A new look for Google Translate for Android
(Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog and Translate Blog) — When we launched the first version of Google Translate for Android in January 2010, we were excited about the year ahead. For the fir...
AOL'S NEW PROBLEM: Mike Arrington
When AOL bought TechCrunch last September, the first question on everyone's lips was, “How long could Mike Arrington possibly last as an AOL employee?” — Yesterday, four months after the deal, we ma...
Is Mobile Affecting When We Read?
Printed media used to allow us to read in the places we found most comfortable. When you imagine yourself reading the newspaper it's probably in your favorite chair, at the breakfast table, or at the...
Longtime Facebook Biz Dev Leader Ali Rosenthal to Depart
Alison “Ali” Rosenthal, a veteran of the Facebook business development team, will leave the company at the end of this week, she told NetworkEffect. — Rosenthal had focused on mobile business develo...
Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn't yet dramatically transformed, it will.
People love to focus on horse races: NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs private exchanges, the valuation of some startup vs some other startup.
A Delay for the Daily: Apple, News Corp. Push Back Launch Date
Turns out you'll have to wait a bit longer to see the Daily, Rupert Murdoch's long-awaited iPad news service. — Apple and News Corp. have made a joint decision to push back next week's planned launc...
Groupon I.P.O. Said to Value the Company at $15 Billion
Updated — Groupon, the social buying site that spurned a $6 billion offer from Google, is pushing ahead with plans for its initial public offering, a debut that could value the company at $15 billio...
Call Of Duty Invades The Mac App Store; How It Does Should Be Telling
It has now been a week since the launch of the Mac App Store. So far, the reviews have seemed fairly mixed. While nearly everyone praises the simplicity of the store, and Apple touted 1 million app ...
The science of the hashtag
So last week I talked about the art of the hashtag: the power of mad libs, universal particulars, and feedback loops. The day after I posted it, the #LessAmbitiousMovies hashtag took off on Twitter—y...
Ship or Get Off the Pot
On Tuesday Steve Ballmer fired Bob Muglia, and Google fired H.264 from Chrome. The tubes are heated up with analysis of these two seemingly unassociated events, and I figure I'll mash them together i...