprint Nextel to introduce the Airave
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One of the big complaints lodged against wireless phone companies is poor signal quality inside buildings, especially homes. — Sprint Nextel Corp. is trying to overcome that obsta...
AOL Realigns Business, Unveils Global Integrated Advertising Platform
The New Entity, Platform A, Will Offer Advertisers Access to the Largest Internet-wide Display Advertising Network and Most Sophisticated Tools; Builds on Success of Advertising.com and Integrates TAC...
China man dies after three-day Internet session
China man dies after three-day Internet session — BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday as China seeks to...
The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet
[Title with sincere apologies to Mitch Albom and his wonderful book.] — One of the hottest of hot topics these days is the topic of Internet platforms, or platforms on the Internet. Web services AP...
Iran blocks access to Google
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has blocked access to the Google search engine and its Gmail email service as part of a clampdown on material deemed to be offensive, the Mehr news agency reported on Monday. — "...
Google's Roald Dahl Logo Was Pulled
Last Thursday, Google put up a special Roald Dahl logo to celebrate the birthday of the author of works like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Some hours later the logo...
Readers Endorse Switch to Apple
Former Windows Users Offer Tales — Of Why They Switched to a Mac — Last week's column on pondering a new PC, and the possibility of throwing over Windows for Apple, brought in a tidal wave of foru...
Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus. — Those of you with a long memory will vividly recall the year ...
EMusic, a Song-Download Site, to Offer Audiobooks
The company that has given Apple's iTunes the most competition in the song-download arena will now compete with it in selling audiobooks, too. — Beginning tomorrow, eMusic, which is second to iTunes...
Hearst Buys Health Info Site RealAge; Possibly Around $100 Million
Hearst is on a mini-acquisition tear: it is buying health and wellness info site RealAge, for what NYT estimates to be around $100 million. Founded in 1999, RealAge refers to a test that weighs 125 h...