‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence
As the Iranian election aftermath unfolded in Tehran—thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest their anger at perceived electoral irregularities—an unexpected hashtag began to explode ...
Nokia E72 unveiled - pics and video
SINGAPORE - The all new Nokia E72 boasts a host of new features including optical scrolling and a five-megapixel camera. Building on the success of the E71, the E72 takes the very best of Nokia's mos...
Do Facebook Vanity URLs Equals Kill Twitter Vol. 2?
This past Friday, Facebook started issuing vanity URLs to its 200 million plus community. It was a big change for the social networking company that has so far used unique numerical identifications t...
13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface
As first described in our forums, Apple seems to have quietly downgraded the SATA Interface from 3.0Gbit to 1.5Gbit speeds in some of the new MacBook Pros introduced last week. Readers are reporting ...
For TechCrunch, Twitter = Traffic (A Statistical Breakdown)
Some people use Twitter to organize street protests in Tehran. Some people use it to share their daily thoughts and observation. But it is increasingly becoming clear that one of the most common way...
Google Voice's Secret Weapon: Number Portability
Google Voice, formerly GrandCentral, is a seriously heavyweight product. When it relaunched in March, just a couple of months ago, we gave Google Voice a glowing review. — Once you've jumped in hea...
Google could take a lesson from Bing on porn
There...I've said it. I'm filled with self-loathing for saying it, but Bing's new approach (and the speed with which they rolled it out) is a model for easy avenues to block objectionable content. H...
Browsers Cache YouTube Videos
YouTube managed to achieve something incredible: browsers now cache YouTube videos and you can load the same video multiple times from the local cache. Try to go to a YouTube video, wait until the vi...
Silicon Valley innovators mourn for ‘super uber connector’ Rajeev Motwani
It wasn't like Rajeev Motwani to be late without calling or texting. But here were Kaboodle's two founders at Junnoon Indian restaurant in Palo Alto checking their iPhones and looking over their shou...
Interview With NPR On Process Journalism
Yesterday I did an interview with NPR's On The Media about the idea of Process Journalism. — Process Journalism is the posting of a story before it's fully baked, something the New York Times offici...