Square Brings Credit Card Swiping to the Mobile Masses, Starting Today
Now that Square is publicly available for iPhone and Android OS, with millions of card readers being shipped free-of-charge, Jack Dorsey tells Fast Company how his business model will disrupt the way ...
Rumor: Landor Associates working on upcoming iPhone campaign for Verizon
The rumor mill is churning about a company called Landor Associates “working on an advertising campaign” for Verizon for the upcoming iPhone (you know, the one that the police knocked down Jason Chen'...
Verizon, Google Developing iPad Rival
Verizon Wireless is working with Google Inc. on a tablet computer, the carrier's chief executive, Lowell McAdam, said Tuesday, as the company endeavors to catch up with iPad host AT&T Inc. in devices ...
Early adopters, rejoice: AT&T begins rolling back upgrade eligibility dates for the next iPhone
Okay, I've got big news. Really - you're going to want to sit down for this one. Ready? Apple.. is going to release a new iPhone this year. Probably next month. — Why is your jaw not dropping?
Yelp Security Hole Puts Facebook User Data At Risk, Underscores Problems With ‘Instant Personalization’
As if Facebook's Instant Personalization needed another knock against it, tonight comes news of a security issue that makes the feature even more unnerving.
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing
Summary: iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with frequent user errors due to accidental gestures. An overly strong print metaphor and weird interaction styles cause furt...
Windows Phone 7: Near-Final Screenshots
This week, a ROM image of a near-final (RC1 escrow) version of Windows Phone 7 leaked online, providing us with a near-final look at Microsoft's next smart phone operating system. (It's an unlocked v...
April Search Numbers Out! Yahoo Gains Share Because Of New Slideshow Tool (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)
April's comScore search numbers were released tonight. — At first glance, Yahoo appears to be the big winner at Google's expense. But that's mostly because of a new “slideshow” …
Exclusive: Mozilla CEO John Lilly to Step Down and Head to Greylock (Plus Departure Email!)
John Lilly, the well-regarded CEO of Mozilla, is preparing to give up his post at the open-source software nonprofit foundation, which is also a for-profit start-up.
How to Save the News
Plummeting newspaper circulation, disappearing classified ads, “unbundling” of content—the list of what's killing journalism is long. But high on that list, many would say, is Google, the biggest unb...
Lenovo launches series of newfangled desktops, laptops and netbooks
Computer maker Lenovo is launching today a number of new desktop and laptop computers based on the newest Intel and Advanced Micro Devices microprocessors. The designs have a lot of variety to them a...
Facebook Executive Answers Reader Questions
Last week we asked readers to submit questions about Facebook and its approach to privacy, which Elliot Schrage, vice president for public policy at the company, had agreed to answer. — We sifted th...
Jason Calacanis To Speak At TechCrunch Disrupt, And He Wants To Buy You A Ticket
We have parted ways with our long time TechCrunch50 business partner, Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis. Sometimes, having more than one bull in the china shop can get a little messy.
Microsoft confirms Natal launch in October (video)
We've heard it before, now Microsoft's Syed Bilal Tariq is repeating the October launch date for Natal. Speaking to GamerTagRadio, Microsoft's marketing manager for Saudi Arabia says that the Natal l...
Android 2.2 desktop spied on Nexus One
Adobe evangelist Ryan Stewart has taunted us before and he is back again with a new YouTube video. In his latest upload, Ryan is showing off the latest version of Flash 10.1 on his Nexus One. Adobe ...
Is Google Getting Back Into The Gaming Business?
Google has tended to stay away from the gaming world for the most part. The search giant did have Lively, a browser-based virtual world that could be embedded into other websites, but that was deadpo...
Bezos And Mohr Davidow Back Stealthy Paperless Billing Startup Doxo
Paperless billing is the digital future that never quite fully arrives. Even among people who otherwise embrace the digital lifestyle, and pay their bills electronically, many find it difficult to gi...
Google Maps for Android Gets Biking Directions, Navigation Shortcut, Sharing, and More
Starting today, Google Maps for mobile has a few new ways to help you and your friends quickly get to where you're going whether you're on 4 wheels or 2 (or maybe even 3).
Swipely Nabs $7.5 Million in Series A Funding for Social Spending (and to Attack Blippy!)
Oh, joy, more venture bucks for more socializing of credit card information. — Today, it is Swipely's turn to grab the spotlight in the ever-crowded space to, as its press release so aptly says, “tu...
Plugin Check for Everyone
It's been a few months since I wrote about the work our plugin check team has been doing, but there are a couple of pretty excellent pieces of news I'd like to share, most notably: the Mozilla plugin ...
The DealMap: ‘CityGrid for Local Deals’
The friendly folks behind unassuming local-semantic search site Center'd have just launched what is probably the definitive local deal site on the Internet, The Dealmap. I wrote about it in a prelimi...
Office 2010: Microsoft to charge PC makers less for preloading more
Microsoft is planning to charge PC makers $2 per copy for Office Starter 2010 if they also agree to preload the Bing Bar and Windows Live Essentials, according to information shared with me by a Micro...
Web 3.0, The Movie [Video]
So much stuff. That's the general theme of a new short film, Web 3.0, by Kate Ray, a Journalism/Psychology major at NYU. — The 15-minute film (embedded below) is a pretty good general overview of t...