300 Million and On
As of today, Facebook now serves 300 million people across the world. It's a large number, but the way we think about this is that we're just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone. Beca...
Another AOL Org Chart Shuffle: COO Partoll, Search Boss Kannapell Out
This isn't the long-rumored round of mass layoffs, but AOL boss Tim Armstrong did let go of two executives today: COO Kim Partoll is out, as is John Kannapell, SVP of search and local media.
Microsoft Sets Up Zune HD for Failure — Again
Again — The Zune HD's lack of a compelling software market will make it nothing more than a repeat failure, according to mobile developers and an analyst. — Microsoft on Tuesday released its newest...
Android 1.6 SDK is here
I am happy to let you know that Android 1.6 SDK is available for download. Android 1.6, which is based on the donut branch from the Android Open Source Project, introduces a number of new features an...
Adobe to Acquire Omniture
Combined Company Will Deliver Comprehensive Solutions for Creation, Delivery and Optimization of Content and Applications — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Omniture, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMTR) ...
Apple: New Macs Coming Soon?
Is Apple (AAPL) about to unveil updated Macs? — Research firm Wedge Partners thinks so. They assert in a note today that the company will release both new iMacs and new MacBooks “in the next severa...
RedBeacon Wins The Top Prize At TechCrunch50 2009
The 50 startup presentations are over, the judges votes are in, Michael and Jason chewed over the top contenders, and the winner of this year's TechCrunch50 is RedBeacon. The startup aims to help con...
Testing 1-2-3: Announcing Facebook Prototypes
Facebook's engineers thrive on innovation and experimentation. We're encouraged to work on projects that inspire us and build on new ideas, but not all of these features and improvements wind up laun...
On PubSubHubbub and rssCloud ...
Here's how the confusion came about: — Dave Winer invented rssCloud way back in the day. It only distributed lite pings, the callback endpoint was the IP address …
Zune HD to get Twitter, Facebook as Microsoft abandons ‘squirting’
One of Microsoft's big bets when it decided to challenge Apple's iPod in 2006 was a feature known as Zune-to-Zune wireless sharing — or “squirting,” as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dubbed it.
Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1000
We went a few weeks without a tablet rumor - which was scary - but the Taiwan Economic News chimes in today with a bunch of parts information on Apple's forthcoming Tablet.
Times Web Ads Show Security Breach
OVER the weekend, some visitors to the Web site of The New York Times received a nasty surprise. An unknown person or group sneaked a rogue advertisement onto the site's pages. — The malicious ad t...
The Top Cyber Security Risks
Two risks dwarf all others, but organizations fail to mitigate them … Executive Summary — Priority One: Client-side software that remains unpatched. — Waves of targeted email attacks, often called...
HP ENVY 13 and 15 bring luxury to the everyman, look like MacBooks
There's no getting around it, so we'll just say right at the outset: HP's new ENVY 13 and 15 laptops might've been built on the “Voodoo ENVY legacy,” but they sure look a lot like Apple's unibody MacB...
Seagate's New FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player Enhances The Enjoyment Of Digital Home Movies And Photos
Bring Your Digital Media to Life with True HD and Dolby® Digital Surround Sound Technology — Seagate (NASDAQ: STX), the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions …
Voice chat coming to Facebook
The new Vivox voice chat system for Facebook will allow any user to start a conversation with anyone on their friends list. The service will also be available to third-party developers who want to in...
iPhone predicted to drive Apple stock to $235
A new report predicts Apple stock will break past the $200 milestone, riding high on the successful and profitable iPhone, even as the company's other businesses are predicted to lose value. — In a ...
Intel's top attorney to take reins of Apple's legal team
Announced as Apple's new general counsel and senior vice president Tuesday, Bruce Sewell held the same title when he previously worked with Intel Corporation. — Sewell will work in legal and governm...
Google Gets Its WiMAX; Clearwire Launches Silicon Valley Network
What's the point of being an investor in WiMAX operators if you can't get them to build a network in your backyard? Clearwire says that it has completed its “innovation” network in Silicon Valley tha...
Gist opens up, adds noise and friends filters
Communication organization tool Gist is opening up to everyone on Tuesday, and has come a long way since we profiled its private beta offering back in January. It can still plug into your Gmail, Outl...
WITTC50?: The TechCrunch 50 Day Two Drinking Game
So that was day one of Techcrunch 50. The best tech conference in the universe, that pays my wages. — And what did I learn today? Today I learned that the Rocky soundtrack makes any technical hitc...
Lenovo introduces multitouch ThinkPad X200 Tablet and T400s laptop
Lenovo's getting a little jump on the wave of Windows 7 machines due to hit next month with a multitouch update to the X200 convertible and a new multitouch version of the T400s. The new X200 Tablet ...
U.S. Bank picks IBM's Lotus platform over Microsoft's SharePoint
Bank rolling out Lotus Quickr, Connections — Computerworld - Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank has chosen to standardize on IBM Corp.'s Lotus collaboration software, IBM said Tuesday, displacing Microsoft...
Company hosting Joe Wilson fundraising site recovers from DDoS attack
Piryx CEO says attack was politically motivated — Computerworld - A company providing online payment-processing services for U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) is back online after being disrupted by a d...