Google TV: everything you ever wanted to know
Google made some waves yesterday when it announced the new Google TV platform, backed by major players like Sony, Logitech, Intel, Dish Network, and Best Buy. Built on Android and featuring the Chrom...
From Facebook, answering privacy concerns with new settings
Six years ago, we built Facebook around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them. If we give people control over what they share, the...
Leaked White iPhone HD Hits The Web?
There you go again, the rumor of a white iPhone HD started last week by some leaked spare parts is about to get much more momentum. Indeed, the same source has now published some shots of what it cla...
6pm.com Pricing Mistake
Hey everyone - As many of you may know (and I'm sure a lot of you do not), 6pm.com is our sister site. 6pm.com is where brandaholics go for their guilt free daily fix of the brands they crave. Every...
First Look: H.264 and VP8 Compared
VP8 is now free, but if the quality is substandard, who cares? Well, it turns out that the quality isn't substandard, so that's not an issue, but neither is it twice the quality of H.264 at half the ...
Best of TechCrunch Disrupt Hack Day Projects
When people hear the world “hack”, they think of something negative: a spammer or troll trying to get at your personal information. But a hack, in the context of Hack Day, means to build something in...
Entelligence: Is Android fragmented or is this the new rate of innovation?
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech.
U.S. Newspapers Start Selling SEO
Your local newspaper may soon offer SEO services. Heck, maybe it already is. — Two of the three biggest newspaper publishers in the U.S. have recently announced that they're selling marketing servi...
The Swinger
One of my favorite hacks at last weekend's Music Hack Day is Tristan's Swinger. The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this be taking each beat and time-...
Former FriendFeeder Kevin Fox Exits Facebook Henhouse
Only a little over two years ago, I covered well-respected Web user interface designer Kevin Fox's leaving Google for the then-startup FriendFeed. That's practically ancient in the world of the real-...