Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google Maps?
On July 7th, Fred Lalonde, the founder of openplaces.org announced in a tweet that Apple had bought the company that produced the Maps API that his company used in their software. — Pushpin is the n...
How Google Wave could transform journalism
Google Wave lets users collaborate live on documents. — The tech world is awash with excitement for today's scheduled release of 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave. — Seems like everyone i...
Cisco Buys Norwegian Firm for $3 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO — Cisco Systems continued to show just how serious it is about video conferencing, announcing late Wednesday night the $3 billion acquisition of Tandberg, a Norwegian video communication...
BumpTop Goes Multi-Touch. Um, Awesome.
What if the desktop on your computer was just like your actual desktop? That's the core idea behind BumpTop, a really nice looking graphical overlay for Windows-based operating systems. But as cool ...
Evidence of Apple's tablet-like input interface reappears
In a new patent application revealed this week, Apple has again disclosed plans for a multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for...
Surfacing forum posts in search results
Today, we introduced a new search feature that makes it easier for you to find forum posts or discussions related to what you're searching for. This new addition to Google search results applies to s...
Russian investor buys more Facebook shares - sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has begun buying more shares in Facebook, seeking to expand its stake in the world's No. 1 social networking company, two sou...
Six Apart Opens Up TypePad APIs, Relaunches Pownce As TypePad Motion
Blogging software pioneer Six Apart this morning announced that it's debuting TypePad Cloud Platform, a new service that enables developers to use the service's API to build social applications while ...
Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype
I just got my Google Wave invite. No, I'm already out, so I can't send one to you, sorry. — But this service is way overhyped and as people start to use it they will realize it brings the worst of ...
Dunkin' Isn't the Only One Delivering Donuts Tonight
You've seen the Android 1.6 aka Donut preview vids, drooling as you watch them. And now its time to fill that G1 or MyTouch 3G up with Donut! According to our source, T-Mobile has plans to start rol...
Facebook Users Download 1 Million Mobile Apps A Week—With The Help Of GetJar
With The Help Of GetJar — GetJar, an independent mobile app store, is rolling out a new service today that is getting high-profile attention from brands like Facebook and Photobucket because it drive...
Verizon debuts the HTC Imagio, their first smartphone with V CAST TV
Aaaand the rumor mill nails it again. Confirming rumors from a few weeks back, Verizon has just announced that their big, beautiful Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, the HTC Imagio, will be launching on th...
The $25 Million Demo. Yext Scores A Big Round From IVP After TechCrunch50 Debut.
Howard Lerman can be a little intense. After the CEO of Yext finished his demo at this year's Techcrunch50 (embedded below) he left one judge “speechless,” and during rehearsals Michael took him asid...
Express Scripts: 700,000 notified after extortion
IDG News Service - Nearly a year after being hacked by computer extortionists, pharmacy benefits management company Express Scripts now says hundreds of thousands of members may have had their informa...
Hackers Breach Payroll Giant, Target Customers
Hackers last week apparently used stolen account information from a New Jersey company that provides online payroll services to target the firm's customers in a scheme to steal passwords and other inf...
First Round Capital to open NYC office
I believe that as the world has gotten “flatter” over the last decade, it's created a big opportunity for venture investors who recognized that great entrepreneurs can come up with great ideas in almo...
Tech's biggest loser: Bill Gates
Photo: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — The collective net worth of the super rich on Forbes's annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans fell by $300 billion over the past 12 months, and the te...
How Yahoo is betting its cloud will pay off
There was a day when information technology personnel toiled behind the scenes to make their corporate computing infrastructure work. — But in the Internet era, those experts increasingly are gettin...
Google has Chrome Frame plug-in for Firefox up its sleeve, says Mozilla
Google may intend to produce a Chrome Frame plug-in for Firefox, Mozilla's chief engineer said. — Google may intend to produce a Chrome Frame plug-in for Firefox, Mozilla's chief engineer said.
Friendster bets its future on Southeast Asia
(10-01) 19:25 PDT — Before Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, Friendster was the social media king. Now, Friendster is barely an afterthought in its home country, although it hasn't disappeared. — The ...
Confirmed: Delivery Agent Raises $25 Million For Entertainment Commerce Platform
What recession? We've confirmed that startup Delivery Agent has just raised $25 million in Series D funding led by new investor Focus Ventures with T-Venture, Coral Group, Ironwood Capital, Bessemer ...
LIQUIDITY MARKETS SHOW SIGNS OF LIFE AS U.S. VENTURE-BACKED IPOS RAISE MOST CAPITAL SINCE 2007; M&As REMAIN SCARCE
+ 2 IPOs completed in Q3, raised highest quarterly total since 2007 — + M&As down 56% year-over-year to $2.25 billion — + Buyers getting cheap deals as median M&A price drops 54% to $22 million
Botnets Tighten Their Grip on the Broadband Infrastructure
How much of a drag is spam putting on the global broadband and messaging infrastructure, and where is it coming from? According to Symantec's newly released 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report, spam...