Apple will NOT stream tomorrow's iPhone event
In case there was any question, we've heard directly from Apple PR that there won't be a webcast of Apple's iPhone launch event. Last Year's September event was live streamed but for unspecified reas...
Welcome To CrunchFund, MG Siegler
I want to welcome MG Siegler as our newest general partner at CrunchFund. MG, who I worked with for several years at TechCrunch, will join me and Patrick Gallagher in the next couple of weeks. — Mo...
On The Next Venture
I've been thinking about how I was going to write this post for a while now. Of course, I didn't anticipate that I would be writing at 2 AM local time in London, where I'm currently visiting to speak...
Sprint to ‘Bet the Company’ on iPhone
With the new iPhone coming out this week, Sprint Nextel Corp. is finally expected to gain access to a device it has long coveted—but at a staggering cost. — The No. 3 wireless company is making a mu...
Adobe acquires Typekit
Just a few moments ago, Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch took the stage at their annual MAX conference and explained the company's Creative Cloud strategy. Part of that announcement is very big news for us: T...
Will tomorrow be Steve Jobs' last big thing?
I read all the press reports, like this one on CNET, about what Apple is announcing tomorrow http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3- 20114545-248/what-to-expect-from-apples - iphone-event/ or the others he...
‘iPhone 4S’ 16GB, 32GB, 64GB Listings at Vodafone Germany
Over the past few days, there have been a number of reports of next generation iPhone models appear in various inventories. Both Radio Shack and Cincinnati Bell websites have listed “iPhone 5” entrie...
Co-Founder of Siri: Assistant launch is a “World-Changing Event” (Interview)
On Tuesday, Apple will change the way humans interact with electronic devices. All over again. — Perhaps the biggest announcement at Apple's iPhone event on Tuesday will be Assistant, Apple's evolu...
Microsoft board gives Ballmer a 2% pay increase, says he's underpaid
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. (Microsoft photo) — Microsoft's annual proxy statement was just issued via the Securities and Exchange Commission. We're still going through the fine print, but in one...
Apple to allow iOS app rentals soon?
After some examinations of various strings in iTunes 10.5 beta 9, @SonnyDickson found some interesting results. — If you look at the below image, you can see that it may soon be possible to rent iOS...
‘Diggnation,’ Popular Web Talk Show, to End in December
Together, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht are akin to Oprah for a certain class of tech enthusiasts. — The weekly beta-testing and beer-guzzling show they have hosted for six years, “Diggnation,” adapt...
The rise and fall of the Windows Desktop Gadget
Following last month's dump of user-submitted Office templates, Microsoft has abruptly dropped support for third party Windows Desktop Gadgets — Follow @infoworld — In a move that took many by sur...
Rhapsody to acquire Napster (scoop)
Rhapsody, one of the older subscription music services, has now made it official. The company has acquired Napster subscribers and other assets from Best Buy, the companies said today. In a deal tha...
Sean Parker Is Now On Twitter: “Sorry Zuck”
Sean Parker is getting a lot louder. — You've been hearing about him for a decade now — cofounder of Napster and Plaxo, founding President of Facebook, and most recently as an investor (and advocate...
More Than Half Of Netflix's Streams Are TV Shows, Not Films
Netflix's background in DVDs-by-mail means it is often seen as mainly a movies service. However, the balance has tipped more towards TV shows in its streaming operation. — “50 percent and sometimes...
Ex-Googlers Debut Zillabyte To Let Business Users Easily Analyze Big Data
Ex-Googler Jake Quist is debuting a new stealthy startup, called Zillabyte, that aims to disrupt the data analysis space. Quist explains that while he and his co-founder were engineers at Google …
More new Microsoft Hotmail features targetting ‘gray mail’ due by end of 2011
Summary: Microsoft is adding more granular spam-fighting and organization tools to Hotmail between now and the end of the year, officials said on October 3. — Microsoft is adding more new features …
New version of Growl enters The Mac App Store for $1.99
While we may think of notifications as something that is primarily for mobile apps, they're also incredibly useful on full-fledged computers as well. One of the most popular solutions is Growl, a not...
Attention Shoppers: Coupons.com Grabs $30M in Funding From Greylock
Among the hot and hyped Web 2.0 scene, not many would pick out 13-year-old digital promotions site, Coupons.com. — But, on the heels of a recent $200 million funding — which valued the quiet Mountai...
Mashable, Once a One-Man Blog, Gains Clout in Social Media
Pete Cashmore acknowledged he was nervous. Only a few years ago, he was living with his parents in a small town in northeast Scotland, trying to start a technology blog. Now, at 26, he was about to ...
Kindle Fire pre-orders reach 95,000 units on day one, market research firm says
Amazon reportedly sold 95,000 Kindle Fire tablets during the device's first day of pre-sales availability alone. According to estimates from market research and intelligence firm eDataSource …
Adobe unveils Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop Touch and five other tablet apps
Update: We go hands on with new Adobe Touch Apps! — Adobe Photoshop Touch and five other new iPad apps from Adobe will land on the App Store soon, coming to Android devices in November.
Google's Schmidt Says Acquisition of Motorola Won't ‘Screw Up’ Android
Google Inc. (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt said the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. may spur competition among phone makers using its Android software, and the company won't...
Sharding & IDs at Instagram
With more than 25 photos & 90 likes every second, we store a lot of data here at Instagram. To make sure all of our important data fits into memory and is available quickly for our users, we've begun...
Mango rollout going smoothly, now available to half of all Windows Phones
Bring. It. On. Rolling out a phone update tends to take a few weeks before it's available to everyone, so we were expecting Windows Phone to have its share of hiccups when doling Mango out to sever...
Google reportedly dishes $100M for new and original YouTube content
According to a recent tweet by Wall Street Journal's Marketplace Editor, Dennis K. Berman, Google is reportedly putting up $100 million for new, original content on YouTube, including a big deal with ...
Questions Arise Over Yahoo's Value as Buyers Weigh Bids
The chief executive of the Chinese Internet company Alibaba, Jack Ma, has breathed new life into the potential bidding for Yahoo, telling a Stanford University audience that he was “very interested” i...
Tweet Science
Twitter is building a machine to convert 140 characters on Barack Obama, Ashton Kutcher, narcissism, the struggle for human freedom, and Starbucks into cash—and quick, before its moment passes. Is th...
Adobe Flash Player 11 & AIR 3 Available Later Today
Adobe MAX is here, and we've got a lot of news to share. Today we're releasing Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 - you can download the release starting at 9:00 PM Pacific today. As we announced previously,...
Tim Cook's time to shine with new Apple iPhone
(Reuters) - Tim Cook finally gets his chance to stride out from under Steve Jobs' shadow, and he could not have picked a better time or device to mark his unofficial debut as Apple Inc's CEO. — The ...
Judge Refuses To Halt Facebook's Timeline; Spills New Details
A federal judge refused late on Friday to grant a temporary restraining order to Timelines.com, a Chicago company that says Facebook's timeline service may “eliminate” it. In return, Facebook has pro...
The Fall of Kodak: A Tale of Disruptive Technology and Bad Business
I grew up in a Kodak family. My grandfather worked in the photography dark rooms of a Kodak production facility in Rochester, New York for better than 30 years. My father was a supervisor at Kodak h...
Apple Loses to RIM in India Smartphone Market
Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world's largest smartphone maker, is having trouble selling iPhones in India, a market with 602 million active subscribers. — Apple, which will introduce a new iPhone version ...
HuffPo at One Biiiilllliiion Monthly Page Views: More Buying, More Launching, More Hiring
The Huffington Post Media Group, which says it has topped one billion page views for the month of August, has bought an online grassroots platform called Localocracy.
Groupon's Stumbles May Force Company to Pare Back Size of Public Offering
Groupon Inc., the largest online- coupon site, may have to settle for a smaller initial public offering as management gaffes, restated results and regulatory scrutiny leave investors leery of owning t...
Google Takes Page From Sunday Newspaper With New ‘Circulars’ Internet Ads
Google Inc. (GOOG) is on a quest to make Internet advertising look more like the Sunday paper. — The online-search giant is working with advertisers such as Best Buy Co. and Macy's Inc. (M) to creat...
Whatever Happened to the iPad Rivals of 2010?
Back in August of 2010, it was clear that Apple's iPad-which had gone on sale on April 3rd-was a gigantic, game-changing hit. The rest of the industry was scrambling to respond, and there had already...
HTC ‘investigating’ security flaw uncovered by blogger
The flaw is believed to affect several models, including the EVO 3D released eariler this year — HTC is investigating claims that a security flaw in several of its mobile phones means personal infor...
We've Gone Native!
At Untappd, we strongly believe in mobile web apps and their ability to look, feel, and function just like native apps, but without the hassle of having to download something. But there does come a t...
Adapteva Aims 64-core Chip at Tablets, Smartphones
Smartphones and tablets are demanding more computing power, and chip company Adapteva hopes to bring server-type performance to the devices with a chip it is announcing on Monday. — The Epiphany IV ...
Facebook Partners With Websense To Protect Users From Malicious Sites And Malware
Facebook is announcing a partnership with security firm Websense today, in order to protect its users from dangerous links that lead to malicious websites and malware sites.